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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2005
Page
9
The Cedar Rapids school district ratified a 4.75 percent salary package for 2005-06, adding $660 per person plus 0.9 to 3.1 percent raises. About 500 teacher associates will cost $370,000 more. The board also approved placing a student on the sex offender registry for educational services, with details withheld.
Residents in the McLoud Run watershed in northeast Cedar Rapids can apply for free design of rain gardens and grants up to 600 dollars to help install them. Linn Soil and Water Conservation District coordinator Gene Wolter notes typical garden costs around 850 dollars. Contact Wolter at 319 377 5960 Ext. 3.
Brian Ray and Austin Geasland presented onlookers with a hopeful scene as five year old North Liberty pupil waves to his mother meeting the bus at the new Van Allen Elementary School. Iowa City area schools resume classes as Cedar Rapids districts begin their day.
North Liberty residents witness a new start as Phyllis Urban begins her first day at Van Allen Elementary after 17 years at Penn Elementary. Urban moves to be near her granddaughter who starts kindergarten the same day in the district's larger gym.
Linn-Mar schools unveil Bul ly Free Zones with new Olwens program aiming to cut bullying and improve climate. Gov Vilsack joins kick off at Oak Ridge and Excelsior Middle School praising district efforts as signs go up across campuses.
Uniform rules against bullying are posted in every district classroom. A yearly student and staff survey guides supervision in hot spots like recess and lunch. Adults receive intervention education. Weekly 30 minute small groups discuss bullying and climate. A Bullying Prevention Committee includes staff and parents at each school. Individual meetings target each involved student and parent.
The Wasson family claims North Liberty Police Chief Jim Warkentin used excessive and unreasonable force when he shot 24 year old Kyle Wasson behind Kate Wickham Elementary during a pursuit that began on Forevergreen Road and ended on a bicycle trail after a collision. Wasson, armed with a pistol, died from a single chest wound. The lawsuit was filed in Johnson County District Court.
A reader recounts a rental in the San Diego area where doors and trunk were hard to operate without an owner's manual. The staff could not explain the unmarked unlock and fuel flap controls. Frustration grows from hidden features and surprise charges, with safety concerns and a call for clearer information from rental firms and manufacturers.
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