a member of ALIS. To accommodate the additional students from the Bethlehem and Zion congregations a major building project was undertaken in the summer of 1989. Four classrooms were added to the north end of the building and two classrooms, teacher lounge, and storage at the center of the building. The exterior look was completely changed with the addition of a pitched roof. Each grade now has its own room plus a computer lab and a band room. In 1990, Dr. D. G. Huelskoetter gave the Frog Pond Pre-School to ALIS Frog Pond. Frog Pond is currently taught by Candace Wolff and Kathy Corder. Altamont Grade School is a public grade school serving grades K-8. Enrollment at the beginning of 2011 was 546. Its sports teams are the Wildcats. Doug Hill is the principal. Altamont Community High School is a public high school. The main section of the current building was constructed in the 1950s, and students first occupied the building in 1954. Enrollment at the beginning of 2011 was 285. Its sports teams are the Indians. Jerome "Jerry" Tkachuk is the principal. Altamont Grade School and Altamont High School are part of Altamont Community Unit School District #10. Dr. Steven Mayerhoffer is the superintendent of schools. The High School athletics compete in the National Trail Conference. In 2021, Altamont CUSD #10 hired a new superintendent for the school district named David Martin. Martin lived in Nashville, Tennessee and has an extensive education and professional and military background. The town caused backlash because Martin is gay and ultimately pushed him to resign before he had even started. Infrastructure Transportation Altamont is served by Interstate 70, U.S. Route 40, and Illinois Route 128, all of which pass through the city limits. What is now U.S. Route 40 was once known as the National Road. Amtrak service to Chicago and New Orleans and all points in between can be accessed in Effingham, to the east. Community Altamont Lions Club has been active since 1938. The Lions operate the youth basketball and soccer programs, have an annual fishing rodeo, sponsor a golf tournament, participate in Lions International Candy Day each fall, sponsor local youth for trips abroad and within the U.S., and contribute toward Ballard Nature Center and local parks. The Altamont Garden Club has planted and cared for many areas around town, as well as pays for and waters over thirty hanging