School board splits over wording of multicultural policy
Cedar Rapids board and the Multi Cultural Non-Sexist Advisory Committee clash over whether policy should teach students to acquire an acceptance or understand the culture and lifestyles of diverse groups. Debates center on words like acceptance and stereotypes as two revisions are approved. The session also reports Cedar Rapids SAT and ACT results with a mean verbal score of 496 and math score of 527 for 84 college bound students.
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Cedar Rapids
Ronald Moore
Edward Beatty
Wayne Howes
Moore
Curran Rosser
Mary Ann Kucera
Robert Weinhardt
Rosser
Balik
George Ross
Ross
Roosevelt Junior High Opens Multi-Disability Program
The program at Roosevelt includes five physically handicapped and eight learning disability students with two more to enroll next semester. It is the district’s only junior high program for physically handicapped students and emphasizes mainstreaming. The staff notes fear diminished as students participate in language arts, math, social studies, and electives like band and Spanish.
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William Kisch
Roosevelt Junior High School
Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Roosevelt
Kisch
Beverly Lutz
Charles Beusch
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Cedar Rapids
Immunization Rule Sets Standards for Cedar Rapids Students
Superintendent Marvin Maire said principals are prepared to handle students lacking immunization records as Iowa law requires proof or exemptions. If records are missing by tomorrow, letters will go out. uncompliant students may be sent home or kept under supervision at school. High school compliance begins March 6. about 80 percent of younger students have submitted certificates.
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Marvin Maire
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Morrow
Maire
Charles Beusch
Linn County approves extra for courthouse front work
The Linn County Board of Supervisors increased the courthouse front renovation contract by 748.44 to 37351.44 to cover a sprinkling system and steam hookup by Leo Marion Concrete Construction Co. They extended the completion date to April 15 to allow tree and shrub planting after ground frost delays.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Leo Marion Concrete Construction Co
Herman Thompson
Juvenile escapes from Cedar Rapids detention facility
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids boy, James Stull, escaped Monday afternoon from the Linn Juvenile Detention Facility by slipping through a doctor's office window at 811 Fifth Ave SE. He was last seen near Eighth Street and Fifth Avenue SE wearing a light colored blue denim shirt and pants, without a coat. Authorities issued a search as he remains at large.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
James Stull
Eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave
Burglary charges filed against two youths in chain lakes cabin case
Deputies charged Jeffrey J. Burke, 19, of 1642 Ellis Boulevard NW, and a 17-year-old with second degree burglary after Eldon Keller found three suspects inside his Chain Lakes cabin loading bags with belongings. A third suspect fled. search continues. The item mentions Senator Tobley endorsing Eisenhower decades ago.
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Jeffrey J. Burke
Ellis Boulevard
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Eldon Keller
Chain Lakes
Burke
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