Iowa City board weighs two or three high schools
The Iowa City school board faces a boundary redraw decision and must choose between expanding to a third comprehensive high school or operating with the two existing campuses. Consultant Rob Schwarz notes the choice will be a difficult direction, guiding the district's plan.
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Gregg Hennigan
Gazette
Iowa City
Rob Schwarz
ASP and Associates
Redistricting Plans Discussed at School Board Work Session
Iowa City schools consider redistricting with three scenarios from a 38 member committee. Maps and details are available online. The board aims to decide by year end as City High nears capacity while West High grows.
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Sue
RSP
City High
West
Iowa City West High School
Collaborative divorce gains traction in Iowa corridors
After 14 years of marriage Marla McKinney pursues a less adversarial split through collaborative law. The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area train about a dozen lawyers last month to offer this process designed to minimize conflict and avoid court. Collaborative law, founded in 1990, aims to save time and emotional strain with trained family law practitioners like Jake Koller of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman in Cedar Rapids.
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Marla McKinney
Cedar Rapids
Iow City
Collaborative Law
Minneapolis
Jake Koller
Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman
Des Moines
Collaborative divorce proposed to cut costs and conflict
The article explains collaborative divorce as a method to reduce expense, time, and hostility in separations. It notes a five to six year effort, with Koller coordinating local training and contrasting the method with mediation.
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Koller
Collaborative Law Info and Local Expert Contact
Information on collaborative law is available at www.collaborativelaw.org. For a listing of Collaborative Lawyers of Eastern Iowa contact Jake Koller at 319 896 4022.
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Collaborativelaw.org
Collaborative Lawyers
Eastern
Iowa
Jake Koller
May embezzled from Cedar Rapids school district
Jamie May allegedly stole 587784 dollars from the Cedar Rapids school district between 2002 and 2009. A first degree theft case was dismissed due to her death on November 1, 2009, at age 42 while battling breast cancer. A 14 page police report details suspicious bank deposits and monitoring by Farmers State Bank staff.
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Jeff Raasch
Ihe
Cedar Rapids
Jamie May
State Auditor’s Office
May
the Gazette
John Mattias
Farmers State Bank
Nearly half of U.S. households avoid paying federal income tax
The Tax Policy Center projects about 47 percent of U.S. households will owe no federal income tax in 2009 due to low income or credits and exemptions. Filing by April 15 remains recommended to claim withheld taxes refund.
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U.S
Associated Press
Washington
The
Tax Policy Center
Washington Research Organization
Con
Sulting
Deloitte Tax
Barack Obama
Congress
Obama
Escaping federal income taxes
Nearly half of U S households will pay no federal income tax for 2009 as incomes fall low or credits and exemptions erase liability. The figure reflects households with zero tax due under the tax system including credits deductions and exemptions.
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