Many wanted to have one final say. Some were happy about it. 18 53 10 thank you again for listening to us and coming up with what i think is a really good solution. Others still wanted change. 18 53 55 why cant the expectation be set that short term meetings are happening on a weekly basis outside of the Normal School hours. Superintendent t ad buck says the district settled on fridays due to a recent survey. The district got more than 38hundred responses. 18 31 43 overwhelmingly fridays and end of the day, to the tune of 80 plus percent. Dr. Buck says he believes teachers will use the professional Development Time to look back on their week and look ahead to next week. Still some have concerns asking the board to track the outcomes of this new plan. 18 55 55 a couple of concerns i see is will this increase the absentee rate on fridays. Parents may say lets have a three day weekend. 19 11 15 we do need to have a reflection at the end of part end, of what we are seeing with the r rults
After a shed fire in cedar rapids. Police and fire crews resesnded to 314 30th street drive se just after midnight for a report of a shed fire. No one was hurt. The Fire Department put out the fire and Police Arrested richard alatalo for arson and public intoxication. Officers found him shortly after the fire started. Alatalo was arrested for arson last october. After weeks of debate, this morning the Cedar Rapids School district has set a calendar. The discussion has focused onon which day of the week teachers would get professional development time. Last night, the school board approved an early dismissal for students every friday next year. Superintendent brad buck says Research Proves Weekly Professional Development for teachers leads to better 18 32 29 we are excited about that as a concept and ultimately to implement it. Well make friday afternoons work. Thehe will be a few thingng related to coachch for example that we may need to figure out some of those details. The district a
Barney fraaken on two counts of 1stdegree murder yesterday. Police e y fraaken shot his wife amy and daughter amber in november last year. Fraaken also shot himself that day. Police arrested him shortly after he was released from the hospital. Last year, fraakens stepson told kccitv he believes the shooting came from marital problems. Places all along the east coast are cleaning up after some dangerous storms rolled through. A tornado damaged prwperty outside of Richmond Virginia overnight. The storm overturned trucks and toppled trees throughout essex county. One man who witnessed it l says the storm was devastating to his entire neighborhood. We was sitting in the middle of the house when it came through and it just demolished everything through this, couple houses that are gone completely, the church is gone, and a lot of people hurting now, there are like 3 or 4 people harvey says his neighbors quickly came together to clear debris from the road so emergency crews could get through
I i nt know about you but chill bumps are already out. Good morning, america. Gma on safari live. ll give you an extrtrrdinary glimpse at one of the natural wonders of the world. Lets take a look at it right now. Amy is there. Amy robach there live in africa. Shes in tanzania and shes just about to go into the Ngorongoro Crater in n nzania, one of the most spectacular, stunning sights in the world. You see her in the convoy right there. Amy, how is it . Ohohmy goodness, george. It truly is the garden of eden. It is spectacular and just moments ago thats right, we descended into the 2,000foot deep crarar and now we have just arrived and i believe a few of our friends came to join us, the animals have really cooperated. Views. This is 100squaremile crater. We have a lot of ground to cover. Have help to cover this. We have five cameras, a long lens camera. Two drones and, of course, that 360degree Virtual Reality bringing this incredible, incredible safari to you and it is stunning. There
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. By afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but itll be chilly regardless. Plan on highs in the mid30s. Tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. Theres no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. Plan on highs to go well into the 50s both days th sunny sky on saturday and partly cloudy sky on sunday. A cold front will move through on sunday evening, but precipitation chances are extremely low at this time. The takeaway message for the weekend is this itll be fabulous. Another area of low pressure may affect the area around march 1st. Have a great day today turning partly cloudy high ` 3339 winds nw 1525 alo 35 dbq 34 iow 37tonight partly cloudy low 2430 winds nw 515 alo 25 dbq 26 partly sunny high 3743 winds w 510 alo 40 dbq 38 iow 42tomorrow night mostly clear low 2632 iow 30 to