Cedar Rapids approves home instruction pilot for 13 students
Cedar Rapids Community Schools will pilot a home instruction program with a certified teacher guiding parents of about 13 home-schooled students from seven families. The plan mirrors Des Moines methods, uses Phase III funding, and counts students in enrollment for district revenue.
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Kurt Rogahn Lazette
Cedar Rapids
Beth Hatch
Hatch
Norm Hanson
Wrzeski
Apartment fire leaves I C tenants homeless
An Iowa City fire destroyed one apartment and damaged another in a 408 S Dubuque St building late Monday. Firefighters stopped the blaze by 5 45 p m with one firefighter treated for smoke inhalation. Most tenants were students and losses included personal belongings. Damages totaled about 40 000 to the fire unit and 20 000 to its contents plus 500 in the adjacent building.
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Addington
Paul Clark
Clark
University of Iowa
Tony Callento
U of I
Cedar Rapids
Callento
Goldie’s Rentals
Iowa City
Wayne Fijelstad
Cedar Rapids Schools Expand Student Information Access
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board approved changes allowing schools to release more student details under new federal rules while preserving parental consent rights. Directory information expands to include birth details, addresses, activities, attendance, and awards, with a 10 cent per copy fee for records.
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Kurt Rogahn
Cedar Rapids
Polling Places List for Today’s Elections
Polling locations open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with handicapped access asterisk. The list covers Taylor Elementary to Springville City Hall with many schools churches and civic buildings across Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding townships. Precincts include Linn-Mar Indian Creek Elementary Marian Indian Creek Indian Creek Indian Creek Indian Creek Indian Creek Indian Creek Indian Creek and others with polls noon to 8 p.m. in Alburnett Toddville and Springville areas.
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Linn-Mar
Indian Creek
Marion
Alburnette
Toddville
Marion Township
Springville
Injury at Twin Pines Golf Course Involves Couple
Cedar Rapids police report says 71 year old Jane Currell was admitted in good condition to Mercy Hospital with a broken ankle after a golf cart struck her on the first tee at 7:40 am. The cart, driven by her husband William 68, failed to brake while she retrieved a club from a bag on another power cart.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Twin Pines
Jane Currell
Miami
William
Currells
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