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Resident asks for clarity on school noise-mitigation grant; city staff say district is funding 10% match

5707516 · September 2, 2025
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A resident asked the board for details on a noise-mitigation grant affecting Warren Cornell Elementary and questioned how the school district and city coordinated matching funds. City staff said the district agreed to provide the 10 percent match and that a consultant helped identify the grant program.

A Fort Smith resident raised questions at the Sept. 2 meeting about a noise-mitigation grant for Warren Cornell Elementary School and how the school district and city coordinated matching funds.

Dan Williams, a public commenter, said he had asked school officials where the district’s matching funds would come from and that he received unclear answers. "It seems like something's going on, and I just I'm having a hard time with it," Williams said, urging the city to provide clearer information.

City staff responded that the project is a noise mitigation grant…

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