Letters to the Editor

At the end of the school year, Karen Johnson resigned as librarian at Eureka Springs Elementary. She’ll leave some very big shoes to fill. When I worked for Carroll County Newspapers in the late 1990s, we had the luxury of spending more time covering school news. That gave me a chance to see teachers in action, especially in the elementary school. My kids went to Berryville schools, so I also knew something about teachers from my kids and their friends...

Kudos to Superintendent Matt Summers and the Green Forest Public School System for fully honoring the “free” in Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). While Public Law 94-142, passed in 1975, established FAPE to ensure that children with disabilities would have the same access to a free education as their non-disabled peers, the implication is that a public education for any child is, in fact, free. ...

It is always a pleasure to recognize a Good Neighbor. We at CARE Community Center would like to acknowledge a member of the Holiday Island community, Tom Dees.

The forgotten election: Eureka Springs School Board. Do school boards seem boring and irrelevant? Not so fast. The voting public elects their board of education, which in turn votes on the academic, legal and financial viability of a school district’s policies and budgets. The decisions that school boards make have repercussions far beyond our schools, and impact our local taxes, home values and school quality...

Dear Editor: A few days ago I was deeply honored and humbled as the recipient of the Carroll County Community Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. I was humbled by the knowledge that there were many other volunteers in our county who have worked equally hard and perhaps even harder who have gone unrecognized. ...

We are rejoicing in the Lord, happy to share this great news with all of you! May 1st we signed the papers and gave the complete down payment of $50,000.00! Yippie! There are so many to thank for this, I hope I am listing them all, if I missed any know that we love you and thank you...

Are you filled with ideas about making the world a better place? Looking for help in making those ideas happen? Actually, there are a lot of us out there wanting to make a difference, but not sure where our skills and talents would best be used. Here’s one idea that you may have never thought of: Running for office. Many of our elected officials started out with no political career goals — they just wanted to help their communities. Sound familiar?...