Tag: Fort Smith Public Schools

Fort Smith superintendent updates on Vision 2023 plan

Fort Smith Public Schools is making progress to meet the objectives set forth in the Vision 2023 initiative approved by the district last year. In a presentation to the board…

Teacher recruitment to public schools selling all of Fort Smith

Fort Smith Public Schools is working with community leaders and the Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce to recruit teachers to the area. The district has a long-serving committee looking at…

Fort Smith School Board votes to change teacher negotiation process

The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education voted during their regular meeting Monday (Nov. 26) to change the way the district negotiates with teachers regarding personnel policy and salaries….

Sheriff Hollenbeck to be first Fort Smith Public Schools security director

Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck is going back to school. He will soon be in charge of security for the around 15,000 Fort Smith Public School students in 19 elementary…

‘Vision 2023’ team will meet Dec. 4 to align Fort Smith School District’s five-year plan

Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Superintendent Dr. Doug Brubaker stepped into the position on Jan. 18 and posted an 8-page outline to the district’s website for what he envisioned over…

Third career expo seeks to change Fort Smith students’ perception of city

Stephanie Freeman, career development facilitator for Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS), hopes to change the way junior high students see their city. Since helping launch the iCan Career Expo for…

Fort Smith School Board sets May 22 election date, saves money on debt refinancing

Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) board elections are getting a date change for the foreseeable future, moving from the current September calendar date to the spring preferential primary season in…

Fort Smith Schools rejects city sanitation bid, hopes to name provider by Oct. 1

The Fort Smith School District has rejected a $250,000 bid from the city of Fort Smith’s sanitation department for trash collection and recycling services. Fort Smith Schools Superintendent Dr. Doug…

Fort Smith Schools Superintendent gets one-year contract extension, millage vote will not happen in 2017

First-year Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Doug Brubaker received a one-year extension to his contract through the 2020 school year at a special meeting Thursday (June 1) from the…

Fort Smith School Board considers teacher salary bump for next school year

The Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) Board eyed an increase to teacher salaries at Monday’s (April 17) committee meeting. A recommendation was presented to board members for an average annual…

Former candidate blasts Fort Smith School Board over alleged double standard

Former Fort Smith School Board candidate Greg Murray blasted the School Board for circumstances surrounding his loss to current Board member Talicia Richardson at Monday night’s (March 27) meeting. Richardson…

Fort Smith Public Schools to roll out drone program in fall semester, partner with UAFS

Two Fort Smith high schools will join only four others in the state to launch an unmanned aircraft system (UAS, aka drones) curriculum this fall. The program will take off…

Brubaker to begin as Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent in January

Dr. Doug Brubaker will begin the job as Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent on Jan. 18 after being selected by a unanimous vote of the Fort Smith School Board on…

Dr. Doug Brubaker named as new Fort Smith Schools Superintendent, starts before July 1, 2017

The Fort Smith School Board tapped Dr. Doug Brubaker as the pick to take over as school superintendent starting “before July 1, 2017,” pending contract negotiations. The unanimous decision was…

Fort Smith Schools Superintendent candidate Brubaker talks state of district, millage, and teaching students how to learn

The Fort Smith School Board interviewed Dr. Doug Brubaker, the second of two finalists for the position of superintendent on Wednesday (Dec. 14) in a daylong event that included interviews…