As part of our preparation for the 2025-26 school year, we would like to share important information about the school bus transportation options available to your student.

Here’s a quick overview of the eligibility guidelines:

• Elementary and Middle School students are eligible for free transportation if they live more than two miles from their assigned school.
   
• High School students are eligible for free transportation if they live more than three miles from their assigned school.

If your family qualifies based on these mileage requirements and you would like to sign up for transportation, please complete the Application for Transportation.

Join us as we celebrate each of our newly renovated middle schools for an open house and dedication ceremony!

We are excited to announce that registration for the 2025-26 school year is now open! We encourage you to take this early opportunity to register your students for the next school year.

As a reminder, all families are required to register their students in Infinite Campus each year. 

Registration instructions for returning families to the District

Registration instructions for new families to the District

As we approach registration for the 2025-26 school year, we want to remind you that any request for school meal modifications due to food allergy or food intolerance, requires a completed Diet Modification Form, signed by an approved medical professional and provided to your school. This documentation is essential to ensure that we can accurately and safely honor meal modification requests for your student. 

Please review our Food Allergy Protocols. The protocols list guidelines for parents/guardians and staff on how to provide a safe educational environment for food-allergic students so exposure to food allergens is minimized. 

For Liberty High School student Anna Bilskemper, determination has made all the difference.

Bilskemper has Rett Syndrome, a rare disorder that affects motor skills. Due to physical impairments, she communicates primarily through her Eyegaze device, which tracks eye movements to produce language.

As a reminder, Iowa law requires school districts to meet either a minimum of 180 days or 1,080 hours of instruction each year. Our school calendar is built with additional time to account for weather-related schedule changes, but after last week’s cancellation, we are now one hour short of the required instructional time.

To address this, we will cancel the one-hour early release scheduled for Thursday, June 5, 2025, to recapture the required hour. 

Do you have a child who will be turning 5 years of age on or before September 15, 2025? If so, we invite you to our Kindergarten Registration event on March 6 & 7, 2025, to learn about our kindergarten program, ask any questions you may have, and register your child on-site for the 2025-26 school year.

LEARN MORE: www.IowaCitySchools.org/Kindergarten

As part of our commitment to student safety, we kindly remind you to review and/or update your contact information in Infinite Campus. Ensuring your details are current is a vital part of our comprehensive school safety plans

Do you have a child who will be turning 4 years of age on or before September 15, 2025?

We’d love to welcome your little one to our preschool family! Our teachers are certified in both general and special education, and we offer free half-day programming for 4-year-olds in all of our elementary schools, with full-day options also available.

Visit Preschool Page