Fort Smith Times Record
While the Peak Innovation Center may not be opening its doors in August as planned, students will still be able to complete the programs intended.
Programs will instead take place at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith s Western Arkansas Technical Center, said Christina Williams, coordinator of public information for the Fort Smith Public School district. The Peak Innovation Center was scheduled to be completed April 29.
The Fort Smith Board of Education recently learned the center will not open on Aug. 16 as planned for the fall semester, but will now open at the start of the spring semester in January 2022.
The Air Force announced that Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith has been chosen as the preferred host site for a long-term contract with a multinational contingent of fighter jets to begin in 2023.
Fort Smith Times Record
Fort Smith Public Schools held a vaccination clinic at Ben Geren Tornado Shelter on Friday, Jan. 22, and used the opportunity to offer up to 400 doses for district staff which included substitutes, hourly and contract workers. All 400 doses were administered to teachers, educators and other employees.
Due to cancellations of initial sign-ups, the clinic was able to accommodate all those who were on the waiting list. The rest of Fort Smith Public School employees who want to receive the vaccine will be accommodated at a later clinic yet to be scheduled.
According to the Arkansas Department of Health, teachers are eligible for the vaccine during the 1-B phase of distribution which began on Jan. 18.