FAYETTEVILLE – Temperatures are expected to hover around the 100-degree mark when Arkansas opens preseason practices on Thursday.
FAYETTEVILLE – Temperatures are expected to hover around the 100-degree mark when Arkansas opens preseason practices on Thursday.
BROKEN ARROW – Spiro quarterback Clayton Mitchem didn’t draw a lot of interest from college scouts despite a strong career with the Bulldogs, but given a chance for a last-minute showcase for his tale
LITTLE ROCK
Ravi Sun saved his energy in the preliminaries Saturday morning at the Arkansas Long Course State Swimming Meet at Creekmore Park.
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino struck a chord with fans in November when he summed up wide receiver Joe Adams’ decisive touchdown catch on a gutsy fourth-down call against LSU.
They just don’t get it The response of the Pulaski County Special School District trustees to the district being placed in fiscal distress is indicative of how it got there in the first place — extravagant spending, lack of financial control and being out of touch with reality.
Last week, 32 Pulaski County Special School District teachers and administrators walked out of diversity training. One of their chief complaints as voiced by board member Gloria Lawrence was that the facilitator made them feel uncomfortable and used the term “white,” which they found objectionable.
During last week’s emergency meeting of the Pulaski County Special School District board, new board member Tom Stuthard of Jacksonville moved to go into executive session because he said he had some things he wanted to say to board members in private and not “out here for everyone to hear.”
The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.
Both the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts deserve a grade of F for their recent placement on the state’s list of financially distressed school districts.
