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MOUNTAIN PINE -- The Mountain Pine School District is closer to naming its next school superintendent, recently selecting six finalists from a pool of nearly 30 candidates.

MOUNTAIN PINE -- After starting teacher salaries jumped from $37,000 to $50,000 in the Mountain Pine School District this year with the passage of the Arkansas LEARNS Act, Superintendent Bobby Applegate said the district will remain conservative with its salary schedule for now.

Some schools are experiencing the benefits after switching their schedules from Monday through Friday to Tuesday through Friday.

Some schools are experiencing the benefits after switching their schedules from Monday through Friday to Tuesday through Friday.

As the seven public school districts in Garland County work to reach unitary status and ultimately end the Garland County School Desegregation Case Settlement Agreement, some superintendents cite a net decrease in students transferring into and out of the districts as a major concern and motivation for a quick resolution.

Students in some Arkansas districts attend school only four days a week. More districts, like Mountain Pine and Lincoln, are moving to this schedule. A three-day weekend sounds appealing, but will the change benefit students?

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Noah Song was training on a P-8 Poseidon aircraft in Jacksonville, Fla., preparing for a deployment to Japan, the Navy would put him in certain situations.

A number of Garland Countys public school buildings saw water damage after bitterly cold temperatures left in the wake of an arctic front that swept through the state just before Christmas weekend led to frozen pipes.