Browse past news stories for Fort Smith School in Hardin, MT.
- Fort Smith School District approves new boundary lines for Trusty students once the school closes after this spring (2023)
The Fort Smith Public Schools district hosted several public input meetings this month to ... - Fort Smith School District prepares to investigate Peak Innovation Center flooding cause (2023)
The School Board is looking to hire a third party to investigate the flooding at the Peak Education ... - New health and wellness center approved by Fort Smith School Board (2022)
The Fort Smith Schools Board of Education Monday night reviewed a presentation from Kerri Tucker, the health center ... - Lack of federal action could impact Fort Smith school lunch program (2022)
Federal waivers that allow all students to receive free meals regardless of ... - Fort Smith School Board approves mask mandates for students (2021)
Fort Smith School Board discussed whether or not to make wearing a mask indoors on-campus mandatory. By a 5 to 2 ... - Schools in Fort Smith modify blended learning for students (2020)
With a new semester on the horizon and the covid-19 pandemic still ongoing, the Fort ... - Fort Smith schools look at online access for all (2020)
The Fort Smith School District is looking into a possible way to provide internet access to all its students. The School Board has authorized ... - Fort Smith School Threatened By Student On Social Media (2019)
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KFSM) — Fort Smith and Fort Smith Public School police were made aware of a threat against a junior high school Sunday (Dec. 8). The threat was made by ... - Fort Smith School Board hopefuls field questions at forum - Times Record (2016)
Candidates in today's Fort Smith School Board Election got the chance to speak their minds at a special Q&A forum Monday. The League of Women Voters of Fort Smith held a public ... - Letter: Murray offers Fort Smith School Board accountability - Times Record (2016)
He has the vision and the ability to lead if elected to the Fort Smith School Board at-large position. He has no hidden agenda other than listening to the public, s ... - Fort Smith School Board hopefuls to hold town hall - Times Record (2016)
Two candidates for the Fort Smith school board are holding a town hall meeting Saturday at the Fort Smith Library. Marc Werschem and Greg Murray plan to explain their ... - Three to compete for Fort Smith School Board position - Times Record (2016)
She has three children, all of whom attended Ramsey Junior High School with two graduating from Southside High School and the remaining one earning her GED from the Fort Sm ... - Fort Smith school board seeks input on superintendent search - Times Record (2016)
The Fort Smith School Board voiced its desire to allow the public to participate in choosing a new superintendent during a study session Monday. The school board met w ... - Fort Smith School District enrollment down slightly - Times Record (2016)
During a Monday meeting, the Fort Smith Board of Education heard from Fort Smith School District Acting Superintendent Gordon Floyd, who said total K-12 en ... - Fort Smith school panel recommends continuing free breakfast - Times Record (2016)
The Fort Smith Board of Education Finance Committee voted to recommend continuing the Fort Smith School District's free breakfast program at a meeting Wednesday. ... - Fort Smith School Board approves funds to fix SHS track - Times Record (2016)
The Fort Smith Board of Education approved allocating funds to repair the track at Southside High School at its regular meeting Monday. The board voted to award ... - Boozman salutes retiring Fort Smith school administrators in Congressional Record - Times Record (2016)
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., honored the commitment of longtime Fort Smith educators Dr. Benny Gooden and Coach Jim Rowland in the Congressional Record, the official proceed ... - Fort Smith School Board chooses firm for superintendent search - Times Record (2016)
The board voted which to hire Iowa-based Ray and Associates Inc. to find a suitable replacement for Fort Smith School Superintendent Benny Gooden. Gooden is due to retir ... - Letter: Money to change mascot could have repaired Fort Smith schools - Times Record (2016)
OK, we are not going to agree on the Southside High School mascot name. I do think we can agree that we are tired of being taxed. The school board could have made a w ... - Letter: Fort Smith School Board member urges public to lay mascot issue to rest - Times Record (2016)
Almost a year ago to date, I made a decision to run for the school board. My original motivation was simple; I wanted to be more involved in my kids' education. Af ... - Fort Smith schools celebrate their last day of classes - 4029tv (2016)
40/29's Pedro Rivera reminds us that today is the last day of school for many students in the Fort Smith area and tells us about what summ ... - Fort Smith School Board delays millage vote until April - Times Record (2016)
This fall's planned Fort Smith school millage vote will instead take place in an April 2017 special election following a 5-1 school board vote. The board's origi ... - Fort Smith School Board Considers Postponing Millage Vote - 5newsonline.com (2016)
FORT SMITH (KFSM)—With a lot of recent changes with the Fort Smith School District, the board is considering postponing a vote for a millage increase. The annual school e ... - Fort Smith School Board considers delaying millage vote - Times Record (2016)
In 2015, the Fort Smith School Board voted to seek a millage increase at the annual school election this September. The plan was to ask voters for an additional 3 mills ... - Fort Smith School Board preparing for national superintendent search - Times Record (2016)
Later this month, Fort Smith school leaders plan to hear from four firms interested in helping the district replace retiring Superintendent Benny Gooden. "This is something ... - Fort Smith schools earn fewer high marks on state report card - Times Record (2016)
Fort Smith Southside High School journalists, from left, Hannah Coffman, Jacob DeFay and Payton Londino are honored by the Fort Smith School Board on April 25, 201 ... - Fort Smith School Board to address new superintendent, millage vote - Times Record (2016)
Following Monday's retirement announcement from the Fort Smith Schools superintendent, Board of Education members plan to address his replacement, in addition to a potential September millage vote. Superintendent Benny Gooden, 71, announced his ...Fort Smith school chief endin ... - Fort Smith Schools Superintendent Announces Retirement - 5newsonline.com (2016)
FORT SMITH (KFSM) -- Fort Smith Schools Superintendent Dr. Benny Gooden has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2016 school year. Gooden had been the superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools since August 1986. "This is my 41st year as ... - Fort Smith school boss, bank CEO to speak at UAFS graduations - Times Record (2016)
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students take part in the institution's 92nd commencement ceremony Dec. 11, 2014, at the Stubblefield Cent ... - Fort Smith School District To Analyze Itself - Times Record (2016)
With help from the community, Fort Smith educators plan to analyze their own school district using a method commonly used in the business world. The School Board voted ... - Fort Smith Schools Promoting College Prep - Times Record (2016)
An increasing number of Fort Smith high school students are performing college-level work via Advanced Placement classes and a new concurrent-credit program with the l ... - Fort Smith Schools To Reissue Bonds For Savings - Times Record (2016)
The Fort Smith School District plans to reissue $6.6 million worth of bonds in hopes of saving hundreds of thousands of dollars based on better interest ... - Fort Smith School Board Approves Free College Courses Program - Times Record (2015)
The Fort Smith School Board unanimously approved development of the free tuition program Tuesday at its monthly meeting as an extension of its ongoing programs at the Wester ... - FBI Awards Fort Smith School for Online Safety - 5newsonline.com (2015)
FORT SMITH (KFSM) – Special agents with the FBI are giving a Fort Smith School a national award Thursday (Jan. 22). Students at Chaffin Junior High School ... - Four Arrested After Child Brings Pot To Fort Smith School - Times Record (2014)
Police made four arrests after a child brought suspected marijuana to a Fort Smith elementary school Tuesday. Staff at Tilles Elementary School called police after a 6-y ... - Bank President Reacts To Fort Smith Schools Enrollment Study - Times Record (2014)
The study estimates that by 2024-25, Fort Smith schools' enrollment that now stands at 14,300 in grades K-12 would likely climb little, if any. The school boa ...
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