Fiction-Marion was the first in 1840.

Fiction. The answer is,1855. 😀

Glad I took a screeshot of the article so I can save it to memory next bond vote and school board election. Goes a little like this… Grover got a 3% salary increase approved unanimously by the school board. All next to the email showing staffing downsizing… while all of us can clearly see the decrease in our children's education.

Yay, Doug Thompson made this spotlight! A strong support staff is vital for any school! Thanks to ALL our Grant Wood custodial and cafeteria staff!💚💛

Mr. Thompson is the best!!💚💛

We ❤️ Mr. Thompson!

Go Doug!! Seriously the best building engineer by far! ❤️

Thank you for all you do!❤️

Thank you so much 😊

Gahhhh that's my Tammy Scott!!!

Love me some Tammy Camenisch Scott! She was such a bright light at Garfield when I worked there!

Agreed!

Thanks to all Support Staff at CRCSD! We appreciate your service and dedication to our community. 🫂

💕

Doug!!! <3

Fiction, only 19 elementary schools now.

Utter confusion at about every level, so lets go build another $117.5M middle school and tear down a perfectly good school, just because we do not want it to get in the hands of a private or charter school. Is it really about education?

Fiction you are missing the 1 virtual academy

Fiction- they have one all day pre-school

There are preschool programs within multiple of the elementary schools… But there is only one early learning center building… So I would say that could be fact or fiction 

I think we're down to 19 elementaries?

Fiction 100%

Fiction

Fiction

Fiction

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Fact

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Only 4 HS’s

Fiction

Charter schools will cut this by half.

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Andrew Gingrich

It'll be snowing and raining all day, a delay seems a little too optimistic.

As a senior myself, I will be staying home because I don't think driving in this will be very safe. Just cancel school, we got less snow on Wednesday and you canceled…

Cedar Rapids Community School District If this morning warranted a delay(I agree it did), how do the projected conditions for the next several hours(until after lunch) not warrant cancellation? The temperature is not expected rise, it will still be SNOWING until at least lunch so the streets won't improve in any way and we are still under the same weather advisory until 3pm. How is this safer than a few hours ago?

I've called my child in, since the conditions are potentially hazardous for the mid-morning commute according to the advisory. I'm also concerned about potential road conditions later in the day, if the temperature wavers and we get icy rain. Doesn't seem worth it.

Cancel and just get it over with

It’s time to cancel for the day. It’s not getting any better and is dangerous.

It's not too late to cancel all together. I'll bet a lot of people aren't sending their kids. I for one don't believe in 2 hour delays. Just cancel. It's too inconvenient pushing things back 2 hours. Mine are staying home today.

Cedar Rapids Community School District If you need a new person to call the weather days, I'll apply and make wiser choices for our students. The last 2 months you guys have done a terrible job at determining whether school should be in session. Do better.

Not to stop before 2 so might as well call school out that way they can clear roads

There is no preschool at all today. It is Friday!

All the schools around are canceling

LET'S ALL CALL Cedar Rapids Community School District ROADS WILL NOT BE SAFE TODAY JUST AS BAD AS WEDNESDAY LETS GET CLASSES CANCELLED. PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST. #SAFETYFIRST

Why are we not

I may stay in too n not go cuz I don't do snow . Not at all

Rain delays now

Still waiting to see the rest of the Homegrown Hero’s!

Anatomy and Physiology with Craig Mallicoat ! He was the best and made learning about the human body so fascinating and engaging! 🧠💪🏽

Awww, love you, Candra!! So proud of you!!🥰❤️

Recess. I'm retired.

Beth Sheets at Washington HS. She taught a combination of finance, balancing a checkbook and typing? I was awful at typing. I think it was called careers something? It was my biggest take away. I budget because of her. I assist other's at creating and sticking to a budget and started a successful child care home businesses.

Sarah Kolaas, Jenn Tungesvik Hamel, Lorie Bateman, Susan Covington! Math, but I am the educator I am today because of these women!

I took both AP US History and AP Government from the great Dr. Francis McMann at Washington High School. Over the last 33 years I have taught both as a high school social studies teacher!

Mine was an English teacher, which is why I became an English teacher, but I didn’t graduate from CR.

AP psych with Dana Cathleen

Complainers if they do, complainers if they don't. 🤦‍♀️

So we cancel for wind and up to an inch of snow but negative 45 windshield we risk and put our children at risk . You guys are one confused district

Thank you for calling it. All reports and agencies are saying to stay off the roads if at all possible as even an inch of snow can constitute a blizzard environment. The call last night would have helped families plan…as that was clear last night per weather and safety agencies. Thank you for valuing staff and student safety today. Otherwise I'm sure there would have been significant absences, just like the dangerously cold day we had classes a few weeks ago.

Last min on everything anymore here. Can go to school with windchills below -20 but little snow and wind and call it

I think they made a good call. Weather like this can be unpredictable and is difficult to call. High winds make it dangerous for busses to be on the road. Forecast is for low visibility as well.

Thank you district for keeping us safe. Decisions have been made plenty ahead of time and we most certainly have not gone to school in -45 windchill. I walk home from school almost daily and it hasn’t been that cold without them cancelling. I have two teenagers that drive to school and keeping them safe and off the streets is more than fine by me. So, again, thank you.

Thank you for helping keep our kids safe today! Many children have to walk up to two miles to school daily and this weather is terrible!

Thank you for making the best decision you can for the students and families.

At this point, what is the last day of school? Asking for a friend…lol

No matter what the call is someone will always be mad.

Seriously? For 2 inches of snow that hasn't started yet and will be done before school gets out.

Huh, snow in winter who would of thought.

its also visibility. you cant see jack outside

I invite anyone here complaining about the closure today to go out to 511ia.org and look at the map to the west of us. THAT is what's coming. THAT is what they are anticipating. THAT is why they cancelled. THAT is what they are keeping kids and staff safe from. Let's give them some grace and some THANKS how about?

Bonjour.

German starting in 3rd grade all through high school and one year in college!

I still question the need for a foreign language when our ranking in reading, writing, and arithmetic has fallen way below students in other parts of the world. Foreign language should be a choice, but I believe that 3 years are required for graduation at Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI. Seems ridiculous.

Once they start to address the elementary schools and their needs I'll start looking at these. Rediculous. We are having to change school districts because of the lack of funding for schools in desperate need of funding.

The "survey" is more of a pre-election propaganda piece than an actual survey. The questions are skewed towards looking for a yes vote. They speak of several items in the piece that ARE NOT covered by this bond issue, but if they can get folks to believe it they can get more yes votes. It is just 5 projects. If the "savings" will be $130M, why would they not want a $80M bond issue, borrow the remainder, and then pay it back over time with savings. The reason is there will be no savings, it will ALL be spent. We have to vote this down and hope that there is a better one down the road. Vote NO

I see that Dr Grover is justifying spending $150,000 per acre for agricultural land just because it can be rezoned for "education". Garfield School sat on 5 1/2 acres which would, by that virtue, be worth $825,000 just for the land, let alone the value of the building. I have zero issue with the buyer, but we were certainly not very good "sellers". I am voting NO as they continue to make reckless decisions with our tax dollars.

That's awesome 👏 and well deserved!

Well deserved .. awesome educator!

Good job, son.You make mom proud

Congratulations Chuck!! You’re one of the best!!

Well deserved! Congratulations!!

That is so awesome! So nice when the recipient is so deserving!!

Congrats Chuck Tonelli !!

Goooo chuck

Forgot to proof read before posting

Don't you mean March 2025??

March