Superintendent Jermall Wright doesn’t play the good old boy game, and that makes the ruling class nervous.
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LRSD plugs their new electric school bus fleet
Federal funds coming to Little Rock will cover the costs of new electric school buses.
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Free shot clinic for back-to-school immunizations starts Tuesday
School starts in three weeks! Students who need immunizations can get them over with for free at the Pulaski County Health Department.
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Meet Camp Can Do, the summer camp for non-native English speakers
The Little Rock School District elementary school summer program aims to increase English proficiency among non-native speakers.
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Photos: A bright and shiny new school debuts in Southwest Little Rock
The campus at 9417 Geyer Springs Road, the site of the former McClellan High School, is almost ready for showtime. Students will arrive for classes this fall.
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Little Rock school board members make progress on budget, employment contracts
After a long and sometimes messy night of hashing it out, the Little Rock School Board can boast some heartening progress.
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LRSD outlines $15 million in budget cuts, employee non-renewals
The numbers are still subject to change, but administrators presented a slide showing as many as 344 employees haven’t received a contract for the upcoming year.
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Central High principal’s salary adjustment to close a gender pay gap up for approval Thursday
Board members will vote on a plan to adjust Nancy Rousseau’s salary after it came to light that she was making $33K less than a principal who is new to the district.
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Glitch sends out contract renewals to all LRSD employees, even the ones losing their jobs
A mistake adds insult to injury for Little Rock School District employees whose contracts are not being renewed.
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Longtime LRSD Central principal is paid $33K less than Southwest HS newcomer, requests fix
Southwest High School Principal George Maxey, a newcomer to the LRSD, is making significantly more money than longtime Central High Principal Nancy Rousseau.