After a three-hour executive session during a specially called Huntsville School Board meeting on May 19, the Huntsville School Board reluctantly voted to honor Audra Kimball’s request to move from the superintendent position to director of personnel and program compliance and transfer Jonathan Warren from that position to superintendent, effective May 20.

Huntsville High School Class of 2022 graduates toss their caps into the air at the end of graduation ceremonies.

Huntsville School District and its school board members violated the Freedom of Information Act by not turning over documents in response to a request by Witter resident Benjamin Rightsell, according to Circuit Court Judge Doug Martin’s final order issued last week in a suit filed last year.  The district was ordered to tender the documents to Rightsell. 

Area high school seniors will graduate this week with ceremonies planned in Huntsville and St. Paul, while Kingston graduates will receive diplomas on May 21.

Students in the Huntsville School District will start classes on Aug. 15 for the 2022-23 school year, the Huntsville School Board decided Monday night during its May meeting.

After meeting with a family and learning new information about allegations that some Huntsville boys basketball players sexually abused teammates, Fourth Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Matt Durrett said he is investigating further into whether administrators contacted the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline immediately as required by law after the allegations were reported to them.