Parents oppose Eisenhower site for high school dropout program
Eisenhower Elementary parents told the Cedar Rapids School Board that using their building as a dropout program site is a poor choice. The district may expand Metro High School space to serve ninth through 12th graders, while an appeal from additional Eisenhower parents complicates the plan.
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Eisenhower Elementary School
Eisenhower
Cedar Rapids
Metro High School
17Th St. SE
James Pettitt
Navajo Drive
Wendell Maakestad
Parents challenge Eisenhower school closure plan in Cedar Rapids
Parents denounce the proposed closing of Eisenhower and the move to a Metro style program arguing the administration’s plan is tentative and not transparently evaluated. They demand time and answers to nine questions on logistics, transportation, and alternatives before a May 8 decision.
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Eisenhower
Metro
Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids School Board Approves Maire Salary Boost
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board approved a three year contract for Superintendent Marvin Maire raising his salary by 1000 to 42500 annually and adding 1000 toward an annuity. The agreement also sets higher district contributions and revised benefits for administrators while ratifying terms for the 1978 79 school year.
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Marvin Maire
Cedar Rapids
Maire
Cedar Rapids School Board Sets Educational Priorities
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board on Monday night outlined educational priorities aimed at improving mathematics and language arts programs and raising high school achievement. A plan from the administration will be submitted for review, including varied curricula, counseling, parent involvement, and higher learning standards, with further discussion anticipated by May 8.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin Maire
Cedar Rapids plans 80 thousand dollar gifted program for 5th and 6th graders
Cedar Rapids Community School Board unveiled an 80 150 pilot for gifted and talented fifth and sixth graders next year. The plan, pending 1978 79 budget approval in June, relies on least restrictive placement and uses a two year old task group to design area specific study prescriptions and admissions with parent appeal rights.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Foley
Art
Foley
Dog found strangled in Linn County timber
A mixed breed dog with a nylon cord around its neck was found hanging from a tree in southeast Linn County. Larry Tilley later returned with his wife to remove the rope and notify Linn County deputies and the Humane Society. Authorities say the dog died 2 to 3 days earlier and investigators face difficulties identifying an owner.
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Linn County
Larry Tilley
Zeman
Tilley
Sally
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Linn
Hubbard
Gun sales trial date scheduled in Cedar Rapids
A trial date of June 26 has been set in U S District Court for a Mount Vernon man charged with federal firearms violations. Edward Prochaska allegedly sold six pistols to an undercover agent in Biloxi Mississippi and failed to keep proper records. He was indicted by a Mississippi grand jury in March and the case was moved to Iowa federal court.
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U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Edward Prochaska
Prochaska
Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi
Iowa
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