Little Village has received many letters about the Iowa City school district bond question that will be on the Sept. 12 ballot. Here is a compilation of the letters we have received.
Iowa City Community School District
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate Janet Godwin on the issues
Janet Godwin wants to bring her leadership experience to the Iowa City Community School District.
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Interview: Iowa City school board candidate J.P. Claussen on the issues
J.P. Claussen wants to make sure the teacher’s perspective is represented when policy is being created in the Iowa City Community School District.
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Early voting for the Sept. 12 election begins
Early voting has started for the September 12 election. Voters will be electing school board members and deciding bond issues.
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School board candidate forum will feature translation for Spanish and Arabic speakers
Spanish and Arabic translators will help lower language barriers at forum with school board candidates being held at the Iowa City Public Library.
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Letter to the editor: Encourage local voting at Community Rocks! Rally
If you follow voting numbers, you’ll see that people come out in the largest numbers for presidential elections.
The next largest group of voters come out every couple years for state elections, and the smallest group of voters come out for local elections.
If you follow progress of any community, you’ll find that the higher the percentage of eligible voters traveling to the polls to assert their opinion, the more reflective the elected leaders are of the community they serve.
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Civic engagement and plenty of music at Community Rocks! Rally for the School Board Vote
Fun is not a word usually associated with discussions of education policy or increasing voter turnout, but Rachel Korach Howell and Kelly Garrett wanted to change that. Community Rocks! Rally for the School Board Vote is the result.
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Iowa City activist Charlie Eastham is running for school board
Longtime Iowa City activist Charlie Eastham announced his candidacy for the Iowa City Community School Board (ICCSB) last week. In a press release, Eastham said he is running for the seat recently vacated by LaTasha DeLoach, to serve the remaining two years on DeLoach’s term.
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Listening post at the library to discuss school seclusion rooms, accessibility on Saturday
Iowa City Community School Board Member Phil Hemingway will be holding a listening post in Meeting Room A at the Iowa City Public Library on Saturday, July 8, from noon to 3 p.m. The session will focus on two high profile issues: the use of seclusion rooms and how the district is complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Letter to the editor: School district’s use of seclusion rooms unacceptable
Months ago, I was shocked to read reports that the Iowa City Community School District has been using small, plywood boxes to seclude students as a form of discipline. But I am even more disheartened by the district’s refusal to put an immediate end to the practice. This is unacceptable.
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Iowa City area works to cut back on pesticides
Iowa City’s efforts to cut back on spraying pesticides on public lands and school grounds have been recognized by Good Neighbor Iowa, a statewide project through the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education that promotes pesticide-free lawn maintenance.
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Letters to the editor: Head-to-head on the ICCSD bond referendum
I wholeheartedly support the Iowa City Community School District bond referendum. Here is why:
1. Our kids need it. Johnson County keeps growing, and our schools haven’t kept up. We add over 300 students per year, the equivalent of one elementary school. Our kids deserve climate controls. They deserve rooms for art, music and PE. If nothing changes, 60 percent of our students will have class in a temporary classroom. And ADA accommodations are federal law!
