The Atlantic Community School District is looking for a few great teachers. During his report to the Atlantic School Board, Wednesday evening, Superintendent Steve Barber said there are three positions yet to fill: Industrial Tech, High School English, and Physical Education Weight Trainer. He said with regard to Industrial Tech, if someone has a teaching degree, the district can probably obtain an executive license. He said also that despite all due diligence, they have not found a person qualified for the position, which Barber said is an important piece to the program, and includes trades, drafting an engineering aspects.

To try and find suitable instructors, the District is advertising on TeachIowa.gov. If you are interested and qualified to be an Industrial Technology Instructor, or for the other positions, check out the website. Barber will also consider advertising in the local paper, and/or the Des Moines Register. In his report, Superintendent Barber said Camblin Mechanical has installed two HVAC units in the High School Gym. The classroom unit will be completed next month. Another project set to begin next month, is converting the High School Gym to LED lighting. Barber said also,they’re still waiting for the new bleachers to be installed in the Middle School. The old ones are set to be taken down yet this month, with the replacements installed by August 29^th. The district’s old copier machines, he said, will be changed out June 18^th and 19^th, and the District’s new propane bus is scheduled to arrive the first week in July . Click here to open a PDF of the available ACSD job openings: do_not_reply@atlanticiaschools.org_20180615_082451.pdf

He said by adding the new propane bus, they hope that the number of miles driven by the District’s propane-powered fleet will exceed the number of more costly, diesel miles driven. The District is also looking at replacing two rooms with new carpet. One is the High School Special Education room, the other is in the Schuler Elementary School, at a combined cost installed, of $6,930. In other business, the Atlantic School Board voted 3-to 1, with Board President Ali Bruckner absent, to approve Superintendent Steve Barber’s 2018-19 contract. Board Member Josh McLaren was the lone No vote, but it wasn’t because he had an issue with the terms of the contract. It was the wording that troubled him. He said the recommendation to approve the contract was from the Board President, when it should have said the Board as a whole.

Board Secretary Sarah Sheeder, said it probably should have been worded differently, and she acknowledged the mistake was partially her fault. Obviously, she said didn’t want it to say the Superintendent made the recommendation to approve his own contract. The Board also approved resignations, contracts and/or letters of assignment previously mentioned on our newscasts and website. The only additional resignation was for Ryan Henderson, High School PE Teacher. And the addition of Kelly Juhl, Summer Grounds person.