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IPR The Waterloo Community School District has put a big focus on narrowing the achievement gap between Black and white students and accelerating achievement for all. But, like other school districts around Iowa, its elementary schools have essentially remained segregated because of the neighborhoods people live in. In 1868, Iowa was the first state to desegregate its public schools. But many schools essentially remained segregated for more than a century after. And it’s still noticeable today. In the 1960s, Belinda Creighton-Smith of Waterloo spent most of her elementary school years in ma...

FROM THE DESK OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Over the past nine months, guidance from health and medical professionals has evolved as we have learned more about COVID-19. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control (CDC), recently issued revised guidelines related to quarantine requirements for individuals who have been identified as "close contacts". There are now shorter quarantine options for those individuals if certain conditions are met. Subscribe The Milton Board of Health has confirmed that they are currently using the new CDC guidel...