Cedar Rapids teachers face uncertain raises under pay rule
Cedar Rapids Community School District faces delay and payroll chaos as rulings from Washington and Kansas City clash over whether teachers must have worked under the new salary schedule before Aug 15 to qualify for raises. About 800 of 1,386 staff could be affected, creating clerical and computer processing challenges and possible future overpayments. A Friday 4 p.m. board meeting will decide next steps. The article also notes a separate IOWA City report of John Loveless, 19, in critical condition after a cutting torch incident in Council Bluffs.
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Released Time Program For Washington Approved
Washington high school will adopt a modified Parent Approved Released Time program starting next Monday. PLA.R.T. lets any senior who has 80 semester hours leave during study hall with a parent signed permission card, and they must leave campus if they exit study hall. The program, conceived by the student Forum and endorsed by the Washington PTSA, is not open campus and requires students to remain in class if they do not leave.
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Magellan’s Voyage Pioneered Pacific Route 1519–1520
A historic voyage led by Ferdinand Magellan established the first sea route to the Pacific and the first circumnavigation of the globe, beginning in 1519 and concluding in 1520.
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Minority enrollments shift within Cedar Rapids schools in 1971
Cedar Rapids data show minority students now attend more district schools than in 1968 with only Noelridge and Palo lacking minority representation. Changes reflect within city population shifts as boundary moves did not drive the trend. Supt Currie calls it a positive, voluntary dispersal of minority students.
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Grissel Elected to College Board Post
Elmer Grissel was elected chairman of the College Community board Monday at its reorganizational meeting after the Sept. 13 school election. The former chair, James Bowersox, was defeated in the election.
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Elmer Grissel
College Community Board
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Lipsky Re-elected As Cedar Rapids School Board President
Norman Lipsky was re-elected president of the Cedar Rapids Community School Board for the third straight year in a unanimous vote. He recently won another term on the board after polling the highest number of votes in a five candidate election. The notice mentions Want ads offering home listings.
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Norman Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
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