Local Rep. Ponders New Law to Make it Easier for North Corridor Folk to Split into Own School District: Iowa City Daily News Links, Jan. 31

So this is what February feels like.

On to the Links!

More sabre rattling. Rattle those sabres people! Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that Rep. Jacoby-- who represents communities such as Coralville, University Heights, and parts of North Liberty with constituents increasingly irate over the direction of the Iowa City School District-- will be introducing new legislation that would make it easier for unhappy communities to split off into their own district or combine with others.

Tara Bannow of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that an Iowa Workshop Professor is a finalist for a book award.

Want potty humor? Check out "Urinetown" by Circle City Acting Company in Iowa City, writes Alesha Crews of the Iowa City Press-Citizen. 

The Iowa City Press-Citizen has some events this weekend not to miss. The Little Village Magazine has some suggestions as well.

In other news, I think Hardees restaurants in Coralville are cursed. The Hardees building rebuilt after the flood of 2008 suffered fire damage. (Press-Citizen)

North Liberty can't handle it! Snow emergency still active for Thursday. (Press-Citizen)

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Parents in the northern and western parts of the district are upset about the lack of progress toward building a high school in the North Liberty area. They also have voiced concerns that adiversity policy, which may be adopted next week, would cause their kids to be assigned to new schools and further delay a high school.

The idea of a North Liberty school district has been mentioned occasionally in recent years, but North Liberty parent Marisa Keeney said she’s heard more serious talk about it recently.

“I think it is that people have growing frustrations and distrust and concerns about whether there’s going to be adequate space for their child at junior high or high school, or honestly whether there’s adequate space for them now,” she said, adding that she’d prefer the district work out its problems and stay unified.

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