Ames Community School District – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com Latest News from Iowa Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.iowamediawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-Iowa-News-Feat-Img-32x32.jpg Ames Community School District – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com 32 32 Ames School District Responds to Mixed Reactions on LGBT Teachings During Black Lives Matter Week of Action https://www.iowamediawire.com/2021/02/ames-school-district-responds-to-mixed-reactions-on-lgbt-teachings-during-black-lives-matter-week-of-action/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:00:55 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2021/02/25/ames-school-district-responds-to-mixed-reactions-on-lgbt-teachings-during-black-lives-matter-week-of-action/ AMES, Iowa — The Government Oversight Committee has invited the Ames Community School to discuss how classroom materials were prepared for its Black Lives Matter Week of Action curriculum. The chair of the Government Oversight Committee, Representative Holly Brink, said legislators have received hundreds of letters from Ames parents concerning the week of action, particularly […]

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]]> Ames Moves All Classes Online Because of Coronavirus Spread https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/09/ames-moves-all-classes-online-because-of-coronavirus-spread/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:40:07 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/09/01/ames-moves-all-classes-online-because-of-coronavirus-spread/ AMES, Iowa — Students in Ames already knew they would begin their new school year later than normal and Tuesday they also found out they would learn online for the first two weeks. Tuesday afternoon, the Iowa Department of Education approved the district’s request to begin the year on Sept. 8 with 100% remote learning. […]

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]]> Des Moines and Ames School Districts Announce Legal Action Against Governor Reynolds’ Return to Learn Mandates https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/08/des-moines-and-ames-school-districts-announce-legal-action-against-governor-reynolds-return-to-learn-mandates/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:32:46 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/08/25/des-moines-and-ames-school-districts-announce-legal-action-against-governor-reynolds-return-to-learn-mandates/ Iowa — Two more school districts are taking Governor Kim Reynolds and her administration to court in hopes of overruling Return to Learn guidelines that mandate students must return to class. Des Moines Public Schools filed a petition in Polk County on Tuesday afternoon challenging the governor’s requirement that schools provide in-class education to students […]

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