Spanish Immersion School on track for 2016

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Now that the legislative session is over the Sioux Falls School District is moving ahead with plans to build the Spanish Immersion Elementary School.

Principal Tracy Vik  says interest is so strong a lottery is held to place just over a hundred students into four kindergarten classes.

Vik says there are currently 23 million jobs in the United State that require bilingual workers so you're offering your child greater opportunities.             

Jefferson Elementary will be razed this summer and a new school will be ready in the fall of 2016.

Some legislators had set their sights on limiting school district's capital outlay projects but two efforts in Pierre failed so Sioux Falls will proceed with a new school.