STUDENT ENROLLMENT ON THE RISE IN SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED IN THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR ALISON BENSON SAYS THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT INCREASED BY OVER 120 STUDENTS.
SINCE 2004, THE DISTRICT WAS LOSING AN AVERAGE OF 137 STUDENTS A YEAR.
BENSON CREDITS THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT TO PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS.
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GAUSMAN DISCUSSES MILLIONS IN STIMULUS MONEY

SIOUX CITY—THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION REGARDING A STIMULUS GRANT PACKAGE TONIGHT.
SUPERINTENDENT PAUL GAUSMAN WILL GIVE THE BOARD AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM AND HOW IT WILL LIKELY BE USED.
STABILIZATION MONEY, THROUGH THE REGULAR IOWA FUNDING FORMULA, IS ALL STIMULATION MONEY.
GAUSMAN SAYS THE SECOND AND THIRD AVENUES OF [...]

GAUSMAN STAYS POSITIVE

SIOUX CITY—SUPERINTENDENT PAUL GAUSMAN REMAINS OPTOMISTIC AS THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT STRUGGLES TO CUT 5.3-MILLION DOLLARS FROM ITS BUDGET.
HE SAYS IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE MONEY, THEY HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE CENTRAL CAMPUS, WHICH IS WHERE ALTERNATIVE CLASSES WERE HELD.
GAUSMAN SAYS THIS CLOSURE SHOULD POSITIVELY IMPACT STUDENTS BY KEEPING THEM WITH THEIR CLASSMATES.
GAUSMAN SAYS [...]

GAUSSMAN KEEPS LOOKING AHEAD

SIOUX CITY—THE ECONOMY IS CAUSING EVERYONE TO RETHINK THEIR BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURES IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS, AND NO GROUP IS DO MORE THINKING THAT THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUPERINTENDANT DR. PAUL GAUSSMAN SAYS MONEY FROM THE RENEWED ONE CENT SALES TAX STILL FIGURES PROMINENTLY IN THE DISTRICTS FINANCIAL PLANNING:
DR. GAUSSMAN SAYS THAT [...]

VERMILLION STUDENT CENTER NEARING COMPLETION

VERMILLION, S.D.—Workers are laying carpet and completing other finishing touches in a new student center at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
The $22.6 million center is scheduled to be completed in February. It will have a multilevel dining area with indoor and outdoor seating, a multipurpose room that can handle 700 people, along with [...]

USD ADDS COURSE ON MISSOURI RIVER

VERMILLION, S.D.—A new course at the University of South Dakota focuses on the Missouri River.
Although other large rivers are covered in “Introduction to River Studies,” the emphasis is on the Missouri. Missouri River topics in the semester-long course include geology, biology, ecology, culture, water law and policy. It’s taught by five instructors.
Tim Cowman, director of [...]