NE Arkansas school districts reporting COVID-19 cases
Majority of Ridgefield Christian faculty get COVID vaccine as phase 1B continues By Region 8 Newsdesk | September 8, 2020 at 1:10 PM CDT - Updated April 23 at 6:31 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Just months after the start of a new school year, several Northeast Arkansas school districts have begun reporting positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.
As of Friday, April 23, the following districts are reporting at least 5 active confirmed cases, according to the Arkansas Department of Health or have otherwise communicated COVID cases on their campuses. These numbers do not include quarantine numbers unless otherwise noted:
$9 million school expansion project near completion
Paragould High School expansion nearly complete By Hannah Campbell | April 19, 2021 at 7:12 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 7:12 PM
PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - The over a year and a half expansion project, costing around $9 million at Paragould School District, is almost complete. Students and teachers say that the new facilities will improve education and get students more interested and involved.
The band, agriculture, and ROTC buildings are completed. Awnings, sidewalks, and a band practice field are being installed.
“People want to get more involved because we have more opportunities for training and practices and a lot more space, as you can see, and it’s just really nice. It’s a great thing to have,” Samantha Wood said.
The Paragould School District is continuing to take advantage of falling interest rates. Its board of directors voted this week to accept a bid from Milwaukee, Wisc.-based Robert W. Baird and Company, LLC to refinance $12,610,000 in bonds at 1.96 percent interest. The previous rate was 3.05 percent (from Morgan Stanley), and the refinancing is expected to save the district a total of $1,123,816.76.
The bonds, originally issued in 2011 and refunded by Morgan Stanley in 2016, were for the Primary and Oak Grove Middle School construction projects.
The board also heard an update on construction of the new high school buildings from Danny McDaniel of Ramsonâs Construction. He told the board the interiors of the AgriScience and Junior ROTC facilities are complete. The remaining interior work of the band facility includes hanging the sound panels, caulking, and cleaning. McDaniel said demolition of the old Agri/Junior ROTC building should be complete by about April 21.
NE Arkansas school districts reporting COVID-19 cases
Majority of Ridgefield Christian faculty get COVID vaccine as phase 1B continues By Region 8 Newsdesk | September 8, 2020 at 1:10 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 8:56 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Just months after the start of a new school year, several Northeast Arkansas school districts have begun reporting positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.
As of Thursday, April 8, the following districts are reporting at least 5 active confirmed cases, according to the Arkansas Department of Health or have otherwise communicated COVID cases on their campuses. These numbers do not include quarantine numbers unless otherwise noted:
Paragould elementary student, struck by school bus, now recovering at home
Paragould elementary student, struck by school bus, now recovering at home By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 1, 2021 at 9:19 PM CDT - Updated April 2 at 11:07 PM
PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) -A Paragould elementary school student is now recovering at home after being taken to a local hospital Thursday after being struck by a school bus.
According to a statement from school district attorney Rebecca Worsham, the second-grade student was taken to Arkansas Methodist Medical Center.
“The student was awake and alert while being transported from the accident scene to AMMC. The student was released from the hospital earlier this evening,” Worsham said Thursday. “No other students were injured.”