IPBN worker defends educational TV in classroom use
Clarese Boswell of the Iowa Public Broadcasting Network defends classroom TV, saying it supplements instruction and aids small groups. Lyle Konrad explains master antenna systems costing 200 to 7000 dollars with about 20 year lifespans. GWAEA provides support as IPBN seeks teacher input at a January 31 meeting from 2 to 5 p.m.
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Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board of Directors
Clarese Boswell
Boswell
Lyle Konrad
GWAEA
Airlines warn against fragile items in checked baggage
Air Transport Association advises fliers during peak season on which items cannot be carried in checked luggage and notes airlines may deny liability for breakage unless items are in original factory sealed packaging. Passengers should pack small fragile items in carry on and allow extra check in time. 30 years ago KCRG began broadcasting.
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Gabe Phillips
Air Transport Association of America
Phillips
Enrollment Decline Study Authorized by GWAEA Board
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency board authorized administration to establish a procedure for evaluating declining enrollment. The aim is to adjust programming and aid local districts amid budget squeezes from shrinking pupil numbers. An administrative report is due in January.
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GWAEA
Seven-county pool funds GWAEA special education
Area X seven counties pool their special education weighted dollars into the GWAEA fund. Surplus will be returned to local districts based on their contributions after proof the money aids handicapped children. Districts must submit proposals to the Special Education Advisory Committee for approval by GWAEA and the state. A study on enrollment shifts at the University of Iowa Hospitals is also mentioned.
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Rodee
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa City
University of Iowa Hos
GWAEA Board OKs Eastern Iowa Regional Computer Center plan
The GWAEA board unanimously approved joining the seven to eight area consortium to pool administrative computing services based at Kirkwood Community College. The plan awaits DPI approval and includes cost estimates, new equipment purchases over 1.2 million dollars, and renewal of rental contracts with Cedar Rapids and Kirkwood.
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Eastern Iowa Regional Computer Center Consortium
State Department of Public Instruction
Kirkwood Community College
Area X
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Kirkwood
DPI
John Cordes
Educational Services
Iowa
Cordes
Cedar Rapids
Consortium
Kirkwood College
Trailblazing Chinese American Legislator Wing Ong Dies
Wing Ong, 73, the first Chinese American elected to a state legislature in the United States, died Monday in Phoenix. He served two terms in the Arizona House before his election to the Arizona Senate.
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Ariz
Wing Ong
United States
Arizona House
Senate
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