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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 2000
Page
12
Linn-Mar School District may eliminate early dismissals under a proposed 2001-02 calendar. Superintendent Joe Pacha presented the administrative recommendation at a Monday work session to the board.
The board proposes four or five full days for staff development with elementary and middle schools dismissed five times and high schools four times on either Mondays or Fridays. Alternatives on vacation day placement for 2001 02 will be discussed at the December 18 meeting. The board also approved collaborations with Kirkwood Community College and local education agencies to launch Career Academies starting at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School this fall with Linn-Mar planning a January start.
The Gazette seeks reader memories of Eastern Iowa supper clubs once popular and invites interviews with former Iowa Iron or Iowa Steel workers in Cedar Rapids. Send holiday ornament stories with name and contact details by December 15 to Mary Sharp, Metro Iowa Editor, The Gazette Cedar Rapids IA 52402 or email marys fyiowa.com.
Keith Clark recalls aboard the USS Pennsylvania as planes darkened the sky on December 7, 1941. Survivors describe fires and explosions, one 1000 pound bomb and multiple deaths as the Arizona sank nearby. Memorial dedication set for Rock Island to honor those who died.
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