Wrangell Sentinel -

The school district hopes to sign up a new activities director this week after the person handling the work moved on to another job in town.

The activities director is a contract position — not a full-time or even part-time staff job — and handles travel and other arrangements for sports, music, art and other school-sponsored activities.

Erik Scheib had been in the position just since the start of the school year when he accepted a job with the Public Works Department last week.

“Mainly, getting into Wrangell, being new here, there’s been a lot of opportunities that have been thrown...