High school to use modified block plan

Members of Mountain Home High School's Link Crew greet the incoming freshman class during a student orientation Friday. A fanfare of cheers, handshakes and hugs greeted the Class of 2015 that morning as they stepped into Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium for their first in-depth look at the school as they prepared for their first day of high school. Photo by Brian S. Orban

As students returned to their first day of classes Wednesday morning, those attending Mountain Home High School faced significant changes aimed at cutting costs.

Changes to the school's class schedule and truancy program are the latest in a series of cost-saving measures across the Mountain Home School District that began last spring.

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