University of Iowa Releases Peter Gray E-mails: Iowa City Daily News Links, Dec. 11

I don't like Black Friday shopping, but they do probably have a big lead on me when it comes to Christmas shopping.

On to the Links!

Diane Heldt of the Gazette writes that the University of Iowa released the Peter Gray e-mails and they contained...not much new. They also did not include his resignation letter.

Adam Sullivan of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has a nice article looking at the growing rates of children in poverty in the Iowa City School District, and their uneven distribution across different schools.

Speaking of poverty, more Johnson County families are seeking help from foodbanks this holiday season, reports Chastity Dillard for the Press-Citizen.

Changes to downtown Iowa City parking you say? Hopefully for the better. (Daily Iowan)

Opponents of red light traffic cameras in Iowa City got an unexpected assist from the state level. (KWWL)

Time for the state to pay up for some passenger rail, so sayeth the Press-Citizen editorial board. There will be a public hearing on such a line on Wednesday in Des Moines (Des Moines Register)

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen writes that a group is meeting in Coralville to discuss the proper usage of TIF.

Jason Noble of the Des Moines Register said that an existing Iowa healthcare program could remain unchanged as the feds seek to implement Obamacare laws state by state.

Iowa City West is sitting pretty on top of the Iowa boys high school basketball rankings. (Associated Press)

So it turns out a lack of secondary smoke is good for public health. No surprise for anyone who ever went to a show at old Gabe's, although I kind of miss my clothes smelling like smoke for four days. (Press-Citizen)

Dave Dewitte of the Gazette has more about North Dodge HyVee's planned move to a larger site at the nearby Robert's Dairy location.

A Des Moines Democrat ponders a run for governor. (Des Moines Register)

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Meanwhile, Twain Elementary School is at almost 80 percent: 25 percentage points higher than it was in 2000. Wood Elementary, Kirkwood Elementary and Tate High School are all above 70 percent as well, and a few more schools are above 50 percent.

“When I hear 80 percent free- and reduced-lunch, what I think people fail to sometimes consider is what that looks like on the ground level in the classroom,” Twain principal Mary Bontrager said. “In a classroom of 25 students, 20 may be living in poverty. That means 20 students may have barriers to learning.”

Administrators say serving low-income students presents a challenge because those students often don’t have the same support outside school as their average-income classmates.

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