Davenport eyes $250K loss: board warns on rural childcare

DAVENPORT - As a phone call between alarmed superintendents in Davenport and nearby Colfax, highlighted mounting fears over state budget cuts that could strip rural districts of up to $250,000 in funding, the Davenport School Board on Monday approved retirements, sports cooperatives and a new calendar while decrying threats to early learning and levy equalization aid.

Superintendent Chad Prewitt, during the meeting at the high school media center with in-person and Zoom options, stressed the Senate's proposed cuts would hit hardest in areas like bus depreciation, childcare and Transition to Ki...