(Atlantic, Iowa) – When the Atlantic School District’s Board of Education met Wednesday evening in the High School Media Center, they agreed to set March 8^th at 5:30-p.m., as the date and time for a public hearing on bids received for the Washington Elementary School Playground Improvement Project. The Board authorized Snyder and Associates’ Dave Sturm to begin the bid letting aspect of the project. The bids will be due by 2-p.m. March 7^th. Board President Laura McLean and Superintendent Steve Barber said it’s hoped that by fast-tracking the project, work can take place this summer.

Snyder’s Dave Sturm and Tim West, Snyder Landscape Architect, spoke with the Board about some of the agreed upon project features.

Speaking via video conference call, Tim West said they worked with the manufacturers to select structures that offer a whole range of developmental challenges and mobility.

There’s a large rope climber was chosen over a circular, spinning-type of element.

Not everything on the wish list, Dave Sturm said, could be included in platform footprint, like a split, high slide. Tim West…

The project would be paid for through SAVE, in the amount of $650,000.