LITTLE ROCK
LITTLE ROCK
FAYETTEVILLE – Another piece of Arkansas’ nonconference basketball schedule is in place.
LITTLE ROCK – Steve Cook of Malvern was named Friday to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission by Gov. Mike Beebe.
Jessie Garrison’s usually not hard to find. Even when it comes to swimming.
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.
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.
