Iowa groups back incentive plan to sell to employees
Iowa leaders urge incentives to help owners cash out by selling all or part of their companies to employees or an employee stock ownership plan. Debi Durham notes rural towns struggle to find buyers while large out of state firms could cut jobs, a move she supports to keep businesses local.
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Budget Phantoms in Obama Plan Highlight War Savings Claims
AP review labels three so called budget ghosts in Barack Obamas plan claiming $850 billion in savings from ending wars with $230 billion steered to highways. Real world borrowing and political resistance cloud any direct peace dividend and threaten funded reforms.
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Boundary Plan Recommends Rerouting Middle School Feeds
The district outlines feeder changes for Wilson Franklin Harding Gibson Wright-McKinley and Roosevelt middle schools with sixth graders facing boundary shifts. A single high school option remains for Wright Elementary residents heading to Washington High School. Board vote set for March 12, with Benson’s full recommendations online.
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Cedar Rapids School Plan May Save $1.15 Million
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school district could save about 1.15 million dollars if the board approves Superintendent Dave Benson's proposed school closure and boundary recommendations. The plan includes details on which facilities may close and how attendance zones would be adjusted.
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Plan to close Monroe Early Childhood Center Polk Elementary and Wilson
A plan would close Monroe Early Childhood Center Polk Elementary and Wilson Elementary. Polk would be repurposed to house district programs now operating in leased spaces citywide.
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District realignment yields multi-million dollar savings
The plan projects $471,683 saved by closing Monroe, $562,014 by closing Polk and repurposing the building, and $119,932 by relocating off-site programming to Polk, totaling $1,153,629 in savings. Some figures appear taped from unclear sources.
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District Reconfigures Elementary Attendance and Closures
The Monroe Early Childhood Center will close with students reassigned to Erskine Grant Wood and Johnson elementary schools. Grant becomes a K 5 school and former Wilson students attend Grant. Polk area splits among Arthur Garfield Johnson. Harrison stays open. Madison remains with current boundaries. Hiawatha shifts to Nixon and Five Seasons Agin Coar areas join Hiawatha. Enrollment must reach 70 percent within five years or reassessment.
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