by - April 12, 2016 8:44 am
Future School of Fort Smith, the startup high school to open in downtown Fort Smith in August 2016, has advanced to the semifinals of XQ: The Super School Project. The…
by - March 8, 2016 10:07 am
Editor’s note: This essay is the first of a four-part series written by community partners of the Future School of Fort Smith. Matthew Caston is founder/CEO of the Freedman Society,…
by - February 4, 2016 11:22 am
The Future is now the Present for Trish Flanagan and her efforts to launch the Fort Smith area’s first public charter school for grades 10-12. The last few months have…
by - January 20, 2016 2:59 pm
Editor’s note: Trish Flanagan is leading the Future School of Fort Smith effort. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They…
by - January 19, 2016 10:26 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith moved closer to a planned August 2016 opening during the Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting Tuesday night (Jan. 19) from the city’s Public…
by - October 14, 2015 3:44 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith took a big step toward reality on Wednesday (Oct. 14) when a state panel approved the application for the open enrollment charter school. The…
by - September 28, 2015 10:39 pm
The Fort Smith Public School Board on Monday (Sept. 28) voted to endorse a public enrollment charter school planned for the district, with two new Board members likely playing a…
by - September 20, 2015 7:22 pm
What does the 21st century hold for our young people? How do we prepare them for an unpredictable and unprecedented future in a global society? To begin to answer these pressing…
by - September 16, 2015 4:55 pm
Voters hoping for a turnaround on the Fort Smith School Board's decision to nix the "Rebels" mascot change for Southside High School may be in for a disappointment as new…
by - September 14, 2015 9:50 pm
Deanie Mehl, president of the Fort Smith School Board, admitted Monday night (Sept. 14) that many on the Board are “hung up on the money” that could be lost by…
by - September 2, 2015 10:49 pm
“You can read five books and know more than 95% of the people out there. But to know more than the other 5%, it will take you the rest of…
by - August 24, 2015 5:12 pm
An application for Future School, a public charter planned for Fort Smith, was filed July 28 with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Trish Flanagan says she is “positive about…
by - July 9, 2015 8:29 pm
A group of around 25 people gathered Thursday (July 9) for a public meeting about a proposed public enrollment charter school in Fort Smith. Area business leaders are working with…
by - July 6, 2015 6:13 pm
Fort Smith business leaders, working with the Fort Smith Public School District and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, are moving forward with a plan to open by August…
