Some Davenport parents are speaking out against the district’s new boundary proposal, saying their neighborhood school is being ripped away from their kids.

On nice days, a walking caravan leaves Harrison Elementary School. A group of neighborhood kids walks seventh-tenths of a mile, across no busy streets, on the way home to Meadowview Lane.

“What better way to form a community than to have schools that kids are walking to, that they feel ownership in, that parents are able to walk to and from the school with their kids?” said parent Gabe Knight.

That community was a selling point for some neighbors when picking a house in the area.

“We actually even came in the morning-time during the week and saw kids in groups, backpacks, trekking their way to Harrison, and that is really what sold the deal for us,” said Ryan Cannady.

Nearly 100 Quad Cities high school students braved a chilly morning for a unique competition.

The teens were part of a cardboard boat regatta competition Friday, May 10, 2013 at Middle Park Lagoon.

Competition rules required the vessels must be built from cardboard, they must be maneuverable and they had to stay afloat for 600 yards.

Ninety-nine students from eight area schools competed in the event.  A special event featured teachers showcasing their own cardboard boats as well.

Competing schools were Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley, Moline, Durant, United Township, Ellicot Home School, Quad City Christiand and Geneseo high schools.

Many people had a hand in the final plan for the redevelopment of the East Village of Davenport.

City council members, advisors, and residents drafted a vision for the area, which includes an enhanced lower Lindsay Park, revamped Marina, and several redeveloped properties.

The public has the opportunity to review the plan at the Village Theater on May 30, 2013 at 6 p.m.