Model plan launched for downtown Bentonville elementary schools

Federally funded group to assist district in developing model

Students in a classroom at an elementary school in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/FILE PHOTO)
Students in a classroom at an elementary school in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/FILE PHOTO)


BENTONVILLE -- To invigorate downtown elementary schools, Superintendent Debbie Jones wanted the School District to leave its comfort zone.

So the district is working with a federally funded organization to create a model school plan for downtown, starting with Jones Elementary School.

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