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.
Archive | October, 2011
NLR, Pulaski County school districts earn F’s
Posted on 30 October 2011
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White flight by educators
Posted on 30 October 2011
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.
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Pulaski County school board has ethical woes
Posted on 30 October 2011
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.”
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Players new, but ethical issues still dog PCSSD
Posted on 30 October 2011
The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.
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PCSSD board, superintendent missing the point
Posted on 30 October 2011
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.
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Pulaski deputy Eric Lambert — a true hero
Posted on 30 October 2011
Police officers face danger every day on the job. When most people consider such a situation, they think of criminals using guns or other weapons against the officers.
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Pulaski County school board has ethical woes
Posted on 30 October 2011
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.”
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Simon makes ‘Ballgame’ sing for this fanatic
Posted on 30 October 2011
When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.
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PCSSD board election likely to settle union issue — for now
Posted on 30 October 2011
The outcome of the Sept. 21 election for two Pulaski County Special School District board seats should come as no surprise. Perhaps the biggest news is that the margin of victory for the challengers was not larger.
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Thank-you too late for three heroes
Posted on 30 October 2011
Three medevac helicopter crew members answered an emergency call in Van Buren County last week, like they had so many times.
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