(Atlantic) On Wednesday evening, the Atlantic School Board approved substitute employee pay rates, student fees, sharing agreements, sponsors, and other items.
Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber recommended no change to the student fees, and the school board approved his recommendation. Barber says lunch and breakfast are not included while the district continues to wait for guidance on the cost of the meals from the federal government. Barber says students whose families meet the income guidances for free and reduced-price lunch should contact the Superintendent’s Office for a waiver form.
The student Fees are listed below:
High School 9-12:
All student’s electronic instruction fee is $60.00
Music:
Band Uniform fee-$25.00
Varsity Show Choir-$75.00
JV/Freshmen Show Choir-$50.00
Activity Ticket (optional) $30.00
Middle School:
All Students:
Electronic instruction fee-$45.00
Band instrument rental only-$30.00
Activity Ticket (optional)-$30.00
Schuler Elementary: Grades Fourth and Fifth:
All students:
Electronic instruction fee-$40.00
Activity Ticket (optional)-$30.00
Washington Elementary:
All Students:
Electronic instruction fee-$40.00
Activity ticket (Optional)-$30.00
The School Board approved the following sharing agreements for the 2022-2023 school year:
Girls Swimming: Audubon and Clarinda (Atlantic Host School)
Boys Swimming: Audubon, Clarinda, Red Oak, and Riverside (Atlantic Host School).
Girls Soccer: CAM, Exira-EHK (Atlantic Host School)
Girls Wrestling: CAM, Nodaway Valley, Griswold, and Southwest Valley (CAM Host School).
The substitute employees are getting a raise. The school board approved a .50 per hour increase for some classes and a five-dollar raise for substitute teachers. Schools Superintendent Steve Barber says the wage increase attracts employees and honors regular employees. The total cost to the district is $2,000-$5,000.
The seasonal Substitute Rates are listed below:
Transportation/Bus Garage
Sub. Bus Route Driver-$34.00 per hour (trip rate)
Activity Driver-$15.00 per hour
Bus waiting-$11.75 per hour
Lunch Bus Driver-$12.00 per hour
Other Labor, Sub Bus Garage-$11.40 per hour
Maintenance:
Custodian-$13.50 per hour
Grounds/Mowing-$13.50 per hour
Summer Cleaning and Painting-$13.50 per hour
Food Services:
Sub. Food Service Worker-$12.50 per hour
Acting Head Cook (contracted FS Staff)-per Master Contract
Extra Duty Activity by Contracted FS Staff-$.50 extra per hour
Classroom:
Para-Educator-$13.50 per hour
Music Assistants- (Accompanists)-$15.00
Transliterators/Translators-$25.00
Homebound Teachers-$30.00
Sub. (non-contracted) Teacher (all areas)-Daily Rate-$140.00 ($5.00 increase)
Sub. (non-contracted) Teachers (all areas), 11-consecutive days in the same assignment-$176.57
1/6- Period (by contracted teacher) Based on Salary Schedule in Master Contract-$26.11
Period Coverage by Contracted Support Staff (Daily Sub Rate/ 8 hours-Hourly Rate
Office:
Secretary / Clerical:
IT Intern-$10.00 per hour
Sub Nurse-$112.00 (Daily Rate)
The School Board approved the following list of sponsors for the 2022-2023 school Year:
Middle School Cheer Sponsor-Julie Phippen
Volunteer Dance Coach-Kelbe Flathers
FFA Sponsor-Eric Miller
Archery-Clint Roland
CO-High School Speech and Debate-Trisha Niceswanger (50%)
Journalism (Needle) – Allison Berryhill
Journalism (Yearbook)-Allison Berryhill
Middle School Student Council-Angela Sieh
High School Student Council-Sarah Rose
High School Band-Jared O’Donnell
Middle School Band-Leah O’Donnell
Sets (AMS)-Cheryl Thompson
Musical/Play (MS)-Cheryl Thompson
High School Vocal Music-Evan Adamon
Assistant High School Vocal Music-Jared O-Donnell
Middle School Vocal Music-Cheryl Thompson
Additionally, the board approved the 7th grade out-of-state trip to The Amazing Pizza Machine in Omaha for good behavior. The board also approved the K-12 new math curriculum and approved the quotes for both Bridges and Envision for $160,000. The company will provide two training days on May 31 and June 1.
The school board approved the quote to replace the high school bleacher motor repair for $18,500. The money will come from PPEL/SAVE. In addition to that, the board agreed to use ESSER funds for Phase 2 of the HVAC Air Quality Project for the base equipment to improve the air quality in the High School building and auditorium. The cost is $676,473.00.
The board also approved a pay application #4 – Middle School/Schuler Elementary Air Quality Project (Phase 1) and gave change order #5 of the athletic facilities improvement project.
