Members of the Atlantic School District’s Board of Education, Wednesday evening, approved three resignations and numerous Contracts and/or Letters of Assignment. The Board approved the resignations of Joe Brummer, Head Freshman Football Coach, and two late additions: Kathy Wiebenga, Washington Paraeducator, and DeeAnn Schreiner, Food Service Director.

Atlantic School Board mtg., 7/11/18 (Ric Hanson photo)

Superintendent Steve Barber said of Schreiner, “I have a lot of respect [for her], she’s decided to take on a different job at this particular time. We’ve been in close communication here the last few days to see if we could come up with some situation…but when it all came down to it, she decided she needs to move on to this new position.”

The Board also approved the Superintendent’s recommended hiring of staff for certain positions, but not before Board Member Kristy Pellett expressed concerns about the late season hiring process. Pellett said she understands they “Can’t control the hiring of a couple of teachers and a head coach so late in the year (normally they would have all the positions filled by May or June for the upcoming school year), but in the past, some of these positions we’ve looked at as ‘interim-type’ positions…as [a tool] to not get ourselves locked-in this late in the year, and we still have an industrial tech person (to hire).” She said she’s heard comments like (with regard to the Science position), “They sure would have liked to have applied [for] it, but they were already under contract in their district. And, I think when we get as late as we are, we lose out on good candidates.”

The Board, by a vote of 3-to 1 (with Pellet the “No” vote and Josh McLaren absent), to approve hiring or transfers of the following: Richard Smith, High School Night Custodian; Nathan Renz’ transfer to HS Day Custodian; Tracy Daughtery, Allison Berryhill, Rhonda Hawkins and Jenny Madsen, all as TLC mentors. And, the previously mentioned additions of Cole Renken, High School P.E. Teacher; Caroline Madsen, 5th Grade Teacher; Dan Vargason, Head Girls Basketball Coach; Brad Rasmussen, High School Assistant Cross Country Coach, and Jeremy Blake, JV Volleyball Coach.