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Cedar Rapids Comm School District board approves FY27 budget and adopts comprehensive reconfiguration plan
Summary
The Cedar Rapids Comm School District Board approved its certified fiscal year 2027 budget and voted 6–1 to accept a reconfiguration plan that adds dedicated 5–6 intermediate sites, closes several elementary schools and adopts a new boundary map to take effect in 2027–28.
The Cedar Rapids Comm School District Board of Education approved its certified fiscal year 2027 budget and voted to accept recommendations from a strategic planning committee that reshape grade configurations and school boundaries.
A staff member said the board "did accept, at a 6 1 vote, accepted the recommendations of the spec committee," describing the vote to adopt the committee's recommendations following presentation and board questions. The transcript does not record who moved or seconded the motions for the budget or the reconfiguration plan.
Under the plan adopted Tuesday night, the district will move to an "intermediate" model by adding grades 5 and 6 and creating dedicated intermediate sites. "We're excited…
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