The Cass County Auditor’s Office reminds patrons of the Atlantic Community School District, that there are only a couple days left before Atlantic School Special Election Day. There’s still time to vote in the Auditor’s Office during their regular business hours. Absentee voting will be held up until 11-a.m. until Tuesday, April 2nd. The polls will be open April 2nd from Noon until 8:00 p.m. As of this (Friday) morning 400 voters had cast their ballots at the Auditor’s Office.

Coming before the voters Tuesday, is a $9.5-million bond referendum that would pay for school building and site improvements. The Resolution on the ballot asks: “Shall the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Community School District, in the Counties of Cass, Audubon and Pottawattamie, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness ans issue general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $9,500,000 for the purpose of furnishing, equipping, constructing, improving, repairing, and renovating school buildings and improving the sites thereof at the school district’s existing school buildings located in Atlantic, Iowa, including without limitation: (a) renovating, equipping and improving the football field/track/stadium, team building, concession and related buildings/site improvements, (b) renovating, equipping and improving  the softball/baseball fields and related buildings/site improvements, (c) constructing, relocating, equipping and improving tennis courts and related buildings/site improvements, and (d) improving and realigning a roadway for smoother access to the elementary school and connection to the middle school?”

If approved during the Special Election, the indebtedness of the district will be in excess of 1.25-percent of the assessed valuation of taxable property in the School District.