Members of the Atlantic School Board will sit down next week in closed sessions with three finalists for the position of Atlantic School District Superintendent. The person selected will succeed Dr. Michael Amstein, who is retiring at the end of the current school year, after having worked for the District since 2010.

School Board President Ali Bruckner told KJAN News the first interview will be conducted Monday, with Steven Barber, Superintendent at George-Little Rock Community Schools in George, Iowa. On Tuesday, officials will sit down with Dr. Joe Potts, Ph.D, an Iowa native who resides in Kent, WA., and serves as High School Principal for the Kent Community School District. Potts is a University of Iowa graduate. Next Wednesday, Dan Dierks, who has served Superintendent for the Oelwein Community School District, since 2015 will also be interviewed for the position. The goal is to have someone hired by the end of this month.

The School Board met this week and conducted video conference call interviews with the top six candidates. Following the interviews, the board gathered for a short session with the recruiters and narrowed the list to three.

The deadline for application materials to be submitted by prospective candidates was January 30th. Bruckner had said previously that were 43 completed applications for the Superintendent’s job. Those were further narrowed down to 15 applications for review, before the top three candidates were finally selected for interviews.