Cedar Rapids study panel weighs school closings and ninth grade move
After seven months the 11 member Declining Enrollment Impact Study Committee finishes its draft recommendations for Cedar Rapids Community School District. The plan favors closing Hayes Fillmore Squaw Creek or Tyler by 1982 and moving ninth graders to senior highs when space allows, with three junior highs to be closed. Public input will follow before final board action in April.
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Cedar Rapids
Tyler
Squaw Creek
Roosevelt
McKinley
John Knapp
Knapp
Fillmore
Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Educational Service Center
Metro High Schools
Metro High School East
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Planning group backs denial of Edgewood rezoning
Cedar Rapids Planning Commission recommends the City Council deny the Edgewood Road NW zoning change from R-2 to R-30 and R-5. neighbors cite incompatibility and traffic, while proponents promise storm water controls and retention ponds. Vote 6 to 3 with one abstention. council action in about two weeks. Also the commission approved appreciation resolutions for Anne Frenzen and Tom Chukas.
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Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
Warner
Phil Klinger
Klinger
Tom Kelly Sr
Commission
Jack Walters
Walters
Planning Commission
Anne Frenzen
Tom Chukas
Chukas
Metro Roundup Changes Take Effect On Three City Bus Routes
The Cedar Rapids Transit System announced changes effective 5 a.m. Saturday on routes 6 E 6 W and 7 with Oakland Center Point extended to a north loop 42nd to 46th streets and return via Sherman 47th and Ozark. The Oakland Northwood schedule adds five minutes running time per trip and Lincolnway Kirkwood gains a new loop at Bowling Street 29th Avenue SW. Printed schedules and inquiries at 365-0455.
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Cedar Rapids
Oakland Road
Center Point Road
Northwood
Lincolnway
Kirkwood
Oakland-Center Point
42Nd Street
46Th Street
Sherman
47Th
Ozark
42Nd
Oakland-Northwood
Denny Groselaude
Bowling Street
29Th Avenue
Outlook Drive
33Rd Avenue
Bowling
Weapons charge out of murder trial
Judge Ford ruled the state cannot try Daniel Morris on a felon with a firearm charge at the same time as the murder case. Defense sought severance of the weapon charge. the court allowed the firearm as a felon charge to proceed with the murder trial. Morris faces trial March 2 for the shooting death of Dan A. Zuber.
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Robert Ford
Daniel Morris
Dan A. Zuber
Morris
Cedar Rapids
Zuber
Linn County
Ford
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