“This is celebrating the future workforce of the city of Lima and all of Allen County,” said Dr. Willie Heggins, executive director of Heir Force Community School. “I mean, just like every school system around here, our job is to get kids prepared for tomorrow’s workforce and we’re excited to be a part of making that investment in our community, and more definitively for the future of our community.”
Lima City Council President Jamie Dixon said it’s important to show students they are supported. “We want to make sure that we have a place that is able to teach the children the wisdom, the knowledge, the tools, the skills that they need to have, but ultimately knowing that the community is rallying behind them,” Dixon said. “Because every time that we make sure that community is around, that the kids have the support and the love they have, they'll be more than willing to excel.”
It is hard to believe, but some students start another school year this week! On Monday, Lima North Middle School 5th and 6th grade students received their student IDs and class schedules.
