STORM LAKE, Iowa (KCAU) — The Iowa Department of Education released its latest school performance ratings. One school district in Siouxland did not fare too well.

Nearly every school in Storm Lake has been ranked as a priority school since 2022. Storm Lake Community Schools Superintendent Stacey Cole spoke to KCAU 9 and explained what obstacles the district faces and what they're doing to improve results.

Cole said she was reminded just how difficult education is for some students when she examined coursework done by a 17-year-old kid who had been at the school for almost two years.

"And I couldn't read what this student had on their paper," she said.

Cole said this student and many others experienced something called SLIFE. That stands for "Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal

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