In a closed-session Wednesday night, the Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education voted to enter into negotiations to purchase the Cass, Incorporated building at 1406 S.W. 7th Street (on the west side of Atlantic).

Board Secretary/Business Manager Mary Beth Fast told KJAN News the building could serve many purposes, including bringing back the K-through 6 Behavioral Program which was cancelled a couple of years ago due to a lack of students. The building space would allow the program to be expanded to include 10 slots for students, one full-time Behavioral Education teacher and one para-educator.

She said they could also use the building for an Alternative High School, Career Tech classes, office space, and/or rent or lease the space to other entities. Superintendent Dr. Michael Amstein will be taking part in the negotiations with regard to price and other details for the 27,000-square foot building. If the process comes to fruition, the administration can look into modifying the interior as needed.

In other business, the Atlantic School Board approved the resignation of Mike Wendt, night custodian for the high school, and Kathy Blazek, High School Special Ed Teacher. They also approved the transfer request by Jeff Hetrick from the position of Bus Monitor to Bus Driver.