WO RT H R E P E AT I N G “I want my own AG, please. And I need a state auditor that’s not trying to sue me every time they turn around.” —Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has never been sued by the State Auditor, at a May 7 campaign event “Last night [May 24], the Iowa Legislature, in the dark of night, removed the March 1 deadline for open enrollment. This is not good for schools trying to plan for the following year with increasing/decreasing enrollment. No good policy is passed in the dark of night without public input.” —Andy Crozier, superintendent of the Central Lee Community School District in southeast Iowa
pepper sprayed and arrested by Des Moines police in 2020 while covering racial justice protests “Only 2 percent of Iowa kids would have benefited from this scheme and we need to focus on the 498,000 kids who go to public schools in the state of Iowa. So it’s great news. It’s a victory.” —Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst on the failure of Gov. Reynolds’ school voucher program to pass this legislative session
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Letter to the ICCSD board: Period products should be free and accessible in schools (May 27)
Jean shorts, good lord 31.8%
Why free? we all bought products. Why should the school have to pay for personal products? There were 6 girls in my family and we never expected the school or any one else to pay for personal products. What is wrong with people today? Take care of your own problems. —Linda D. Because providing hygiene products while you are at school is the right thing to do. Can we stop this “oh we had to do it so everyone else should have to suffer too” bullshit? I’m happy you are able to afford that for
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Jorts or jean shorts?
Jorts!!!!! 68.2%
6 girls but not every family can and you think a 14 year old should have issues with personal hygiene because their parents can’t afford it? Tampons also probably cost WAY less when you used them and had to buy them for your girls. —Alex G.
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