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With standing room only, the Mountain Home Public Schools Board of Education approved the amended proposal from the Personnel Policy Committee (PPC) for teacher

At the beginning of Thursday’s May school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Jake Long recognized Pinkston Middle School art teacher Steven Hargett as Mountain Home Public Schools’ (MHPS) Teacher of the Year for 2022-23. On MHPS’ social media, they describe the long-time art teacher as “having a heart for kids, families, his colleagues, and this community. He's also a fantastic family man.”

Outgoing Mountain Home School Board (MHSB) member Neal Pendergrass was recognized Thursday night during the monthly board meeting for serving on MHSB for 24 years by Superintendent Dr. Jake Long and fellow board member Lisa House. Pendergrass attended the May meeting as a runoff election is needed to choose his successor. “This is what happens when people don’t make up their mind,” he joked about the previous three-candidate race.

At the beginning of Thursday’s Mountain Home School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Jake Long recognized Hackler Elementary School classified staff member Angie Wilhite as the Richard Padgett Award winner for the 2022-23 school year. Long described her as “an incredible keeper of the gate at Hackler since it opened — not to mention her years of work at Nelson Wilks Herron and Guy Berry. “She is a true professional, and one of the most dependable individuals I know. It was a pleasure to present this award to her.”

In addition to receiving a refresher on the finer points of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act during a special meeting on May 11, members of the Mountain Home School Board — upon the recommendation of Superintendent Dr. Jake Long — approved a new district salary schedule for certified staff in the wake of the LEARNS Act.