What are they doing at Hansen’s Conoco station? Your Call the Courier questions answered

Q: Could you please explain what charter schools really are? Are they for people heading for college or do they need a special IQ to go there and do they take the special needs children?

A: Charter schools are open to the public but are not operated by the public school system. They cannot charge tuition or have special requirements for enrollment and must take any student that enrolls. They receive the same percentage of the per-pupil funds a public school district would receive, but do not receive money for facilities or start-up costs, which require private donations. Charter schools are required to submit annual reports to the local school board and state’s Department of Education.

Q: What are they doing at Hansen’s Conoco station?

A: Hansen’s Dairy Cedar Falls location is installing new gas tanks and pumps to provide E15 fuel, now required by state law, as well as diesel fuel. The fuel pumps should be back up and running by mid-June.

Q: Where is the nearest Ollie’s Discount Store from Buchanan County?

A: The closest Ollie’s store is at 1668 Sycamore St. in Iowa City.

Q: Can you tell me what is going to be at the intersection of Greenhill Road and Katoski? Is that going to be a roundabout?

A: Four roundabouts will be installed along Katoski Drive from Greenhill Road to Huntington Road for the new high school at the current Central Middle School.

Q: Did Kate Hudson do all of her own singing in “Song Sung Blue?”

A: Yes.

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