Des Moines Independent Community School District

if that's helpful.

Um, in answer to your question about working with the schools, um, [lips smack] we, we are certainly in talks with Des Moines Public Schools about other ways that, that we can partner with them.

Mm-hmm.

Um, but it, it would not It would not be able to, to take the place of a neighborhood library-

Our next couple of cases are also about First Amendment rights in schools.

The first is Tinker versus Des Moines Independent Community School District, which was also decided by the Warren Court.

In December of 1965, students in Des Moines, Iowa, planned to wear black armbands to school in protest of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.

Principals heard about this and said that students who came to school with black armbands on would be asked to remove them.

banks to be able to open up food pantries inside schools.

So let's say, for example, you know, Des Moines School District, for example, they have a lot of food pantries already, but we're working with them because they have some food pantries that have more love than others.

And so we're saying, OK, well, do you need refrigeration? Do you need something to be renovated, particularly in their school, to make sure that we're actually delivering the food.

And I've actually walked into some schools.

The criminals, yeah.

The students wore the armbands to several schools in the Des Moines Independent Community School District because they were all different ages and they were all at different schools.

So John went to North High School, and it's weird that I know exactly where all of these schools are.

John went to North High School, which is where I caught that guy trying to take a carburetor out of a car, and I asked him if he needed help, and then he ran away.

The state law passed in June allows each school district to decide if and how eighth grade students participate in varsity sports.

Jason Allen with Des Moines Public Schools says they decided to consider eligible students based on their needs.

I think ultimately, number one, it's about the safety and security of the player, and that's going to take priority over any situations that we have regarding our rosters and our participation rates.

While they are not considering roster numbers, Allen says they will consider how moving a student up will impact the middle school and high school programs already in place.

responsibility.

Des Moines Schools has a new early childhood education director.

Beth Patschall has been named that director of early childhood education.

The appointment comes as the district continues to work to expand access to preschool for young children.

Yeah.

Uh, I will say girls flag football in Des Moines Public Schools, they have a league, and in the rules it says there are no backwards laterals past the line of scrimmage.

Why?

And I was gonna coach, and then when they said that, I'm like, "I'm out."

It involved multiple standing ovations around the trade deadline at the Golden 1 Center because I think everybody was under the assumption that he was going to be gone.

And then, in fact, the trade deadline comes and goes, and Malik Monk is here, and the DMPs kind of end, and he has a bit of a... a resurgence as much as you can have one in a 22-win season.

But he played significantly better at times, and he's another one where headed into this year, he's obviously under contract this season and next season.

He's a player with now maybe some competition, maybe a lot of competition for minutes.