Education

Two positions that have been in the spotlight lately were discussed, and somewhat resolved, during Monday’s regular Huntsville School Board meeting. 

Students and adults alike last Wednesday spent part of the day cleaning around Huntsville High School. Teacher/coach Greg McCone, at right, drags a limb. Several bags of mulch, donated by Jack C. …

The Huntsville School District has been in negotiations with the Huntsville Police Department and the City of Huntsville about school resource officers at local schools, after Madison County Sheriff Ronnie Boyd said his department would no longer provide the officers.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office will no longer provide deputies as School Resource Officers to the Huntsville School District, according to Sheriff Ronnie Boyd.

The Huntsville School Board approved several recommended policies from the Arkansas School Board Association except for a few, including one that would have kept members from going on their own to visit individual school buildings. 

It’s a tale of two yearbooks.  The Huntsville Middle School yearbook was recognized as the best yearbook in the nation for the second consecutive year.

The Huntsville Middle School yearbook staff received first place in the 2022 Lifetouch Yearbook Showcase Contest.

Huntsville High School held its annual Scholarship Night on May 11.

The Huntsville School Board members should always be the last stop not the first stop, said Attorney Marshall Ney of Friday, Eldredge & Clark of Rogers, on Monday night at a board working session. 

Thanks to the advocacy of Huntsville School Board member Bobby Ray Gulledge, St. Paul schools are seeing improvements around their campuses, including the addition of a restroom in the library. 

Watson Primary School second-grader Taywin Berry raised and sold pepper plants.

Huntsville Middle School K-12 Art Show winners received gift cards from CS Bank. Pictured with art teacher Michael Taylor are Sam Harlen, first place; Alli Walker, second place; and Mackenzie Smith, …

The family of the late Randy Watkins, left, a beloved and dedicated custodian at Huntsville Intermediate School, stand behind a bench dedicated in his honor. The bench was dedicated Monday at the …

Area schools are preparing for graduation ceremonies, the first of which will take place on Friday in St. Paul. For the first time, Huntsville students will have their graduation ceremony in the district’s new activity center.

The Huntsville School District could save nearly $75,000 annually in energy-related costs, the Huntsville School Board learned Monday during the board’s May meeting.   In November …

Eighth-grade students from Huntsville, Kingston and St. Paul will attend a special program on May 10 at the AT & Georgia Mae Smith Activity Center in Huntsville. 

Early voting for the May 9 special school board election began this week at the Madison County Courthouse.

A financial audit and the calendar for the 2023-24 school year were two items approved at the Huntsville School Board regular meeting on Monday.

Kingston schools felt the pandemic’s effects on reading skills but administrators are studying weekly data to help focus on areas that need improving, according the Jasper School District Superintendent Dr. Candra Brasel.

Huntsville High School’s SkillsUSA advisor Frank Wrinkle was named state advisor of the year last week at the state convention held in Hot Springs.

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