Summer Help for Students With Learning Disabilities
Vacation Venture a six week program assists students with learning disabilities in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids schools. It provides instruction in deficient academic areas and social activities while offering parents strategies to help at home. Graduate students also gain practical experience with LD children through the program.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
GWAEA
Nancy Werner
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Dwight Bode
Division of
Special Educa
Grant Wood agency considers new relations post and pay plan
A final job description for a community relations post remains pending while instructional consultants and staff development personnel merge into an in service unit under educational services. Dr. Reid Zehrbach is named director of the intervention program with a 20502 annual salary.
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Tion
Educational Services
Media
Reid Zehrbach
Grant Wood
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Grant Wood area education board rejects ramp plan for handicapped access
At the GWAEA board meeting the south entrance remodeling to include a handicapped ramp was rejected amid concerns over seating layouts. Other items approved included parking lot resurfacing for 38,200, four equipment purchases totaling 26,? and bus bids for three lift-equipped units. A storage lease at a new warehouse runs 1,500 square feet for July 1977 to June 1980 at 3,750 annually. Replacement rooftop AC work at 4401 Sixth Street SW awaits bids June 13-20, estimated at 25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood Area Education
GWAEA
Clarence Hosford
Monticello
Kutchera Construction Co
Cedar Rapids
IBM
Superior
Bob Zimmerman Ford
Thirty-third Avenue
Sixth Street
Age Bias Claim Filed Against Grant Wood Agency
Norman Ramsey of 5330 Midway Drive NW filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission charging the Grant Wood area education agency with age discrimination in hiring. Ramsey, 53, says his qualification for the artist job in February was ignored, and the commission is investigating the agency’s salary system staff ages and applicant list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Ramsey
Midway Drive
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Grant Wood
Erik Driessen
The
Civil Rights Commission
Susan Turner Sworn In as District 9 GWAEA Director
Mrs Susan K Turner of 536 Knoll wood drive SE was sworn in Monday evening as District 9 representative to the Grant-WGWAEA board of directors in the AEA board room. She fills the vacancy created by the March 26 death of James D Franklin of Cedar Rapids and will serve the remaining term through October 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan K. Turner
Knollwood Drive
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
GWAEA
AEA
James D Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Joint Meeting Is Rescheduled
The Grant Wood area education and Kirkwood Community boards of directors postponed their Thursday joint session. The meeting is rescheduled for 7 a.m. June 14 at Sambo's Restaurant in the Town and Country shopping center. Board presidents and administrators are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood Area Education and
Kirkwood Community Boards of Directors
Sambo’s
Town and Country
Assignments Set For Cedar Rapids Coordinators 77 78
The Cedar Rapids Community School District announces coordinator assignments for 1977 78 under William Rainbow and Aldrich Drahos. Supt. Marvin Maire describes changes as refinements of a year familiar reorganization with office moves to improve relationships and total building use.
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Cedar Rapids
William Rainbow
Aldrich Drahos
Marvin Maire
Maire
Terrence Carlson
Tom Ecker
Joyce Cushing
Arlene Thompson
Marge
LinnARC wins two awards at Iowa Retarded Citizens convention
The Linn County Association for Retarded Citizens received two awards at the 25th annual Iowa Association for Retarded Citizens convention in Dubuque. Special recognition was for the largest membership growth among associations over 250 members, and LinnARC earned the Shade Traveling Trophy for greatest participation at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Assn. For
Linnarc
Iowa Assn
Dubuque
GWAEA Board Approves Classified Personnel Policies
Grant Wood area education agency GWAEA gains second approval for classified personnel policies covering physical exams vacations and jury duty. New hires must pass physicals full-time staff get yearlong vacation benefits and the agency pays the pay-difference for jury duty. First approval was given to equipment use and production center policies restricting use to official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
GWAEA
Local Graduates Named in UNI and Winona State Bachelors
Area college students earn baccalaureate degrees with honors. Janette Bearns of Waterloo daughter of Leo and ? Harapat of Solon graduates from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in special education. Alan Johann of 425 Cherry Hill Road NW earns a BA in recreation from Winona State University Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janette Bearns
Waterloo
Leo Harapat
Solon
University of Northern Iowa
Alan Johann
Cherry Hill Road
Winona State University
Winona
Minn
Pledge Guilty in Cedar Rapids Federal Court Case
Verita Gate West of Waterloo pleaded guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court to interstate transportation of a forged check. In a plea bargain the U S district attorney declined to prosecute a similar charge in exchange for the guilty plea. Sentencing was postponed pending a pre sentence report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verita Gate West
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
U.S
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Christie Wallace
Bode
Ann Fedderson
North Liberty
Management
Management Salary Committee
Ken McCullough
Division of Special Education
Susan Turner
Elementary
Linn Unit
Area College
Office of
C.R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Bishops
Bishops Buffet
Lindale Plaza
United
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Wild West
United Partners
Western International Hotels
Freedom
Irline
Universal Travel
Wmanmeyer
Lsni
1St St. S.E
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