The Cedar Rapids Community School District's podcast highlighted student and community updates, including a JSA fourth-grade poetry residency and public performance. Justin said JSA students "ventured boldly out of the classroom and performed their original works live at Crafted, a local community space," praising their bravery.

The podcast also reminded families that school breakfast is available daily and announced Kennedy freshman and new student orientation on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. Hosts congratulated three newly appointed trustees of the Cedar Rapids Community Schools Foundation. The episode closed with brief classroom updates from elementary and middle schools, including first-grade reading activities, Kenwood students designing classroom norms for kindness, and Hoover fifth graders' science work on shadows.

These items were presented as community and program updates rather than policy actions; no board motions or votes were announced in the episode.