Parents urge review of Cedar Rapids Junior High Athletic Program
More than 2 600 petitioners pressed the Cedar Rapids Community School Board Monday to review the district’s junior high athletics and consider letting ninth graders try out for high school wrestling teams. The board pledged to refine the program rather than enact sweeping changes while weighing eligibility rules and expanded schedules.
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Cedar Rapids
Jan Deaver
Gary Ave
Deavers
Steven
Eells
Weinhardt
Curran Rosser
William Rainbow
Higher tuitions loom as Cedar Rapids summer school plans shrink
Cedar Rapids Community Summer School faces higher tuitions or fewer courses after an arbitrator requires back pay for instructors. The district may cut programs to junior and senior high courses or raise fees to cover costs while maintaining some district subsidies. A 1980 budget decision is slated for Feb 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Hatch
James Doyle
Omaha
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Richard Schulz
Schulz
Hatch
Ticket price increases tied to athletic budgets and phase two cost concerns
The school board heard that athletic programs are scraping by on current funds and that the second phase of the School Plant Improvement Program is significantly underfunded. Admission boosts average 8.3 percent over three years, while phase two costs exceed anticipated revenue by at least 1.9 million dollars.
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Deaver
Keith
Lew Eells
Rainbow Court SE
Iowa Tennis Association
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Ecker
Gazette
Ecker
Marvin Maire
Maire
Jefferson
Washington
Desegregation Plan Shows Progress in C R Schools
The four year plan advances minority integration across Tyler Elementary Johnson Elementary McKinley and Washington High. Minority enrollment now under state 25.6 percent in southeast side schools with Tyler 20.4 Johnson 22.6 McKinley 18 and Washington 8.5. Ten years ago Tyler was 55.3 percent and Johnson 0.6.
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Cedar Rapids
Tyler
Seventh St. SE
Linn GOP names convention head and key committee leaders
Gerald Sullivan will chair the Linn County convention March 1 at the Sheraton Inn. Sally Novetske leads nominations, Clinton Moyer and Elaine Druby run credentials, Mrs. Donald Balster rules. William Scott is permanent organization chair, platform committee headed by R W Water with assistants, Doug Carlson named facilities director.
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Clinton Moyer
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Donald Balster
William Scott
R.W. Water
Harvey Fascher
Joan Lipsky
Greg Hapgood
Ann Franey
Ted Johnson
Doug Carlson
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