District questions bond issue plans for College Community voters
Gazette staff outlines open enrollment caps post bond vote and school distribution. Superintendent Mick Starcevich says caps will stay, while a quality council recommends teacher transfers to the new elementary and district aims to reflect district demographics in student placement. Space solutions include converting two computer labs to classrooms and using portable wireless labs for the new buildings.
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College Community School District ballot measures seek bonds and tax rise
Propositions A and B ask voters to approve 14.5 million dollars in general obligation bonds to build and remodel elementary schools and to allow a debt service levy between 2.70 and 4.05 dollars per thousand assessed value. A failure of either could delay projects and limit funds, with a 21 year payback noted.
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Threats target Central Middle School and Prospect Hill School
In Muscatine a male student faces possible charges after a threatening message was found in Central Middle School's boys restroom. authorities say more suspects may exist and parents kept over 200 students home. In Burlington a 10-year-old boy is charged with making threats about bomb threats at Prospect Hill School. The Camelot Theater in Nevada Iowa announces its last screenings after 31 years due to financial losses.
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