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News Extra 2.3.2025: Seymour, Cordova tapped as 2 finalists for Sioux City School District superintendent

Corey Seymour
Corey Seymour

The Sioux City School Board has pinpointed the two final candidates for the school superintendent position, with one from an Iowa school district and the other from Missouri.

The two men are Juan Cordova and Corey Seymour.

Cordova currently serves as the assistant superintendent of instruction for Hazelwood School District in Florissant, Missouri.

Juan Cordova
Juan Cordova

Seymour is superintendent of schools for Clear Creek Amana Community School District in Oxford, Iowa.

Community forums where people can meet the two finalists, one at a time, will take place on Thursday, February 6, at the downtown Sioux City School District administrative building.

The school board is working to pick a successor for Superintendent Rod Earleywine, who is departing after three years in June. More than 20 people applied for the post, then seven people were interviewed in closed session over two days last week.

The Sioux City School District educates roughly 14,500 students.

Bret Hayworth is a native of Northwest Iowa and graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with nearly 30 years working as an award-winning journalist. He enjoys conversing with people to tell the stories about Siouxland that inform, entertain, and expand the mind, both daily in SPM newscasts and on the weekly show What's The Frequency.
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