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CEDAR RAPIDS — A $117 million school bond referendum that would modernize and renovate schools is headed to voters in the Cedar Rapids Community School District Nov. 4.

The Cedar Rapids school board Monday approved a resolution ordering an election after receiving 6,199 signatures from voters in the district, verified by board secretary Jillian Schulte.

“I want to offer my thanks to the entire community,” school board President Cindy Garlock said. “This has been a process involving a lot of hard work by district personnel and folks in the community, starting with all those people who served on the facilities master plan committee. They sat through monthly meetings, pouring through pages of da

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