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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1985
Page
7
Lauree Gerber urges Cedar Rapids residents to vote yes on February 5 to support school priorities and avoid closures. She notes past junior high closings, highlights costs, length of busing, and stronger elementary foundations. She emphasizes teacher support, admin efficiency, and the benefits of quality schools for business and property values.
Two past Cedar Rapids school board presidents argue against the five year enrichment tax levy totaling over 12 million dollars. They urge better actions, warn of timing, and advocate reviewing enrollment trends and use of existing levy funds.
Curran L. Rosser and Robert A. Weinhardt advocate closing several junior highs and consolidating to fewer larger schools to improve educational quality and financial efficiency. They cite chronic enrollment declines over a decade and oppose universal enrichment levies for larger districts while urging transparent planning before any tax increases.
A polemical piece critiques a sentence about a UNC mortician facing 25 embezzlement indictments tied to cadavers. The author debunks word choices around plea language and prepositions, noting errors and suggesting correct usage while lampooning grand jury math and stylistic missteps.
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