Cedar Rapids school board weighs remodel and grade reorganization
The Cedar Rapids Community School District considers about six items on remodeling and next year’s grade reorganization including delaying Polk School closure. The $852000 remodeling cost from the schoolhouse fund is aimed at freeing capacity and saving the district money long term.
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William Rainbow
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Waterloo
Community meetings and arts events on Monday agenda
Today schedules Linn County supervisors Cedar Rapids Airport Commission Hiawatha Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids school boards Walker City Council and college dances at Luther College Decorah and University of Iowa concert by Slovak State Folk Ensemble at Hancher Auditorium with ticket prices. Theater times listed on page 11A.
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Cedar Rapids Airport Commission
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Water Board
Linn-Mar School Board
N. 10Th St
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Cedar Rapids School Board
Hancher Auditorium
University of Iowa
Labor rally in Marshalltown backs Swift strikers
Labor representatives from across the Midwest gathered in Marshalltown for a Sunday rally in support of Swift Independent Packing Co. strikers. More than 1,000 attendees heard speeches from labor leaders including Doug Womack of United Auto Workers Local 893. The march from the park to the Swift plant followed the rally as replacements reported for work.
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Midwest
Swift Independent Packing Co
Doug Womack
United Auto Workers Local 893
Swift
Carter and Ford Campaign Stops Across New York Pittsburgh Atlantic City
Ten years ago Jimmy Carter visited New York City and Pittsburgh to campaign while Gerald Ford conducted stops in Atlantic City New Jersey and Villanova Pennsylvania.
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New York City
Pittsburgh
Gerald R. Ford
Atlantic City
N.J
Villanova
Cedar Rapids middle schools adopt team delivery with multi language exploration
Cedar Rapids Community Schools plan to shift to team-taught middle school classes next year. Lessons will keep core subjects with new delivery methods and tech infused industrial arts while eighth grade foreign language becomes multi language exploration. Drama may stay. debate likely ends. A board vote is set for November 10 at the Educational Service Center.
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Thomas Micek
Micek
Educational Service Center
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Junkins Campaign Swing Reflects Economic Turn in Iowa
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Lowell Junkins toured Iowa's southeast, branding Branstad's policies as an assault on farmers and small businesses. He framed the race as a referendum on economic policy, pledging a mirror test for voters and warning against a four-year continuation.
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Montrose
Keokuk
Muscatine
Iowa
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