Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 29, 2020
The school board accepted the waiver granted by the Iowa Department of Education to start the school year fully online in a school board meeting held on Aug. 29. The start of school date will still be...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 27, 2020
In an email sent out to families on Aug. 27, the district announced that the Iowa Department of Education granted their request to start the school year fully online. The request is granted for a two week...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 26, 2020
Student Senate, a student-run club that creates policies and initiatives for West is holding its first school-wide webinar on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. The webinar will provide information about the new policies...
Nearly 8,300 homes were damaged in a matter of minutes. A gloomy Monday morning in Iowa turned into a disastrous storm with wind speeds reaching 140 mph, equivalent to a major hurricane. This storm...
At their Aug. 18 meeting, the ICCSD school board discussed safety measures for their hybrid learning plan, and approved the district's plans to join a lawsuit against Governor Reynolds’ previous proclamation...
Alyssa Skala, Yearbook Managing Editor
• August 18, 2020
On Aug. 17, an ICCSD team in charge of planning online learning held a webinar to answer questions about what the upcoming school year will look like. The district highlighted plans for both the hybrid...
Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• August 17, 2020
In an email sent to families on Aug. 17, it was announced that West High Principal Dr. Gregg Shoultz has been appointed director of PK-12 online learning for the ICCSD this upcoming school year.
"The...
Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• August 6, 2020
In an email sent to families on Aug. 6, Interim Superintendent Matt Degner announced that the ICCSD's request to begin the 2020-21 school year using an off-site learning model was denied by the Iowa Department...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 4, 2020
ICCSD School Board members unanimously voted to delay the first day of school to Sept. 8 amid coronavirus concerns in a board meeting on Aug. 4. The delay will provide teachers more time to plan their...
The Iowa City Community School District school board reaffirmed they will push for their original plan for schools during the first trimester.
The school board voted on July 14 to start the school...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• July 14, 2020
ICCSD school board members voted in a meeting on July 14 to start the 2020-21 school year with no in-person classes to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The academic calendar will remain the same with...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• June 26, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District's Return-to-Learn survey was posted on Twitter and sent out to parents and staff to fill out on June 9. The purpose of the survey was to gather information on what...
