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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 2000
Page
12
Cedar Rapids school board adopts a priority list urging the legislature to raise allowable growth to 6 percent and address education financing. The district, part of the Urban Education Network and the Iowa Association of School Boards, lobbies for funds to raise teacher pay and reduce class sizes.
Finch outlines Cedar Rapids priorities including fully funding the Instructional Support Levy and enabling school boards to levy for transporting non eligible riders in dangerous walk areas. He supports open enrollment money staying with home districts and lodging a portion of per pupil property tax for recruiting by receiving districts. Contact Janet Borheim.
Linn County supervisors will discuss whether to expand the board from three to five members and switch to district voting. They may decide to place the issues on the November ballot though a petition drive by Karen Balderston fell short. Barron and Dostal questioned public support while Langenberg cited state petition requirements.
Iowa Valley school district tentatively agrees to hire Philip Wainwright of Bedford as superintendent to replace Lyle Koeiker who died of cancer. The board chose Wainwright after an intensive search led by Dennis Dougherty and Cindy Miller and will seek approval at the next meeting. The contract runs to June 30 2001 with a base salary of 72721 plus benefits and prorates based on a July 1 start. Koeiker served nine years as superintendent.
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