Honors program changes eyed by Cedar Rapids school board
Cedar Rapids Community school board discussed a stricter honors program requiring a 3.0 GPA in academic courses and 22.5 credits beyond the 202.5 minimum, eliminating the two current tracts humanities and math science, plus adding art history and music survey as honors options. The board also voted to rescind a $25 driver education fee with refunds to full term students forthcoming.
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Cedar Rapids
William Rainbow
Rainbow
the Gazette
Mary Ann Kucera
Ronald Moore
Co op members on zoning board may vote on permit
Assistant County Attorney Allan Harris ruled Linn County Zoning Board of Adjustment members who also belong to the Linn County Co op Oil Co can vote on its conditional use permit application. The four to five member board will reconvene October 26 after a tabled hearing on storing anhydrous ammonia on farmland near Troy Mills.
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Linn County Co-op Oil Company
Linn County Zoning Board of Adjustment
Co-Op
Allan Harris
Building and Zoning Department
Board of Adjustment
Troy Mills
Joe Taylor
Harms
Harrs
Marga
Ret O'Connell
James Crow
Jackie Chacey
Philip Kraft
Harris
Parents Rally Over Cedar Rapids Boundary Changes
Nearly 100 residents packed Washington High School to protest proposed senior high boundary shifts affecting Kennedy Washington and Jefferson high schools. Officials cited ninth grade moves for 1984. exemptions for Kennedy siblings sparked debate and petitions nearing 500 signatures.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Little Theatre
Kennedy High School
Kennedy
Kennedy Area
Oakland Road NE
Golf Street
Noelridge Park
J Avenue NW
Jefferson High School
Marvin Maire
Maire
Viner
James Wolfe
Clifton St
The
Noelridge
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Regal Ave
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Iowa
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