Summary of May 11, 2010 Board Meeting Determinations

At their regular board meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, the ICCSD board of directors took the following steps in redistricting decision-making:

• They agreed on the vision of a third high school when there is adequate enrollment and finances to open a new school. They agreed that they have time to determine what its programming, enrollment, and capacity should be and don’t have to make this decision immediately.   
• Prior to the opening of a third high school, the board agreed that we will utilize all available capacity at City and West. That will involve accommodating enrollments greater than the stated capacities at City and West.  
• The board agreed to not build additional permanent capacity at either City or West. Additional enrollment beyond their typical capacities will be accommodated through the use of temporary facilities.  
• The board asked administration to develop a recommendation for the May 25 board meeting regarding which elementary attendance/planning areas will be moved into City beginning in 2011-12.  They also asked that the recommendation include other items such as how students will progress from elementary to junior high to high school and how to adjust some other elementary attendance areas.  
• The board voted to reject the high school boundary changes in scenario 4F as they are stated in the scenario, but reserved the right to choose boundary concepts from scenario 4F, 4D or any other ideas that would meet their four criteria.  To view the four criteria, please see page 45 of the Enrollment & Redistricting Report on the district’s website at: http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/district/redistrict/0408/FinalReport2010/ICCSD_ER_BR0910_NoMaps.pdf

Stay updated on the latest info & scenarios HERE. 

The National Association of Letter Carriers will have their annual food drive for the crisis center Saturday.

Place canned and non-perishable food donations by your mailbox early Saturday morning. AFSCME Local 12 members will assist letter carriers in picking up, sorting and boxing the food items and delivering them to the crisis center. Additional volunteers are needed.

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Barb Sisley at 337-9183 or Mary Larew at 338-1212.

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Every second Saturday in May letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America deliver much more than mail when they walk and drive along their postal routes. They also collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive – the largest one-day food drive in the nation and probably the world.

Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with the help of rural letter carriers, other postal employees and numerous other volunteers, the drive has resulted in delivery of nearly one billion pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the past 17 years.

Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 local NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved in the drive.

The U.S. Postal Service and Campbell Soup Company are major supporters, cosponsoring the printing of 125 million postcards to encourage the general public to participate in the drive. Campbell Soup also earmarked an additional 1 million pound canned food donation to the drive.

The drive also relies on the backing of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s food bank network; the United Way of America and its local United Ways, the AFL-CIO Community Services network, and countless local sponsors.

All citizens need do is to place a box or can of non-perishable food next to their mailbox before their letter carrier delivers mail every second Saturday in May. The carrier will do all the rest. The food is taken back to a postal station, sorted, and then delivered to an area food bank or pantry. There it is available for needy families.

Some 35.5 million people face hunger every day in America, including 13 million children. This drive is one way people can help those right in their own city or town who need help.

Help the U.S. Postal Service Stamp Out Hunger!

Weber Days honors the life of Iowa City’s beloved late historian Irving B. Weber (1900-1997) through a variety of local history programs and events throughout May.

The 2010 Irving B. Weber Days Annual History Lecture will be presented by Bill Friedricks, who will discuss his journey to become an Iowa historian and the development of the Iowa History Center at Simpson College. Friedricks was recently named the inaugural winner of the Iowa History Prize, awarded by Humanities Iowa to help support and promote awareness of and interest in Iowa history.

Other programs will include music programs, history talks and historic tours. Displays at the Library will include models of historic downtown buildings created by 5th and 6th grade students at Irving B. Weber Elementary School  and an art display using decorated sandbags created by community members.

Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.icpl.org/weber/, www.johnsoncountyhistory.org,  or call 351-5738.