School Board Still Hesitant to Pull Trigger on Third High School?: Iowa City Daily News Links, May 6

Another Monday, another week.

On to the Links!

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Adam Sullivan of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes about the third comprehensive high school discussion and the fact that persistent skepticism about the project still remains for some school board members.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied the flood-damaged University of Iowa Art Museum's request for assistance in rebuilding its structure. (Press-Citizen)

Lucas Elementary School celebrates its 50th year of educating students. (Press-Citizen)

Decor has found a new location in downtown Iowa City. (Press-Citizen)

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen has a nice story on a bilingual experiment taking place at Lemme Elementary School.

O'Leary also has a nice profile on the 100 Grannies organization. 

Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen has a story on visiting Indoneisian doctors learning a gene therapy method for curing a blinding retina disease on a visit to the University of Iowa.

Alesha Crews of the Press-Citizen writes about the new High Ground Cafe that is slated to replace the departed T-Spoons on Linn Street.

The Des Moines Register has a nice package honoring nurses for National Nurse Week. 

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day:

If you haven’t heard of hot dog dragon ninjas, then you haven’t spent enough time inside a first-of-its-kind, bilingual workshop at Lemme Elementary School this spring.

Here you’ll find 9-year-old Victor Morales taking a break from his work to show off one of his latest magic marker creations, this one devoted to the letter P. “Pingüino,” Victor says of his tuxedoed bird.

And there’s older sister Erika reading aloud in Spanish about her imaginary blue sailboat and the dolphins that swim alongside her on an ocean trip. “Barco de Erika,” the 10-year-old calls her story.

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