diff --git a/dbt/models/intermediate/int_school_years.sql b/dbt/models/intermediate/int_school_years.sql
index bb06e822..e811e04f 100644
--- a/dbt/models/intermediate/int_school_years.sql
+++ b/dbt/models/intermediate/int_school_years.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
+{#
+Casting data types to match analysis.school_years
+
+REFERENCE:
+> DESCRIBE analysis.school_years
+COLUMN_NAME	DATA_TYPE
+school_year	varchar(256)
+school_year_int	integer
+started_at	timestamp
+ended_at	timestamp
+school_year_long	varchar(256)
+
+
+#}
+
 with 
 school_years as (
-    select * 
+    select
+        school_year::varchar,
+        school_year_int::integer,
+        started_at::timestamp,
+        ended_at::timestamp,
+        school_year_long::varchar
     from {{ ref('seed_school_years') }}
 )
 
-select * 
+select
+*
 from school_years
 where current_date >= started_at
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