Staffing questions rise for Cedar Rapids new elementary school
Cedar Rapids officials and staff report concerns about staffing the upcoming elementary school north west of Edgewood Road and Blairs Ferry Road NE. Superintendent Lew Finch says a special committee is shaping the staffing plan and will coordinate with the Cedar Rapids Education Association.
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Lew Finch
Edgewood Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Greg Reed
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Jackson
Hiawatha
Nixon
Gregg Petersen
Marion and Linn-Mar to offer joint career academy programs
Marion and Linn-Mar school districts will reserve five slots each for students from the other district in new career academy programs next school year. The academies will be part of a metro area cooperative program with Kirkwood Community College, offering two academies per district in engineering technology and graphics and media communication for Marion and health sciences and early childhood education for Linn-Mar.
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Marion
Marion Independent
Linn-Mar
Kirkwood Community College
Bradley
Marion and Linn-Mar
Kirkwood
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Unsecured Financing for Cedar Rapids Baseball Stadium Report
Backers of the $14 million Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids cannot confirm financing for a $3.5 to $5 million shortfall, delaying construction or bond plans. The group explores bank and city funding options while noting higher borrowing costs and potential equity backing if revenues fall short.
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Lyle Hanson
Keeppel
Keoppel
The
Kernels
Cedar Rapids to begin bidding on Franklin traffic and campus work
Cedar Rapids school board approves bidding for Franklin Middle School bus lane and parking improvements to ease morning traffic. Projects total about 55 000 dollars funded by levy, with concurrent bids for Garfield Erskine and Arthur asbestos and plumbing work and Harding locker room replacements as part of bond construction.
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Franklin
Washington and Jefferson High
Garfield
Erskine
Arthur
Harding Middle School
California man charged in Iowa stalking and threats
Donald Snyder of Riverton California is accused by a federal grand jury of sending a threatening package and making an anonymous call to a Cedar Falls golfer who dated Snyder’s ex girlfriend. He admitted to stalking vandalism and threatening the victim and his family.
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Donald Snyder
Rivide
Calif
S. District Court
Cedar Falls
Ifers College
Temecula
Snyder
Iowa
Towa
FBI
Don Roberts
California
MADD push gains traction at Cedar Rapids meeting
Mothers Against Drunk Driving leaders visited Cedar Rapids Iowa to urge formation of a local MADD chapter and to press lawmakers to cut Iowa alcohol limits from 0.10 to 0.08 percent. Jan Brown of Marion shared the story of her son Brian Kennedy High School graduate who died in a crash caused by a drunk driver. Brown already started Kennedy SADD and an after prom ride program after his death. Webb, MADD president, spoke of personal loss from a 1971 crash and urged action to prevent drunk driving and support victims.
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Jan Brown
Cedar Rapids
Brown
Brian
Kennedy
Kennedy Sadd
Webb
Franklin, Tenn
Iowa
State Library to Stay Put as Iowa lawmakers weigh options
The State Library of Iowa will remain in the Ola Babcock Miller Building for at least two to three more years while lawmakers study space needs. Moving it would be costly, and officials are weighing options after shelving an underground complex plan.
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20Th Street
Althoff
B Avenue
DES Moines
State Library of Iowa
Capitol
Chuck Gipp
R-Decorah
Sharman Smith
Gipp
State Library
Ola Babcock Miller Building
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Kathleen Reyner
Petersen
Finch
Paula Vincent
By Kevin Kane
David Bradley
Marion and
C.R
Franklin Construction Plan
Fred Althoff
21St Street
Elizabeth Kutter
Gazette
Nikki Fox
Mary Jo Burgess
MADD
Madd.org
Millie Webb
Christie
Vilsack
Legislative Council
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