Academic progress report

Photo by Brian S. Orban

Kari Agenbroad, a sixth grade teacher at Hacker Middle School, meets with Abby Schaefer and her mother, Ashley, during a parent-teacher conference held Thursday afternoon at the school.

Parents across Mountain Home met with teachers at each of the district’s schools for a progress report on their children shortly after the third semester of the academic year began. Parent-teacher conferences moved up by nearly a month compared to conferences held in previous years as a way to provide more time to help parents whose children may struggle academically, according to district superintendent James Gilbert.

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