County workers drop bid for fire pay after toxic plant blaze
The Linn County AFSCME Local 231 board has dropped arbitration over a pay day for 240 workers who missed July 15 and 16 due to a toxic fire at the old sewage treatment plant. The county’s stance barred pay unless taken as vacation or personal leave, with about 19 500 in wages affected.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette County Repo
Linn County
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union
Afscme
Steve Hershner
Hershner
the Gazette
Executive Board
Panels Air Findings On Cedar Rapids School Facilities Plan
Forty residents serving on four subcommittees of the School Facilities Committee met with Superintendent Harold Guthrie at the Educational Service Center to review preliminary reports. One panel rated 16 buildings on condition, cost and sale potential while another set criteria to measure effects of possible school closures. A third subgroup proposed separate K 5 elementary and 6 8 middle schools with shared buildings under certain conditions.
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Education Wire
Cedar Rapids
Harold Guthrie
Educational Service Center
Guthrie
Educational Impact Subcommittee
Cedar Rapids School Board Candidates Speak Tonight
Candidates for the Cedar Rapids Community School Board will attend a candidates night at 7 p.m. in the Educational Service Center board room at 346 Second Ave. SW. They will answer written audience questions, in an event sponsored by the Cedar Rapids PTA Council.
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Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids Pta Council
Cedar Rapids schools seek Key Communicators for outreach
The Cedar Rapids Community Schools invite residents to join the Key Communicators, attend a meeting at 10 a.m. or 7 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Educational Service Center, and carry information back to neighbors. The panel discussion will include a brief Guthrie presentation and Q A.
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Cedar Rapids
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Harold Guthrie
Kucera Promises Staff Morale Focus If Reelected to Cedar Rapids Board
Mary Ann Kucera told a campaign coffee at the Eiler residence that staff morale would be her top priority if she wins a new three year term on the Cedar Rapids Community School Board. She outlined ongoing informal staff meetings, student government dialogues, and continued advisory committees on budget health services and facilities. She favored keeping the district budget unspent balance at 3.3 percent as a cushion against state funding irregularities and supporting administrative costs at 140 dollars per student, nine dollars under the state average.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Ann Kucera
Ken
Betty Eiler
J St
Kucera
Patrick Courtney
George White
Fifth St
McDermott Calls for Broad Involvement in Cedar Rapids Schools
Cedar Rapids school board candidate Susan McDermott urged more public involvement in district decisions, criticizing reactive dialogue and slow communication. She cited Adams School closure and the middle school program as examples, speaking at private home coffees in Cedar Rapids locations.
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Cedar Rapids School Board
Susan McDermott
McDermott
Darrell McReynolds
David Challed
Ruth Chipokas
Tomahawk Trail SE
Lynda Schimberg
Broadlawn Dr
Selma Walser
Circle Hill Ct
Court candidate backs specific elementary class size limits
Patrick Courtney, running for Cedar Rapids Community School District Director District 3, urged fixed elementary class size caps at a Sara Porter residence coffee. He argued larger classes hinder early reading and writing skill development and would require board approval to exceed limits.
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Cedar Rapids
Patrick Courtney
Courtney
Sara Porter
31St St. NW
Mary Ann Kucera
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Rita Reed
Symphony
Tom Nodurft
Coonrod
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Second Street
Bettie Spaight
Cedar Rapids Symphony Guild
Spaight
Pat McIntyre
Ellie Charipar
County Workers’ Union
Board of Supervisors
Gazette
American Federal
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