Linn teens to meet legislators on drinking concerns
Linn County high school students from Central City Center Point-Urbana Lisbon Marion Mount Vernon Springville and Cedar Rapids Washington travel to Des Moines for Underage Drinking Prevention Day to urge action on underage binge drinking despite Iowa improvements. Anthony Jensen notes Iowa ranks high for underage drinking with 11th graders reporting alcohol use. Marion Independent School Board meets to discuss Block Scheduling Task Force findings and potential modifications. Linn-Mar updates on standardized tests and budget planning also on today’s agenda.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Des Moines
Iowa
Alliance of Coalitions For Change
Central City
Center Point-Urbana
Lisbon
Marion
Mount Vernon
Springville
Washington
Anthony Jensen
Linn County Public Health
Jensen
Marion — Marion Independent School
Marion High School
S. 15Th St
Linn-Mar
Dirk Halupnik
Dave Nicholson
Virtual Virgil Twitter stream updates UI arts news
Iowa City fans of the University of Iowa performing arts can now follow updates via the Virtual Virgil Twitter stream named for former UI president Virgil M. Hancher. The stream joins Hancherart and HancherInterns, honoring a leader who guided campus arts planning and whose namesake auditorium opened in 1972 after his death.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil
Hancherart
HancherInterns
Virgil M. Hancher
Hancher
Rockwell Collins Hosts PLTW Classroom for Local High Schools
Cedar Rapids students from Kennedy Washington and Xavier high schools now attend Project Lead The Way classes at a Rockwell Collins location after a districtwide push. The program aims to spark engineering interest through hands on projects with early morning and afternoon sessions.
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Meredith
Gazette Edar Rapids
Logan O’neal
w/ Franklin Middle School
O’neal
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Jefferson High School
Kennedy, Washington
Xavier
Jefferson
Kirkwood Community College
Rockwell Collins
Project Lead the Way
Cindy Dietz
Kirkwood
Keith Kraeplin
Kraeplin
Gabe Nelson
Kennedy
Nelson
Max Eller
Eller
Iowa State University
Jill Koster
Washington
O'Neal
Meredith. Hines-Dochterman
O Comedia.net
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Washington
Kirschen Leah
Advanced Technology Center
Cedar Rapids school board to hear enrollment, boundary study plan
The Cedar Rapids school district will hear from consultant Rob Schwarz of RSP & Associates on enrollment and boundary studies. RSP is under contract for 148000 and will deliver enrollment, facility planning, and demographic analyses this school year. Findings aim for summer presentation with public engagement starting 2011 12.
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C.R. Board
Meredith Hines-Dochterman
T de
Cedar Rapids
Rob Schwarz
RSP & Associates
Overland Park, Kan
RSP
Superinten
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