Standing Room Only as Iowa City Talks School Cuts

Tools

By Adam Carros

Story Created: Apr 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM CST

Story Updated: Apr 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM CST

IOWA CITY -- A standing-room-only crowd voiced concerns about potential staff cuts to the Iowa City School Board at its meeting Tuesday night.

The district needs to cut about $6 million from its budget, mainly due to cuts in state funding. By law, the district has until April 30th to notify staff if they will be laid off.

One proposal for the cuts includes leaving 14 open positions unfilled. The district is also considering cutting some library staff to balance its budget.

Tuesday night, a line of teachers, students and parents spoke out against the lay offs. Most argued library staff is essential for learning. Others argued specifically against cutting specialty teaching positions.

Next Article Field of Dream Project Advances to Full Iowa Senate

Conversation Guidelines

Be Kind

Don't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language.
Don't attack someone personally. Keep it civil and be responsible.

Share Knowledge

Be truthful. Share what you know and what you are passionate about.
What more do you want to learn? Keep it simple.

Stay focused

Promote lively and healthy debate. Stay on topic. Ask questions and give feedback on the story's topic.

Report Trouble

Help us maintain a quality comment section by reporting comments that are offensive. If you see a comment that is offensive, or you feel violates our guidelines, simply click on the "x" to the far right of the comment to report it.

read the full guidelines here »

Commenting will be disabled on stories dealing with the following subject matter: Violent crime, sexual abuse, Amber Alerts, Operation Quickfinds and suicides.