when it came to paying its teachers baitsville was next to last in this part of the state. salaries averaged about $45,000. >> and we were not keeping people because of that the. >> reporter: michael hester is the superintendent, he was losing teachers and having a hard time getting new ones to move to the rural town of 10,000 people. >> people are not in this business obviously for the money, but they should not have a vow to poverty to teach either. >> reporter: jeanie has been working five nights a week at the local community center just to make ends meet. but then she started hearing a rumor. >> oh, yeah, teachers love to talk. >> reporter: about an unusual solution to baitsville's budget problems. >> i was like, what is that really about? >> reporter: that would allow this school district to live up to its name. >> don't sleep on arkansas, we will surprise you every time. >> they took an unused field and filled with hundreds of solar panels and put up a new solar canopy stretching across the high school. nearly 1500 panels, aimed at recharging baitsville's budget. >> t