Searcy School District Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Bobby Hart as Searcy School District superintendent effective July 1, 2021, during a special called school board meeting on April 2nd. He will replace Superintendent Diane Barrett following her retirement after a 45-year career in education.

Dr. Hart is currently the superintendent at Hope Public Schools and is completing his 27th year in education. He earned his undergraduate and Masters of Science in Education degrees from Henderson State University and his Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from Texas A&M in Commerce, Texas.

Hart served in the Genoa and Newport school districts as a building principal and before that had experience as an athletic director, coach, and classroom teacher. He is a member of the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators, acts as A Framework for Understanding Poverty trainer, serves as a board member for the Arkansas Imagination Library and the Arkansas Public School Resource Center Rural Advisory. Additionally, he is an educational representative for the Arkansas State Police Child Abduction Response Team. Dr. Hart was inducted into the Southern Arkansas University Educational Leadership Hall of Fame in 2019.

We welcome Dr. Hart and his family to Searcy Public Schools!

Sixth grade G/T students created unique social studies-themed games. They were required to design the game and write an informational flyer to explain the rules and how to play. We are proud of them for working hard to create outstanding products!

Congratulations to Searcy High School students Bethany Ellis and Ashley Le for placing in the state FBLA leadership conference in March. Ellis took first place in the Journalism competition, and Le earned the fourth place spot in the Business Calculations contest.

Searcy High School senior Madison Taylor has been awarded the Minuteman Scholarship from the U.S. Army Reserves. This is a 4 year Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GRFD) scholarship which covers full tuition and fees OR $10,000 room and board at colleges and universities served by an Army ROTC program. In return, the awardee is guaranteed a commission into the U.S. Army Reserve with an eight-year service obligation.

Madison will attend Oklahoma State University where she will be a member of the ROTC. She chose this school for its Animal Science program.

Congratulations, Madison!!

President-Dr. Michael Liles

Vice-President-Dr. Brent Blakely

Secretary-Dr. Chad Joice

Member-Jimmy Simpson

Member-Philip Williams

Superintendent-Diane Barrett

Email: ssd@searcyschools.org
Website: searcyschools.org
Location: 801 North Elm Street, Searcy, AR, USA
Phone: 501-268-3517
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Twitter: @SearcySchools