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Bentonville board moves teacher workday to Jan. 3, approves consent and financial reports
Summary
After staff feedback showing licensed teachers' preference for January, the Bentonville School District board voted to move a March teacher workday to Jan. 3. The board also approved its consent agenda, the monthly financial report and personnel recommendations following executive session.
The Bentonville School District Board of Education voted Feb. 17 to move a scheduled teacher workday from March 17 to Jan. 3 after district staff returned survey results showing strong support for the earlier date.
The change came after Holly Howard and Caitlin Knight presented survey results to the board: of 897 licensed staff, 73 percent (655) preferred a January teacher workday; classified staff were split, with 90 preferring January and 101 preferring March. "We had a total of 897 licensed staff who voted and 73% of them, which is 655 votes, preferred the January teacher workday," the presenters said.
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