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Anna Strong clinches the win for LRSD board seat

Longtime child welfare advocate and mom of two Anna Strong came through with plenty of votes Tuesday to secure a spot on the Little Rock School District Board. 
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Little Rock school board votes to combine two high schools next school year

The Little Rock school board voted Thursday night 6-2 to move the West School of Innovation to Hall High School — a move that is bound to be controversial among some parents. But the consolidation is a necessity for the district as it grapples with shrinking student enrollment.
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Community brainstorm: LRSD invites your ideas to make the most of limited resources

The deadline for submitting your ideas is Friday, November 3, at 5 p.m.

LRSD board buys into a new approach for behavior issues and a new strategic plan

The Little Rock school board set its focus on quelling behavior problems in the classroom and hiring a new company to develop a districtwide plan at their meeting this week. 
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Cost-saving solar project approved by Little Rock school board

Spending a small amount now to save a massive amount over decades to come is good governance and common sense.

Chartered territory: Failings of a two-tiered education system

With "school choice," private enterprise is doing what private enterprise always does: Companies seek out the low-cost, high-reward customers.
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Outgoing Little Rock school board member: I don’t want destructive politics to be my legacy

Ali Noland can speak from experience about the LRSD's unforgiving political culture. "When we’re running off candidates within the first 48 hours, before anyone has talked about substantive issues or debated policy, that’s a problem," she said.

One incumbent, two newcomers run for Little Rock School Board

Anna Strong and Donnally Davis both filed for the Zone 5 seat today. Incumbent Vicki Hatter will run unchallenged.
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Tension over media specialists' duties, good news on recruitment headline LRSD board meeting

Teacher pay for extra hours, the role of media specialists, recruitment efforts and the Freedom of Information Act were all on the agenda this week.

LRSD board makes slog-ress at long but enlightening work session

School board members continue the time-consuming, painstaking work of plotting a path to progress for poverty-stricken students.
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LRSD board takes on extending the elementary school day, recruiting students and conforming to controversial new state law

Public school and democracy advocate Jim Ross considers Thursday's Little Rock School Board meeting in the context of Arkansas's increasingly oppressive and divisive political climate.

A new pay scale and a new principal voted up by Little Rock School Board

Board members heard about goals to boost student achievement, help staff do their best and make better use of data to shape classroom instruction at the April 27 meeting.
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