The Cedar Rapids Community School District new Magnet High School, City View Community High School, will be located in the Economic Alliance building downtown Cedar Rapids next Fall. The proposed location was announced at the February 27th Board Meeting with pending board approval expected in March. 

“We’re excited for this opportunity to extend the magnet path through high school and I am thrilled with this location. Our students will have access to the advantages downtown Cedar Rapids has to offer. Co-locating in the space with the Economic Alliance will help offer our students real world experience and business opportunities to ensure Every Learner is Future Ready.” Dan DeVore, City View Principal. 

Magnet School Deadline End Tonight!

Applications for the magnet school lottery for the 2023-24 school year can be submitted through Friday, March 3rd at 11:59 pm.

Celebrating Public Schools Week!

This week is National Public Schools Week. The #HerefortheKids campaign brings together families, educators and community members to take part and celebrate the public education experience. Now more than ever, we want to shine a light on our public schools and the many wonderful things happening in our classrooms and school buildings. Afterall, WE ARE ALL HERE FOR THE KIDS! 

CRCSD Students Learning Competitive Job Skills

This semester 24 juniors and seniors participated in CRCSD’s Work-Based Learning program, which connects students with an Individualized Learning Plan (IEP) to local businesses to develop real-world experience and 21st Century skills needed to obtain and maintain competitive employment. 

Beginning this school year, students started learning real-world experience throughout the district by working in the school buildings and at the Educational Leadership and Support Center (ELSC) in the warehouse, Buildings and Grounds department or Graphics and Printing department.

Jefferson’s Holding Their 38th Annual Show Choir Invitational

It’s the 38th year for the annual Jefferson High School Show Choir event. The dancing and singing action begins tonight (Friday) with middle school choirs taking the stage beginning at 5:25 p.m. On Saturday (March 4) the High School choirs will begin competing at 10:05. There will also be a solo competition at 9:10 am. Good luck to all choirs and visitors from out of town. 

Bon AppetiTP - Toilet Paper Art Has Never Looked so Appetizing

Just because it looks like food, doesn’t mean it is. You may be wondering why there is delicious food displayed in the library at Taft Middle School. It may look like food, but is actually toilet paper for an art project called paper food sculptures. Eighth graders created this ‘edible’ art with the help of art teacher Sarah Novak. Students learned problem-solving skills and how to work collaboratively with their peers by sketching their food designs on paper in 2-dimensions before creating the final product in 3-dimensions. Don’t stare too long at the images, it may make you hungry! 

Mississippi Valley Conference Honors

More Mississippi Valley Conference honors have been awarded to our high school athletes. Check out these award winners in the area of Boys Basketball and Boys Wrestling. Congratulations to all the honorees. 

Important Changes to Medicaid

A community services reminder. Medicaid’s continuous coverage will come to an end on April 1, 2023, this is also referred to as “Unwinding”. To learn more information about this change you can visit this website. CRCSD has many clients with Medicaid and we want to remind those clients to verify that their contact information is up to date as this is how the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services will contact individuals who are impacted by this change in the coming month. 

Join our team! CRCSD was named to Forbes’ 2021 Best-in-State Employer list and is the second largest public education district in Iowa, with more than 16,000 students and nearly 3,200 teachers and staff that work in 32 schools throughout the Cedar Rapids area. 

Chief of Staff/Board Secretary

The Chief of Staff/Board Secretary serves as the highly critical right-hand administrator to the Superintendent of Schools and Board of Directors. As Chief of Staff/Board Secretary this position provides leadership and oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Superintendent’s Office, Board of Directors, and operations/management of the Educational Leadership & Support Center.

Executive Director of Behavior Supports

The Executive Director of Behavior Supports provides oversight to the implementation of the settlement agreement between the CRCSD and the US Department of Justice. This position will develop and oversee implementation of District policies and procedures to assist CRCSD employees and Crisis Prevention teams to appropriately respond to students in crisis to ensure Every Learner is Future Ready.

Chief of Human Resources

The Chief of Human Resources position serves on the executive cabinet and works closely with the superintendent. This position provides leadership and oversight of the Human Resources Department and assumes general administrative responsibility for all personnel and other programs in the department.