Developers initially set aside a parcel of land as an option for the Iowa City schools to build a new elementary school, but the district has declined the developers’ offer to use the land for that purpose amid financial challenges. @fernjalling.bsky.social
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A report Wednesday from Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand argues that nearly four out of five students using Iowa's Education Savings Account program would have attended private schools even without the state-funded tuition assistance. @tjbarton83.bsky.social www.thegazette.com/news/state/s...
Iowa City schools’ top administrators are leaving the district this month, which school board members say is an opportunity for a “fresh start,” “reset,” “new beginnings” and “more rigorous oversight” amid an ongoing financial crisis. www.thegazette.com/news/educati...
Iowa schools are losing out on millions of dollars that the state is redirecting to property tax relief, putting some schools at risk of defaulting on bonds taken out to fund facility projects.
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The Cedar Rapids school district is considering offering a $20,000 supplemental retirement incentive to up to 40 teachers and five building administrators on a first-come basis to reduce annual expenses amid enrollment declines. www.thegazette.com/news/educati...
If Pat Moore was looking for a professional challenge, she’s getting it as new chief financial officer of the Iowa City school district. www.thegazette.com/news/educati...
Degner wrote to Kurth in an email on March 6, 2025, “I reread and think we should probably discuss again before I send anything on. I am concerned that the way some of this reads attributes blame to you rather than past audit and process concerns.” www.thegazette.com/news/educati...
For more than a decade, the Iowa City school district has been supplementing the Activity Fund — which pays for student extracurricular programs like athletics, music, clubs and other school-sponsored activities — with a fund that pays staff salaries.
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The Cedar Rapids school district is considering offering a supplemental retirement incentive to up to 40 teachers and five building administrators to reduce annual expenses amid enrollment declines.
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Plans for senior housing, a multi-concept hospitality business, mountain bike trails and more continue to emerge as developers shape the future of the former ACT campus.
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State Auditor Rob Sand says most Iowa ESA recipients would have attended private school anyway. Republicans reject the report as political.
Three of Iowa City schools top administrators are leaving the district this month and Superintendent Matt Degner is changing jobs, which the school board said is an opportunity for a
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Iowa schools are losing out on millions of dollars being redirected to property tax relief, putting some schools at risk of defaulting on bonds taken out to fund facility projects.
Iowa City schools CFO Pat Moore said she had full knowledge of the financial crisis unfolding when she applied for the role, wanting to take her skills somewhere she could
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Iowa City school’s director of financial reporting flagged “fundamental errors” in the district’s accounting to school leaders than a year before the problems began to be uncovered by the school
For more than a decade, the Iowa City school district’s Activity Fund, which is supposed to be self-sustaining, dipped into a fund used to pay staff salaries
