Cedar Rapids Board Divides on Grant Wood Agency Funding
The Cedar Rapids Community school board split 6 to 1 approving sharing in one case and denying in another regarding federal funds for the Grant Wood area education agency. The district will earmark $8,100 from the Indo-Chinese Migration and Refugee Assistance Act plus $300 per Vietnamese student to the agency for language training at Squaw Creek School.
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Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Lauree Gerber
Grant Wood Agency
Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Cedar Rapids
Norman Lipsky
Gerber
Grant Wood Agency Board
Tom White
White
Squaw Creek School
Turnover Rates Dip for Cedar Rapids Teachers
A report to the Cedar Rapids Community School Board shows 1974-75 staff turnover at eight percent, down from 9.1 percent the prior year and about 20 percent in 1970. In 1975-76, 177 new teachers were hired with 22 percent holding master’s degrees and 72 percent trained in Iowa. 108 teachers quit, with many replacements on leave or via federal programs.
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Cedar Rapids Community School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids School Board Adopts Activity Policy Change
The Cedar Rapids Community School District approved a policy restricting activities on Wednesday evenings and Sundays. It requires teachers to give 48 hours notice for Sunday events and after 4 30 p m on Wednesdays for elementary students 5 45 p m for junior high and 7 p m for senior high. Monthly reports of exceptions are to be submitted to the board.
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Cedar Rapids
Barbara Bjornson
John Ely
Cedar Rapids to Host Multi-State School Personnel Conference
The Cedar Rapids Community School District will host a conference of school personnel administrators from five states at the Educational Services Center on Second Avenue SW. Thirty five participants from Kansas Missouri Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa will join in small group discussions panels and talks by district and other administrators.
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Cedar Rapids
Educational Services Center
Second Avenue
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
School Board Adopts Sex Bias Non Discrimination Statement
The district unanimously approved a statement saying it does not discriminate on sex in hiring or in education programs. Title IX requires a self-study and an affirmative action plan by July 21, 1976. The district already bans employment discrimination by race color creed national origin sex age or marital status.
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Cedar Rapids
Bicentennial Designation Presented to Iowa County
Iowa county received its official designation as a bicentennial county during ceremonies at the Iowa Valley Community school. The program featured a parade and band concert, a flag presentation, and remarks by a state bicentennial representative.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Iowa Valley Community School
Presenta
American Legion
Iowa Coun
Jury Finds Police Spying by Chicago Force No Indictments
A special Cook County grand jury found Chicago police spied on citizen groups and urged some to shoot officers. No indictments were issued after a 7 4 month probe, though 13 officers were referred for possible discipline and a contempt petition was filed against ex Police Supt James Conlisk.
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Chicago
Cook County
Chicago Police Department
James Conlisk
Police
James Rochford
Rochford
Richard Daley
Albin Ciciora
Citizens Action Program
Steven Klein
Independent Voters of Illinois
Nose for Crime Lost by Thief
London police hunt a thief after a window break at a shop in South Harrow. A bloody half inch of flesh and a missing nose tip were found among debris, allegedly from the robber who grabbed a $10 cigarette lighter before fleeing.
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London
South Harrow
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