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Cedar Rapids board elects Newman president, Drazinski vice president as members call for renewed trust after bond losses
Summary
At its Nov. 17 organizational meeting the Cedar Rapids Community School District board elected Director Newman as president and Director Drazinski as vice president; candidates urged a focus on rebuilding trust after two failed bond measures and pledged clearer governance and communication.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education elected Director Newman as president and Director Drazinski as vice president during its Nov. 17 organizational meeting, after candidate statements and a brief question-and-answer period.
Director Newman, who has served on the board since 2019, framed recent years as a time of intense challenges — including the pandemic, derecho recovery and two narrowly defeated bond measures — and said ‘‘the buck stops with the board,’’ urging accountability,…
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