Children talk helps flood-affected students cope in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids, teachers and counselors urge open discussion as about 1,800 students displaced by floods adjust. Principal Val Dolezal notes nearly 40 percent of Grant Elementary’s 181 students were affected, with resilience shown as families, schools, and communities provide support and normalcy.
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Grant Early Childhood Center
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Abbe Center For Community Health
Cedar Rapids
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Harrison
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Brandi Wheeler
Harrison Elementary School
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FDA advisers tighten rules on certain asthma drugs
FDA advisers urged restricting the long acting asthma medications Foradil and Serevent, while recommending Advair and Symbicort stay in use with patients. They stressed Advair and Symbicort combine a muscle relaxant with an anti inflammatory ingredient to lower serious attack risk, and urged limits including not treating children.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Regents push clearer policies for student sexual misconduct
Regents urge formal, uniform process across UI ISU UNI Braille and Sight Saving School and School for the Deaf for reporting investigations and support. Updates aim to curb hot box text and improve training while promising six to 12 month review and possible language harmonization.
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West Des Moines
Con Avery
Regents
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Iowa School For the Deaf
ISU
UNI
School For the Deaf
Good Samaritan
Bob Downer
Iowa City
Kate Clifford
Libraries shift from computer games to new media
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City libraries are moving away from PC and Mac video games toward other catalog items. Cedar Rapids notes space limits after flooding. Coralville watches demand and costs. Officials say cost and space constrain initial investments while many libraries explore game and digital media options.
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Clinkenbeard
Karen Johnson
Cedar Rapids Public
Johnson
Coralville
Ames Galstad
Flood damage estimates aim to map community losses
The Linn County flood damage summary records self reported costs from rebuilding and relocation to lost business. Officials say the numbers are a starting point to attract federal and state aid and to show true impact. Detailed spreadsheets will be posted publicly next week for review and updates.
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