Corey Turner

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928 appearances 95 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 6d ago

Corey Turner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 72 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 15.

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It has a fireplace in the library that doesn't work anymore.

It's got lots of wood paneling and old windows in the main hallway.

I love this.

I don't know what the word would be.

Beveled glass?

I love these windows.

Principal Condra Allred gave me the tour.

We'll hear more from her later.

For now, I just want you to know that line she said, we'll make it work.

It's really the mantra of a principal running a cash-strapped school.

But we made it work.

It's easy to see that this school was once beautiful and it remains a cornerstone of the community.

But it needs money.

And twice the district actually asked voters for help for extra money through a bond measure.

But twice voters said no.

Iowa's funding formula, the per student amount, it's lagged inflation for years.

And then there is the money crunch that comes with school choice.

Cedar Rapids has, again, for years been losing students to suburban public schools through the state's open enrollment program.

And now it's losing kids to a brand new charter school and to private schools.

It is.

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