(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District is upgrading its phone system.
Schools Superintendent Steve Barber says the phone system is outdated and limited in functions and unrepairable due to the unavailability of products.
On Wednesday, the School Board approved NishnaNet’s proposal to replace the antiquated system with an IPO system at the cost of $46,350.00.
The new system will contain functions allow for each building to communicate effectively throughout the building for emergency and announcements in all buildings. In addition to that, the system will provide notice to the staff of incoming calls while not interfering with the learning in the classroom.
In other business, the school approved the Liability/Work Comp. Insurance Renewal, despite an 18.7 percent increase. Insurance representatives say the substantial increase is due to the absorbent cost of last August’s Derecho. The cost of the district’s worker’s compensation insurance went up as well. The smaller increase is due to an increase in the district’s experience modification from .82 to .78. The total cost to the district is $220,480.50.
