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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1973
Page
9
A Cedar Rapids meeting on February 12 opposes redistricting plans for southeast elementary boundaries. The author urges integration and argues that decisions must be education-centered, affordable, and free of bias, noting current attendance patterns and the need for community effort.
Citizens urge stop to the proposed two-grade pairing in Cedar Rapids schools, arguing neighborhood schools must be preserved. Letters to the seven school board members push back against Currie administration plans, noting Feb meeting at Arthur and a March 26 board decision.
Citizens protest in southeast Cedar Rapids as Cedar Rapids school board debates four potential boundary changes and four proposed plans to consolidate to a four-school system. Local ad hoc committee studies enrollment shifts while critics warn the move masks socio economic and minority enrollment concerns.
Parents and citizens argue Lincoln Grade School should stay open to avoid voter access loss and overcrowding at other schools. They urge community input while noting tax implications and call for possible consolidation to improve resources and equality in education.
The Cedar Rapids board of education discusses proposals affecting Johnson Tyler Grant Wood and Buchanan schools as officials weigh changes after a period of uncertainty and unclear direction.
The text argues Tyler schools violate racial isolation guidelines and Cedar Rapids district may face corrective action. It urges long term action through a constitutional amendment to ban assigning public school children by race creed or color, noting non amendment routes will fail in courts.
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