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Construction remains on track for an August 2022 school opening for the new Hunt Elementary School project in Sioux City. The new K-5 school is being built on the site of the old Hunt School that was demolished in mid-2019. The original Hunt School was named for Dr. Andrew Hunt, a physician and dentist who ... READ MORE

It’s estimated about 1,500 households in Sioux City will need internet service for the new school year.

Now, the district is working to get them the devices and “hot spots” so students can learn virtually under the district’s hybrid learning plan. The school district has bought MiFi Hotspots to distribute.

“T-Mobile is the company that won the mobile quote for our mobile devices and they are able to deliver them in the first week of September,” said John Pritchard of the SCCSD.

Butch Renders tightens the "Kindness" sign into position in front of North High School, Photo by Jesse Brothers, Sioux City Journal A local organization on Saturday installed a series of five sculptures intended to promote kindness in the tri-state area, and they have ambitions to put up a lot more of them. The group Kindness ... READ MORE

State and local governments are working overtime to provide Internet service to all who need it during the pandemic, pushing out a range of ad hoc projects designed to keep members of their communities connected. With Internet access ever more crucial in the age of social distancing, it seems clear that COVID-19 has deepened the digital divide ... READ MORE

Several school districts across Siouxland began offering meals to feed the youth while schools are closed due to the pandemic. The Sioux City Community School District has provided meals to children for nearly 3 weeks now through their Emergency COVID 19 Food Service Program. Superintendent Paul Gausman says they have given out over 76,000 meals. ... READ MORE

A green school bus pulls up to an elementary school in Sioux City. It’s a quarter past noon. Kids and teens line up at the bus to get a sack with breakfast and lunch. “There’s one and there’s two,” said a food service worker as she passed out bags. “Have a good day guys!” Sioux ... READ MORE

The first year in the new Bryant Elementary School on the city's near northside has gone well, drawing a bevy of Sioux City School District preschoolers to the distinctive building laid out in modern ways. "We’re so grateful for the community’s support of the one-cent sales tax to help make modern schools, like Bryant Elementary, a ... READ MORE