Parents press Cedar Rapids board on closings and shop sale
Cedar Rapids parents and the United Schools Coalition addressed the school board criticizing the March 10 plan to close five elementary schools and proposing ninth grade moves to junior high. They also protested Jefferson High School's sale of machine shop equipment, urging transparency and continued local training opportunities.
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Kurt Rogahn
Jefferson High School
Cedar Rapids
United Schools Coalition
Bart Burk
C Ave
Jane Pike
D Ave
Dennis Currell
23Rd St
Burk
Currell
Pike
Truman
Gerry Loupee
Ave
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Loupee
Jerry Copeland
Wilson Ave
Wrzeski Named Head of Elementary Education
Ellyn Wrzeski 38 will become executive director of elementary education for Cedar Rapids Community Schools on May 5 succeeding Thomas Micek. A 18 year district veteran, she has been a curriculum director and has served as Polk School principal. Her new role oversees elementary principals and other duties. the position pays 43000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ellyn Wrzeski
Thomas Micek
Wrzeski
Polk School
Cold snap threatens garden plants in Cedar Rapids
Weather turning winterlike could injure annuals like marigolds and petunias while perennials resist, says Shirley Peckosh of Peck's Green Thumb Nursery. Trees may suffer new growth damage though regrowth is possible. temperatures 26 to 28 degrees pose risk. Cover plants with cloth, avoid plastic, and rinse frost from leaves before sun.
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Shirley Peckosh
Peck’s
Green Thumb Nursery Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
Peckosh
Linn-Mar ends contract impasse with teachers
Linn-Mar school board accepts fact finder's report ending the dispute with teachers. The agreement raises next year expenses about 250000 and sets a 505 dollar base salary raise, while keeping seniority rules and rejecting a de escalator. Negotiations with secretaries and aides continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn-Mar
Linn-Mar Education Association
Richard Miller
Minneapolis
Miller
Education Association
Joe North
David DeWalle
DeWalle
Kindergarten red shirting forum and student awards
Parents weigh delaying kindergarten as Grant Wood AEA hosts a free forum Wednesday from 7 to 8 30 p m at 4401 Sixth St SW to aid decision making. The report also notes Dracula at Linn Mar High School and open house at Madison Elementary with principal and PTA president recognitions.
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Grant Wood Area
Linn-Mar High School
Dracula
Renfield
Madison Elementary
Woodside Dr
Suspect in killings found incompetent
A Muscatine man, John Nelson, 44, charged with two counts of first degree murder for the October 2 killings of his mother Edna Nelson, 65, and Evelyn Kemp, 63, was ruled not competent to stand trial by Muscatine County District Court Judge J L Burns after a prior hearing found a mental disorder prevents effective defense. Nelson confessed to authorities after the shootings.
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Muscatine
John Nelson
Muscatine County
J.L. Burns
Nelson
Edna Nelson
Evelyn Kemp
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Terry Branstad
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
State Capitol
Branstad
Copeland
Harold Guthrie
Jefferson
William Jacobson
the Gazette
Rockwell-Collins
Dave Gosch
Factfinder
By Eric Strand Rava
Madison
PTA
Benton
Cedar
Jones, Johnson
Washington Counties
Iowa City West High School
University of Iowa
Ames
Williamsburg
Aegis
Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society
Heather Roach
Grande Ave
Christian Tiemeyer
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Regis High School
the Royalist
Ann Flagel
Birchwood Dr. NE
Rambo
America
Regis
Steven Schmitt
Parkview Dr
Marion
Sears
Callus
Diet Center
1St Ave
American Express Travelers
Granit Mutual Funds
Center Point Rd
NHTSA
Ziebart
Edgewood Rd
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