['Page', '6A,', 'The', 'Herald-Democrat,', 'Thursday,', 'May', '16,', '1991', 'Siloam', 'Springs', 'school', 'board', 'approves', 'no-smoking', 'policy', 'for', 'all', 'district', 'faculty,', 'staff', ' ', 'By', 'Jeffrey', 'J.', 'Bielser', 'Editor', ' ', 'Siloam', 'Springs', 'school', 'board', 'members', 'have', 'put', 'on', 'the', '“no', 'smoking', 'light”', 'for', 'the', "district's", 'employees.', 'The', 'board', 'members', 'passed', 'a', '~', 'policy', 'Tuesday,', 'prohibiting', 'the', 'use', 'of', 'any', 'tobacco', 'products', 'on', 'school', 'property,', 'transportation', 'or', 'any.', 'school-sponsgred.:', 'func-', 'tion.', 'It', 'alsu', 'prohibits', ':the', 'use', 'of', 'alcohol', 'or', 'drugs', 'under', 'the', 'same', 'circumstances.', 's', "“It's", 'protty', 'straight', 'foetal', '‘', 'said', 'superintendent', 'Randall', 'Spear.', 'Violation', 'of', 'the', '‘policy', 'could', 'require', 'employces', 'to', 'complete', 'a', 'counscling,,', 'or', 'rehabilitation', 'program,', 'or:', '‘they:', 'could?"', 'be', 'dismissed...', '3', 'This', 'follows', 'adoption', 'of', 'a', 'similar', 'policy', 'for', 'the', 'students', 'passed', 'carlicr', 'by', 'the', 'aschool', 'board.', 'In', 'other', 'action,', 'the', 'board', 'members', 'approved', 'the', 'school', 'calender', 'for', 'the', '1991/92', 'school', 'year,', 'which', 'will', 'have', 'an', 'Gries', 'spring', 'break.', 'The', 'brezk', 'for', 'next', 'year', 'will', 'fatl', 'March', '16-20,', 'and', 'that', 'will', 'coin-', 'cide', 'with', 'the', 'spring', 'breaks', 'at', ' ', 'John', 'Brown', 'University,', 'the', 'Uni-', 'versity', 'of', 'Arkansas', 'and', 'other', 'northwest', 'Arkansas', 'schools,', 'Spear', 'said.', 'Many', 'Siléam', 'Springs', 'students', 'and', 'parents', 'have', 'direct', 'ties', 'to', 'thase', 'schools,', 'Spear', "said,'so", 'this', '‘break', 'is', 'better', 'than', 'the', 'one', 'this', 'year,', 'which', 'was', 'scheduled', 'for', 'the', 'first', 'week', 'in', 'April.', 'The', 'calender', 'also', 'includes', 'a', 'full,', 'two-week.', 'break', 'during', 'Christmas.', 'The', 'school', 'year', 'will', 'start', 'Aug.', '26', 'and', 'run', 'through', 'June', '3,', 'if', 'all', '-', 'breaks', 'and', 'snow', 'days', 'are', 'used.', 'In', 'other', 'business,', 'the', 'board', 'members', 'learned', 'of', 'a', 'plan', 'to', 'help', 'sixth-and', 'ninth', 'graders', 'make', 'the', 'transition', 'to', 'junior', 'and', 'senior', 'high,', 'school', 'easier.', 'The:', 'plan:', 'calls:', 'for.a', 'parents', 'night', 'May', '21.when', 'they', 'can', 'visit', 'the', 'schoo!', 'with', 'their', 'children', 'and', 'learn', 'about', 'the', 'curriculum,', 'classes', 'and', 'buildings,', 'said', 'assis-', 'tant', 'superintendent', 'Mary', 'Gunter.', 'Junior', 'high', 'students', 'are', 'parents', 'will', 'begin', 'at', '6', 'p.m.,', 'and', 'the', 'senior', 'high', 'program', 'will', 'begin', 'at', '7', 'p.m.', 'she', 'said.', 'This', 'is', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'areas', 'covered', 'by', 'last', 'year’s', 'district-wide', 'survey,', 'Gunter', 'said,', 'which', 'AK-S', 'RESS', 'ASS,', 'hs', '?', '‘OG,', 'en', 'AN', 'Clipping', 'Service', '1701', 'Broadway', 'Little', 'Rock,', 'AR.', '72206', 'SILOAM', 'SPRINGS', '[Benton]', 'Herald', '&', 'Democrat', 'ee', '16', '1991', '54', 'asked', 'for', 'more', 'parental', 'involve-', 'ment', 'in', 'the', 'children’s', 'education.', 'Board', 'president', 'Janice', 'Harper', 'said', 'she', 'has', 'received', 'a', 'lot', 'of', '“positive', 'input”', 'from', 'sixth', 'grade', 'parents', 'about', 'the', 'plan.', 'In', 'other', 'actian,', 'the', 'board', 'membors:', 'g', '@.Learned', 'the', 'schoo!', 'district', 'will', 'be', 'taking', 'over', 'its', 'own', 'Chap-', 'ter]', 'program', 'and', 'naming', 'a', 'coot-', 'dinator', 'for', 'all', 'federal', 'programs', 'in', 'the', 'district.', '@', 'Agreed', 'to', 'participate', 'in', 'an', 'Arkansas', 'School', 'Board', 'Associa=.-', '4', 'tion', 'Cash', 'Flow', 'Borrowing', 'Prog-', 'ram', 'for', 'next', 'vear.', 'The', 'district', 'is', '-', 'cligible', 'to', 'borrow', 'up', 'to', '$950,000.', 'Lk', 'This', 'year,', 'it', 'made', 'about', '$4,5(', 'on', 'the', 'program.', ' ', ' ', 'Ps.', 'TCALO0209383', '‘loa', 'Wry', 'Spriegs', 'Schecals', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ']