The Atlantic School Board will meet in a regular session 6-p.m. Wednesday, April 14th. The meeting takes place in the High School Media Center, and will be streamed live on YouTube. During their session, the Board will act on numerous resignations, including:

• 7th Grade Middle School Special Education Teacher Ashley Coffman
• ESL Coordination/Teacher & TLC Facilitator Brielle Cerven
• Special Ed. Teacher Hannah Ridder
• Junior Varsity FB Coach/ MS Track Coach, Joe Brummer
• Special Ed. Paraeducators: Tesla Cleaver; Vanessa Proehl; Becky Kirchhoff, and Jordan Franken.
• and School Bus Route Driver Clair Acker.

The Board will also act on the Contract Recommendations for: Holly Esbeck, HS Social Studies Teacher; & Matthew Best, HS Physical Education & Weight Training Teacher/ JV Football Coach. And, HS Assistant Principal Andrew Mitchell will present to the Board his recommendations for the hiring of Winter Sports coaches, to include:

• Tim Duff: Head HS Wrestling
• Asst. HS Wrestling: (To be determined)
• Oran Perkins & Adam Smith: MS Wrestling
• Head HS Girls Basketball Coach: Dan Vargason
• JV Girls BB Coach: Shelby McCreedy
• Freshman Girls BB Coach: Katy Christensen
• MS Girls/Boys BB: Terry Hinzman & Trace Peterson
• Head HS Boys BB Coach: Jeff Ebling
• JV Boys BB: Jeremy Blake
• Freshman Boys BB: Derek Hall
• Boys/Girls Swimming: Dean Junker
• F/BB/WR Cheerleading: Michella Bartholomew.

Mitchell is also expected to recommend the Board re-approve sharing agreements for the 2021-22 school year, to include: Girls Swimming – Audubon & Clarinda (Atlantic will act as the host school); Boys Swimming – Audubon, Clarinda & Red Oak (Atlantic will host); Wrestling – CAM (Atlantic hosts); Girls Soccer – CAM, Exira-EHK (Atlantic hosts).

In other business the Atlantic School Board is expected to act on approving a sharing agreement with the Griswold CSD for the services of Transportation Director, with Griswold paying 20% of the costs. They will also discuss and act on Superintendent Steve Barber’s recommendation for the disposal of laptop computers by allowing the Senior class the opportunity to purchase their Apple computers they have used the past four-years, for $125. They will also act on setting May 12th at 6-p.m. as the date/time for a Public Hearing on the 2020-21 Certified Budget.

The Atlantic School Board is expected to receive an update, and discuss, the Facilities Project, and 2019-20 Audit report. The latter shows a discrepancy in the certified enrollment data, which was overstated by 1.00 student (which the District will correct by contacting the Iowa DOE), and instances the auditors detected where the District Board Policies did not appear to have been reviewed and/or updated within the past five-years. The District responded by saying it has created a schedule to review each Board Policy series in a timely manner, beginning in 2021 and continuing until all series are up-to-date.  Additional audit information: 

And, the ACSD Board will move to accept a donation of $120,000 from an anonymous contributor, the Washington Technology Upgrade. Superintendent Steve Barber says he received a call from an investment firm that had a person who desired to make the donation. The Board must approve any major donation, per District Policy.