Cedar Rapids to close an elementary. sixth graders shuffled
Cedar Rapids school officials plan to close one of four candidate elementary schools Garfield Jackson Squaw Creek or Truman in June. The closure aims to balance the next year budget and will force sixth graders to attend a nearby junior high, with meetings at McKinley and Taft Jr High to discuss impacts.
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Kurt Rogahn
Cedar Rapids
Garfield, Jackson
Squaw Creek
Truman Elementary
McKinley Junior High
Garfield Elementary
Jackson
Truman
Taft Junior High
Harold Guthrie
Guthrie
Randy Mathes
Center Point Rd
Michael
Garfield
Mathes
Dale Lucas
Elmhurst Drive
Gary Clark
21St Ave
Citizens Committees
Thomas Micek
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids to close four elementary schools plan
The plan would reallocate students from Garfield Jackson Squaw Creek and Truman to neighboring schools. Garfield students move to Arthur and Polk with sixth graders going to Franklin Junior High. Jackson students split among Coolidge Hiawatha Hoover and Madison with sixth graders to Taft and others to Taft. Squaw Creek students go to Erskine and Grant Wood with sixth graders to McKinley Junior High. Truman students split between Coolidge and Hoover with all sixth graders to Taft. Special education locations are not yet announced.
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Cedar Rapids
Garfield
Arthur
Polk
Franklin Junior High
Jackson
Coolidge
Hiawatha
Hoover
Madison
Truman
Taft
Squaw Creek
Erskine
Grant Wood
McKinley Junior High
Taft Junior High
Cedar Rapids Scholarship Winners Named by Guild
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Guild announces 24th annual scholarship winners. Junior high recipients earn 100 each: Jason Gambach and Emily Ault. Senior high winners receive 200 each: Betsy Cuffel and Matt Baumer. Monticello and Linn-Mar students are named along with the McElroy Trust solo award winner Marilee Matthiessen who will perform April 28 as a Cedar Rapids Youth Symphony soloist.
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Guild
Jason Gambach
Indian Hill Rd
Franklin Junior High
Emily Ault
Second St. W
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon High School
Betsy Cuffel
27Th Ave
Marion
Matt Baumer
Crandall Dr
Linn-Mar High School
McElroy Trust
Marilee Matthiessen
Bradview
Monticello
Spelling Bee Set at Kirkwood Community College
The Area X Regional Spelling Bee will be held Saturday at Kirkwood Community College. Seventh and eighth graders advancing from local bees will compete, with co sponsors Kirkwood Des Moines Register and Grant Wood Area Education Agency.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
The
Des Moines Register
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Cedar Rapids high schools stage three weekend dramas
Three Cedar Rapids high schools host plays and musicals this weekend. Jefferson presents The Corn is Green with 8 pm shows Thursday through Saturday, tickets 2.50 adults 1.50 children, reservations 398-2197. Kennedy stages Peter Pan at 7:30 pm Thu Fri Sat plus 2 pm matinee Saturday, tickets 3.50 adults 2.50 students. group rates 398-2251. Washington offers West Side Story at 8 pm Thu Fri Sat with 3.50 adults 2 for students. box office 2-4 pm and 398-2429.
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John McIvor
Sean Miller
Kathy Osterhaus
Peter Pan
Kathy Oppedahl
Tiger Lily
Kennedy High School
Vicky Muters
Anita
Gary Strope
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson
Kennedy
Washington
Emlyn Williams
Miss Moffat
Jenny Sullivan
Sue Lane
Wales
Moffat
Morgan Evans
Paul Young
J St
Oxford
Robert Gender
Brad Wermayer
Tom Shedenhelm
Tiki Terrace
Hiawatha
Grant Severn
Route 3
Marion
Mr. Darling
Captain Hook
Susan Wessel
42Nd St. NE
Wendy
James Barrie
Manhattan
Lower West Side
West Side Story
Maria
Kelli Finn
Lost Valley Rd
Tony
Scott Maters
Fifth Ave. SE
James Kern
Kent Hatteberg
Jerry Henry
Jim Wright
Ruth White
Linn-Mar Jazz Band wins Class AA first place again
Linn- Mar junior high jazz band under Al Naylor wins first place Class AA at the North east Iowa Bandmasters Association contest for the fourth straight year. Outstanding soloists named include Eric Broer Andy McGovern and Jim Aldrich. High school soloists JoEllen Dicken and Dan Bogart also honored. Regis Night offers Discover Regis information at 7 pm with tours and orientation to follow. Daylight saving time was approved by Congress in 1918.
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Linn- Mar
al Naylor
Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association
Eric Broer
Crandall Dr
Andy McGovern
10Th Ave
Jim Aldrich
Windsor Dr
JoEllen Dicken
24Th Ave
Dan Bogart
Sussex Dr
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Jerry Copeland
Wilson Ave
Slayton Thompson
Metro High School
Thompson
Gazette
Rita Reea
Cedar Rapids High Schools
Regis
Regis High School
Discover Aegis
Congress
DuraSoft
Bausch & Lomb Softens
Sears
Dubuque
Ova City
Waterloo
Sycamore Crossroads
Norwest Bank
Norwest
Norwest Banks
Minnesota
Chicago Avenue
Minneapolis
FDIC
Marion, N.A
Ema
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