by - November 26, 2018 9:47 pm
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….
by - September 24, 2018 7:58 pm
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…
by - November 13, 2017 9:15 pm
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…
by - November 7, 2017 4:45 pm
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…
by - August 28, 2017 9:50 pm
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…
by - July 17, 2017 8:05 pm
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…
by - June 2, 2017 6:55 am
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…
by - April 17, 2017 9:18 pm
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…
by - March 28, 2017 7:31 am
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…
by - March 1, 2017 8:08 pm
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…
by - December 21, 2016 11:52 am
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…
by - December 15, 2016 6:35 pm
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…
by - December 15, 2016 6:01 am
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…
by - December 13, 2016 9:11 pm
The Fort Smith School Board interviewed Dr. Mike Roth, the first of two finalists for the position of superintendent on Tuesday (Dec. 13) in a daylong event that included interviews…
by - November 22, 2016 4:12 pm
The new superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) is not yet known — that will be for a marathon day of interviews on Nov. 28 to assist in determining…
by - September 20, 2016 9:07 pm
The Southside Rebels issue might have been put to rest Tuesday night, Sept. 20, when Fort Smith voters opted to reelect Susan McFerran and elect Talicia Richardson to her first…
by - July 21, 2016 4:04 pm
Susan McFerran has learned a lot since being appointed to the Fort Smith School Board in 2012. She won her first election running unopposed the following year. Her first two years…
by - July 12, 2016 1:47 pm
The Fort Smith School Board election planned for Sept. 20 is now locked in place and both positions up for grabs will be contested. For At-Large Position 5, Talicia Richardson…
by - April 28, 2016 5:06 pm
If there is any consensus to be gleaned from an informal survey of Fort Smith business leaders, it’s that said leaders hope the next Fort Smith Public School superintendent have…
by - April 25, 2016 6:04 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Benny Gooden, one of the longest serving superintendents in Arkansas, announced Monday (April 25) he will resign effective June 30. Gooden was named superintendent of…
