Eureka Springs School Board hires new MS teacher

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Sharon Wesley will be joining the Eureka Springs Middle School as the seventh- and eighth-grade science teacher this fall.

The Eureka Springs School Board met Wednesday to approve her hire. Wesley taught last year in the Paris, Ark., school district as a middle science teacher. She also taught there from 2004 to 2006. She taught as a science teacher at the St. Vincent de Paul school in Rogers from 2006 to 2007. She has a bachelor's degree from Arkansas Technical University.

The school board also approved the hire of pre-school paraprofessional Katie Avery.