Kids Safe House teaches fire safety at Safety Village
The 40 foot Kids Safe House at Grant Wood Elementary helps 3rd and 4th graders learn to escape fires. The mobile classroom features a kitchen, bedrooms, smoke detectors, a fire alarm and a carbon monoxide detector. Students tour with cameras monitoring progress and simulate storms to reinforce safety plans.
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Iowa City District Eyes Ties to Social Services for At‑Risk Students
Iowa City Community School District officials plan to link growing at risk student numbers with social services to curb dropouts and boost achievement. About 15 percent of 10 767 students are at risk, with resource teams, targeted reading, and family outreach under consideration.
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The author recalls the old round house number 1466 and the Big Dipper pool opened in 1923. He mentions Prohibition era white lightning production, first liquor stores, and Col. Butler supplying a Mossberg 26B to a youth who later served as gunner. Also notes John Van Fleet Crum as Iowa sprinting great and Bud Louis at Louis Rexall Drug Store.
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