And includes things like how many students are on grade level in math and reading and closing the achievement gap for students who are low income, dont speak english as a first language or are in special education. For high schools only, Graduation Rates are considered and student attendance and staff retention round out the rest of what goes into a schools grade. Its a grade some schools are celebrating, and others think are downright wrong. This is a story of two schools Solon High School and Vinton Shellsburg middle school. Both are in eastern iowa, both have populations that are mostly white and speak english, but after that, the similarities end. Only 7 of Solon High Schools students are low income. Vintonshellsburg middle schools poverty percentage is four times that. Solon has about 8 percent of its students in special education. Vintonshellsburg has 15 thats almost that more than 92 percent of its students are meeting math and reading expectations according to the state test. V
I think theyre selling themselves short, i think they have the talent and skills to raise that full 500,000 without city support. I would encourage the city council to vote yes on supporting arts and culture and attraction to this community so the businesses and the individuals that have continued to support the arts will move here, will raise their families here. If the Council Votes yes the lens could be in place sometime next year. If they vote no the Downtown District will have to decide if they want to raise the money for the project without a professional fundraiser. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Turning now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, some very mild weather today. When you think of february weather normally snow, wind and cold come to mind. While we will have strong winds the next couple of days features no snowfall and mild temperatures. Highs should be able to rise into the 50s through 60s a definite possibility. Our milder than normal conditions contin
Onsite counseling or referrals to outside services for students most in need. Nurses i spoke with today say ey see that need ininde schools every day. 20 42 48 well see any child who is a Cedar Rapids Community School District student and their siblings. Inside taylor elementary. 20 44 37 we do stock some antibiotics too. A metro care clinic is on display at an open house. 20 40 50 we have three school based clinics. Clinics that are essentiallllan inschool doctors office. 20 15 22 were not here to take the there are a lot of kiddos out there who have barriers that they cant get to a health care provider. Were here to be that bridge. Nurse practitioners like sara gordon staff the clinics. She says many of the issues kids come to her for arent really physical health problems. A common hears is headaches. 20 35 00a headache is never just a headache. A lot of times students are focusing on tonight, am i going to get a didnt come home last ninit. Theres j jt a lot more to deal with than my
Alert forecast, britley. As you wake up temperatures will start off in the upper 20s and low 30s for most. Skies will be partly cloudy which will allow for a great start to your friday. A little sunshine will go a long way throughout your late morning and afternoon. With the sunshine and a westerly wind temperatures will warm into the low 40s for highs. Into the evening temperatures will stay mild, with lows dropping into the low 30s. Skies will becomom mainly clear and thh start of you weekenen looks great. Once again the weather remains fairly quiet, but i think most of you will be ok with that. Especially since our weather gets even better into saturday and will continue into sunday. Temperatures are pushing 60 degrees both days. Spring isnt too far away. Thanks britley. A nurse at a Cedar Rapids School Health Clinic says there is a large need for student care and not just the physical part of care. During an open house at the clinic in taylor elementary, she says there should be mo
House and in Dubuque County. Dubuque county auditor denise dolan says even with this many candidates, the appointment process is stl much cheaperhan estimates that payers about 50 thousand dollars. She says interviewing all 26 candidates is doing due diligence. The committee will select just one candidate after they deliberate on monday. Will we come to a consensus fairly quickly . I dont know. I think it will depend on the interviews. Auditor dolan says the last time a supervisor died while in office was, llyod hayes in 1987. That time, the Committee Also appointed a replacement usg the same interview method. And just five people e plied for the position. That process took just one day. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. If the Committee Appoints someone who Dubuque County people arent happy with, they can petition for a special election. Th this story on kcrg dot com. Ainsworth voters have about two hoururleft to cast their ballots in a special election for a new city cou