Week in Review: Waukee City Council, Ted Cochran, and Lots of Schools News

1) Tuesday, just in time for the new year, we told you all the ways you could .

2) Also Tuesday, an as Mayor Bill Peard and Waukee City Councilman both took the oath of office; appointments were made to the city's various boards and committees; and the library announced the first forthcoming payment from the Hiram Ori estate.

3) On Wednesday introduced you to , a Waukee man who received a kidney transplant and later started his own non-profit, My Angel Foundation, to educate others on the benefits of organ donation.

4) Thursday, we wrote about Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's known as the education blueprint and Waukee superintendent Dave Wilkerson's reactions to the proposed changes.

5) Friday, Brookview Elementary kindergarten students to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines to see John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean.

6) Also on Waukee Patch Friday, Brookview Elementary teacher was named our Teacher of the Week. Douglas was instrumental in bringing Apple technology to the classroom at Brookview.

7) Lastly, on Friday Waukee Schools blogger Nicole Lawrence gave readers the lowdown on kindergarten registration and how it would change for the 2012-2013 school year.