Iowa Central bond vote is Tuesday

By: 
Erin Sommers Graphic-Advocate Editor

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Iowa Central Community College officials are hoping residents of nine counties, including Calhoun, remember to vote this week in support of a 30-year, $29.5 million bond to support campus infrastructure improvements. 
The vote is set for Tuesday, with polling locations at the Lake City Community Center, the Calhoun County Courthouse, the Manson Fire Station and Southeast Valley Middle School in Farnhamville. Polling sites in Calhoun County are open from noon to 8 p.m.
ICCC President Dan Kinney spoke with Rockwell City residents Nov. 29 at the Rockwell City Public Library. He touted plans to expand the career academy program, which would be funded by the bond, as well as the college’s steady enrollment numbers.
“It’s important we start exposing students to career pathways even as early as junior high,” Kinney said, explaining that with more career academies, school districts can start encouraging students to considering what careers they would like to pursue. “We’re the number one penetrating community collge in the state of Iowa in our high schools.”
This region of Iowa has more than 1,000 unfilled jobs, positions employers say they cannot fill without properly trained employees. As ICCC attracts more students from across the state, local businesses will get the first shot at hiring those graduates for positions here, Kinney said.

An updated version of this story will run in the Dec. 7 edition of The Graphic-Advocate. Watch the newspaper's website for election results Wednesday. 

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