David Bangs News Today

Bald Knob School District officials plan to give building a new elementary school another try, but this time they are not going to be asking for a millage increase.

A 1999 graduate of Beebe High School was hired Monday night to be the Bald Knob School District’s next superintendent.

The Bald Knob School Board has hired the principal of Prairie Grove High School as its new superintendent.

The Bald Knob School Board has hired the principal of Prairie Grove High School as its new superintendent.

The Bald Knob School District had received 19 applications to be its next superintendent as of 5 p.m. Thursday.

The Bald Knob School District still has its eyes on building a new elementary school, but interim Superintendent Dr. David Bangs said it will depend on the cost.

Last week when schools were closed because of snow and ice, several superintendents in White County lamented the loss of AMI days as a way to cover snow days. Then,

The Bald Knob School Board reached a separation agreement with the districts superintendent Thursday, the same day that it hired a search firm to look for her permanent replacement.

None of 154 resignation letters received by the Bald Knob School District during Melissa Gipson’s tenure as superintendent support a claim that Gipson created a hostile workplace.

The Bald Knob School District now has CatapultEMS, a cloud-based school emergency notification system, as another school safety measure.