Metro High School Opens In Former Tyler Elementary Building
Metro High School moves into 1212 Seventh St. SE in a renovated Tyler Elementary, signaling district commitment to student education. The Cedar Rapids program expands with a gym cafeteria shop and new courses in drafting building maintenance health care and child care, aiming to strengthen community and identity while preserving core strengths.
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Metro High School
Tyler
Seventh St
Metro
Ralph Plagman
Playman
Plagman
Metro East
17Th St
Metro West
Kirkwood Community College
18Th Avenue
Ninth Street
Metro Junior High
Monroe Developmental Center
Pioneer Ave
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Kirkwood
L.W. Ward
Wayne Knapp
Officer Friendly program expands reach in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids the Officer Friendly program aims to visit about 8,000 children in kindergarten through third grade with two talks per class each school year. Officers John Leu and Jim Sliger, backed by Sears Roebuck Foundation, cover safety topics from stranger danger to bike and traffic safety and hospital pediatric units.
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Mark Glenn
Cedar Rapids
John Leu
Jim Sliger
Sears and Roebuck Foundation
College Community
Sliger
Leo
Leu
New Sites Set for Some Special Ed Classes This Fall
Beginning this fall, special education classes move to new locations. Emotionally disturbed students from Fillmore Elementary will attend Squaw Creek and Van Buren. Trainable mentally disabled from Pierce and four from Polk move to Wright and Arthur. Autistic classes shift from Arthur and Wright to Grant Wood. Preschool developmental classes from Grant Wood go to Taylor. Possible move for two learning disabled classes from Harrison to Hoover remains uncertain before school starts.
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Fillmore
Squaw Creek
van Buren
Pierce
Polk Elementary
Wright
Arthur
Arthur and
Grant Wood
Taylor Elementary
Harrison
Hoover
Kirkwood gets Cox Cable help for community ads
Kirkwood Community College will receive summer support from Cox Cable Company. Cox will insert Kirkwood Bates materials in the monthly program mailed to 21,000 homes, informing subscribers about Kirkwood's growing education program on Channel 13 of the cable system.
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Kirkwood Community College
Cox Cable
Kirkwood Bates
Kirkwood
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Ishoes
FLOOR
Mount Mercy
McAuley Hall
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Mount Mercy College
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