Free meals for all students end with the 2021-2022 school year

The free school meal program that was federally funded beginning March 2020 is set to expire in June 2022. This means the free breakfast and lunch meals offered to all CRCSD students the last two years will not be extended for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. 

While the universal program is no longer funded, CRCSD has many schools that will qualify for Community Eligibility Program (CEP) status for the 2022-2023 school year. This means many of our schools will continue to have free breakfast and lunch for all students. The following schools will continue with free meals in the 2022-2023 school year under the CEP umbrella.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:

Arthur, Cleveland, Cedar River Academy at Taylor, Erskine, Garfield, Grant, Grant Wood, Harrison, Hiawatha, Hoover, Johnson, Kenwood, Madison, Nixon, Van Buren, and Wright

MIDDLE SCHOOLS:

Franklin, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Wilson

HIGH SCHOOLS:

Jefferson, Metro, Polk Alternative

We understand this change may cause you concern if your student’s school is not listed above. There are important steps you can take today to make sure your student receives the meals they need next year.

Thursday - Saturday, May 26- 28:

Various graduations see schedule below

Monday, May 30: No school, holiday

Wednesday, June 1: Last day of school (half-day)

Join us for a celebration to honor Truman Elementary School

As we honor the wonderful history of Truman Elementary School, built in 1961, an open house will be held on May 22, 2022, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. All former staff, students, families, and community members are welcome to attend. We hope to see you there!

Truman will close at the end of this school year as an elementary school within the Cedar Rapids Community School District and reopen as Truman Early Learning Center in August 2022. Please join us to honor the past and cheer on the future!

New Facilities Master Plan content added along the way

Historical Recap of Repurposed School Buildings

As CRCSD moves through our Facilities Master Plan journey, we will always be adding new content on our website that you can reference along the way. We recently added a webpage that gives a detailed, historical recap of all the CRCSD school buildings, since 1969, that have been repurposed. There are 26 entries to read, with photo references for most. We thought it was interesting to review - and we thought maybe you would, too! 

And, we’ve added some new content on Input Sessions and Board Presentations and Facilities Master Plan Updates webpages. 

For your reference, here is related website content:

Incoming 6th grade music registration is going on now! 

It's time for fifth graders to choose a middle school music class for the next school year.

This week, all CRCSD middle schools hosted music open house events for students to sign up. If you were not able to attend the sign-up night event at your new middle school, feel free to reach out to your new middle school music teacher or use the button below to register. 

Graduation date reminders and replay information

We're getting close! Here is a reminder of the graduation times. If you are not able to attend in person, please check out KCRG 9.2, which will be broadcasting and streaming the event. Note the re-broadcast dates.

Jefferson High School

Alliant Energy Power House

Thursday, May 26, at 7:00 p.m. (Live)

re-broadcasted - Tuesday, May 31 at 7:00 p.m.

Kennedy High School

Alliant Energy Power House

Friday, May 27, at 7:00 p.m. (Live)

re-broadcasted - Friday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m.

Washington High School

Alliant Energy Power House

Saturday, May 28, at 7:00 p.m. (Live)

re-broadcasted - Saturday, June 4 at 11:00 a.m.

Metro High School

DoubleTree by Hilton

Saturday, May 28, at 2:00 p.m.

broadcasted - Sunday, May 29 at 3:30 p.m.

re-broadcasted - Saturday, June 4 at 1:00 p.m.

Other Graduations to take note of:

Cedar Rapids Home School

Wilson Middle School

Tuesday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Transition Center

Educational Leadership and Support Center

Thursday, May 26 at 1:00 p.m.

Planning ahead for middle school students' first day of school 

In an effort to smooth the transition from elementary to middle school, 6th grade students will start on the first day of school (Tuesday, August 23, 2022) by themselves. They will spend this early dismissal day exploring their schedules, learning classroom and building expectations, and connecting with their new classmates and teachers.

7th and 8th grade students will start school on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. This is a full day of school.

Newsletter takes a short summer break

Next week will be the last edition of the Future Ready Today newsletter for this school year, but we’ll be back with you at the end of July! Our ISPRA award-winning newsletter is distributed to nearly 23,000 family members, CRCSD staff, community members, and media reporters. To learn more about the newsletter, read archived editions, and encourage your community friends to sign up (all are welcome!), please see here.

Kennedy Senior Walk photos at Viola Gibson Elementary

Harrison SuperLeader Day photos