(KAIR)--When the USD 377 Board of Education met this week, the leadership of the Atchison County Community Schools reviewed the history of the sports complex in Effingham, as they continue forward in the efforts to make needed repairs at the location. “We did a little refresher on the fact that it’s a quarter cent county-wide cent sales tax—how we have a sports complex as well as the city of Atchison,” Superintendent Steve Wiseman tells MSC News. “The quarter cent sales tax supports both of those facilities, and we receive $10,000 a year from the county to help with the upkeep and maintenance of our complex while the project is still being paid off and cash reserve is still being collected.”
Wiseman says the price tag to complete the necessary upgrades is costlier than expected. “Received a bid to upgrade our infield to try to get back to the original conditions that they were when the field was built. We have a company, Performance Sports—Atchison used them to redo their infield last year, and they gave us a bid.”
The cost came in at $26,000, which means alternative solutions must now be explored. ““We’re going to be looking for some other options to consider in terms of fixing our infield. One of the biggest issues we face with the dirt is to try and keep it at a level where it doesn’t deteriorate down into the sub-surface.”
Also during this week's meeting of the School Board, two resignations were accepted.
That includes Elementary teacher Stephanie Brand and High School Social Studies teacher Ben Swenson. Both resignations are effective at the end of the current school year.
The Board also approved a one year contract extension for Elementary Principal Cy Wallisch through the 2016-2017 school year.
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