The Mountain Home School Board has approved an updated academic calendar for the upcoming school year. Approval came during the board’s regular July meeting Thursday night. Classes will now begin Aug. 24. Classes in Mountain Home were originally scheduled to begin Aug. 13, but last week Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced school cannot begin prior to Aug. 24 to give personnel more time to prepare due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Superintendent Dr. Jake Long explains how the personnel policy committee’s proposal made up the seven days of instruction that had to be moved.
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The last day of school will be May 28, the Friday before Memorial Day.
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The Mountain Home School Board also got its first look at the 2020-2021 budget, according to Long.
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Long says the board gave approval to a resolution for COVID-19 policy waivers.
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A number of expenditures were approved including $40,835 for chargers for student ChromeBooks, $21,252 for 25 MacBooks for teachers and $26,138 for 25 laptops for classified staff. All of the funds will come from the CARES Act.
Other expenditures include $38,543 for copy paper and $33,152 for a learning management system for off-site education.
The board also approved multiple student transfers. Twelve students are transferring out of the district with, seven going to Cotter, four to Flippin and one to the Ozark Mountain School District. Seventeen students are transferring into the Mountain Home district– nine from Norfork, three from Cotter, two from Calico Rock and one each from Flippin, Yellville-Summit and Viola.
A number of personnel items were approved by the board.
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