Congratulations to Perry Elementary School for winning the Silver Award and being the fifth school in Iowa to receive a HealthierUS School Challenge award! The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) award is the highest nationally recognized award for making changes to school nutrition environments, providing physical activity opportunities, improving the quality of the foods served and providing students with more nutritious, healthy choices.
Perry Elementary is offering legumes, whole grain products and dark green and orange fruits and vegetables more often in school lunches. A special, congratulatory school award ceremony involving various dignitaries and fun for the students will take place in Perry in the near future.
Go to http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=373&Itemid=1332 for additional HealthierUS School Challenge information.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Need Classroom Space or Storage? FEMA Trailers May Be Available Soon
IASB has learned that many of the mobile homes that were used to house displaced families after the natural disasters of 2008 are in the process of being transitioned to other uses.
According to the Rebuild Iowa Office, it is quite possible the trailers will be made available to local governments within a few days or weeks. If you are interested in obtaining one of the units, your district should fill out the application and submit it to Clint Schmidt at Iowa Prison Industries for approval. You will then be positioned for consideration if and when the trailers become available. The only costs to acquire a trailer would be payment to Prison Industries (approximately $500) and moving expenses. FEMA will likely want the trailers moved within 10 working days of notification that a sale is approved. The trailers are currently located in Black Hawk County.
You can download the application, approximate timeline and instructions at http://members.ia-sb.org/fileshare/IASB04022009102222.zip.
If you have questions, please contact Clint Schmidt from the Iowa Prison Industries at clint.schmidt@iowa.gov or (515) 281-0426.
Note: This e-mail was sent to K-12 superintendents and business managers, and the administrators and business managers at AEAs and community colleges.
According to the Rebuild Iowa Office, it is quite possible the trailers will be made available to local governments within a few days or weeks. If you are interested in obtaining one of the units, your district should fill out the application and submit it to Clint Schmidt at Iowa Prison Industries for approval. You will then be positioned for consideration if and when the trailers become available. The only costs to acquire a trailer would be payment to Prison Industries (approximately $500) and moving expenses. FEMA will likely want the trailers moved within 10 working days of notification that a sale is approved. The trailers are currently located in Black Hawk County.
You can download the application, approximate timeline and instructions at http://members.ia-sb.org/fileshare/IASB04022009102222.zip.
If you have questions, please contact Clint Schmidt from the Iowa Prison Industries at clint.schmidt@iowa.gov or (515) 281-0426.
Note: This e-mail was sent to K-12 superintendents and business managers, and the administrators and business managers at AEAs and community colleges.
Superintendents: April 7th HAA Minutes and Presentation
Click here to view minutes from the April 7th Heartland Administrators Association meeting. Also available is the America’s Reinvestment and Recovery Act presentation given by Heartland AEA Chief Administrator, Maxine Kilcrease. Click here for the presentation.
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