CEDAR RAPIDS — Retired Cedar Rapids schools’ staff member Slayton Thompson is showing up at high school football games and community events to ask eligible voters to sign a petition that would enable the school district to put a $220 million bond referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot. About 40…Read More
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