Lipsky Elected President Of Cedar Rapids School Board
Norman Lipsky was chosen president of the Cedar Rapids board of education for 1969 70 by a 4 2 vote at the organizational meeting. Lipsky, a 1965 appointee and longtime business man, succeeds Ernest Pence who led the board for most of the past five years. The meeting also canvassed Sept 8 election returns, adjusting total votes to 5 590 without affecting race outcomes, and voters approved a 2 percent mile construction levy for ten more years by 2 485 to 1 841.
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Bill Duffy
Cedar Rapids
Bjornson
Trickey
John Thompson
Theodore Reynolds
Alvin Lenway
Edward Kuba
Ralph Matteson
Cedar Rapids district audit reports 1968-69 results
The board received the 1968-69 district audit showing receipts of 17 245 435.81 and expenditures of 18 522 791.20 with a separate activity funds report. Auditors praised cash discount use but noted checks mailed after June 30 and non authorized expenses. They urged new accrual controls and central purchasing for athletics to cut costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Peal, Marwick, Mitchell and Co
MelGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Co
Cedar Rapids schools offer five dollar complete testing program
The Cedar Rapids board heard that a complete testing program for each student over 13 years costs less than five dollars. Arnold Paulsen, coordinator of guidance, called the program a bargain and noted the five dollar figure covers achievement tests for grades and secondary students as well as IQ tests. It excludes materials for classroom tests and talent tests written by high school students.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Educational Service Center
Arnold Paulsen
District administers wide array of scholastic tests
Cedar Rapids officials describe annual testing for grades one through nine as vision, height, weight checks and classroom progress tests. ACT scores for high schoolers exceed national averages, while university entrants also show high results. A banking system of test materials is planned to aid teachers and track progress.
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Pauley
A.C.T
Paulsen
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Apolinar Diaz
Diaz
George Ross
Ross
School Board Rejects Bids For Lockers At Harding Jr High
Cedar Rapids school board rejects bids for 192 lockers with bids from Pigott Inc and Allen Supply Co far above the $4,850 budget. Officials say installation was not in the figure and will invite bids for lockers only for district personnel to install. A new student addition is under construction at Harding junior high on Golf street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Harding Junior High
Pigott, Inc
Allen Supply Co
Golf Street
Architects Get Authority To Plan Tyler Addition
Architects from Associated Architects of Cedar Rapids presented preliminary Tyler school plans at the regular board meeting. The board approved a one story structure with a connected gymnasium, to be built on land recently purchased, merging with a three classroom wing to form three sections per grade. The older Tyler wing will be torn down after completion, and bids could be sought to start construction late this year or early next.
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Cedar’ Raphi School
Comboard Monday
Brown, Heal
Book and Crites
Tyler
McConnell
Comschool
Twelfth Avenue
Perfore
Associated Architects of
Cedar Rapids
Tyler School
Per Pupil Costs Told Tuition Set by Cedar Rapids School Board
Cedar Rapids Community School District revealed per pupil costs for 1968-69 totaling 791.34 with elementary 639.93, junior high 988.77, and senior high 1,030.83. Junior high tuition limited to 963.90 as maximum, while elementary and senior high tuition match local costs.
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Cedar Rapids
State Department of Public Instruction
School Business Office
State Department
Cedar Rapids School Costs Tied to State Averages
A report compares Cedar Rapids per pupil spending with state norms noting elementary costs $2.87 below the state average and high school costs $93.72 under the state maximum. The piece also mentions a grenade incident targeting the Israeli embassy and security measures during Queen’s day in The Hague.
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Cedar Rapids
Dutch Queen's Life Threatened
An anonymous caller threatened to kill Queen Juliana of the Netherlands if authorities refused to release an unspecified person. Police investigated the hoax call at The Hague, with no injuries reported and no immediate motive disclosed.
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the Hague
Juliana
The
Netherlands
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Norman Lipsky
C.R. Community School Board
Otte Wiedersberg
Pence
Fred Bjornson
Ben Trickey
Iowa Assn
Eddie
TV 9
Sears
Betty Hajek
Juinda Leas
Alma McShane
Sears, Roebuck and and Oo
HO OY
Schaefer’s
Iner
Ard
Tere
Paton House
Hague
McCune's
Glas
33Rd St. Dr
Gitizens
Aey Citizens Loan Corp
First Avenue
Cedan Rapids
Morton
Morton House
Morton Rouse
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