June 21, 2013: Who would’ve thought that Clear Creek-Amana students were so opposed to Tom O’Brien in the ACC?
North Liberty, the 30th largest city in Iowa,* doesn’t have its own high school. It’s not even in one district. (The same goes for Clive, and for the same reasons.) Instead, the suburb is divided between Iowa City and Clear Creek-Amana along Jones Boulevard.
The west half of North Liberty is also where a lot of development is happening, along with the Tiffin area and Coralville west of the mall.** Because of that, CCA, despite building a new high school and football field with artificial turf on the west side of Tiffin in 2009, needs to expand again. There’s going to be a bond issue vote in February.
According to the story from KCRG, one elementary school has gained 310 students in five years. That’s approximately the entire enrollment of the HLV district 30 miles west.
Note: CCA superintendent Tim Kuehl was at Gladbrook-Reinbeck until this year.
*At least until the next special census.
**In fact, the border between CCA and Iowa City runs through Coral Ridge Mall. But that’s a subject for another blog post.