Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds visited the Sioux City Career Academy on Tuesday, one month after the downtown facility unveiled its expanded classrooms.
The academy, located in a building at 627 Fourth St. that also houses the Public Museum, hosted a Future Ready Iowa summit, an initiative of the governor’s office aiming to ensure that Iowans learn skills that match what employers are seeking. As part of that summit, some Sioux City education and business leaders held a public signing of a common agenda toward the goal of creating a “college-going” culture.
Reynolds said the academy fits well in the Future Ready Iowa goals of improving worker readiness.
The Sioux City Community School District expanded their Career Academy space over the summer and turned it into a more modern facility with a community college atmosphere. The students say they enjoy the non-traditional classrooms, and the camaraderie they develop with students from all of the area high schools. “We get to combine with all … READ MORE
The Sioux City school district now consumes less than half of the electricity that it once did, thanks to an energy-conserving program that has saved an estimated $3.27 million over the last several years. In the last four years, the Sioux City public schools have stayed in the top 10 in the nation (among cities … READ MORE
The Sioux City Community School District is one of sixteen Iowa school districts to receive awards from the federal Environmental Protection Agency that will reduce emissions from their school bus fleets. The funds are used to purchase new buses or retrofit existing ones to reduce pollutants that are linked to health problems as such asthma … READ MORE