Are. Dr. Brad buck says the district is proud of how its schools performed in this latest report card. He recognizes there are improvements that need to be made, but he says its important for people to remember this report grades the states schools on a curve. So, he wasnt totally surprised that none of cedar rapids schools made it into the top two rating categories. 41 43 58 the chances of having schools in there is small. So when you sort of cououe that with wre we are in the district, its not completely surprising, just because there e rent going to be a lot of schools s those categories statewide. He says the district is already making strides to improve student proficiency and yearly academic growth. 42 44 52 we have lots of innovative programming. Johnson steam academy, options programs, spanish in elementary. So were attending on the innovation side. Dr. Buck says this report will give the district better insight into whats happening i. Its schools. But he hopes it will also ovi
A Cedar Rapids man, killed Friday in Cedar County when the semi-trailer truck he was driving was hit by a train, has been identified as Todd W. Evans, 47.
Police said that the driver of a 2016 Mack 600 truck was attempting to cross the railroad tracks and was struck on the driver’s side by an eastbound train.