Cedar Rapids teachers win 7.5 percent salary package
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board unanimously approved a 7.5 percent total raise package for teachers. The package, costing about 1.4 million more than this year, sets starting salaries at 9 275 and a maximum of 19 054 with average wage increases near 6.95 percent and fringe benefits up 5 5 percent. The CREA ratified the contract 477 to 83 with federal mediator help from PER board.
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Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Cedar Rapids Education Assn
CREA
Public Employment Relations
PER
Board considers policy to allow bingo in Cedar Rapids schools
Cedar Rapids school board weighs first reading on a policy to permit games of skill and chance including bingo and raffles in district schools under Iowa law. The move follows years of cake walks, fish ponds, and booster-led raffles without a formal policy.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Otto Wiedersberg
Assas
Wiedersberg
Linn Legislators To Talk Taxes With Bair
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers plan to meet with Revenue Director Gerald Bair to discuss the property tax equalization order. Linn county officials led by Auditor Merle Kopel will attend the 7 p m session to push for a settlement amid ongoing disputes.
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Des Moines
John Patchett
North Liberty
Linn County
Iowa Revenue
Gerald Bair
Merle Kopel
Bair
Patchett
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Senate
Ways Means Committee
Linn
IRS Office Move Costs Cedar Rapids School District
The Cedar Rapids Community School District faces a $27,828 loss in federal impact aid after IRS offices moved from the federal building to private quarters. The district now counts 290 children in eligible housing, down from 403 students last year, while applying for aid before the deadline. Police report 19 year old Rutha Jean Fultz charged with grand larceny after attempting to shoplift items from Armstrong's.
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Internal Revenue Service
Cedar Rapids Community
Federal Internal Revenue Service
Tom White
IRS
White
Rutha Jean Fultz
Tenth Street SE
Armstrong’s
Third Avenue
Third Street
Fultz
Forts
Second Street
Linn County
Magistrate Court Public Defendants Face Trespass and DUI Charges
The First Avenue division handled multiple cases including trespassing charges for James Bload of 400 Linwood St SW and James Maddox of 390 Eighteenth St SE with fines. Several drunk driving cases saw guilty pleas, deferred sentences, or dismissals with varying fines and jail terms.
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District Court
James Bload
Linwood Street
Tenth Street
Marion
James Maddox
Eighteenth Street
Second Avenue SE
Willian
Kirby
Anamosa
Lauretta Emerson
Carolina Drive NE
Builly
Charles Hart
Dino Hoover
Sixth Avenue
Marian
Charles Nunemaker
Texas Avenue NE
Gary Barrows
Eavemute NE
William Clark
Niky
George Reid
Thirtythird Street
George Croll
Vernon Road
Enrollment Decline Noted in Cedar Rapids Schools
Cedar Rapids Community schools show a drop in enrollment from 23 044 in September to 22 797 as of January 9 in district grades K through 12. The adjusted figure with shared time and Kirkwood College programs brings it to 23 153, up from 23 127 last fall, influencing the 1976 77 budget ceiling if declines persist, says Supt. Marvin Maire.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Marvin Maire
Luxury Bus Seats Forbidden for Cedar Rapids Athletes
Cedar Rapids Community School District faces a ban on recliner style seats and luggage racks on district buses used for athletic trips. The rules committee cites safety concerns and proposes replacing recliner seats with fixed backs at an estimated 3000 dollars per bus, while keeping the buses for long trips and seeking legislative support.
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Cedar Rapids
State Department of Public Instruction
Mary Ann Kucera
H. Edward Beatty
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