Iowa had the highest high school graduation rate in the country in 2016, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Last year’s graduation rate was 91.3 percent, much higher than the national average of 84.1 percent. The statistics track the on-time graduation rates of students who have attended high schools for four years.
Iowa City Community School District
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Suspect taken into custody in Liberty High School shooting threat
A minor has been taken into custody for shooting threat that caused the Iowa City Community School District to cancel classes at Liberty High School. The threat was posted anonymously on Instagram Thursday night, according to a statement North Liberty Police Chief Diane Venenga emailed to Little Village.
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Classes canceled at Liberty High School due to credible threat of shooting
The Iowa City Community School District Superintendent Stephen Murley announced this morning that classes were cancelled today at Liberty High School due to a credible threat to “shot up the school.”
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Janet Godwin elected president, as the Iowa City school board makes its second leadership change in three months
Janet Godwin was elected president of the Board of Directors Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) during the board’s meeting on Tuesday. Godwin’s election followed Ruthina Malone’s resignation as president at the beginning of the meeting.
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Iowa City schools will get rid of controversial temporary seclusion rooms
The Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) plans to remove all the temporary seclusion rooms from its schools, according to an email sent to district parents by ICCSD Superintendent Stephen Murley. The temporary rooms are box-like 6-by-6-foot wooden structures with padded walls used to isolate students. Seclusion rooms are only supposed to be used as a last resort, when a student’s behavior is uncontrollable.
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Letter to the editor: An open letter to the new Iowa City school board
At your very first school board meeting, you voted to approve a laundry list of school construction expenses. One of them was $28,000 to pay for balancing and conditioning mechanical systems at the new Hoover Elementary school. You were told by the ICCSD facilities manager, Duane Van Hemert that the extra money was required because the work wasn’t written into the original construction contract that the district allowed the contractor to write, and that it was work required by law.
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LV guide to the candidates and issues in the Iowa City school election
On Tuesday, four new school board members will be elected in Iowa City Community School District. Little Village conducted interviews with all seven candidates, asking each the same set of questions to allow voters to see how the candidates compare to each other on the important issues facing the district. Voters will also be deciding […]
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate Charlie Eastham on the issues
Charlie Eastham wants to bring the analytical skill he learned working in a lab, and the insights he’s learned as a community activist, to the Iowa City Community School District.
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate Karen Woltman on the issues
Karen Woltman wants to bring her experience as a mother of three children in public school and her long-time involvement with education issues to the Iowa City Community School District.
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate Ruthina Malone on the issues
Ruthina Malone wants to bring her experience as both an administrator and as a parent of Iowa City school student to the Iowa City Community School District .
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate Laura Westemeyer on the issues
Laura Westemeyer wants to bring her experience as both a business owner and someone who has worked with children with special needs to the Iowa City Community School District.
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate Shawn Eyestone on the issues
Shawn Eyestone wants to bring the analytical and people skills he has learned managing a high-tech laboratory to the Iowa City Community School District.
