Dr. Dana Tribble appointed to Dardanelle School Board ahead of November runoff

Dr. Dana Tribble is bringing the perspective of both a parent and an educator to the Dardanelle School Board after being appointed to the seat she is also seeking in a November runoff election.Tribble was recently appointed to Position 1 on the Dardanelle School Board after the seat became vacant because of a resignation. She had already run for the position earlier this year, receiving 49.7% of the vote in a three-candidate race.Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the race will go to a runoff in November.Tribble has called Dardanelle home for the past 12 years. She is a wife, mother of three children in the Dardanelle School District and a higher education professor.She said education has been at the center of both her professional life and her personal life. Her background includes work in student success, leadership development and educational program development at Arkansas Tech University.Tribble is also active in local community service. She is the founder and president of the Parent Teacher Organization at Dardanelle Primary School and serves on the board for the River Valley Adult Learning Alliance and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.