Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
The board approved presentation of an at-risk/dropout prevention plan and agreed to request a modified supplemental amount (MSA) of $4,261,704 from the School Budget Review Committee, with a required 25% local match; vote was unanimous 6–0.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
Williams Company presented the district's June 30, 2025 audit and reported an unmodified (clean) opinion on the financial statements, with federal-award expenditures of about $27.6 million and no audit findings under Government Auditing Standards or the Uniform Guidance.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
The board acknowledged an amended priorities document adding K–8 dual-language and K–8 music with equal emphasis to core courses; directors debated whether the priorities are aspirational or performance expectations for the superintendent and raised timing and budget-process concerns.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
Finance staff presented FY2027 spending authority projections showing a certified enrollment decline of 302 students and a revised supplemental state aid assumption of 0.5%, leaving the district with a substantial unspent authorized budget but projecting reserve drawdowns under one scenario; board discussed whether to relax a 3.5% reserve guideline.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
District staff outlined options to phase dual-language instruction into up to 11 elementary schools and three middle schools, estimating total full implementation costs of about $8.3 million for a one-subject middle-school model and $11.1 million for a four-subject middle-school model; staffing and space constraints were emphasized.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
At its Dec. 8 meeting the Sioux City Board approved consent items, the 2026–27 school calendar, a Human Resources report, legal billing-rate contract, a student-learning contract and adjourned; several priority amendments passed earlier.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
The Sioux City Board of Education voted Dec. 8 to add two action-step priorities — a K–8 dual-language option and a K–8 music education emphasis — to its 2025–26 board priorities after debate over scope, staffing and budget. Staff will return with implementation details.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
The Sioux City Community School District board honored retiring Director Dan Greenwell with remarks from colleagues and administrators and the board secretary read Nov. 4 election totals naming Jan J. George, Bobby Michaelson and Cindy Hansen as at-large winners.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
The Sioux City Community School District board on Nov. 20 adopted its FY25 annual financial health report, approved depository and budget resolutions, authorized requests for modified supplemental spending authority for EL and open-enrollment out students, and approved several routine contracts and capital items.
Iowa / School Districts / Sioux City Comm School District
At its November meeting the Sioux City Community School District board reviewed FY27 spending-authority projections that factor a certified enrollment decrease and two multi-year scenarios; officials urged constituents to press legislators for higher supplemental state aid.