City, school district to use solar power
The city of Booneville and the Booneville School District both plan to begin using solar energy.
The move allows Booneville to save about $11,000 a year. The Booneville School District will save about $17,000 a year, said John Coleman, the regional business development director with Entegrity, the company that is building the solar farm.
“It’s important that we’re good stewards of our finances, Booneville Schools Superintendent Trent Goff said.
Entegrity is building the solar farm at no cost to the district or the city. They will just have to pay for the energy once the project is complete.
Booneville continues to offer virtual option next school year
Fort Smith Times Record
The Booneville School District will continue to allow students to choose to learn virtually during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Booneville Superintendent Trent Goff said school officials decided to offer students an online option because there will likely still be health concerns over COVID next year.
Although the number of virtual students has fluctuated throughout the year, Goff estimated that there are about 50 to 60 online students in the district. This number started out much higher and dropped as students returned to in-person classes.
“That has definitely come down, Goff said.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa:No community spikes in coronavirus infections related to last week’s celebration of the University of Alabama football team’s national championship have been reported at local hospitals. But Mayor Walt Maddox said Tuesday the situation could change in the coming days. New arrivals at DCH Health System hospitals have remained fairly level since the daily inpatient totals soared above 100 in early December, according to the latest data from City Hall. “Although it’s not going down, it’s not going up precipitously,” Maddox said, “and certainly we’ll take that bit of good news.” Outside of Monday’s count of 31, the number of those arriving at DCH Health System hospitals suffering from the coronavirus has averaged about 20 per day for the past week. In that span, DCH had admitted 154 new COVID-19 patients while discharging 176 who had recovered. Among those admitted, 36% are from within the Tuscaloosa city l
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa: No community spikes in coronavirus infections related to last week’s celebration of the University of Alabama football team’s national championship have been reported at local hospitals. But Mayor Walt Maddox said Tuesday the situation could change in the coming days. New arrivals at DCH Health System hospitals have remained fairly level since the daily inpatient totals soared above 100 in early December, according to the latest data from City Hall. “Although it’s not going down, it’s not going up precipitously,” Maddox said, “and certainly we’ll take that bit of good news.” Outside of Monday’s count of 31, the number of those arriving at DCH Health System hospitals suffering from the coronavirus has averaged about 20 per day for the past week. In that span, DCH had admitted 154 ne