Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

228 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 and Technology, provides a concrete example of how this strategy manifests in real-world opportunities for students. “We have a student who will be working with a local manufacturer through a registered apprenticeship program. They’ve taken our manufacturing classes, will work part of their day at the local manufacturer, and will also take classes at Kirkwood Community College. By the time they graduate, they’ll be job-ready,” he explains. A Multi-Faceted Approach to Safety and Infrastructure Switching gears to operational matters, the College Community School District strongly emphasizes safety and community engagement, given the complexities of managing a large, single-campus educational environment. Dr. Wheeler elucidates the unique challenges and opportunities the district’s single- campus structure presents. “We’re the 54th largest town in Iowa for 178 days out of the year, with over 7,000 people on campus during the core of the day,” he notes. This necessitates a robust safety infrastructure, including two school resource officers in collaboration with the Cedar Rapids Police.