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IPR A decision by the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district to stick with remote learning in the midst of a pandemic could end up costing him his job. A decision by the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district to stick with remote learning in the midst of a pandemic could end up costing him his job. The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners is seeking to strip Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Ahart of his administrator license, saying it found probable cause that Ahart failed to submit or implement a lawful plan to return students to the classroom for the 2...

The Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent could be stripped of his license by the state due to the district’s decision to only offer remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Tuesday, Sinclair said the bill was not about being petty or targeting Des Moines schools. "While this may have been prompted by the willful and intentional violation of Iowa Code related to education from Des Moines," she said, "it’s a much broader topic of conversation that I that I think we do need to advance and I think we do need to have." Two members of the Des Moines School Board joined the meeting to ask lawmakers to reconsider the legislation. "I know there are some at the state Capitol who don’t agree with our decision-making," Board Chair Dwana Bradley said. "I certainly ...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Senators ponder new route to remove school board members After students in Des Moines Public School spent much of the fall semester in online classes, a bill in the Iowa Senate is designed to make it easier to eject members from a school board. Emily Piper, a lobbyist for the Iowa Association of School Boards, is raising concerns about giving just five registered voters the power to petition a judge to remove school board members. “Let’s say the court did determine that the entire board or half the board had violated the law and agreed with their removal, wit...

Rob Barron Named One of the Region's Most Influential People of Color February 16, 2021 Congratulations to Rob Barron, Special Assistant to Grand View University President Kent Henning for Government and Community Relations. Rob has been named one of the the Region’s Most Influential People of Color! Rob Barron is vice chair of the Des Moines school board and co-founder of the Latino Political Network, a non-partisan organization which serves to educate and empower Latinos to serve at all levels of elected office throughout Iowa. He headed up President-elect Joe Biden’s Latino outreach ef...