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CityView High School: downtown CRCSD magnet uses project-based learning, small cohorts
Summary
CityView High School, a two-year-old Cedar Rapids Community School District magnet inside the Economic Alliance building, offers a small, project-based alternative to traditional high schools with an emphasis on community partnerships, internships and student-directed learning.
CityView High School, a Cedar Rapids Community School District magnet program located on the ground floor of the Economic Alliance building downtown, markets itself as a small, project-based alternative to traditional high schools.
The school opened two years ago and currently enrolls about 75 students, with leaders saying the intended design is to remain much smaller than other high schools while eventually targeting roughly 50 students per grade level in its model. Trevor Templeman, a CityView teacher, said the open, nontraditional space and partnerships with local organizations let students “learn…
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