Molly Duffy
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Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
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The top snow sledding spots in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
While there might not be much snow on the ground yet, it's never too early to plan an epic sledding trip. Once there's a few inches in the ground, try these hills in Cedar Rapids, Marion and Iowa City. → Read More
It's not just about the president: Learn about the other important elections happening
Filling out a ballot, when you're old enough, might take longer than you expect. → Read More
A timeline of voting rights in the United States
I know you know it's almost an election. → Read More
With odd hours and limited spots, who really has access to Iowa's universal preschool program?
When she finally enrolled her youngest child in kindergarten, the money left over in Sara Tapya Salem's bank account every month doubled. → Read More
'On our own' after the derecho, Wellington Heights residents band together to feed neighbors
CEDAR RAPIDS - Jess Karma expects her neighborhood will be last to get help. → Read More
Washington High's interim principal is hopeful about school year
CEDAR RAPIDS - A group of students spotted Darius Ballard's purple Dodge Challenger in the Washington High School parking lot earlier this month and waved him toward them. → Read More
Trump campaign uses unauthorized and altered Gazette photo to criticize Biden
A new ad from President Donald Trump's reelection campaign uses a manipulated version of a news photo taken in Coralville by a Gazette photographer to inaccurately depict Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as hiding in his Delaware basement. → Read More
Gov. Kim Reynolds orders Iowa schools to 'take all efforts' to get kids back in classrooms
VAN METER - Public and accredited private schools in Iowa 'shall take all efforts' to offer face-to-face education this fall, Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered Friday, confounding plans the Iowa City Community School District announced earlier this week to start classes online. → Read More
Iowa City students, staff will not return to school buildings until at least October
IOWA CITY - Students and staff in the Iowa City Community School District will not return to in-person classes when the school year begins next month, the school board decided unanimously Tuesday. → Read More
Cedar Rapids Schools to open fully accredited online school as coronavirus pandemic continues
The Cedar Rapids Community School District will open a fully accredited virtual academy for high school and middle school students this fall, the district announced Tuesday. → Read More
Darius Ballard named interim principal of Washington High School in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS - Darius Ballard will be interim principal of Washington High School next school year, according to a Tuesday news release from the Cedar Rapids Community School District. → Read More
Why aren't Iowa schools being told to require face masks? Here's the Department of Education's clarification
The Iowa Department of Education on Tuesday attempted to clarify its school reopening guidance, a two-page document published last week that drew swift criticism from teachers and school administrators for its stance against requiring face masks when classes resume and for its brevity. → Read More
Camp Wapsie cancels all summer overnight camps, set to begin next week, due to ongoing pandemic
All overnight camps are canceled at Camp Wapsie this summer, according to a Monday news release from the Cedar Rapids Metro YMCA Association. → Read More
Parents of special ed students expect more after months of virtual schooling
CORALVILLE - Jozlynne Varner finally began to open up last school year, expressing herself in her writing, sitting with other sixth-grader at lunch and looking forward to heading off to school in the mornings, her mother said. → Read More
Washington High Principal John Cline resigns
CEDAR RAPIDS - Washington High School Principal John Cline has resigned, he told families in an email Tuesday. → Read More
Godwin resigns as Iowa City School Board president
Janet Godwin resigned her position as president of Iowa City School Board on Tuesday, citing her duties as interim CEO of the Iowa City-based testing giant ACT. → Read More
School secretary kept more than $26,000 from fundraisers for herself, auditor's report says
A North Linn Elementary school secretary tasked with depositing money raised during book fairs, student art sales and other parent teacher organization events into a school account instead kept nearly $26,450 for her personal use, a state auditor's report released Tuesday found. → Read More
McKinley Matters: For educators, students out of sight but hardly out of mind
CEDAR RAPIDS - When McKinley STEAM Academy opened this school year, the first face many students saw was Willie Guy's. He stood outside the Cedar Rapids middle school on that unseasonably cool August morning, cheerful and loud, to welcome students to the 2019-2020 academic year. → Read More
What will school look like this fall? Cedar Rapids district working on 3 plans
CEDAR RAPIDS - Noreen Bush, the superintendent of Iowa's second-largest school district, doesn't expect to learn if the 17,000 students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District will physically return to schools this fall sooner than anyone else. → Read More
Zach Johnson Foundation's new leader took over a week before the pandemic took hold of Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS - It was March 9, about a week before the coronavirus pandemic began changing the lives of nearly all Iowans, when Jenny Becker officially became executive director of the Zach Johnson Foundation. → Read More