KEOKUK, IOWA -- The Keokuk Christian Academy has announced plans to expand their current school from a K - 8th grade program to a school that will include high school classes.
Adam Brumbaugh is the administrator at the academy and he said for the past three years, he and the board have focused on the current K - 8th school.
But he said they've decided to take the next step in the process and focus on opening a high school.
The plan is to have it ready for students for the beginning of the 2013 - 2014 school year.
"We don't want to compete directly with the public school system here in Keokuk. We want to just offer an alternative to those people who might like to have a choice on where they want to send their son or daughter to high school," Brumbaugh said.
Right now, the academy has 72 students enrolled and Brumbaugh said there are 17 churches from the Keokuk area that are represented in the student body.
The expansion will take place at their current site on Hilton Road.
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