Archive | July, 2010

MLK would be proud of gains, but not of our completion rate

Many Sherwood residents were not yet born when, on April 4, 1968, Trumann native Gerald Jumper, using the stage name Ray Sherman, sat on a stool in front of a camera in the WMC-TV studios in Memphis and announced to the world that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had just been shot and killed at [...]

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Tribute to an Arkansas hero

Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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PCSSD board wasting more tax dollars

As much as we respect the right of the members of the Pulaski County Special School District to be wrong in their treatment of teachers by snubbing the teachers union, we cannot condone throwing good money after bad in one legal battle after another fighting a losing cause.

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Waiving of bids on sidewalks a surprise in light of recent events

We were stunned last week when Mayor Patrick Hays pushed through an extension of a sidewalk contract without seeking bids.

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Possibly sound move of Hopson hire just a detour for PCSSD board

At what point along the road to irresponsibility does a school board realize it has lost all its effectiveness as a governing body because its members are acting to further personal agendas?

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Tribute to an Arkansas hero

Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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PCSSD board wasting more tax dollars

As much as we respect the right of the members of the Pulaski County Special School District to be wrong in their treatment of teachers by snubbing the teachers union, we cannot condone throwing good money after bad in one legal battle after another fighting a losing cause.

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District board, union hellbent on ugly collision

With a new superintendent beginning Thursday, the future should be rosy for the Pulaski County Special School District. But, stakeholders’ actions in the past few years have come home to roost.

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Tribute to an Arkansas hero

Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

Read the full story

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Possibly sound move of Hopson hire just a detour for PCSSD board

At what point along the road to irresponsibility does a school board realize it has lost all its effectiveness as a governing body because its members are acting to further personal agendas?

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