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(Atlantic, Iowa) – A public hearing for patrons of the Atlantic Community School District will be held during the March 8th, 2023 meeting of the Atlantic School Board. The hearing, which begins at 5:45-p.m., is with regard to the proposed 2023-2024 District Calendar.

Superintendent Steve Barber explained the proposed calendar was created through input from a Calendar Committee, consisting of Mr. Barber and Asst. HS Principal/ AD Andy Mitchell, five teachers and two parents.

The draft proposal for publishing, he said, has a couple of differences from last year.

When the Committee looked at days available, Barber said they looked at those days in the second semester.

The differences, he says boil down to not losing school on December 22nd. Spring Break this year was seven days, with students and staff coming back on January 2nd.

Steve Barber said the Committee looked at and decided to keep the Parent-Teacher Conferences dates in October and February as they are now. One change involved Spring Break.

The change will allow for the last place of school to be May 22nd, 2024. The Committee also moved the Nov. 22nd dismissal time from 1-p.m. to 1:30-p.m.to keep it consistent with Wednesday early out’s.