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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1979
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids Community school board examined the impact of homework at a Monday work session while drafting a district policy. They favored purposeful homework over mandated nightly amounts, warned of possible dropout fallout, and noted most high school students plan some further education while many work part time.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District plans to cut one administrative position next year as it realigns duties across buildings and the central office. Superintendent Marvin Maire says principals may take on district wide duties part time to maintain one principal per building where possible. The changes follow 29 teaching layoffs for the 1979-80 year, with final administrator impact details due at the April 30 board meeting.
Marion Park Department invites male applicants to supervise youth recreation during June and July. Positions for female supervisors are filled. Applicants must be at least 16 through college age. Contact the Marion Park Department for details.
Marion briefs include a school board meeting at 7 30 p m at the Educational Services Center and job ads for sales work at Shoe Horn 1145 7th Ave plus Barperson positions at Stickney's. The Marion Mothers Club hosts an alumni banquet April 26 at Indian Creek Country Club for 5 dollars, with payments due April 20. The Marion Jaycees plan a Saturday tag day to fund Olympic training, chaired by Don Lochner. Banks announce Good Friday 6 p.m. closures. Bohemian promotes savings and loans with multiple offices. Ray's Jewelry advertises a pierce earning clinic Saturday noon to 4. An item notes a 4 15 p m Monday call at 30th Street and East Post Road. ON THIS DATE in 1971 the U S table tennis team arrived in China, the first American group to penetrate the Bamboo Curtain since the 1950s.
Geophysicist George Woollard, renowned for studies of the Earth's crust and its gravity field, died Sunday at age 70 in Honolulu. The date also notes the 1874 birth of explorer Matthew Perry.
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