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The JPs did approve a motion to begin application for a grant to expand aircraft housing at the county airport. If the county can get 10 hangar tenants it will be eligible for Federal Aviation Agency funds. Currently,

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By John R. Schirmer News-Leader staff

The Nashville School District again will provide school supplies for primary and elementary students. School board members Monday night approved Superintendent Doug Graham’s recommendation to set aside $40,000 for the supplies, with $25,000 designated for pri- ing clear backpacks for students “depending on the governor’s commission’s recommendations,” Graham said. Gov. Asa Hutchison has brought back a school safety commission to study the state’s schools. The clear backpacks are about $12 each, Graham said, placing the total cost K-12 at about $23,000. In other business, the board apinsurance district’s personnel policies and the student handbook for each campus. The News-Leader will review those changes in the June 29 issue.

The district has an operating balance of nearly $6.2 million, according to Graham. “We’re in good shape financially.”

The building fund of about $1.8 million is separate from the operating balance, Graham said.

“We hate to lose Mrs. Nichols. She has accepted a job at Jonesboro,” Graham said. Hannah Topor was named assistant principal at primary to succeed Nichols. The board also hired Kyle Slayton as a bus driver and Ahren Turner as a coach and teacher at junior high. School board officers were named Monday night. Tem Gunter