Regina teachers bring students outside for fresh air, masks breaks
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
September 22, 2020
When Regina High School students returned to in-person instruction, they had to adjust to a new schedule, with four classes a day that lasted an hour and a half. To split up these long periods and give students a break from wearing personal protective equipment, some teachers have been bringing stude...
UI law graduate fills Iowa City Community School District school board position
Samantha Murray, News Reporter
September 22, 2020
Colleagues of the recently elected Iowa City Community School District board member Dromi Etsey describe her as someone who is always listening, learning, and thoughtful — traits that aim to help Etsey reach her goal of bringing equity to children in the district. Etsey, who serves as the U...
Programs and parents work to help Iowa City students learn virtually
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
September 20, 2020
Every night, Iowa City parent Angela Clark reviews the next day’s schedule with her daughter Fiona. In the morning, Fiona gets ready like she would for a regular, in-person day of school, and then heads downstairs to the mini classroom her mother set up for her to attend her first-grade Zoom class...
Iowa City Community School District to adopt hybrid learning model
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
September 18, 2020
After two weeks of online classes, the Iowa City Community School District will adopt a hybrid learning model beginning Sept. 28, Interim Superintendent Matt Degner announced in an email on Friday to ICCSD families and staff. “We are regularly monitoring the daily COVID-19 positivity rates in ...
ICCSD Foundation receives donation to provide critical digital learning tools to K-6 students
Claire Benson, News Reporter
September 17, 2020
HAVlife of Johnson County recently donated $20,000 to the Iowa City Community School District Foundation, helping students to access digital software and resources while they are online during the pandemic. Beginning the school year virtually meant that Iowa City students were not able to acces...
ICCSD continues to provide free meals, technology and internet services to families
Claire Benson, News Reporter
September 13, 2020
Iowa City Community School District students are unable to return to school buildings as they start their fall semester in a virtual format. Having a structured environment with access to various resources gives students a sense of stability — something that COVID-19 has otherwise taken...
Iowa City schools to apply for another two-week online waiver
September 8, 2020
As Iowa City Community School District students returned to school online, the school board faced decisions on how to proceed with the school year after being denied a temporary injunction in the lawsuit seeking local control of school reopenings. The district was granted permission by the state...
ICCSD denied temporary injunction on school reopening
Rylee Wilson, News Editor
September 8, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District and the Iowa State Education Association were denied the temporary injunction in the lawsuit filed against the state, arguing that school districts should control when schools reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The district filed a lawsuit with the Iowa State E...
Iowa City School Board votes to begin school year online
John Reasoner, News Reporter
August 30, 2020
Iowa City schools will begin the school year completely online after receiving permission from the state following a high rise in positive COVID-19 cases. In its meeting on Saturday via Zoom, board members voted to accept a waiver from the Iowa Department of Education to be fully virtual for the first two weeks of the semester beginning on Se...
Iowa City schools allowed to start class completely remote
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
August 27, 2020
After Johnson County experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases, the state granted permission to the Iowa City Community School District to move to all-virtual classroom instruction after initially denying the district’s initial request for all-online schooling. Interim Superintendent Matt Degne...
Iowa City schools files lawsuit against the state, seeking local control of school reopenings
Rylee Wilson, News Editor
August 19, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District, along with the Iowa State Education Association have filed a lawsuit against the state, seeking the ability to control school reopenings at the local level. On July 17, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a proclamation requiring school districts to provide ...
Student-run instagram accounts post stories of racism, homophobia, sexual assault in Iowa City schools
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
August 2, 2020
White teachers using the n-word. Heteronormative health classes. Male students sexualizing and harassing their female peers. These are a few of the stories students in the Iowa City Community School District have shared anonymously on community Instagram accounts. Accounts like these have poppe...