A Mountain View kindergarten student seems uncertain on the first day of class. See more photos from around the county in the Aug. 20 issue. ...

Mountain View graduates change their tassels during commencement exercises May 17. See more photos in the May 21 issue. ...

Kim Cruce will serve as the new Mountain View High School principal, and football coach Matt Sullivan will be assistant principal. The Mountain View School Board made these as well as several other personnel changes during the regular May 12 board meeting. Read the full story in the May 21 issue. ...

Stone County teachers and classified staff will receive a 3 percent raise to the base salary, effective this year, the first increase in six years. Mountain View School Board approved the raise at the April meeting. (See full story in the April 23 issue). ...

The State Board of Education has approved Mountain View School District's waiver request for part of its missed days, making the last day of school May 30. The schools had seven snow days built into the calendar, but missed 19.5 days. The board waived 7.5 days. Others were made up by cancelling spring break and extending the school year. Full story in the March 26 issue. ...

Mountain View sixth graders displayed rollercoaster assignments last Thursday, putting principles such as friction, force and kinetic energy to use. Each project was required to have an initial drop, a hill, a loop and a curve, as well as a theme and title. From a photo page in the March 19 issue. ...

Mountain View has joined many school districts across Arkansas in requesting the state waive part of their missed snow days after one of the worst winters in recent memory. Full story in the March 12 issue of the Leader. ...

Teachers and students at Rural Special School celebrated Dr. Seuss Read Across America Day Feb. 28 by dressing up as animals and Seuss characters. See photo page in the March 5 issue. ...

Spring break has officially been cancelled for the Mountain View School District this year after missing 15 snow days so far. From the Feb. 19 issue. ...

Supt. Rowdy Ross announced to the school board that Rural Special and Mountain View Schools will be awarded funding for their high student performance and student academic growth, based on last year's test scores. The Arkansas School Recognition and Rewards Program provides financial rewards to Arkansas public schools that experience high academic performance and growth. See the Jan. 22 issue of the Leader ...