CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Neighbors living next to Hoover Elementary pleaded to both the Cedar Rapids School Board and City Council this week to resolve their concerns about plans for a new school. The neighbors asked for a better location for a bus access road, planned to be built just feet from their backyards, and […]
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Hoover and Van Buren elementary neighbor...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It was déjà vu for neighbors who spoke out in recent weeks to the Cedar Rapids City Council against proposed new school projects and repeated their message tonight to the Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education. While the rezoning applications for sites at Hoover Elementary, 4141 Johnson Ave. NW, […]
Tale of two Cedar Rapids schools and a m...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Neighbors turned out in force to express their opposition to the rezoning of two elementary school sites, but the Cedar Rapids City Council approved the measure for one school, and not the other. In addition to concerns about runoff, increased traffic, noise and air pollution and more, neighbors of Hoover Elementary […]
New Pi Soilmates helps school gardens gr...
IOWA CITY – Scott Koepke lights up when he talks about his work. “Look at those faces,” he said, pointing to a photo of school children fully absorbed in his presentation about composting, his full-time endeavor. Koepke has been helping schools in the Iowa City area start gardens in his role as New Pioneer Food […]