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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.
Des Moines Register Michaella Kleinmeyer's environmental science class was already underway when a student announced the U.S. Capitol building had been breached. Once Kleinmeyer, a teacher at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, heard the news she used her classroom projector to live stream coverage of the assault. The students watched as Trump supporters stormed the capital and forced their way into the House and Senate chambers in an effort to stop the certification of the electoral college votes. The attack left five people dead, including one police officer and one person who was s...
Ames Tribune All students in the Ames school district could fully return to in-person learning by second semester if local conditions allow. The first back likely would be elementary learners, Superintendent Jenny Risner said. Those learners could potentially move to a fully onsite model following the district's winter break, with families still having the ability to stay in a remote, fully online option. "I'm hoping we can get them in it when we return on Jan. 4, but that's local conditions pending," Risner said. "If we continue that trend that we see right now where we're stable and we're...
Ames district outlines areas of emphasis for students, families, staff Ames Tribune Ames school district to continue work toward implementing universal framework as 40-60% of students report feeling a sense of belonging prior to the pandemic. Board members and district staff met virtually Monday to revisit district priorities and goals over the last year during a work session that followed the weekly school board meeting. "It's a belief of mine that oftentimes we think about the achievement level of our students and we skip the sense of belonging, (and) we skip how our students are doin...