David Nichol

While the Hughes School District was cited as having a high percentage of “grade inflation” on Algebra I and geometry last year, the number of students involved was very small.

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The Forrest City School District is projected to finish June of this year with a balance of about $114,000.

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Budget hearings are being held in advance of the state Legislature’s first-ever fiscal session, and local lawmakers are getting ready for a tough task, due to slowing tax collections.

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It may not be a hot topic at the moment, with snow on the ground and below-freezing temperatures keeping people inside.

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Well, by the time this is read, we will know how much of the white stuff — if any — Old Man Winter is going to dump on us.

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The weather has had a definite impact on schools in the area.

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A 2010 Forrest City budget of over $8.8 million was adopted by the city council on Tuesday, including a 3 percent across-the-board raise for employees.

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While the snow that residents found on Sunday and Monday mornings wasn’t enough on either day to cause problems, the icy stuff did serve as a reminder that this is the time of year when the weather

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Many people have heard about Teach for America — a national corps of carefully selected recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.

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Not many farmers in St. Francis County will be sorry to see the passing of 2009, according to Mitch Crow with the Extension Office.

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