Extended school year could require new funding rules
Educators weigh longer calendars and bigger budgets as College Community schools seek cost estimates. Jim Rotter says funding would need a new state and federal formula. Arne Duncan suggested year round operation, raising questions about feasibility and resources.
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Meredith Hines-Dochterman
the Gazette
Nowa
Jim Rotter
College Community
U.S
Arne Duncan
Denver
Katie Mulholland
Education Secretary Duncan to address UNI in May
U S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will speak at the University of Northern Iowa on April 24 at 11 a.m. in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center Great Hall. An administrator from Linn-Mar district in Marion questions six day weeks for students as excessive and urges year round schooling.
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Arne Duncan
University of Northern Iowa
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Linn-Mar
Marion
Cedar Rapids Trees Replacing Ash as Emerald Ash Borer Prep
Cedar Rapids forestry workers Tom Redmond David Elsbury and Bruce McMurrin plant a frontier elm on Fourth Avenue SE to replace a removed tree. The city will spend about $100,000 on new trees and remove stressed ash in anticipation of the emerald ash borer.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plants 700 trees to combat emerald ash borer
Cedar Rapids aims to curb the emerald ash borer by planting 700 new trees in six weeks to mid May, with 470 along streets and 230 in parks plus 400 more planned in fall. City arborist Daniel Gibbins notes the project costs exceed typical budgets and grant funds supplement the effort. Residents also plant trees on city property with permits. Both Cedar Rapids and Iowa City exclude ash trees from new plantings.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Gib
Gibbins
Iowa City
Rescue of Captain Richard Phillips Ends Pirate Ordeal
President Obama hailed Captain Richard Phillips as he celebrated freedom after a five day hostage ordeal. Navy snipers on USS Bainbridge killed three pirates during a nighttime assault ending the lifeboat standoff in the Indian Ocean. The Maersk Alabama hijacking sparked global relief as Phillips reunites with his crew and awaits Easter at home in Vermont.
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Lara Jakes
Associated Press
Mombasa
Kenya
Barack Obama
Richard Phillips
Vermont
Phillips
Indian Ocean
Navy
Bainbridge
U.S
Obama
Flooded church reborn in a recovery story at St. Patrick’s
More than 400 parishioners gathered at St. Patrick's Church in Edar Rapids for Easter mass as Archbishop Jerome Hanus praised renewal after a flood soaked the sanctuary. The 118-year-old church suffered $2 million in damage and stood restored after parishioners cleaned, rebuilt, and rehung pews and tiles.
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Molly Rossiter
Gazette
EDAR
Cliff
St. Patrick’s Church
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
GazetteOnline
Jerome Hanus
Archdiocese of Dubuque
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