ICCSD Has Invested More in West Side Over Last Decade Due to New Schools: Iowa City Daily News Links, Oct. 29

Almost November already? At least I have will have turkey to console me about the rapid procession of time.

On to the linksl

Gregg Hennigan and the Gazette went and analyzed the contentious claim that the west side of Iowa City has seen more school construction than the east side. He found this to be true over the last decade, primarily to the necessity of building new schools due to Coralville and North Libert's rapidly growing population.

Adam Sullivan of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that school officials are hoping that the state legislature funds school districts at at least two percent allowable growth, as it did last session.

There is a competition for meat cutting? Apparently. And a local man is in the thick of things in a national competition. (Press-Citizen)

Eastern Iowa runners, including some athletes from Iowa City, performed well at the state cross country meet. (the Gazette)

More politics visits this week. Michelle Obama is here in Iowa City today. Joe Biden and Tom Vilsack and others are coming. Meanwhile, Mitt and Ann Romney will be holding a rally in Des Moines Tuesday, where one would imagine he will mention his Des Moines Register endorsement this past weekend.

In a very close race nationally, neither candidate is taking Iowa's electoral votes for granted.

Speaking of politics, Iowa wind energy producers are holding off on future projects until they know which candidate gets elected, as Obama is for the wind energy tax credit and Romney is against it.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

City High and its schools were outspent two-to-one over the 10 years. Also, that feeder system hasn’t had a new school built since 1970. Borlaug Elementary in Coralville and Garner Elementary, Van Allen Elementary and North Central Junior High in North Liberty have all opened since 2005.

Elementary school funding in particular has been in the spotlight. Not counting new schools built in the 10-year period, the west side had $3.8 million more spent on six elementary schools than the east side did for 10 elementary schools.

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