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Risner and the school board reached an agreement whereby she would resign at the end of the current fiscal year, June 30, 2021.

Representatives of AYSAT and another local activist group called last month for the immediate removal of SROs from the district's schools and a review of classroom discipline procedures, based upon data from this year, and while the district will take more time than that in looking at the issue, action of some kind is coming in the months ahead. Task force to look at how SROs should be used in Ames, before board decision on whether to have them at all It currently costs Ames CSD and the city $241,512 a year for two officers to patrol schools. Ames Superintendent Jenny Risner said Monday tha...

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...