An impressive growth in students seeking backgrounds in health occupation careers and studies has led the Fort Dodge Community School District to move forward on purchasing a cutting-edge anatomy visualization and virtual dissection tool.
The district’s Board of Education voted Tuesday to buy an Anatomage table from Anatomage Inc., of Santa Clara, California, for $115,635.
“We’ve had over 600 students taking classes in this area of study,” Superintendent Josh Porter told the board. “We looked into an Anatomage table due to discussions with Kylie O’Leary, our high school health occupations teacher.”
“From there, we went to the community foundation and pursued a grant for funding,” he added. “The foundation had half of the cost and fundraised the other half."