Sioux City Community Schools
627 4th Street  Sioux City, Iowa  51101  712-279-6643
Board Policy Document
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Series 600
Policy Title:
School Organizations
Code Number:
601.01
The Sioux City public shall be organized into levels of instruction as follows:
1. Elementary schools may consist of preschool or transitional kindergarten and grades kindergarten
through 5, or some combination (example: K-2 or 3-5).
2. Middle schools shall consist of grades 6 through 8.
3. Senior high schools shall consist of grades 9 through 12.
4. Alternative educational facilities may be provided to meet the needs of individual students.
5. The District’s administrative structure shall consist of administrators approved by the Board through
the adoption of an official organizational chart.
First Adoption:
Revision Adoption:
Legal Reference:
April 25, 1989
February 13, 1996 / July 10, 2001 / February 9, 2009 / September 9, 2013
Westside Community Board of Education v Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990).
Bender v. Williamsport Area Community School District, 741 F.2d 538 (3d Cir.
1984), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 475 U.S. 534 (1986).
20 U.S.C. §§ 4071-4074 (2012).
Iowa Code §§ 287.1-.3; 297.9 (2013).
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