(Atlantic, Iowa) – In her report to the Atlantic School Board Wednesday evening, District Superintendent Dr. Beth Johnsen discussed a Snow Day plan. Essentially, she said the District plans to follow the same approach as last year, but there are some concerns.

She said some of the time is built into the school calendar.

Dr. Johnsen said for teachers, the first snow make-up day will be May 27th..

Atlantic School Board mtg. 1-8-25 (Image captured from Zoom)

In other business, Dr. Johnsen said administrators are sending out the District Culture Survey this month, and the Task Force Safety Recommendations from the State were received last week. She said there were many recommendations submitted to the Governor. Most are subjects Atlantic School District officials have already discussed and/or implemented.

In other business, the Atlantic School Board Wednesday evening approved agreements with Children’s Square and Heartland Therapeutic in Council Bluffs, Heartland Family Service in Omaha, and Heartland School of Omaha. Dr. Johnsen explained families who have students with special needs have moved into the District over the past month.

She recommended those students continue to attend those facilities with the practice and intent that the district will work hard to get those kids back into the district.

The Atlantic School Board approved recommendations to hire: Heather Prall – Preschool Para; Gratt Reed – HS Girls Track Assistant Coach; and Amy Jessen – Nutrition Cook at Washington Elementary. And they approved the purchase of a lawn mower, as well as an application to the SBRC (School Board Review Committee) for At Risk/Dropout and Potential Dropout Prevention, in the amount of $568,285,