The Atlantic School Board Wednesday evening, held its annual re-organizational meeting following the Sept. School Elections. During their meeting, Allison Bruckner was re-elected to the position of School Board President, and former Board President Kristy Pellett, was elected as Vice-President of the Atlantic School Board. Pellett and Josh McClaren, who were unopposed in the Sept. election, were sworn-in to the newly elected Board, Wednesday night. And, Sarah Sheeder was approved and sworn-in as Board Secretary/Finance Director.The Atlantic School Board voted 4-to-1 to hold their regular monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of the month at 5:30-p.m., and their Work Sessions on the 4^th Wednesday of the month.

In his report to the Board, Superintendent Steve Barber said the enrollment numbers for 2017-18 – while not yet certified to the State – are down several dozen students. The District must certify their numbers to the State by Friday. The numbers are down 32.6 students, from 1,384.7 last year, to 1,352.10 this year. The number of open enrollments also saw a decrease in students.Students enrolling into the District were down 13.3 from last year, making for a total of 45.9 fewer students in the District than last year.

Barber said 80 students moved out of the District, some of which no doubt to can be attributed to the loss of jobs this past summer, at Plastic Professionals. The administration will be talking about how those numbers affect the budget, in a couple of weeks. But it’s clear, the District will utilize its Budget Guarantee, as it has the past few years.