The Republic, Willard and Ash Grove school districts all received perfect or near-perfect scores on the MSIP 5, according to the recently released Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Annual Performance Report for 2018.
Although originally slated to be finished in September 2018, the new playground at Bois D’Arc Elementary School is still unfinished after improper installation by the contractor.
After reviewing 35 applicants, conducting eight interviews and another three finalist interviews, the Ash Grove Board of Education decided they had their next Ash Grove Elementary School princi- pal, and that person is Kelli Hart- man. The hire was announced at the Jan.
Price Field, where Republic played high school football until 1999, is being decommissioned, and the stadium and stands are now demolished. Josey McPhail, the district’s director of communications, said the stadium was being removed because it could no longer be safely used.
Flat Creek Restaurant, an Ozarks destination restaurant, has opened its newest location at 772 E. US Highway 60 in Republic, across the street from Pinegar Chevrolet. Flat Creek opened to the public at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 5.
The Ash Grove Board of Aldermen heard an attention getting proposal at their Feb. 4 meeting that involves a potential 200-home development on the east side of Ash Grove.
The upcoming April election will fill two seats on the Ash Grove Board of Education. The two seats are currently held by Jeana Scroggins and Bob Compton. The candidates who filed by the Jan. 15 deadline to be on the ballot for the seats are Scroggins, Mike Gray and Jimmy Wheeler.
In addition to deciding on the one-cent sales tax, Republic voters on April 2 will also be choosing who they want to represent them on the Republic City Council.
This Friday night’s Ash Grove Pirate home basketball game against the Miller Cardinal squad will be highlighted by homecoming festivities prior to the game.
Girls on the Run, a youth development program for girls in third through sixth grade, will meet at Ash Grove Elementary School beginning Feb. 25 and continuing through May 9.
