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Story County Community Foundation A vehicle for charitable giving designed to benefit the needs of  Story County. Funding for cultural projects at KHOI comes from a generous donation from Ames Commission on the Arts. Ames School District Rolls with the Pandemic with Good Results, Bumble Bees Dennis Hart gives a summary of Iowa news from the past week. Dennis Hart sits down with Jenny Risner, Superintendent of Ames Community School District for a at the end of a school year dominated by the pandemic to give a report on what happened, where Ames schools are now, changes in the future, buil...

Update From the House for District 80 by Rep. Holly Brink Hello Friends, The first funnel is over, so we have entered into a new season of the session. The only committees that met this week were Ways and Means, Appropriations, and Government Oversight. A large focus this week was given towards passing dozens of bipartisan bills in debate every day. Those bills will be sent to the Senate, or if they came from the Senate, they will be sent to the Governor’s desk. Every day I come to work I am honored and humbled to be able to be your voice in the Iowa House, thank you.

Ames Tribune An Iowa lawmaker on Tuesday called Ames' Black Lives Matter at School week an abuse of power and misuse of resources, while district leaders defended the importance of affirming diverse identities in the classroom. The district kicked off Black History Month on Feb. 1 with the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, during which teachers engaged students with a set of 13 guiding principles through free resources from outside organizations. Stated goals for the week included to affirm students' diverse Black identities, offer them a sense of belonging they might not other...

New Ames special education director Thomas emphasizes 'system of supports' Ames Tribune Adaptations made necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to offer Ames special education students new ways to be more involved in classrooms with their peers or access services at home, according to the district's new director of special education. The district announced earlier in February that Deani Thomas would start July 1 in the role, replacing Darcy Cosens, who is retiring.  Thomas said she started working for the district in 2002 at Ames Middle School, her first teaching job, and has...

An Iowa House of Representatives committee wants to hear from Ames Community School District officials how classroom materials were prepared for the district's recent Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.