At their meeting on Wednesday night the Atlantic City Council set September 6th as a public hearing date for the sale of land at 1014 3rd Street Place to the Atlantic School District. The building trades program at the school would build a home on the property valued at $100,000 or greater in exchange for a reduced sale price of $1 from the city.

The Atlantic Community School Foundation had voted unanimously on May 11th to fund a request from Atlantic High School Industrial Technology teacher Dexter Dodson for $150,000 to allow the construction trades program students to build a home from start to finish in the community.

The construction trades program has previously built a garage and helped erect the greenhouse at the Atlantic High School. Dodson and Noah Widrowicz, Middle and High School Industrial Tech teacher lead the program which has prerequisite classes to the building trades class. Construction is expected to begin in the 2023-2024 school year when approved.