Mountain Home School Board hears good news on high school building project

During its monthly meeting Thursday night, the Mountain Home School Board heard good news about the high school building project. Superintendent Allyson Dewey and Director of Operations Chris Knight had a meeting earlier this month with the Facilities and Transportation Division to discuss the early review results for the project.

Early approval for the new project was granted and the size of the project and amount of funding both greatly increased. The division increased the cost per square foot $100 and the wealth index has changed as well. The division is also nearly doubling the amount of space being approved for state funding. So all total, the amount of state funding given early approval has gone from just over $972,000 to just over $6.9 million.While the project itself has been approved by the state, the funding will not be approved until May of 2027.

January is normally when school boards take up the superintendent’s contract. The Mountain Home School Board Thursday night extended Dewey’s contract for three years. She is now under contract through June 30, 2029.

Dewey told the board they are working with the insurance companies following the bus crash last weekend that sent three Mountain Home students to the hospital. The bus was returning from a band competition when it was involved in an accident in Madison Count west of Huntsville. The driver of the other car was at fault and their insurance company is working with the school and those who were injured.

The board also heard an update on dyslexia. The school district has 455 students identified with characteristics of dyslexia. Of those, 368 are actively receiving intervention with a state approved program. The others have declined or completed intervention.

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