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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of April 8, 2014 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Communications D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Update Regarding MRC Office Closure 1. Can Library be Used As Repository for MRC's Historical Documents? 2. Who Will Be Coordinator for Administrative Liaison Among The Three Districts After June 30, 2014? B. Set Next Meeting Date - FINAL session V. Adjournment DRAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES April 8, 2014 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE Micheal Stone, NLRSD Members Absent: Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Guest: Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of March 11, 2014. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Micheal Stone seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Sandy Luehrs, MRC Administrative Assistant, called the Committee's attention to items in correspondence. She noted that there was no actual written correspondence but reported that the MRC Office is still receiving calls about applying for a magnet school. DRAFT Bills in the amount of $1,443.37 were presented for payment. Ms. Luehrs reported that these expenses included all the bills for the month for the operation of the MRC Office. She also reported that the expenses will drop considerably for the next two months until the office is closed. Dr. Robert Clowers made a motion to pay the bills, and Oliver Dillingham seconded it. The motion carried unanimously. One article which appeared in Arkansas Business News Online was given to MRC members. This article had to do with the resolution of the desegregation case. Three other e-mails received from Hogan Lovells concerning civil rights issues nationwide, were given to MRC members as well for their information. With regard to a recruitment update, MRC members received copies of an updated report from several of the magnet schools providing information as to their planned activities for the rest of the school year. Members also received a copy of the new recruitment brochure from LRSD emphasizing the magnet schools. Dr. Sadie Mitchell reported that there are no changes in personnel in the magnet schools, and that it would probably remain the same until the end of the school year. MRC members held a discussion regarding the recent Court ruling affecting the MRC Office. Dr. Mitchell informed members that Judge Marshall has ruled that the MRC Office, and the Office of Desegregation Monitoring, will be dissolved on June 30, 2014. Consequently, plans will be made to close the MRC Office on that date. The MRC Office is now awaiting the final Order from the Court. Oliver Dillingham has had calls from parents about getting into magnet schools or making transfers. It was noted that LRSD and ADE does not acknowledge the MRC any longer. Margie Powell commented that both offices are in operation until the end of June. -2- fJ PflFT fJRAFT' Dr. Mitchell suggested that if an issue arises over a seat placement, the parent should call the Superintendent's Office at LRSD. Mr. Dillingham said that, if he cannot get an issue resolved, he directs the parent to the Civil Rights Office. Dr. Clowers said he is worried about the start of school in August if parents are unaware of where their child is assigned. At this point, Micheal Stone noted that NLRSD does School Choice over and above their 30 legal transfers. He is worried about space being available for these Choice transfers actually being seated by the time that LRSD does assign them. Dr. Mitchell suggested that the three districts' Student Registration Offices meet once a month to eliminate some of these problems. Dr. Clowers said that he will share that information with Dr. Janice Warren, Equity and Pupil Services, PCSSD. Dr. Mitchell said the MRC needs to decide on a plan for closing the office. Since the MRC Office is short of manpower, she called for a motion to hire additional help to clear the office, archive the necessary files, prepare for distribution of furniture to magnet schools, and rid the area of any non-usable items. Micheal Stone made a motion to hire temporary help to assist in this task, and Dr. Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. The MRC then went into Executive Session to discuss personnel issues. When the session was over, Micheal Stone made a motion to provide Sandra Luehrs with a salary increase of 3%, retroactive to July 1, 2013. This is in accordance with previous salary increases where an average increase was determined after discussion of all three districts' recent raises. Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously. It was agreed by consensus that the next MRC meeting will be held on May 13, 2014. However, the time still needs to be determined. The MRC Office will keep all MRC members informed. -3- -~FT DRAFT When no further business was brought to the table, Dr. Robert Clowers made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 a.m. -4- Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Magnet Review Friday, April 11, 2014 9:20 AM 'lestes@capbiz.com' RE: Invoice Good morning, Leighann, Per our conversation yesterday, I've changed my mind a little .... rather, I've had it changed for me! As you can see, I've received your invoice today for April payment. I'm processing the check request right away. If I've given you enough notice, I wish to change the date for canceling the service contract .... can we make the cancellation date May 31st instead? I should have realized that there will not be enough activity going on in June to warrant another month to continue the contract. Therefore, the billing for May should be for that month only .... and the final one ... is this okay with you? Thank you very much for your assistance. As I have told you, we really appreciate doing business with you all these years. You can be sure your company will be a part of our top recommendations. You have been great. Let me know if this will be satisfactory. Thanks, Sandy -----Original Message----- From: lestes@capbiz.com [mailto:lestes@capbiz.com] Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:10 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: Invoice Please pay from this invoice. If you have any questions regarding this invoice please give me a call at 501-375-1111. Thank you for your business! Leighann Estes Capital Business Machines, Inc. Accounting Dept. Attached: Contract Invoice 99233 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3466 / Virus Database: 3722/7320 - Release Date: 04/09/14 Magnet Review From: Magnet Review Sent: To: Tuesday, April 22, 201411:11 AM 'Chris McMillen' Subject: RE: MRC WEBSITE Thank you so much. I appreciate you. Sandy From: Chris McMillen [mailto:chris@inthooz.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:08 AM To: Magnet Review Cc: Robert Williams\nT.J. Mahaffey\ntina@inthooz.com Subject: Re: MRC WEBSITE Yes ma'am. I just spoke with Jacob, at CompSys. We will go ahead and take the site and social media down on the 30th. Your email will still function. CM On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Magnet Review \u0026lt;magnet@magnetschool.com\u0026gt; wrote: Good morning, Chris, I am doing some follow-up work today with regard to closing this office. Have you talked to Robert at CompSys as to when you can take down the website and Facebook/twitter and still be able to leave the info to have Robert keep the e-mail going. I would like to set a target date of April 30th to discontinue the website. Does that sound good to you? Please let me know. Thanks, Sandy 1 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Dr. Fletcher, Magnet Review Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:51 AM 'danny.fletcher@lrsd.org' 'Mitchell, Sadie' ARTISTRY IN THE ROCK On behalf of the Magnet Review Committee, we would like to commend and thank you, and the Artistry in the Rock committee, for your planned recognition of Donna Creer during this year's event. After viewing your interview on KTHV Tuesday morning, and seeing the portrait of Donna, we are very happy that she is being recognized for her outstanding service to Artistry in the Rock. She worked tirelessly to make this event a success, and we are pleased to know that she is being remembered for her efforts. It is also quite timely that this recognition is taking place this week - Friday, April 25th would have been Donna's birthday! How happy she would be to know that some student(s) will benefit from her work and that a scholarship will be provided in her name. Again, we wish to thank you, and may you enjoy great success with this event. Sandy Luehrs Administrative Assistant Magnet Review Committee Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} May 1, 2014 Ms. Anne Powell Black American Home Life Building 1920 North Main Street North Little Rock, AR 72114 Dear Ms. Black: As you are aware, the Magnet Review Committee will be dissolved on June 30, 2014. Please consider this letter as our notice that we will need to terminate our lease with you as of that day. We have enjoyed our time as one of your tenants. Your organization has done a fine job of providing excellent service and maintaining the premises. We appreciate you and your staff for all you have done for us the past 25 years. If, for any reason, you need to contact me, I can be reached at my home, 501-982-6337, or by cell phone, 501-425-7992. Again, thank you for everything. Sincerely, Sandra M. Luehrs Administrative Assistant Magnet Review Committee :sml \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment\" 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID MAY 19, 2014 Mass Enthusiasm {Final Billing for Website Maintenance and Updates, and Social Media Management) CompSys {Final Billing for Services Rendered to Host MRC's E-mail through June 30, 2014) Capital Business Machines (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract -April, 2014) American Home Life (MRC's Office Rent for May, 2014) American Home Life {MRC's Communications Expense for April, 2014) American Home Life {Rental of Shredder to Dispose of MRC Office Documents) Capital Business Machines (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract- May, 2014} TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 500.00 89.50 88.97 825.00 182.50 30.00 88.97 $1,804.94 ,. Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Gonterman, Vicki [Vicki.Gonterman@lrsd.org] Wednesday, April 09, 2014 4:06 PM Mitchell, Sadie\nMagnet Review Hobbs, Felicia 2013-14 Recruitment Plan for Gibbs Magnet School March-June.docx 2013-14 Recruitment Plan for Gibbs Magnet School March-June.docx\nDie Welt 031214 I1.docx\nDie Welt 031914.docx\nDie Welt 040214.docx\nDie Welt 040914.docx Here is the Recruitment Plan for March-June for Gibbs International Magnet School. New activities are in red. Thank you. Vicki Stroud Gonterman International Studies Specialist * * * * * Email confidentiality notice * * * * * This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3466 / Virus Database: 3722/7320 - Release Date: 04/09/14 Recruitment Activities for Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages April 9, 2014 1. Publicity in the local news media and LRSD website A. Gibbs has been in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper three times already this year: (1) AUGUST-First Day of School with Fathers Bringing Students to School )' ~t,  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/MELISSA SUE GERRITS 08/19/13 - Amy Nicholas embraces daughter Avery Nicholas, 7, at Gibbs Magnet Elementary School August 19, 2013 while they wait to hear which classroom Avery will be in for her first year of school at Gibbs. (2) AUGUST - Japanese Students at Gibbs (3) OCTOBER - Gibbs was included in the news article about the One-toOne Laptop Initiative. (4) March - Gibbs was featured with a photo on March 7 with visiting Russians teaching 4th graders a folk dance. (See next page) (5) Gibbs was featured with a large photo on Sunday, March 30, in the High Profile section of the paper in the Lovin' Lubin article. Long time Gibbs mentor, Aaron Lubin, had a special 70th birthday bash at Chenal Country Club, and Gibbs students performed. He asked that in lieu of gifts that donations be made to the new Gibbs-Dunbar walking track (TBA later). (See next page) B. Gibbs has been featured in the Spanish Speakers newspaper, \"Hispanic,\" once so far this year on October 3, with a photo at WorldFest and a mention in the article. (See next a e UUleR or1 qa11iz:\nniW orldfe ~ u - ---~-- t~ .=. 3?~! .UUI.J ~-::::::.:~_:.:.~_:\n~~~~~~ ....... t Lllllll IIU  la c,udad de Little na vez mas F t en U Rock organiz6 el World es el que se festeja la d1vers,dad cultural que hay en la c,udad y en un marco de diversi6n se exp~nen muestras hist6ricas Y culturales de. d,versos paises de los cuales son ong1nano~ diferentes grupos de personas que hab,tan Arkansas Central. Los representados ,ban desde los indios amencanos hasta Ghana en Africa y Pakistan enlre olras culturas. El evento se realiz6 a un ~stado del zoot6gico de la ciudad y abn6 con un desfile de los alumnos de la escue:la Magnet Gibbs de Estudios lntemac10- nales e tdiomas, quienes portaban banderas de diversos palses y se reatizaron los honores a la bandera de Estados Unidos. Esta ocasi6n el juramento se realiz6 en ingles, aleman, trances y en espanol, este ultimo dirigido por Neyla Palacios de North little Rock y estudiante del quinto grado de la esruela Gibbs. Como representante de la cultura hispana estaba Bongo Willie que como ya es tradici6n en el festival, comparti6 sus percusiones con las nii'los y adolescentes que se dieron clta para conocer mas de la gran diversidad de la que esta formada la ciudad. Por Laura Martinez cJe Gutierrez  C. Gibbs has been featured on local television nine times this year: (1) AUGUST - Japanese Students and Teacher from Niigata, Japan at Gibbs (2) SEPTEBMER - 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance with Firefighter Ceremony (3) SEPTEMBER- Ozark Water Project ( 4) SEPTEMBER 2 7 - Benefit and Swab Party for Teecumpsy Wiggins (4th grader with leukemia) at Dunbar Community Garden (5) NOVEMBER 8- \"Feel Good Friday\" segment on Fox 16 featured Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. (6) NOVEMBER 12 - KARK Ch 4 had news story about the Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. Elementary School Fights Hunger 1 Cereal Box at a Time by Drew Petrimoulx 11/07/2013 LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Every night, many children across the state go to sleep hungry. Some of the kids at Gibbs Elementary are trying to change that in their school. As children at Gibbs stood with cereal boxes in hand, they explained their feelings, knowing some kids at their school don't have enough food. \"(It} makes me sad that they don't have enough food and then they need some,\" Nina Millender said. \"It's unfair that we are like eating and eating the night away while others don't even have food at all,\" Simon Nuckle said. To help make a difference, the children are encouraging their classmates to bring in boxes of cereal, and they're getting help organizing from their international studies teacher Vicki Gonterman. \"They think maybe that it's going to go out and feed the hungry in little Rock somewhere, but what it does is it stays right here in the school community, because we all have hunger very close to us,\" Gonterman said. Nearly half of the students at Gibbs qualify for free or reduced lunch. The cereal boxes collected go home with those most in need each weekend. \"It makes me feel good that we're doing the food drive because we're helping them,\" Millender said. Their teacher calls it a service-learning project. The kids are serving their peers in need while at the same time learning how close to home the problem of hunger can hit. (7) CHANNEL 11 Parent Interview - Gibbs Parent Meeting over One-to-One Initiative (8) KARK - live at 5:00-7:00 a.m. KARK Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards - two in LRSD both at Gibbs - Ms. Jennifer White (3rd grade teacher) and PE ~oach Nancy Passini (9) KATV filmed our ACTAAP ASSEMBLY with UALR Trojans and the premier of the Gibbs staff lip-syncing to test lyrics of Frozen sung by Gibbs counselor, Kecia Fells. (I don't know when it aired.) Go to http://youtu.be/Yelf9UWILEA to watch the short video. D. Gibbs has been featured on LRSD website multiple times: (1) Gibbs Educator Selected for Global Conference in NYC Gibbs Educator Participates in Japan Society's Global Conference in NYC In May, Ms. Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet School, received a select invitation to participate in the Third Annual Going Global: International Student Social Networking Conference for Educators organized by the Japan Society. Gonterman, one of only ten US-based educators invited, attended the three day conference, August 7-9 in New York, with educators from Japan and Pakistan. The all-expenses paid conference was sponsored in part by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Toshiba International Foundation. The U.S.Japan Foundation submitted Gonterman's name for inclusion in the conference as she was their 2006 Elgin Heinz Humanities Educator of the Year. Gonterman now has a Japanese \"Kamishibai\" lesson published online with the Japan Society on their educator's website! Click here to view the lesson. Also, as a result of participation in the conference, Gonterman is currently establishing a new partnership with an international elementary school in Japan. Photo: Gonterman is sitting on the far right of the first table with educators from Japan and Pakistan. (2) Two LRSD Teachers Win Competitive Study Opportunity at the Truman Library Chris Gonterman, Physical Education Teacher at Hall High School, and Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School, have both been selected as winners of the Summer Teachers Seminar entitled, \"U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama,\" offered by the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri this July. The two will attend the weeklong conference, along with teachers selected from across the United States, attend lectures, and utilize the Truman Library's primary source documents on Presidential Policy Making in the Middle East to create lesson plans. The competitive application process included a personal essay explaining the content and pedagogy that would be utilized in their classroom along with an application and resume. (3) Reading Quiz Bowl Results Results for Gibbs Magnet's First Reading Bowl! Gibbs International Magnet School has just concluded its first Reading Bowl of the year! Students in grades 3-5 had an assigned book over the summer. Upon their return to school in August, the children anticipated involvement in a quiz bowl competition around their book. The competition was conducted in each classroom. The winning team in each classroom faced off against the winning team in the opposing grade level homeroom! Homeroom winners were: Third Grade - Mrs. Jennifer White's students\n4th Grade - Mrs. Julie Davis's students\nand Fifth Grade - Ms. Jennifer Gillespie's students! Each student on the winning teams received a certificate with their team photo. A trophy is also displayed outside each classroom! These children exhibited great sportsmanship! They are looking forward to the next Reading Quiz Bowl at Gibbs! Pictured above are (1) fourth graders and (2) third grade students competing in the first-ever Gibbs Reading Quiz Bowl! LRSD Launches One-to-One Laptop Initiative The Little Rock School District announced an exciting new 1 :1 (one-to-one} technology initiative Tuesday to be piloted at four elementary schools. The initiative will put laptops in the hands of 4-5th grade students at Gibbs, Forest Park, Otter Creek and Roberts Elementary schools starting in January, 2014. (Gibbs featured in photo top row, center} LRSD is launching the initiative first to teachers, with an extensive Professional Development push, then to students and parents in a three-phase process. The three phases will occur over two years and include: Four schools - Phase One Eight-ten schools - Phase Two All elementary schools - Phase Three Students will be able to take the laptops home with them every day, providing them with a 24-7 learning opportunity. The devices will be used to prepare students for college and career in a digital world incorporating National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). These standards are used to provide the expenences students should routinely encounter as well as the skills and knowledge they need to acquire - a few are listed below  Creativity and Innovation  Communication and Collaboration  Research and Information fluency  Critical Thinking\nProblem-solving and Decision making\nDigital Citizenship, and Technology Operations and Concepts \"The laptops will help to better engage students in the learning process, increase academic achievement and help students to become independent learners,'' said LRSD Superintendent Dr Dexter Suggs. \"Providing the 1 :1 computing opportunity to our students sends a definitive message that access to technology can be transformative.\" LRSD Director of Instructional Technology Barbara Williams added, \"The 1  1 1rnt1ativeIs just what we need as we prepare our teachers and students with twenty-first century technology teaching and learning skills \" The d1stnct will provide one bag and charging accessory for the laptop. The goal Is to eventually replace textbooks with laptops Parent information meetings will begin in January, 2014 for students who receive devices (5) Twitter/ lrsd: Congratulations to Gibbs Head ... https://twitter.com/lrsd/status/403894029483380737 Nov 22, 2013 - Congratulations to Gibbs Head Custodian Carl Shumate who is celebrating 40 years at Gibbs! He started working at. .. http://fb.me/2xDcUKK2s. (6) Little Rock School District - Little Rock, AR - Public School I Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mylrsd?ref=stream\u0026amp;viewer _id=0 ... 3 The Gibbs Mini United Nations is supporting this fundraiser as this year's Change for Peace for Victims of Typhoon Haiyan. (7) Facebook Little Rock School District - Little Rock, AR - Public School I https://www.facebook.com/mylrsd?rf=187111201326948 GIBBS MAGNET STUDENTS COMMEMORATE VETERAN'S DAY ... grades 3-5 at Gibbs International Magnet School made and assembled red poppy wreaths to commemorate Veteran's Day in French foreign language classes ... 8 New Gibbs Brochure on Twitter https://www.google.com/search?q=saudi+arabia+coloring+pages\u0026amp;rlz=1 C2 __ enUS420US456\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;tbm=isch\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ei=vCz1Ur3TO pCvkAfCl4DIDA\u0026amp;ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ\u0026amp;biw=1159\u0026amp;bih=695#q=Gibbs%20 LRSD%20Twitter\u0026amp;tbm=isch\u0026amp;facrc= _ \u0026amp;imgdii= _ \u0026amp;imgrc=Whly2hWveZwFM% 253A %3BJaWOdguEm9k6jM%3Bhttp%253A %252F%252Fwww.lrsd.o rg%252Fdrupal%252Fsites%252Fdefault%252Ffiles%252Fnews%252F20 14%252FMagnet_all7.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lrsd.org%252 F%3B835%3B1080 In order to promote global citizenship, students learn about other nations, cultures, and world issues through the study of geography, the universals of culture, and ament events in social studies and/ or international studies classes. An international studies specialist coordinates the International program and encourages students to think globally and act locally through service learning projects. The school community is united annually by a cultural theme which culminates in May with International Fest To become globally competitive students have a daily foreign language class in French, Gennan, or Spanish beginning second semester of kindergarten. After an application for foreign language placement is made, a committee makes the final selection for placement. Foreign language experiences and festivals annually allow students to actively participate in the culture of other nations. CkG\\Lle\"'-9tlf\\9 Cu.rrtcu.LG\\ An academically-challenging rurricula helps students to achieve high academic standards. A Reading Recovery Program and a Literacy Lab Model including a literacy coach has been implemented for a comprehensive approach to literacy. A mathematics coach works directly with teachers and students to better facilitate Cognitively Guided Instruction in math. A STEM Lab enhances science, mathematics, and technology. Students participate monthly in the Dunbar Community Garden for earth and life sciences. Gibbs's participation in the LRSD's'l:1 Laptop lnitiative'better prepares students for their technological future. St,ectG\\L .-=-e.G\\l:u.res tompetitions/exhlbitions In spelling. an. music. physical education, and foreign language\nNGS Geography Bee\nMath Olympiads\nMad Scientists Expo\nand Gifted and Talented Program's Destination Imagination, National History Day, Quiz Bowl, and Fifth Grade Challenge provide additional incentives for student achievement. Gibbs International Magnet School ls part of a learning community located near downtown Little Rock that includes Dunbar Magnet Middle SchooL Dunbar Recreation Center and Gymnasium, GibbsDunbarCommunity Garden, Dunbar Field, and the Sue Cowan Williams Public Library. G-i.bbs Mo..gne~ School of l\"'-~erV1.o..Hona.L Sh,d.i.es a.\"'-d. ~ Forei.9\"'- La.\"1.9uo..9es Principal Dr. Felicia Hobbs 1115 W. 16th Street. 447-4900 (9) KARK Awarded two LRSD teachers their Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, both from Gibbs! (I was lucky to be interviewed live on behalf of both teachers as I nominated one of the them and have worked with the other for 27 years at Gibbs.) (10) Gibbs 4th grader, Breck Mosley, just won the LRSD Elementary Science Fair last ~aturday, February 1. (11) LRSD Facebook - Gibbs staff lip-syncing to \"ACTAAP test\" lyrics of tune from Frozen sung by Gibbs counselor, Kecia Fells. Go to http://youtu.be/Yelf9UWILEA to watch the short video. E. Gibbs is currently featured on the LRSD Access Channel with two programs: (1) Gibbs \"9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance\" which included First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, reading to a Kindergarten class and many other service volunteers reading in grades K-3 (Filmed September 11) and ( continued) (2) Gibbs Third and Fourth Grades Musical Program \"Music, Arts, and Play-The Gibbs Way\" (Filmed October 7) 2. Community Involvement: (1) SEPTEMBER 27 - Gibbs fifth graders perform at Opening Ceremony of WorldFest annually for school and community relations (City of Little Rock and LR Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission). Photos to appear on LRRCDC Website. (2) Saturday, January 25 - LRSD Magnet Schools Fair Gibbs students perform - \"Explore the World with Gibbs through Music and Language\" (3) Other community events such as with the Clinton Foundation, the Sister Cities Commission, Heifer International, etc. as requested during the year. 3. Weekly newsletter (every Wednesday) 1st Quarter - The newsletter is called El Mundo, Spanish for The World. 2nd Quarter-The newsletter is called Le Monde, French for The World. See separate attachments. 3rd Quarter - The newsletter is called Die Welt, German for The World. See separate attachments. 4th Quarter -The newsletter is called The World. See separate attachments. 4. Special Days at School for Families (1) SEPTEMBER 6 - Grandparents Day Luncheon (2) OCTOBER 25 - Dads Day Luncheon (3) Moms Day Luncheon (May 9) (4) Coffee Cafe (monthly on a Friday) for parents and staff before school in media center (7:15-7:45 a.m.) September 13, October 4, November 8, December 6, January 17, March 7, April 4, and May 2 (5) EARTH DAY PARADE Tuesday, April 22 (1:30-2:00 p.m.) (6) GIBBS GAMES XXVIII (Field Day, Friday, May 30) (7) The One and Only Ivan - Book Celebration with Games Monday, June 9 5. Special Evenings at Gibbs: (1) AUGUST - New Student/Family Orientation (2) SEPTEMBER - Open House (3) MONTHLY - Scouting Nights (4) QUARTERLY - PTA Meetings SEPTEMBER 12 - 1st PT A Meeting NOVEMBER 14 - 2nd PTA Meeting (5) OCTOBER 22 - Family Math and Literacy Night (6) November 22 Family Movie Night (7) International Fest (May 2) (8) Science Fair Family Meeting (grades 3-5) (9) Musicals each year performed by students OCTOBER 7 - \"The Arts, Music, and Play: The Gibbs Way\" Musical by 3rd and 4th graders (two performances, 1 :00 and 6:00 p.m.) DECEMBER 16 - \"Winter Fun and Games\" Musical by 1st and 2nd graders (two performances, 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.) MARCH 13 - \"///Ran the School\" Musical by Kindergarten students (two performances, 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.) May 12 - (Unknown) Musical by 5th graders 9 two performances, 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.) (10) March 20 - Family Movie Night (11) INTERNATIONAL FEST (5:30-8:00 p.m.) Food, games, entertainment around international theme - Arts, Play, and Recreation 6. Recruitment Invitations, Brochures, and CD's (1) We sent invitations to the parents of P4 (Pre-K) students in LRSD Pre-K Schools to visit Gibbs during the two weeks of Open Enrollment for the 2014-15 school year. .. (2) We identified and sent out invitations to over 40 Day Cares/Nursery Schools located in the Little Rock School District to tour Gibbs during open enrollment. (3) We also alerted our current Gibbs families and staff to talk with friends, church/work acquaintances, new neighbors to the LR area, etc. that have young children to invite them to Gibbs for a tour. ( 4) Our outdoor sign is always current with new school events. (5) Our indoor screen in the front foyer is always current with new school events. 7. Magnet Schools Fair, Saturday, January 25, 2014 ( 1) Information booth worked by teachers and parents with a tour sign-up sheet, brochures, and CD's to be given away to prospective magnet families (Dr. Hobbs and I worked the booth the entire time.) (2) Music and Language Performances by Gibbs students 8. Tours of the School (1) Scheduled Tours - International Studies Specialist gives scheduled tours of the school. (2) NOVEMBER 11-15- \"Check Us Out\" Week- (including Check Us Out Days - November 12-14). We offer a week of tours guided by parent volunteers or the International Studies Specialist and distribute informational brochures to prospective families. (3) JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 7 - Open Enrollment Period. We offered tours with volunteers and IS Specialist for the two week period and distributed handouts and CD's of our magnet program to prospective families. ( 4) I called every person who signed in at our Magnet Fair information booth to schedule a personal tour of Gibbs. I have given several tours during these two weeks. (5) International Studies Specialist gives tours as needed throughout the rest of the year, especially as parents find out that their child has been accepted to Gibbs! Compiled and submitted by Vicki Stroud Gonterman Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 5009 Filed 04/14/14 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM PLAINTIFFS NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS ORDER The Court held a hearing on 4 April 2014. For the reasons stated on the record, the Court made several decisions. 1. Joshua's and PCSSD' s motion for order, Ng 5006, is granted for good cause. PCSSD is now unitary in the area of scholarships. 2. The joint request for a Magistrate Judge to help the parties reach an agreement on the issue of special education is granted. The Court refers this issue to Judge H. David Young, who has been randomly assigned to this case. The background on the special-education issue is in Ng 5008-1\nLittle Rock School District v. Arkansas, 664 F.3d 738, 753-54 (8th Cir. 2011)\nLittle Rock School Districtv. Pulaski CounhJ Special School District, 2011 WL 1935332, at*40- 41 (E.D. Ark. 19 May 2011). Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 5009 Filed 04/14/14 Page 2 of 3 3. The Court looks forward to working with counsel on the remaining unitary issues. The Court will hold status conferences on 14 August 2014 at 1:30 p.m., on 18 December 2014 at 1:30 p.m., and every few months thereafter to stay informed about PCSSD's progress. 4. Joshua's motion for clarification, NQ 4993, is granted. Based on the parties' settlement agreement, the Magnet Review Committee will dissolve on 30 June 2014. Between now and then, all parties should continue their collaborations on magnet schools and transfer students. The Court directs the MRC to file its final budget for 2013-2014 by 31 July 2014. 5. The Court proposes to close the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on 30 June 2014 and appoint Ms. Powell as a neutral expert to monitor PCSSD's and Joshua's efforts to secure-as soon as possible-full unitary status for that district. FED. R. EVID. 706(a) - (c). The parties' thoughts on this proposal are due by 15 April 2014. 6. The Court also requests a written report from Ms. Powell by 30 June 2014 about the remaining six areas in PCSSD needing attention: discipline, facilities, special education, staffing, student achievement, and monitoring. The Monitor's views about PCSSD' s history, current situation, progress, and deficiencies in each of these six areas would be helpful. -2- Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 5009 Filed 04/14/14 Page 3 of 3 So Ordered. D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge I Lf t~ ?\u0026gt;--v~( 'J.-eI ,t f -3- PCSSD DATE: 05/16/2014 TIME: 09:55:22 SELECTION CRITERIA: orgn.fund='2386' FUND/SF FUND TITLE 2386 PULASKI CTY MAG REVE TOTAL OPERATING FUND TOTAL PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT DETAILED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR PERIOD 11 OF 14 BEG BALANCE 144,744.15 144,744.15 144,744.15 REVENUE .00 .00 .00 NON-REVENUE .00 .00 .00 NON-EXPEND .00 .00 .00 PAGE NUMBER: 1 MODULE NUM: STATM9AR EXPENDITURES 5,384.96 5,384.96 5,384.96 END BALANCE 139,359.19 139,359.19 139,359.19 PCSSD DATE: 05/16/2014 TIME: 09:55:24 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT STATEMENT OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND FUND BALANCES FOR PERIOD ENDING 11 OF 14 SELECTION CRITERIA: orgn.fund='2386' ASSETS CASH IN BANK PAYROLL CHECKS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAY-AP CHECKS DUE TO OTHER FUNDS TOTAL LIABILITIES FUND BALANCES UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE NET CURRENT REVENUE TOTAL FUND BALANCES TOTAL LIAB \u0026amp; FUND BAL 177,653.76 38,294.S?CR .00 .00 .00 21,935.72CR 117,423.47CR 139,359.19 .00 139,359.19CR 139,359.19CR PAGE NUMBER: 2 MODULE NUM: STATM9AR PCSSD DATE: 05/16/2014 TIME: 09:55:24 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR PERIOD 11 OF 14 SELECTION CRITERIA: orgn.fund='2386' 2386 - PULASKI CTY MAG REVENUE BUDGET REMAINING CLASSIFICATION CURRENT YEAR-TO-DATE AMOUNT BUDGET BAL PCT REVENUE FROM LOCAL SOURCE TOTAL REVENUE FROM LOCAL SO .00 .00 .00 .00 0\\- REV STATE SOURCES PULASKI CO MAGNET REVIEW .00 154,166.66 154,167.00 .34 100\\- TOTAL REV STATE SOURCES .00 154,166.66 154,167.00 .34 100\\- OTHER SOURCES TRANSFER-OPERATING FUND .00 30,833.33 30,833.33 .00 100\\- TOTAL OTHER SOURCES .00 30,833.33 30,833.33 .00 100\\- TOTAL REVENUES .00 184,999.99 185,000.33 .34 100\\- 2386 - PULASKI CTY MAG REVENUE OUTSTANDING BUDGET REMAINING CLASSIFICATION CURRENT YEAR-TO-DATE ENCUMBRANCES AMOUNT BUDGET BAL GROUP DESC NOT FOUND MAGNET REVIEW 1,037.50 25,605.79 .00 37,278.00 11,672.21 OTHER SUPPORT GEN ADMIN 4,347.46 41,970.73 .00 147,222.00 105,251.27 TOTAL FUND TRANSFERS 5,384.96 67,576.52 .00 184,500.00 116,923.48 FUND TRANSFERS FUND TRANSFERS .00 .00 .00 500.00 500.00 TOTAL FUND TRANSFERS .00 .00 .00 500.00 500.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 5,384.96 67,576.52 .00 185,000.00 117,423.48 EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REV OVER EXP FOR FUND -5,384.96 117,423.47 .33 -117,423.14 EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REV OVER EXP FOR RPT -5,384.96 117,423.47 .33 -117,423.14 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 144,744.15 21,935.72 21,935.72 ENDING FUND BALANCE 139,359.19 139,359.19 21,936.05 PAGE NUMBER: 3 MODULE NUM: STATM9AR ACCOUNT NUMBER 2386-32811 2386-52200 PCT ACCOUNT NUMBER 69\\- 2386238200000000 29\\- 2386239000000000 37%- 0% 2386520000000000 0% 37% INVENTORY OF MRC OFFICE Kyrocera Mita Copy Machine - at least 15 years old - was told it is not worth much! 1 Four-Drawer File Cabinet 1 Hanging Book Shelf 1 HEAVY Conference Table - 25 years old - PARKVIEW 10 Chairs for the Conference Table - PARKVIEW 1 Folding Table-8 foot- BOOKER 2 End Tables - Marred Tops - BOOKER 1 Coffee Table- Marred Top - BOOKER 1 Sofa - BOOKER 1 Folding Table - 3 foot - BOOKER 3 Padded Guest Chairs - BOOKER 1 TV-OLD 1 Set of Dividers 1 Overhead Projector - OLD and SMALL 1 Microwave - 5 years old - SMALL 1 Refrigerator- 25 years old and Mildewed on outside 1 \"L\" Shaped Executive Desk- 20 years old - BAD condition 1 Credenza - Large 1 Computer Box - Monitor and Keyboard NO GOOD 1 Small Computer Desk 1 Secretarial Desk - CARVER 1 Table Extension to Secretarial Desk- CARVER Estimate of worth= $1,500 to $2,000 if anybody even wants it. 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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of March 11, 2014 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Communications D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion of Court Ruling Regarding the Magnet Review Committee B. Executive Session to Discuss Personnel Matters C. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES March 11, 2014 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE Terri Rogers, PCSSD Alternate Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Members Absent: Guest: Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Micheal Stone, NLRSD Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of February 18, 2014. Danny Reed made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Sandy Luehrs, MRC Administrative Assistant, called the Committee's attention to items in correspondence. She provided information contained in an e-mail from Norma Johnson, LRSD Board Member, in which Ms. Johnson complimented Gibbs Magnet for promoting Computer Power Day. Copies of the e-mail were given to all MRC members. Financial transactions were presented in the amount of $1,703.47. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to pay the bills, and Joy Springer seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. With regard to communications received since the previous MRC meeting, Ms. Luehrs noted that any information about the deseg case in local newspapers has already been sent to MRC members via e-mail. However, two articles from Hogan Lovells LLP were given to MRC members for their perusal. These articles had to do with a class action lawsuit to require high schools to take action to address concussions in high school football, and certain federal charter schools program recipients may now use weighted lotteries to benefit educationally disadvantaged students. Copies of these articles were provided to MRC members. During the previous MRC meeting, Micheal Stone, NLRSD representative, promised to provide information and forms with regard to a proposed assignment agreement among the three school districts. Copies of that agreement and forms were provided to MRC members. Terri Rogers, PCSSD alternate member, informed the MRC that the districts did meet but there was nothing agreed upon. The information contained in this agreement is only a draft when it relates to magnet schools. Ms. Springer said at this time that PCSSD does not plan on sending more than the rising 96 students to magnet schools this year. The LRSD Board was concerned that no new children will be coming from PCSSD to magnet schools, particularly at the Kindergarten level. Ms. Springer informed the MRC that the Joshua lntervenors have filed a motion with the Court to clarify the role of the M RC. A hearing is scheduled for April 4, 2014, but she is not sure if the Judge is going to have this request on the agenda for discussion. -2- I Ms. Springer noted that the Joshuas are still concerned about the way students are assigned. Oliver Dillingham said there is a problem in the system since the PCSSDis not getting their students into schools they want in LRSDi f they are on M-to-M transfer. Ms. Springer recommended that Chris Heller be invited to meet with the MRC before the April 4th hearing. Dr. Mitchell was asked to contact Chris Heller to meet on Monday, March lih. MRC members were informed about the Magnet Schools of America National Conference in Hartford, Connecticut in May, 2014. It was agreed by consensus that the MRC would not be sending any representatives this year. When no further business was brought before the Committee, Joy Springer made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Danny Reed seconded it. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m. -3- I I.~ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID April 8, 2014 Capital Business Machines (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract) CompSys (Monthly Billing for Service to Act As Website Host and E-Mail Provider for MRC) Staples Advantage (Supplies for the MRC Office) Central Arkansas Newspapers (Advertising in the NLR Times, Jacksonville Patriot, and Sherwood Voice) CompSys (Monthly Billing for Service to Act As Website Host and E-Mail Provider for MRC} American Home Life (MRC's Rent for April, 2014) American Home Life (MRC's Communications Expense for March, 2014) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Subscription Renewal for 3 Months) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 88.97 48.33 110.24 80.00 48.33 825.00 182.50 60.00 $ 1,443.37 Arkansas Desegregation Case Inches Closer to Resolution I Arkansas Business News I Ar... Page 1 of 3 Arkansas Desegregation Case Inches Closer to Resolution by Associated Press Posted 4/4/2014 04:35 pm Updated 3 days ago UTILE ROCK-Arkansas' long-running desegregation lawsuit inched closer to a resolution Friday when a federal judge said he was satisfied with a rural school district's plan to provide college scholarships for more students. Loose ends remain, however, for the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts, which since 1989 have received more than $1 billion in additional state aid to address racial imbalances. The judge handling the 32-year-old case has already determined that the extra funding will go away in 2018, but he has yet to declare Pulaski County's schools desegregated. He suggested revisions to a monitoring plan Friday and gave lawyers 11 days to weigh in. Meanwhile, a lawyer representing black school children renewed an informal complaint that he has been left \"out of the loop,\" this time as the districts expand a magnet school program. Race-based problems within Little Rock's schools have their roots in 1950s policies that led to President Eisenhower ordering federal troops to supervise the 1957 integration of Central High School. A quarter-century later, Little Rock sued its neighboring districts and the state, claiming their policies undermined its ability to maintain a racial balance in Arkansas' largest school district. Under a court settlement, the state agreed to help pay for student transfers and magnet programs. Federal judges had previously declared the Little Rock and North Little Rock districts \"unitary,\" or substantially desegregated, but withheld approval for Pulaski County schools. Among concerns are that its facilities are poor and its discipline policies aren't balanced. I '  I ,  1 /Anl\"\\ Ar Arkansas Desegregation Case Inches Closer to Resolution I Arkansas Business News I Ar... Page 2 of 3 U.S. District Judge Price Marshall on Friday declared that the rural district had met requirements to provide college scholarships to some of its students. While it had provided 17 scholarships of $1,000 in the last two years, beginning this year it will provide 20 scholarships of $2,500. He said he would ask a magistrate to review special education policies and asked the lawyers to consider letting him dissolve the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on June 30 and give work to a court-appointed expert. Lawyers have until April 15 to respond. The judge also said a magnet school review program would cease June 30, but the magnet schools will continue. \"The settlement contemplates good faith among the three districts for magnet (schools) going forward,\" Marshall said. But John Walker, a state representative who is an attorney for black school children intervening in the case, said discussions of magnet programs among the districts was news to him. \"We still have the need to be involved,\" Walker told the judge, who directed Little Rock district lawyer Chris Heller to keep Walker abreast. Walker has said previously that the Little Rock district has traditionally followed discriminatory policies and complained after Friday's hearing that \"keeping us out of the loop\" was more of the same. \"The problem is ... its willingness to really fulfill the obligation of a desegregated school district,\" Walker said. He repeated his contention that previous policies have left more affluent parts of the city having the better facilities. \"The beneficiaries of the school system are still largely white,\" Walker said. \"The ones who get the best education, the best teachers with less turnover, the best schools in the best neighborhoods. \"Everything else is running amok,\" he said. http://www.arkansashusiness r.nm/nrint/~rtif'lp/QQnLI.'- Arkansas Desegregation Case Inches Closer to Resolution I Arkansas Business News I Ar... Page 3 of 3 Heller did not return a telephone call seeking comment on Walker's remarks outside court, but did tell Marshall he would involve Walker in future conversations. (Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten, broadcast or distributed.) Arkansas Business Lt~~le. Rock- Sckool -Ots~rtc~ M\u0026lt;A9\"'-eS.~c hools It is with great pleasure and pride that I introduce you to the magnet schools offered by the Little Rock School District. The programs available through these theme-based innovative schools provide distinct opportunities for students across the district. Each school is designed to pique and feed an array of interests, as well as, cultivate a learning environment that includes hands-on experiences and technological supports that reinforce a progressive curriculum. As the superintendent, I am excited that we are able to offer these opportunities to the families of the Little Rock School District. The information in the pamphlet gives more detailed descriptions of each program including the learning experiences to be gained by participating in such schools. Without hesitation, I invite you to learn more about these exciting learning environments and consider them for your child(ren). Eight (8) schools offer engaging, rigorous programs that are specific in nature to meet the interests of students. If you would like more information, please contact the Student Registration Office. Dr. Dexter Suggs, Superintendent, Little Rock School District Ele.Me.~~'r~ Sckool M\u0026lt;A9~e.'~P ro9r\u0026lt;AMS Booker Arts Principal Dr. Cheryl Carson 2016 Barber Street 501-447-3800 Carver Math \u0026amp; Science Principal Diane Barksdale 2100 East 6th Street 501-447-4000 Gibbs International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages Principal Dr. Felicia Hobbs 1115 W. 16th Street 501-447-4900 Williams Traditional Studies Principal Lori Brown 7301 Evergreen Drive 501-447-7100 Mtd.d.le. Sckool M\u0026lt;A9~e.'~P ro9r\u0026lt;AMS Dunbar Gifted \u0026amp; Talented/International Studies Principal Eunice Thrasher 1100 Wright Avenue 501-447-2600 Horace Mann Arts \u0026amp; Science Principal Keith McGee 1000 E. Roosevelt Road  501-44 7-3100 Ht9k Sckool M\u0026lt;A9~e.'~P ro9r\u0026lt;AMS Central: International Studies (school-within-aschool magnet program) Principal Nancy Rousseau 1500 South Park Street 501-447-1400 Parkview Arts \u0026amp; Science Principal Dr. Dexter Booth 2501 John Barrow Road 501-447-2300 LRS'D M'9\"'e~ Sckool Co\\f\\~t\\f\\u.tu\"1 1 ~ .. ntt nuiv~ n.r::\nHICT\" Ove.rvte.~ The Little Rock School District offers a system of exemplary magnet schools. Magnet schools provide dynamic, engaging, interest-based programs for talented students from across the district. The LRSD magnet school program provides thematic, rigorous school-wide academic programs paired with innovative, hands-on curriculum and authentic community support to create a dynamic combination for student success in a global society. The Little Rock School District Magnet Program offers students the opportunity to participate in a variety of instructional programs from elementary to high school. Each school program emphasizes a specialized theme: Arts, Math and Science International Studies and Foreign Languages Gifted and Talented Traditional Studies These programs are offered across a continuum of feeder schools to enable students to participate in the magent program from the time they enter elementary school through high school graduation. LRSD magnet programs guide students as they discover, explore, and refine their talents and interests while concentrating on excellence in academics. The incorporation of innovative curriculum infused with the use of varied community partnerships with central Arkansas businesses, institutions of higher education, as well as, arts and cultural organizations provide magnet schools with rich resources, extended learning experiences, and college and career awareness opportunities. 'Pro9r\u0026lt;AM GoCAls To foster academic excellence for all students To provide a continuum of interest-based and specialized learning experiences to develop the unique talents of magnet school students To utilize innovative curriculum and state-ofthe- art technological resources to ensure students gain fluency in technology, problem solving, organization, teamwork and other 21st century skills To cultivate partnerships with local industry and community resources to ensure connections to real-world challenges and opportunities while developing robust student-community networks and college and career readiness skills. Mtssto\"' To nurture students' natural curiosity and creativity technological tools provides magnet students with rigorous standards-based and hands-on experiences.  The inclusion of authentic tasks cultivates students' higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills, To provide rigorous, theme-based curriculum To incorporate technological tools To assign authentic tasks To foster teamwork To develop communication skills and ensures college and career readiness. Extensive __ .._._ 1.,....~~ \\. ....... c.ttllaNtfClll--Uf'to .... CDl\"I .. ,...,, ......... a1V11~ ... \"\",ass.bl' -::-..:::-- ..- :::::- .\n....... .....- ... . .... __.. ., . ......'C. JI ~--=---~- - S.s.all~ ....... ---., .. ...----' YOUM USTH AVEA LLO FT HEF OLLOWINGIN ORDER TOR EGISTETRO DAY.N O EXCEPTIONS. P3/P4 Registration O,ecklist !RiMUShTfw A llp f Vn doo,m,,nf!OJ\" lP'rtfdI n or:dtfor:r emttr todfl Ify oud al 'lQI W 90'!9! :MRPSyo ura ppiqt O\"\\. FAQs Frequently Asked Questions Who can apply for a magnet school assignment? Any student who resides within the Little Rock School District attendance zones is eligible to apply for assignment at one of the magnet schools. How do I apply for a magnet school assignment? LRSD parents must complete an Optional Enrollment Request Form (OERF). Forms may be downloaded from lrsd.org or obtained at the Student Registration Office located at 501 Sherman Street in downtown Little Rock. The open enrollment periods begins the last week of January and continues through the first week of February for students who will enter school in August of the same calendar year. If my child is currently enrolled in a magnet program, does he or she have to reapply each year? No, a new application only needs to be completed when a student moves to the next organizational level (Kindergarten, 6th grade or 9th grade). If your student is remaining at their assigned magnet school, you do not need to reapply. Does my child have to follow the magnet program feeder track? No. How will I be notified if my child is selected for a magnet school? Assignment notification will be mailed to the home address provided on the Optional Enrollment Request Form (OERF) by early March each year. Students who do not receive an assignment slot will be placed on a waiting list. Notification will be mailed to parents once a placement slot becomes available. If I have a child attending a magnet school, will his or her sibling be assigned to a magnet school too? If you have a child who is currently attending a magnet elementary school, then his or her sibling will be given preference to attend the same magnet elementary school. Sibling perferences are not given at the middle and high school levels. Is transportation provided for magnet schools? Yes. Lt~~le Rock- Sckool Dts~rtc~ ELEMENTARY Sckool M\u0026lt;A9\"'-e'P~r o9r\u0026lt;AMS Booker Arts - Carver Math \u0026amp; Science Gibbs International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages - Williams Traditional Studies t=ocus o\"' Cre.CA~tvt~J Booker Arts Magnet School provides a nurturing learning environment that encourages creativity, development of fine arts skills, and high academic achievement. Booker Arts Magnet School students grow academically through experiencing the fine arts each day. Orchestra, band, rhythm instruments, vocal music, percussion instruments, and piano are components of the music program. The drama program supports language arts instruction by providing many performance opportunities for students enhanced by costumes, lighting, sound system, and stage. The creative movement program features dance and physical education activities. A~er School Oppor~~tH.es Booker Arts Magnet School's visual arts program partners with various community groups such as Heifer International and Bernice Gardens to provide learning opportunities and community service projects for students. Enrichment opportunities are offered through the Art Club, Girl Scouts, and Camp Jaguar after-school tutoring program. Booker Arts Magnet School features a gymnasium, choir room, running track, two playgrounds, mirrored dance studio, 56-station Dell computer lab and the District's only elementary school piano lab. ACCA.d.e.n,,tCco n,,pe.~t~to~ Booker Arts Magnet School students successfully competed in the Delta Classic Spelling Bee, Pulaski County Spelling Bee, Little Rock School District Science Fair, Young Arkansas Artists Competition, and Destination Imagination. Soltd. CoMMUl,\\~J 1\"' volve.n,,ekf: Parent and community involvement are essential components at Booker Arts Magnet School. Volunteers contributed more than 37,780 hours of service, or over 72 hours per student last year. Partnerships with the Greater Little Rock Kiwanis Club and the Love Your Schools initiative support the academic, emotional, and physical growth of Booker Arts Magnet School students. Booker Arts Magnet School has a true family atmosphere. Generations of families continue to choose Booker to provide the safe, nurturing learning environment that they desire for their children. ........................................ ~ .............................................................. Booker Ar~s M\u0026lt;A9ke.~ Ele.Me.k~\u0026lt;Ar'1 Sckool Principal Dr. Cheryl Carson 2016 Barber Street ~01-447-3800 Carver is a school where children come first. Caring staff, parents and community work together to ensure a quality academic, social and technological education for all children. Our heart embraces excellence through a diversified education for each child. Ck\u0026lt;Alle\"'-9t\"'-~ S~u.d.e\"'-~S ~t~k M\u0026lt;A~k !f. Scte\"'-ce Carver is a strong science-math magnet-attracting parents and students who want a hands-on engaging experience and a trip to space camp in fifth grade. We do this through master teacher classrooms and a daily opportunity to be challenged in Science, Math, Young Astronaut, Computer, Library/Counselor, Physical Education, Art, Music and Reading. Our gifted and talented program meets the needs of our high achievers. The learning does not stop when the bell rings at 2:35. Carver offers BOOST for students below proficient and WOW Clubs (STEM, Lego, Drum, Chess, Get Fit, Nature, Quiz Bowl, Library, Puppet, Yearbook) for all students. Our PTA is the proud sponsor of the WOW Clubs! S~ro\"'-9 volu.\"'-~eer Su.ppor~ Parents and community play a vital role at Carver. Thanks to them, Carver wins top awards for volunteer hours each year, with over 100 hours donated per child last year. Mentors and adult reading buddies contribute to stronger students. Current grants from the 3M Corporation and the City of Little Rock enrich science opportunities. We appreciate our volunteer community as they work with us to create engaging experiences for our students. Tke \"Dtffere\"'-Ce ts Wor~k ~ke \"Dts~\u0026lt;A\"'-Ce Children say they love Carver for many reasons: fun, health/ sports learning in physical education, visiting other planets in young astronauts, making robots in the Imagination Station, drumming in music, surprising themselves in art with a discovered artist touch, discovering other worlds in library literature study, solving social issues in counselor class, becoming technologically savvy in computer lab, and feeling a part of a learning family in their beloved classroom. Discover a place for your heart at Carver! C'rve.r M'~k-Scte.\"'ce. M'9\"'e.~ E:le.Me.\"'-~'r'S1c hool Principal Diane Barksdale 2100 East 6th Street 5'01-447-4000 Gtbbs Mo.9~e.~ Sckool of I~~e.r~o.H.o~o.l Shtd.te.s o.~d. Fore.t9~ Lo.~9u.o.9e.s In order to promote global citizenship, students learn about other nations, cultures, and world issues through the study of geography, the universals of culture, and current events in social studies and/or international studies classes. An international studies specialist coordinates the international program and encourages students to think globally and act locally through service learning projects. The school community is united annually by a cultural theme which culminates in May with International Fest. To become globally competitive, students have a daily foreign language class in French, German, or Spanish in our Foreign Language in Elementary Schools (FLES) Program. After an application for foreign language placement is made in kindergarten, a committee makes the final selection for placement before instruction begins at second semester. Foreign language experiences and festivals annually allow students to actively participate in the culture of other nations . Cko!Le.~9\"9 Cu.rrtcu!UM An academically-challenging curricula helps students to achieve high academic standards. Our Comprehensive Literacy Model includes the use of authentic books which provide students more complex experiences to better prepare them to read like writers and write like readers. Classroom teachers are also trained in Cognitively Guided Instruction in math. A STEM Lab enhances science, mathematics, and technology. Students participate monthly in the Dunbar Community Garden for hands-on lessons in the earth and life sciences. Gibbs's participation in the LRSD's \"1 :1 Laptop Initiative\" better prepares students for their technological future. Sp ect\u0026lt;Al t=\"e\u0026lt;Ar~eus. Competitions/exhibitions in spelling, art, music, physical education, and foreign language\nNGS Geography Bee\nMath Olympiads\nMad Scientists Expo\nand Gifted and Talented Program's Destination Imagination, National History Day, Quiz Bowl, and Fifth Grade Challenge provide additional incentives for student achievement. Gibbs International Magnet School is part of a learning community located near downtown Little Rock that includes Dunbar Magnet Middle School, Dunbar Recreation Center and Gymnasium, Dunbar Community Garden, Dunbar Field, and the Sue Cowan Williams Public Library. .... ........... ....... ,tsaa: ................................................................................................................................ ... G-tbbs M\u0026lt;A9~e~ Sckool of I~~er~\u0026lt;A~to~\u0026lt;Al Shtd..tes $ Foret9~ L\u0026lt;A~9u.\u0026lt;A9es Principal Dr. Felicia Hobbs 1115 West 16th Street 501-447-4900 \\ I Ch\u0026lt;Alle.~9t~9 CurrtculuM Williams Traditional Studies Magnet School offers a rigorous standards-based program and is noted for its rich and distinguished history of 56 years of academic excellence. Williams has been a magnet school for 32 years, focused on traditional academic skills. A clear understanding of what students are expected to learn is consistent throughout K-5. The academic program affords students opportunities to think critically, logically, and creatively\ncommunicate effectively through written, oral, visual, and performance methods\nenhance skills of working independently and collaboratively\nand value learning based on high performance standards. AccoMpltshMe.~~s Williams Traditional Studies Magnet School promotes the excitement of learning and achieves results with students. The school averages 18 points higher than state averages on benchmark exams and has been nationally recognized as a high-performing school in math and literacy. The most recent benchmark scores showed that 92 percent of third through fifth graders were proficient or advanced in literacy and 87 percent were proficient or advanced in math. Students have excelled outside the classroom in many activities, including regional recognition in Destination Imagination, overall wins in the LRSD Science Fair and high finishes in the regional science fair, and third place in the LRSD Quiz Bowl. Williams Magnet is the home of the 2012-13 LRSD teacher of the year and has six nationally board-certified teachers on staff. Cx~r\u0026lt;Acurrtcul\u0026lt;Ar Ac~tvt~te.s Williams Traditional Studies Magnet School provides many opportunities for students to participate in activities that focus not only on academics but also on team building, physical fitness, philanthropic endeavors, family life, and embracing diversity. Some of these opportunities include the gifted and talented program, student council, choir, cheer squad, Destination Imagination, spelling bee, geography bee, yearbook staff, art club, basketball team, chess club, daily news show, talent show, recycling team, after-school tutoring, field day, and the spring carnival. Many teams and clubs have consistently placed first or near the top in recent competitions. Wtllt\u0026lt;A-MST r\u0026lt;A-d.tHolt\\.\u0026lt;ASh.l td.te.s M\u0026lt;A-9lt\\.eE.~le .Me.lt\\.~\u0026lt;A-Sr'1c kool Principal Lori Brown 7301 Evergreen Drive 5'01-447-7100 Lt~~le. Rock- Sckool -Ots~rtc~ Mlt\u0026gt;t\u0026gt;LSEC HOOL M\u0026lt;A9\"'-e'.P~r o9r\u0026lt;AM.S Dunbar Gifted \u0026amp; Talented/International Studies Horace Mann Arts \u0026amp; Science Ht.s~ortc Built in 1929, Dunbar Magnet Middle School (formerly Paul Laurence Dunbar High School) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. With ongoing support from the National Dunbar Alumni Association, the school and its current students continue to strive towards the goals and aspirations of their alumni with an emphasis on high achievement, global awareness, and social responsibility. ~tf~ed. '\"'d. T \u0026lt;Ale.\"'~ed. Dunbar Magnet Middle School is Little Rock School District's only learning and research center specifically designed for high-ability learners. Dunbar's Gifted and Talented (GT) program encompasses breadth and depth in core subjects while stressing creative thinking, risktaking, curiosity, imagination, and interpersonal relations. The International Studies Program offers students numerous foreign language options (German, Spanish, and French), and additional International Studies electives including World Craft and Global Studies. Dunbar actively participates in World Fest, achieving numerous awards including first prize for school in 2005, 2008, 2009, and three first place ribbons in 2010. Dunbar Spanish language learners consistently attain national recognition for excellent performance on the National Spanish Examinations, with recent success in 2012-2013 of 10 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals. Ex~r\u0026lt;A.cu.rrtcu.L\u0026lt;A.r Ac~tvt~tes Dunbar Bobcats participate in many extracurricular activities including: sports (boys'football, girls'volleyball, boys' and girls' basketball, track and field, cheer, drill teams, and co-ed soccer), Quiz Bowl, Destination Imagination, Chess Club, Science Fair, Spelling Bee, Band, Orchestra, Choir, FBLA, and Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary \u0026amp; Middle School (a national math competition for high ability students) l)u.~bo..rG -tf~e.d.$ To..le.~~e.d./I~~e.r~o..Ho~o.S.L~ u.d.te.s Mo..9~e.~M td.d.le.S ckool Principal Eunice Thrasher 1100 Wright Avenue 501-447-2600 Hor(A.ce. M(A,\"'-\"'- Arts $ Scte\"'-ce M\u0026lt;A9\"'-e~M td.d.le School HorCA.ceM. CA.\"'-\"M'-'t!sss to\"'- Horace Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School provides its students with an innovative, diverse, and comprehensive curriculum that fosters academic growth and critical thinking. As a magnet school, Horace Mann Fine Arts and Science programs offer deep content to produce students who have enriched experiences preparing them for a global community. Horace Mann is a destination magnet school where performance counts. F\"t\"'-eA. r ~s t=ocu.s In addition to the traditional curriculum of English, science, mathematics, and social studies, arts magnet students participate in courses appropriate to their selected area of concentration. The following specialized areas are offered: band, choir, dance, drama, orchestra, piano, and visual arts. Fine arts students receive group instruction in their area and have opportunities to perform publicly and to compete in local events. The sequence of fine arts courses is designed to accommodate the beginning student, as well as students who have had previous training. Scte.\"'-cet.= ocu.s Students whose area of concentration is science will receive an additional course of STEM/science instruction. The science lab curriculum emphasizes project-based learning including problem solving and engineering design processes. \"Hands-on\" activities support the program throughout the year. 8e.CA.rcCAt~. ~~sk e. Spdlt9~ Horace Mann students have traditionally participated in All Region Choir, All Region Band, and All Region Orchestra. Several students have won awards for Regional Science Fair, Mu Alpha Theta, Arkansas Council ofTeachers in Mathematics, Math Counts, and Math Olympiads. Furthermore, students have opportunities to participate in various clubs: BETA, Student Council, National Junior Honor Society, FBLA, Debate, Chess, Destination Imagination, Geography and Spelling Bees, Quiz Bowl, and Bearcat Book Club. Horo.ce Mo.\"'-\"' Ar~s $ Scte\\,\\ce Mo.9\"'-e~ Mtclclle School Principal Keith McGee 1000 E. Roosevelt Road 501-447-3100 Lt~~Le. Rock Sckool 'Dts~rtc~ HIGH SCHOOL M\u0026lt;A.9\"'-e'P.~r o9r\u0026lt;A.MS Central International Studies Parkview Arts \u0026amp; Science Hts~or\nof Excelle~ce Little Rock Central High School is a landmark institution, steeped in history and built to educate generations of scholars. The American Institute of Architects has honored the school as the \"Most Beautiful High School in America:' The school received its accreditation in its first year of study and holds the oldest Cum Laude Honor Society charter west of the Mississippi. 31 A 'P Courses Central High School's curriculum is varied and extensive. In addition to regular courses, Central offers both Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement level courses in multiple areas. Advanced Placement courses are offered in many areas of study including English Ill and IV, Calculus AB and BC, Statistics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental science, Physics B and C, Psychology, Government/Politics, Comparative Government, Economics, European History, World History and Art History. Fre.skM\u0026lt;A~ Ac\u0026lt;l.clen,,J Central opened its first Freshman Academy program in the fall of 2004. Students attend classes on common floors and study with a smaller group of students, allowing for a greater sense of community within the larger school family. Ftve Foret9~ L\u0026lt;A~9u.\u0026lt;A9e.s Central houses the Little Rock School District's International Studies Magnet Program, offering opportunities in foreign language and international studies. Central provides four or more levels of foreign language study, including Advanced Placement, for French, Latin, German, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Arkn.~.s\u0026lt;A.s 1 Top Sckol\u0026lt;Ar.s Central High consistently turns out an impressive number of National Merit Finalists, National Achievement Finalists and National Hispanic Scholars. Seventy percent of graduates enter four-year colleges and universities across the country, with Central High students represented at the most selective institutions. Central students compete in all areas from science to math to foreign language, achieving statewide and national honors. In addition, students participate in an array of extracurricular activities from drama and debate to choir and band, as well as other competitive educational activities. Students are very proud of Central's strong athletic programs and active spirit groups. ~ ...._ ................... ,... ........ ...,.  ...., ...................... ...a .................. ......, ........ ...,..-..-..ia,....  ..._a .....  ...._ ....... . Ce.\"'-~r\u0026lt;Al\".L'- ~e.r\"'-\u0026lt;A.Ho\"'S-\u0026lt;hAtd.L.t e.s Ht9k Sckool Principal Nancy Rousseau 1500 South Park Street 501-447-1400 'PtA.rkvte~ Ar~s/Sctel,\\ce. MG.9\"'\"-~ Ht9k School Ac\u0026lt;Ad.e.Mtc\u0026lt;All~ Acktevtl,\\9 Ht9k 5ckool Parkview Arts/Science Magnet is the only high school in Pulaski County awarded \"Achieving\" status by the Arkansas Department of Education. This recognition signifies that Parkview's staff addresses and meets the individual needs of each and every student. Parkview's dedicated teachers eagerly seek innovations in the sciences and the arts, as well as ways to nurture creativity, and encourage analytical thinking. The students and staff are creative, innovative, and motivated. Parkview's faculty develops an academically rigorous curriculum with relevance and relationships defined to lead students to academic success. vt.sUAl/'PerforMt\"'-9 Ar~.s The visual and performing arts magnet areas at Parkview include Drama, Dance, Visual Art, Band, Orchestra, and Choir. Every student at Parkview selects and studies an intensive curriculum designed for their chosen magnet area for four years. The drama department, which includes one of the few mime classes in the South, offers many annual productions in a state-of-the-art theatre. Parkview houses two dance studios and each spring Parkview's annual dance concert captivates audiences when it showcases professionally choreographed and costumed dancers. Visual arts students win an average of 50 awards each year at the Arkansas Young Artists Association competition and exhibit a spring Senior Art Show in a local art gallery. Parkview boasts an orchestra, a piano lab, award-winning concert and marching bands, jazz band, and an expansive choral department. The music department averages as many as 75 students who make all-region and/or all-state each year. UAM5/UA Developed. 5cte\"'ce 'Pro9ro..M Parkview has a rigorous science magnet program that offers courses in Pre-AP and AP Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, and Physics. Other courses include Organic Chemistry, Qualitative Analysis, Geology and Space, Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Technical Writing. Parkview's science curriculum was developed in conjunction with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the University of Arkansas. 'PG.rkvte~ Ar~s $ Scte~ce MG.9~e~ Ht9h School Principal Dr. Dexter Booth 2501 John Barrow Drive 501-447-2300 ~ Little Rock School District The NEW LtH:l.eR. ock School 1'i..s~rtd: Where WE: 'Pul: Chtld.re~ Fi.rs~ Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E. (leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Wednesday, March 12, 2014 3:52 PM Hogan Lovells - Client Advisory Client Advisory - Ed Guidance on Online Educational Services.pdf Attached is a memorandum regarding Ed Guidance on Online Educational Services. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. Leslie Gibbs Assistant Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel +1 202 637 5600 Direct +1 202 637 7121 Fax. +12026375910 Email leslie.welch-g1bbs@hoganlovells.com www.hoganlovells com Please consider the environment before printmg this e-mail About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www hog a nlovells. com. CONFIDENTIALITY. 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Checked by A VG - \\\\ w,, .a\\'t?..com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3722/7180 - Release Date: 03/11/14 Hogan Lovells To FROM School District Clients and Friends Maree Sneed Stephanie Gold Harriet Pearson Christopher Wolf Bret Cohen Michelle Tellock DATE March 12, 2014 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T + I 202 637 5600 F +I 202637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT It's 10pm: Do you know who can see (and use, and share ... ) your students' data? - Department of Education releases new guidance on student data outsourcing The Department of Education recently ramped up the pressure on school districts and schools to reform their procedures for student data outsourcing, releasing a fourteen-page guidance document on February 25 that reinforces the obligation to comply with privacy laws when using a vendor to host or process student data. By issuing the guidance, the Department has put school districts and schools on notice of its expectations regarding their responsibilities when entering into these arrangements. School districts and schools should therefore carefully consider the guidance and how it affects their student privacy compliance obligations. The guidance is the latest in a series of events that has shone a spotlight on school district and school use of data processing vendors. Back in October, a Colorado superintendent made the New York Times when she faced stiff opposition from parents and school board members to the district's retention of an online records management vendor that would have resulted in a shift of student records to the vendor's servers. The next month, after the election of a new school board opposed to the use of the vendor, the superintendent announced her retirement- and on the same night, the board voted to scrap the long-debated vendor relationship. A few weeks after the Times article, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Depatiment requesting information about how student privacy laws, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (\"FERP A\"), permit \"schools to share student data, without notifying parents, with companies to which they have outsourced core functions like scheduling or data management.\" On January 13, the Depat1ment responded, clarifying that it does not \\\\DC 700062/000630 -5516333 v1 permit school districts or schools to indiscriminately disclose data to third parties and provides parents and students with important rights when data are held by a vendor. And in December, the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy released a report titled \"Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Schools.\" The report found even though 95% of public school districts rely on online service providers for data processing, those districts frequently surrender control of student information, with fewer than 25% of the agreements specifying the purposes for which the vendor could use the student information and fewer than 7% restricting the sale or marketing of student information. The report concluded that school districts are not dedicating sufficient resources to comply with their privacy obligations with respect to the student data they disclose to third parties, particularly when contracting. Given this recent scrutiny, school districts and schools should examine whether their data outsourcing practices conform to the legal requirements and best practices described in the Department's guidance, which we summarize in this client alert. Scope o[the guidance The guidance addresses privacy and security considerations when school districts or schools use third-party \"online educational services\"\nthat is, computer software, mobile applications, and web-based tools provided by a third party to a school or school district that students and/or parents access via the Internet and use as part of a school activity. Examples of these services include tools that allow students to access course materials, comment on class activities, or complete homework online. The guidance does not address social media or other online services that students may use in their personal capacity, nor does it address school administrators' use of online services to which students and/or parents do not have access, for example, an online student information system for tracking attendance used exclusively by teachers and staff. When must schools comply with FERPA when students are online? FERP A protects against unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information (\"PII\") from students' education records. With several exceptions, a school may not disclose PII to a third-party provider unless the school has first obtained written permission from parents or eligible students to do so. The guidance advises that school districts must evaluate the use of online educational services \"on a case-by-case basis\" to determine whether FERP A-protected information is being used and whether an exception to the consent-to-disclose requirement applies. For example, an online system that requires a school district or school to provide students' names and contact information from education records in order for students and parents to log in and access course material would implicate FERP A. In addition, information about student use of online services that is stripped of student identifiers-such as how long a student took to perform an online task, the date and time the student completed an activity, how many attempts the student made, and 2 \\\\DC 700062/000630  5516333 v1 how long the student's mouse hovered over an item-is not protected under FERPA and can be used by a vendor unless the agreement with the school district or school forbids such use. Notwithstanding the general rule, the FERP A \"school official\" exception permits under certain circumstances the disclosure of PII to third-party providers without first obtaining written permission. To qualify, the provider must, among other things, (1) perform an institutional service or function for which the school or school district would otherwise use its own employees, (2) be under the \"direct control\" of the school or school district with regard to the use and maintenance of education records, and (3) use education records only for authorized purposes and not re-disclose PII from education records to other parties without authorization. Practically, to qualify for the exception a school district or school should enter into a contract that restricts the vendor from using student PII for unauthorized purposes and provides the school district or school with the ability to direct the vendor to use, transfer, or delete student records only at the instruction of the school district or school. In some instances, online educational services require school districts or schools to consent to an online Terms of Service as a condition of using the service. Those Terms are binding contracts, and if they do not comply with FERP A or enable the school district or school to make use of the school official exception, it may violate FERP A to disclose education records to those services. The guidance also reminds schools that whenever a third-party provider maintains a student's education records, the school must be able to provide parents and eligible students with access to those records. As a result, any agreement with a provider should allow for such access within a reasonable period of time, but not more than 45 days after receiving a request. How can providers use student information they collect and receive? If a school has shared PII with a provider under the \"school official\" exception, the provider must use the PII only for the purposes for which it was disclosed. For example, the provider may not (1) use the information to market new products or services, (2) use the information to target students with directed advertisements, or (3) sell the information to a third party. However, if student information has been properly de-identified, or if information has been shared under the FERPA \"directory information\" exception, which permits disclosure of information that would not generally be considered harmful (e.g., student name and address), such information is not protected by FERPA and is not subject to limitations on use or redisclosure. On top of FERP A, the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (\"PPRA\") requires school districts and schools, with certain exceptions, to notify parents if students are scheduled to participate in activities that involve the collection, disclosure, or use of student PII for marketing purposes, and gives parents the opportunity to opt out of such activities. To the extent that an online education service plans to make use of student PII for marketing purposes, school districts and schools should work with the service to provide the required notice and effectuate the parental opt-out. 3 \\\\DC - 700062/000630 - 5516333 vl Best practices for schools In the guidance, the Department of Education recommends certain best practices that school districts and schools should consider adopting when contracting with service providers in order to meet their privacy obligations. While not mandatory, the adoption of these best practices can serve as evidence that a school district or school is taking reasonable steps to comply with its FERP A and PPRA obligations in the event of a Department of Education investigation.  Conduct an inventory of the online educational services being used. This will aid in assessing the information being collected and shared with providers and to evaluate which services are most effective.  Establish policies and procedures to evaluate and approve vendors prior to implementation. School districts and schools should make clear to teachers and administrators how use of services may be approved and who has the power to approve their use. In particular, school districts and schools should remind teachers and administrators that clicking to accept a Terms of Service serves to enter the school into a contractual relationship, and such Terms of Service must comply with the school district's or school's FERPA and PPRA obligations. The Department also recommends that established approval procedures be followed when deciding to use free online educational services, including the review of their Terms of Service, to ensure that they do not present a risk to privacy or security of students' data or to the school's IT systems.  Use a written contract or legal agreement, when possible, to maintain required \"direct control\" over the use and maintenance of student data. The Department recommends that agreements include provisions that (1) address data ownership, responsibilities in the event of a data breach, and minimum security controls\n(2) specify the information the provider will collect\n(3) define the specific purposes for which the provider may use student information and bind the provider to only those approved uses\n(4) specify whether the school, parents, and eligible students will be permitted to access the data and explain the process for obtaining access\n(5) establish procedures for modifying and terminating the agreement, and specify how student information will be disposed of upon termination\nand (6) clarify the parties' responsibilities to indemnify one another and what the provider must do to remedy a violation of applicable state and federal laws, including FERP A and PPRA, or to compensate the school for such a violation.  Employ extra caution when using \"click-wrap\" consumer applications that do not allow users to negotiate agreements before using the application. The Department recommends that school districts and schools review an online service's Terms of Service at the time of sign-up and regularly thereafter to determine if any provisions have changed. Schools and school districts should also save a copy of the Terms of Service to which they agreed and limit teachers' ability to accept Terms of Service without going through appropriate approval channels. 4 \\\\DC - 700062/000630  5516333 v 1  Be transparent with parents and students about how the school collects, shares, protects, and uses student data. Schools and school districts must provide parents and eligible students with specific notices under FERP A and PPRA, but the Department also recommends that schools and school districts develop a plan that addresses student privacy and information security issues in order to alleviate confusion about how data will be shared and how they will be used.  Consider on a case-by-case basis whether obtaining parent consent may be appropriate. The Department recommends this as a best practice even when FERP A does not require consent. Conclusion Schools and school districts are encouraged to remember their important role in setting policies to protect student privacy and to consider carefully the appropriate uses of online educational services. We hope this information is useful to you as you consider your schools' policies and practices related to online educational services. * * * If you have questions about the guidance or applicable regulations more generally, please contact Maree Sneed at 202-637-6416 or maree.sneed(a),hoganlovells.com or Stephanie Gold at 202-647-5496 or stephanie.gold(ci),hoganlovells.com. In addition, we will be discussing the guidance and its implications for schools and school districts on a webinar hosted by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) on April 1, 2014 at 1 :OOpm EDT. Information about the webinar will be available on the AASA website, or please feel free to reach out to us for details. 5 \\\\DC - 700062/000630 - 5516333 v1 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Curtis, Kimberly D.H. [kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com] Friday, March 14, 2014 3:54 PM Curtis, Kimberly D.H. U.S. Department of Education Offers Funding for Music, Dance, Theater, Media Arts, and Visual Arts Programs in Elementary and Middle Schools Client Advisory - Arts Funding From the U.S. Department of Education - M .... pdf I am attaching a client advisory captioned \"U.S. Department of Education Offers Funding for Music, Dance, Theater, Media Arts, and Visual Arts Programs in Elementary and Middle Schools\" prepared by John Borkowski and Esther Haley Walter of our education practice. If you would prefer not to receive the client advisories or receive them at a different e-mail address, please let me know. Likewise, if you would like us to send these advisories by e-mail concurrently to other people in your school district or organization, please send their names and e-mail addresses to me. You may direct any questions about the enclosed memorandum to Mr. Borkowski at john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com and Ms. Walker at esther.walker@hoganlovells.com. About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - WW\\\\ .a\\ l!.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3722/7187 - Release Date: 03/12/14 Hogan Lovells To FROM DATE School District Clients and Friends John W. Borkowski Esther Haley Walker March 14, 2014 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT U.S. Department of Education Offers Funding for Music, Dance, Theater, Media Arts, and Visual Arts Programs in Elementary and Middle Schools On February 25, 2014, the U.S. Department of Education (the \"Department\"), through its Office of Innovation and Improvement, invited school districts and other local educational agencies (\"LEAs\") to submit applications for funding under its Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination program (\"AEMDD\"). 11 AEMDD funds can be used to support projects for students in elementary and/or middle schools involving music, dance, theater, media arts, and visual arts, including folk arts. The goal is to \"increase the amount of nationally available information on effective models for arts education that integrate the arts with standards-based education programs.\" Interested school districts and other LEAs should submit a notice of intent to apply by March 27, 2014, and submit their application to the Department by April 28, 2014. The Department plans to grant funds to 17 projects, with awards ranging from $450,000 to $550,000 for the first year\nsubject to the availability of funds and the approvals necessary to continue the award of funds, projects may be funded for up to 48 months. The Department will host a pre-application webinar on March 18. 2,/ Below we outline the selection criteria and submission guidelines. I. Selection Criteria A. Eligibility Eligible applicants must either be a school district or other LEA, or partner with a school district or other LEA. JI A school district or other LEA may choose to work in partnership with one (or more) of the following: (a) a State or local nonprofit or governmental arts organization\n(b) a State educational agency or regional educational service agency\n(c) a higher education institution\nor (d) a \"public or private agency, institution, or organization, such as a community- or faith-based organization.\" In the alternative, one or more State or local nonprofit or governmental arts organizations may submit an application as long as they partner with one or more school districts (or another LEA)\ntogether, the 11 Notice, 79 Fed. Reg. 10501, 10501 (Feb. 25, 2014), available at http://www.qpo. qov/fdsys/pkq/FR-2014-02-25/pdf /2014-04034. pdf#page= 1 . 2/ Details about the webinar are available at http://www2.ed.gov/proqrams/artsedmodel/applicant.html. JI 79 Fed. Reg.10503. Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. -Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that indudes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Brussels Caracas Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Ousseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Miami Milan Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Philadelphia Prague Rio de Janeiro Rome San Francisco Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jakarta Jeddah Riyadh Zagreb. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com \\\\DC 703633/000410  5516303 v3 School District Clients and Friends - 2 - March 14, 2014 school district and State or local nonprofit or governmental arts organization may choose to partner with a State educational agency, higher education institution, or \"public or private agency, institution, or organization, such as a community- or faith-based organization\" also. B. Priorities a. Absolute Priorities All applications must propose projects for elementary and/or middle school students that are linked to (a) State standards and (b) the arts standards developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations (or another comparable set of national arts standards). At least one of the schools that the grant benefits must have 35% or more of their students come from low-income families. The project must \"enhance, expand, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models that are based on research.\" These models must have demonstrated their effectiveness in:  \"integrating standards-based arts education into the core elementary or middle school curriculum,\"  \"strengthening standards-based arts instruction in the elementary or middle school grades,\" and  \"improving the academic performance of students in elementary or middle school grades, including their skills in creating, performing, and responding to the arts.\" b. The Grading Rubric and Competitive Priorities All applications will be judged by the Department on a 100-point scale based on the need for the project (15 points), the significance of the project (10 points), the quality of the project design (25 points), the quality of project personnel (10 points), the quality of the management plan (20 points), and the quality of the project evaluation (20 points). However, applications can earn additional points (i.e. competitive preference points) by fulfilling two other priorities identified by the Department: turning around schools that are persistently the lowest achieving, and enhancing technology. First, an applicant can earn from zero to five points for proposing a project to serve schools that are considered to be persistently the lowest achieving schools '1/ that will:  improve student achievement 'Q_a/ nd/or '1/ The Department defines \"persistently lowest-achieving schools\" to be, as determined by the State: (i) \"[a]ny Title I school in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring that (a) is among the lowest-achieving five percent of Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring or the lowest-achieving five Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring in the State, whichever number of schools is greater\nor (b) is a high school that has had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number of years\n\" and (ii) \"any secondary school that is eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that: (a) Is among the lowest achieving five percent of secondary schools or the lowest-achieving five secondary schools in the State that are eligible for, but do not receive, Title I funds, whichever number of schools is greater\nor (b) is a high school that has had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number of years.\" !Q. at 10502. \\\\DC - 703633/000410  5516303 v3 School District Clients and Friends - 3 - March 14, 2014  provide services to enrolled students. Second, an applicant can earn from zero to five points for proposing a project that plans to engage \"high-quality digital tools\" to improve student achievement or teacher effectiveness. For example, an applicant may plan to prepare teachers to use certain technology to enhance their instructional methods. II. Submission Guidelines The Department has strict submission guidelines and deadlines. Application packages are available online at http://www2.ed.gov/proqrams/artsedmodel/applicant.html\nthe package will explain the content that should be included in the application and will include the forms an applicant should submit. Page limits and formatting requirements (including font size and style) are detailed in the Federal Register Notice. Applications must be submitted on Grants.gov by April 28, 2014 by 4:30 p.m., Washington, D.C. time. Upon deciding to apply, the Department \"strongly encourages\" applicants to send a short email message by March 27, 2014 indicating their intent to apply to Asheley McBride at artsdemo@ed.gov. The email does not need to describe the content of the proposed application, only an intent to submit an application. In addition, applicants should contact the Indirect Cost Group at (202) 377-3840 for guidance about obtaining a restricted indirect cost rate to use when completing their application. * * * If you have questions about this notice or other federal grant programs, feel free to contact John W. Borkowski at 574-239-7010, john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com or Esther Haley Walker at 202-637- 5764, esther.walker@hoganlovells.com. ./ The Department defines \"student achievement\" based on whether grades and subjects are tested. \"For tested grades and subjects,\" student achievement is determined by \"(1) [a] student's score on the State's assessments under the [Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended]\nand, as appropriate, (2) other measures of student learning, such as those described [below], provided they are rigorous and comparable across schools.\" Id. at 10502. In contrast, for non-tested grades and subjects, student achievement is determined by \"[a]lternative measures of student learning and performance, such as student scores on pre-tests and end-of course tests\nstudent performance on English language proficiency assessments\nand other measures of student achievement that are rigorous and comparable across schools.\" !Q. \\\\DC 703633/000410  5516303 v3 Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E. [leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Thursday, April 03, 2014 2:53 PM Hogan Lovells Client Advisory Advisory - Rights of Transgender Students.pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and Esther Haley Walker. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. 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Checked by AVG www.ava corr, Version 2013.0.3462 I Virus Database 3722/7292 - Release Date 04/03/14 Hogan Lovells To School District Clients and Friends FROM Maree Sneed Esther Haley Walker DATE April 3, 2014 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Do your policies consider the rights of transgender students? - Maine's Highest Court Upholds Transgender Student's Right to Use a Communal Restroom Consistent With Her Gender Identity There is a growing recognition of the rights of transgender students by:  Interscholastic sports organizations: By unanimous vote this year, the Virginia High School League officially permitted transgender athletes to participate in sports.  School districts: Tucson Unified School District held a gender-identity workshop at one of its schools, and plans to revise its nondiscrimination policy to protect transgender students.  Courts: On January 30, 2014, the State of Maine's highest court held that a public school violated a transgender student's rights under the Maine Human Rights Act (\"MHRA\")1 when it denied her access to the school's communal bathrooms, consistent with her gender identity.2 The court opined that \"the sole purpose of the public-accommodations and educational-opportunities provisions of the MHRA is to ensure equal enjoyment of and access to educational opportunities and public accommodations and facilities. The public-accommodations and educational-opportunities provisions were amended (by the Maine legislature] in 2005 to prohibit discrimination against transgender students in schools.\"3 The court stressed that its \"opinion must not be read to require schools to permit students casual access to any bathroom of their choice\"\nin this case, the school had \"acknowledged and accepted\" the student's female gender identity. 4 5 M.R.S.  4592(1) (2013) (declaring it a violation of the Maine Human Rights Act to deny access to a public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation)\nj_Qa. t 4602(4) (declaring it a violation of the Maine Human Rights Act to engage in \"education discrimination\" on the basis of sexual orientation). 2 John Doe et al. v. Regional Sch. Unit 26 (\"RSU 26\"), _ A.3d _, 2014 WL 325906 (Me. Jan.30.2014). 3 .!Qa. t *4 (citation omitted). 4 .!Qa. t *5. \\\\OC - 7036331000410 - 5485211 v2 This memorandum (1) briefly places this court decision in context based on federal and state efforts to protect the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming students and (2) discusses the Maine court's rationale. 1. Placing the Maine Court's Decision in Context a. State Protection for Transgendered Students According to the Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Advocates \u0026amp; Defenders, which represented the plaintiff in this case, the Maine high court was the first state high court to specifically address the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming students to access restroom facilities corresponding to their gender identity. A few states, like Maine, have passed laws to protect transgender and gender nonconforming citizens. Notably, a California law protecting transgender and gender non-conforming students went into effect in January 2014.5 As explained in the legislative counsel's digest that accompanied the bill before it became a law, existing California law already prohibited public schools from discriminating against students on the basis of their gender identity and gender expression\nthe new law focuses on sex-segregated activities and facilities, requiring that each \"pupil shall be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records.\"6 b. Federal Protection for Transgender Students While some states protect the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming citizens explicitly under their statutes, there is no federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of transgender or gender non-conforming status. However, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") interprets Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to prohibit gender-based discrimination. See OCR, Dear Colleague Letter, Harassment and Bullying 7-8 (Oct. 26, 2010), available at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleaque-20101 0.pdf. As a result, during the past several years, OCR has exercised its authority to prohibit discrimination against transgender students by, for example, negotiating a consent decree with a school district and entering into a resolution agreement with another school district (in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice). In both matters, OCR required the school districts involved to revise their policies and procedures to prohibit gender-based harassment. Anoka-Hennepin School District, Consent Decree (March 5, 2012), available at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investiqations/05115901 . html\nResolution Agreement with Tehachapi Unified School District (July 2011 ), available at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investiqations/09111031.html. 2. The Maine Court's Ruling RSU 26 was the first case requiring the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to interpret the 2005 amendments to the MHRA, which prohibit \"discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations, educational opportunities, employment, housing, and other areas.\"7 The case arose after Regional School Unit 26 denied a transgender student the right to use the restroom that corresponded with her female gender identity. The student, Susan, born male, began to express her 5 6 Cal. Educ. Code 221.5 (2014). See California Legislative Information, \"AB-1266 Pupil rights: sex-segregated school programs and activities\" (2013-2014 ), available at http://leginfo.leqislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml. 7 RSU 26, 2014 WL 325906, at *2 (citation omitted). 2 \\\\DC. 7036331000410 5485211 v2 female gender identity as early as age two\nschool officials collaborated with her parents to develop a plan to support her development, including determining initially that it was a \"best practice\" (and safer) for her to use the girls' restroom.8 After beginning the fifth grade in September 2007, another student followed Susan into the girls' restroom twice\nacting on the instructions of his grandfather, the student claimed \"that he, too, was entitled to use the girls' bathroom.\"9 Regional School Unit 26 responded by requiring Susan to use a \"single-stall, unisex staff bathroom\"\nno other students were required to do so.10 On April 10, 2008, Susan's parents filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission. The commission concluded, unanimously, that there were reasonable grounds to believe discrimination had occurred. On September 23, 2009, Susan's parents (on Susan's behalf) and the Maine Human Rights Commission brought suit against Regional School Unit 26, alleging discrimination under the MHRA. Although the Maine Supreme Judicial Court acknowledged several times that Regional School Unit 26 faced a challenging issue,11 it ruled in favor of Susan. The court held that the MHRA prohibits discrimination on account of sexual orientation, which includes \"a person's actual or perceived gender identity or expression.\"12 Despite the fact that Maine's statutes require school buildings to contain separate bathrooms for each sex, the court held that the statute requiring separate bathrooms for each sex \"does not-and school officials cannot-dictate the use of the bathrooms in a way that discriminates against students in violation of the MHRA.\"13 The court made schools responsible for establishing policies that do not violate students' rights. \"[E]ach school,\" held the court, \"is left with the responsibility of creating its own policies concerning how these public accommodations are to be used. Those policies must comply with the MHRA.\"14 The court stressed, however, that no one should be able to \"demand access to any school facility or program based solely on a self-declaration of gender identity or confusion without the plans developed in cooperation with the school and the accepted and respected diagnosis that are present\" in Susan's case - such decisions, said the court, \"are not to be taken lightly.\"15 *** We hope this information is useful to you. If you have questions about the Maine court decision or transgender or gender non-conforming student policies more generally, please contact Maree Sneed (202-637-6416 or maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com) or Esther Haley Walker (202-637-5764 or esther.walker@hoganlovells.com). 8 9 10 .!Qa. t *1. .!Qa. t *2. .!Q. 11 See j_g_(.\" Particularly where young children are involved, it can be challenging for a school to strike the appropriate balance between maintaining order and ensuring that a transgender student's individual rights are respected and protected. Many of the school officials involved in Susan's education exhibited tremendous sensitivity and insight over several years.\")\nlg_. (\"We appreciate the difficulty of the situation in which the school found itself\nnevertheless, we must assess schools' obligations pursuant to the Legislature's amendments to the MHRA without regard to the public's potential discomfort with the result.\"). 12 .!Qa. t *4 (citation omitted). 13 !Q. 14 .!Qa. t *5. 15 .!Q. \\\\DC 703633/000410. 5485211 v2 3 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Okay .... thanks! Sandy Magnet Review Monday, April 07, 2014 12:37 PM 'Carson, Cheryl' RE: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS From: Carson, Cheryl [mailto:Cheryl.Carson@lrsd.org) Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:29 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: RE: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS The list I sent you on February 5th included all other recruitment activities that we have planned for the remainder of this school year. From: Magnet Review [mailto:magnet@magnetschool.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:23 PM To: Carson, Cheryl\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nBrown, Lori\nMcgee, Keith\nBooth, Dexter Cc: Mitchell, Sadie Subject: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS Importance: High Hello, everyone, Dr. Mitchell has asked me to request a recruitment report from you noting any special activities from now until the end of the year. I apologize for this last minute request, but I need it sometime this afternoon to report to the MRC tomorrow! Thanks for your help. Sandy ***** Email confidentiality notice***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG- \\\\\"\\\\,\\\\_a,g.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3722/7307 - Release Date: 04/06/14 Date 1-9-14 1-16-14 1-17-14 1-17-14 1-24-14 1-25-14 1-29-14 1-30-14 January through June, 2014 2-3-14 STIPULATIOMN AGNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School Booker Arts Magnet School Activity Grade Level Person Responsible Distribution of Flyers to Chicot, Fair Park, and Cheryl Carson, Principal WoodruffP re-KindergarteSn tudents Arts Sampler to Recruit LRSD Pre-K Students K-5 Cheryl Carson, Principal to Kindergartenin 2014-2015 Booker Arts Magnet School Health Fair K-5 Uvita Scott, Nurse and Tamara Ringler, Counselor FamilyM ovieN ight-Bring a Friend K-5 CherieA bston,P TA Presidenta nd Cheryl Carson, Principal GoodM orningA rkansasA ppearanceo n CherylC arson,P rincipal Channel 7 Magnet Fair 2-5 Cheryl Carson, Principal MailO ut of Flyerst o all LRSDP re- CharlotteC ornice,A ssistantP rincipal KindergartenS tudentsr esidingi n LRSD AttendanceZ ones BookerA rts MagnetS chool'sS cienceF air 5 HeatherT heodoreG T Specialist,R achel Morris GT Specialist, and Debbie Hipps Technolof:lvS pecialist Conduct Tours as Requested K-5 Cheryl A. Carson, Principal PTAM eeting K-5 CherieA bston, PTA President 2-7-14 MagicM omentsw ith MomL uncheon K-5 CherieA bston,P TAP residenta nd Hazel Porter, Child Nutrition Manager 3-3-14 PTAM eeting K-5 CherieA bston,P TA President 4-7-14 PTA Meeting K-5 Cherie Abston, PTA President 4-23-14 Artistry in the Rock K-5 Cheryl Carson, Principal through 4-25-14 PTA Meeting K-5 Cherie Abston, PTA President 5-5-14 5-14-14 Spring Festival-Orchestra and Music K-5 Mary Lofton and Chris Parker, Music Performance Specialists 6-2-14 PTA K-5 CherieA bston,P TA President Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Magnet Review Monday, April 07, 2014 1 :36 PM 'Barksdale, Mary' RE: press release Thank you .... l will put this in the packet for tomorrow. Sandy From: Barksdale, Mary [mailto:Mary.Barksdale@lrsd.org1 Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 1:24 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: FW: press release Attach this to the list I am sending you for Carver please. DB From: Cook, Charlotte Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 1:20 PM To: Wright, Joyce Cc: Barksdale, Mary\nWilliams, Juanenna K Subject: press release Please send information below for possible publication - Please send to district. Carver Magnet School will hold its 2nd annual Earth Day Celebration Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Students will visit \"stations\" lead by community volunteers. The following community members/organizations plan to participate: 'Arkansas Audubon Society Geological Survey Arkansas Astronomical Society Arkansas Wildlife Federation Degray State Park Arkansas Forestry Association Arkansas Game and Fish Oil and Gas Industry Geological Survey U.A. L.R. Shoeman Water Projects Carver students will collect shoes this year for the Shoeman Water Project. The shoes will be exported to street vendors in Haiti and South America, where people without shoes can purchase them for pennies on the dollar. The funds from exporting are used to develop water sources in impoverished villages and facilitate better health, hygiene, farming and livelihoods in communities throughout the world. For more information, please contact Charlotte Cook, 447-4046 ' . Carver Magnet Recruitment Activities -April 7, 2014- Diane Barksdale 1. Earth Day Celebration and Shoeman Water Project Shoe Drive 2. Baylor University Science Sleuths after school project (six weeks)- one of 6 in the US 3. Host for the Chess Tournaments all year - students and parents come from all over the state 4. Five DI Teams. Carver has the only elementary team in the LRSD chosen to attend Global. 5. Seventeen Volunteer Readers from Simmons Bank throughout the week. 6. Jacksonville Air Force personnel volunteer readers 7. Space Camp for fifth graders -April 30-May 2 8. Third Grade Science Fair - May 5-9 9. Fifth Grade Musical- May 8 10. Career Week- May 12-15 11. Carver VIPS Appreciation- May 15 12. Field Day - May 26 13. Pre K Recognition - May 28 14. Kindergarten Musical and Recognition - May 29 15. First/Second Recognition -May 30 16. Third/Fourth Grade Recognition -June 2 17. Fifth Grade Recognition and Reception -June 3 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Barksdale, Mary (Mary.Barksdale@lrsd.org) Monday, April 07, 2014 3:35 PM Magnet Review FW: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS More from our teachers. DB From: Crum, Jane Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 3:28 PM To: Barksdale, Mary Subject: RE: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS Daycare visit away from school Daycare children came to our school and visited Science Lab Magnets for our cars Yard signs Carver T-Shirts worn in the community K end of year performance Chili supper and silent auction-Word of mouth invitation Little Rock Family magazine-Article and picture about Carver From: Barksdale, Mary Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:29 PM To: Carver Subject: FW: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS Importance: High Help colleagues---what have we done lately that could be called recruitment? DB From: Magnet Review [mailto:magnet@magnetschool.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:23 PM To: Carson, Cheryl\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nBrown, Lori\nMcgee, Keith\nBooth, Dexter Cc: Mitchell, Sadie Subject: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS Importance: High Hello, everyone, Dr. Mitchell has asked me to request a recruitment report from you noting any special activities from now until the end of the year. I apologize for this last minute request, but I need it sometime this afternoon to report to the MRC tomorrow! Thanks for your help. Sandy ***** Email confidentiality notice***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e- Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Brown, Lori [Lori.Brown@lrsd.org] Monday, April 07, 2014 5:12 PM Magnet Review Subject: RE: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS Our final recruitment activity for Williams will be PTA meeting where incoming parents will be given a tour of Williams on May 20, 2014@ 6:00PM. From: Magnet Review [mailto:magnet@magnetschool.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:23 PM To: carson, Cheryl\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nBrown, Lori\nMcgee, Keith\nBooth, Dexter Cc: Mitchell, Sadie Subject: RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CAMPUS Importance: High Hello, everyone, Dr. Mitchell has asked me to request a recruitment report from you noting any special activities from now until the end of the year. I apologize for this last minute request, but I need it sometime this afternoon to report to the MRC tomorrow! Thanks for your help. Sandy ***** Email confidentiality notice***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3722/7307 - Release Date: 04/06/14 1 .. _, Magnet Review To: Subject: Holloway, Natasha RE: Recruitment Activities Thanks, Natasha. Sandy From: Holloway, Natasha [mailto:Natasha.Holloway@lrsd.org1 Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 3:47 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: Recruitment Activities Importance: High !-  Please see attached a list of the recruitment activities for the remainder of the school year. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks Natasha Principal's Secretary Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School 2501 Barrow Road Little Rock, AR 72204 447-2303 office/447-2301 (fax) ***** Email confidentiality notice***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. 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Recruitment Activities 2013-2014 Theatre Presentations APRIL 11, 2014 PARKVIEW SPRING MUSICAL \"WIZARD OF OZ\" APRIL 12, 2014 APRIL 13, 2014 APRIL 14, 2014 Spring Musical Public Performance 7:30pm Spring Musical Public Performance 7:30pm Spring Musical Public Performance Spring Musical Public Performance 9:30am \u0026amp; 12:30pm Musical Performances for Invited Schools (Auditorium) WILL BE PERFORMING: APRIL 12, 2014 APRIL 17, 2014 APRIL 24, 2014 APRIL 25, 2014 APRIL 26, 2014 PARKVIEW MIME TROUPE Easter Egg Hunt (Clinton Library) PARKVIEW MIME TROUPE (Heights) Artistry in the Rock Dance Students (Clear Channel) Artistry in the Rock Choir, Orchestra, Band (Clear Channel) Mimes performance (Hendrix Village) Follow the yellow brick road to Parkview's Metcalf Auditorium \u0026amp; be transported to the marvelous Land of Oz! That's right\nParkview Arts/Science Magnet High School will be presenting the stage version of the Frank Baum classic The Wizard of Oz on April 11th \u0026amp; lih at 7:30 pm \u0026amp; April 13th at 3pm on the Parkview campus. Now in its 75th year, The Wizard of Oz tells the story of little Dorothy Gale of Kansas who, like so many girls her age, dreams of what lies over the rainbow when one day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy's imagination. Join Dorothy and her newfound friends' journey on a quest to find heart, courage, brains and most importantly, home. This Tams-Witmark stage version ofL. Frank Baum's book, The Wizard of Oz includes songs with music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and background music by Herbert Stothart. This adaption includes the celebrated songs Over the Rainbow, Munchkinland, We're Off To See the Wizard, Ding Dong! the Witch Is Dead, The Merry Old Land of Oz, Jitterbug, If I Only Had a Brain, If I Only Had a Heart, If I Only Had the Nerve and Follow The Yellow Brick Road. Ticket prices for the public performances will be $7 for students \u0026amp;$10 for adults and may be purchased at the box office at Metcalf Auditorium one hour prior to curtain. For more information or to reserve seats, visit www.parkviewtheatre.com or contact Leslie Greer at 501-44 7-2359 or by email at leslie.greer@,lrsd.org. Rx Date/Time MAR-17-2014(M0O7N:4)5 P. 001 MAR/!7/20!4/0M9O:5N0A M FAXN o. P.0 0!/00! Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 5000 Filed 03/14/14 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION UTILE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. PLAINTIFFS v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. DEFENDANTS LORENE JOSHUA, et al. INTERVENORS ORDER The Court will hold a hearing on 4 April 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom lA on various issues. Topics to be covered are:  Whether Joshua agrees that PCSSD is unitary on special education, Mz 4978-4\n Whether PCSSD and Joshua need a referral to a Magistrate Judge on any unitary-status issue\n Joshua's motion to clarify the role of the Magnet Review Committee, N12 4993\nand  The future role, operation, and funding of the Office of Desegregation Monitoring. So Ordered. D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge\nThis project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Council on Library and Information Resoources.\n   \n\n   \n\n  \n\n\n   \n\n  \n\n \n\n\n   \n\n   \n\n \n\n\n   \n\n  \n\n \n\n\u003cdcterms_creator\u003eArkansas. 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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of February 18, 2014 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Communications D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion of Approved Desegregation Agreement and Status of the MRC-Update B. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment 17RAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES February 18, 2014 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Terri Rogers, PCSSD Alternate Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Micheal Stone, NLRSD Member Absent: Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Guest: Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of December 17, 2013. Joy Springer requested one correction to the minutes to reflect the Joshua lntervenors' concern that an evaluation is still needed for magnet schools to reflect the racial and student achievement effectiveness in the schools. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously to accept the minutes as corrected. Sandy Luehrs, MRC Administrative Assistant, called the Committee's attention to items in correspondence. She noted an e-mail from Carver Magnet Principal, DRAFT flAFT Diane Barksdale, congratulating Carver staff for coordinating a pilot program at the national level called Super Science Sleuths. Carver was one of six schools in the nation chosen to pilot the Super Science Sleuths STEM after-school program. A copy of this e-mail was given to MRC members for perusal. Another e-mail provided MRC members with a sample of mail received from parents about applying for magnet schools, particularly if they reside in North Little Rock or Pulaski County Special School Districts. Copies of both the question and the response from the MRC Office were given to MRC members for their information. Bills in the amount of $6,793.74 were presented for payment. It was noted that this amount covered all bills since the previous MRC meeting on December 17, 2013. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to pay the bills, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. With regard to newspaper articles, the only information provided to MRC members was an e-mail from Hogan Lovells about School Discipline. Ms. Luehrs reminded MRC members that most of the articles on the desegregation case are sent to MRC members via e-mail from the MRC Office. Dr. Mitchell then suggested that the Agenda item be entitled \"Communications,\" rather that \"Newspaper Articles,\" from this time forward. With regard to a recruitment update, information received from all six Stipulation Magnet Schools about their recruitment activities was provided to MRC members for their information. Ms. Springer then asked Dr. Mitchell to provide an update. Dr. Mitchell reported that Little Rock School District held Magnet Fair this year for LRSD students. It was well attended, and a lot of attention was drawn to the registration table. LRSD has a brand new brochure which Pam Smith, Director of Communications at LRSD, has designed. Dr. Mitchell also informed the MRC about the new feeder plan that relates to the Student Registration Office. Students from Booker and Carver will matriculate to Mann, while students from Williams and Gibbs will be assigned to Dunbar. All Mann students will go to -2- 17llAFT DRAFT Parkview, and all 8th grade students will go to Central from Dunbar. Ms. Springer wants to see the new assignment plan so MRC will be aware of what is going on. The feeder pattern for Mann has been very appealing to those who want to get to Parkview. However, the feeling for going on to Dunbar and Central is not as great. There are some problems with the Gifted and Talented program at Dunbar that needs some attention. LRSD needs to ensure that they have all certified teachers at Dunbar, according to State standards. Dr. Mitchell also reported that Geyer Springs High Ability Academy was recommended to become a Gifted and Talented school for grades 3-5, and students will go forward to Dunbar. The recruitment time at Geyer Springs starts on Monday, March 24, 2014. Ms. Springer asked if there were any initial statistics for magnet schools available yet for next year. Dr. Mitchell will get the information for Ms. Springer. With regard to Vacancies and New Hires in the Stipulation magnet schools, Dr. Mitchell reported that she is not aware of any at this time. This should hold true through the end of the year. The Teacher Excellence Support System (TESS) program was discussed. Ms. Springer asked the purpose of this program. Terri Rogers, representing PCSSD, said that it is an evaluation program mandated by the State to determine that all teachers are trained on the evaluation tool. Dr. Mitchell noted that all Stipulation magnet school principals passed. Ms. Springer provided a copy of the Settlement Agreement of 2013 to MRC members. She noted that Mr. Walker said his understanding regarding whether the MRC would continue is that, as long as the State continued to make payments to the districts-the 2017-18 school year- the MRC should be in existence. Ms. Springer also said we should not cut the budget allotted to the MRC as this is -3- where money could be found for the evaluation of the Stipulation magnet schools. Oliver Dillingham said that all these items should remain as concerns of the MRC. Micheal Stone, NLRSD, discussed the legal transfer process and how it transpired. He notes that North Little Rock agreed that each district will handle their application and then take the application to Little Rock School District. The same process will occur for students transferring from NLRSD to PCSSD. Mr. Dillingham noted that it is important to understand the Legal Transfer process. Ms. Springer says that the Superintendents agreed to limit the number of student Legal Transfers to 30 per school year. Joshua objected as the Court did not make that decision. Mr. Stone said that he would provide copies of the Legal Transfer applications to the MRC Office for transmittal to MRC members. The Court has approved the final Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget for 2012- 2013, as well as the proposed budget for 2013-14. All correspondence leading to this Court Order was given to MRC members for their information. It was agreed by consensus to schedule the next MRC meeting for March 11, 2014, in the MRC Office, at 8:30 a.m. When no further business was brought to the table, Joy Springer made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Oliver Dillingham seconded it. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m. -4- DRAFT Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Johnson, Norma [Norma.Johnson@lrsd.org] Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:22 AM Gonterman,V icki\nA dams, Greg\nBranch,T ommy\nB urton,M arvin\nC arreiro,J ody\nCurry, Dianne\nF isken, Leslie\nK uykendallL, aura\nLubin,A aron\nMagnet Review\nM cAdooC, .E.\nMitchellS, adie\nShephard, Tara\nSmith, Pamela\nSuggs, Dexter\nW alker, Dennis Suggs, Dexter\nsander.becker@lrsd.org RE: Die Welt O22614.docx I am impressed with the way Gibbs is promoting Computer power day. What are other schools doing? From: Gonterman, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Adams, Greg\nBranch, Tommy\nBurton, Marvin\nCarreiro, Jody\nCurry, Dianne\nFisken, Leslie\nJohnson, Norma\nKuykendall, Laura\nLubin, Aaron\nMagnet Review Committee\nMcAdoo, C.E.\nMitchell, Sadie\nShephard, Tara\nSmith, Pamela\nSuggs, Dexter\nWalker, Dennis Subject: Die Welt 022614.docx Please enjoy this edition of Die Welt, the weekly newsletter of Gibbs International Magnet School. Thank you. Vicki Stroud Gonterman ***** Email confidentiality notice***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3705/7126 - Release Date: 02/26/14 MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID March 11, 2014 1. Central Arkansas Newspapers 107.00 (Advertising in the North Little Rock Times, Sherwood Voice, Jacksonville Patriot and Maumelle Monitor) 2. Capital Business Machines 88.97 (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract) 3. Mass Enthusiasm 500.00 (Services Rendered to Maintain MRC's Website, Facebook and Twitter Accounts) 4. American Home Life 825.00 (MRC's Office Rent for March, 2014) 5. American Home Life 182.50 (MRC's Communications Expense for February, 2014) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID $1,703.47 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Good Afternoon, Curtis, Kimberly D.H. [kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com] Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11 :38 AM Curtis, Kimberly D.H. Class Action Lawsuit Seeks to Require High Schools to Take Broad Measures to Address Concussions in High School Football DOC010.PDF The attached document is being sent on behalf of John Borkowski and Chris Lott. Please direct any responses to Mr. Borkowski at john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com and Mr. Lott at christopher.lott@hoganlovells.com. Thank you, Kimberly Curtis Assistant to John Borkowski, Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked byAVG-www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 I Virus Database: 3705/7124 - Release Date: 02/25/14 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Good Afternoon, Curtis, Kimberly D.H. [kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com] Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:19 AM Curtis, Kimberly D.H. FW: Class Action Lawsuit Seeks to Require High Schools to Take Broad Measures to Address Concussions in High School Football DOC010.PDF The attached document is being sent on behalf of John Borkowski and Joel Buckman. Please direct any responses to Mr. Borkowski at john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com and Mr. Buckman at joel.buckman@hoganlovells.com. Thank you, Kimberly Curtis Assistant to John Borkowski, Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nii may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3705/7124 - Release Date: 02/25/14 Hogan Lovells To School District Clients and Friends FROM John W. Borkowski Chris Lott DATE February 26, 2014 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, t-m Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Class Action Lawsuit Seeks to Require High Schools to Take Broad Measures to Address Concussions in High School Football In December 2013, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in Mississippi. The litigation seeks to require school districts across the country to take a more proactive role in addressing concussions in high school football. See Jobe v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (\"NCAA\") and National Federation of High School Associations (\"NFHSA \"), No. 3:13-cv- 00799 (S.D. Miss.). Filed by a Mississippi high school football player and his father against the NCAA and NFHSA, the lawsuit asks the court, among other things, to order the NCAA and NFHSA to require that high school football programs implement concussion management plans and provide medical personnel or trainers at all games and practices. The case remains in its early stages, but is noteworthy because it is part of a larger trend of cases addressing concussions in athletics and is the first to target high school football on such a broad scale. The plaintiffs' legal theory is that the NCAA, the primary membership association for collegiate sports, and NFHSA, a membership association for high school sports, have a legal duty to protect high school football players from the adverse effects of concussions. Plaintiffs claim that NFHSA and the NCAA have such a duty because they generally have taken a leadership role in establishing rules and standards around student-athlete safety. Plaintiffs argue that that neither association has been proactive enough in requiring high schools to implement aggressive policies and procedures to prevent, manage, and treat concussions. As a result, plaintiffs request that the court order the associations to require:  The presence of (or immediate access to) a medical doctor or athletic trainer trained in concussion recognition and management at football game and practices\n Implementation of required return-to-play guidelines for concussed players\n Proper medical evaluations and follow up for concussed players\nand  An insurance coverage of \"last resort\", provided by the NFSHA and NCAA, for those concussed players who require medical treatment but are not adequately insured. Plaintiffs posit that these new standards and procedures would provide necessary safeguards to high school football players, who they argue are especially susceptible to concussions and the resulting adverse medical impacts. The complaint, for example, refers to studies indicating that high school football players suffer concussions at two times the rate of college football players and that 15% of high school football players suffer a concussion each season. To date, neither the NFHSA nor the NCAA has filed a response in the case, so the legal merit of plaintiffs' theories has not yet been tested. Regardless, the suit is notable because it is part of a larger trend in which football players have attempted to hold football associations and teams legally responsible for the adverse effects of concussions. For example, the National Football League (''NFL\") is a defendant in a lawsuit brought by retired NFL players who seek money damages to cover the medical costs from concussions suffered while in the league. A federal judge recently blocked a $765 million settlement proposal from the NFL, reasoning that the settlement amount was too small to cover the potential medical expenses. See http://www.cnbc.com/id/101377597. Further, college or former college football players reportedly have filed eight different pending concussion-related lawsuits against the NCAA. See http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/ 12/football concussion lawsuits r.html. * * * In light of the increasing attention to the issue of sports-related concussions, school districts would be prudent to review their safety policies and procedures for student athletes. If you have any questions about this emerging area of law or any other issues facing you school district, please do not hesitate to contact John W. Borkowski (574-239-70 I 0, john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com) or Chris Lott (202-637-5877, christopher.lott@.hoganlovells.com). 2 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Good Afternoon, Curtis, KimberlyD .H.[ kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com] Tuesday, February 18, 2014 11:49 AM Curtis, KimberlyD .H. Certain Federal Charter Schools Program Recipients May Now Use Weighted Lotteries to BenefitE ducationallyD isadvantageS tudents DOC038.PDF The attached document is being sent on behalf of John Borkowski and Joel Buckman. Please direct any responses to Mr. Borkowski at john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com and Mr. Buckman at joel.buckman@hoganlovells.com. Thank you, Kimberly Curtis Assistant to John Borkowski, Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITYTh. is email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed. It may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3705/7100 - Release Date: 02/17/14 1 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square Hogan Lovells 555 Thirteenth Street, NV\\/ Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com To FROM DATE School District Clients and Friends John W. Borkowski Joel D. Buckman February 18, 2014 SUBJECT Certain Federal Charter Schools Program Recipients May Now Use Weighted Lotteries to Benefit Educationally Disadvantage Students First authorized in 1994, the federal Charter Schools Program (\"CSP\") provides start-up funding to eligible entities to support the planning, program, design, and initial implementation of charter schools. On January 29, 2014, the U.S. Department of Education (\"ED\") announced that certain CSP-supported schools will be allowed to weight lotteries to give educationally disadvantaged students a greater chance at admission. The memorandum describes key takeaways from the revised guidance, both for CSP-supported charter schools as well as for school districts who are authorizers of such schools.  What prompted the change? o By statute, when a CSP-supported school has more applicants than seats, it must admit students by lottery.1/ The prior guidance generally prohibited \"weighted lotteries\" (increasing chances of admission for subsets of students), except when necessary under federal or state civil rights laws or under the public choice provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (\"ESEA\"). 'l,_/ As a practical matter, CSP-supported schools often used unweighted lotteries, which sometimes resulted in overrepresentation of successful, middle class students.  Under what circumstances does the new guidance permit weighted lotteries? 11 '1:_/ 2011 ). JI 2014). 1/ o Under the new guidance, oversubscribed CSP-supported schools may weight lotteries to give \"slightly better chances for admission to all or a subset of educationally disadvantaged students if [s]tate law permits the use of weighted lotteries in favor of such students.\" JI However, weighted lotteries may not be used for the purpose of creating schools to serve any subset of students exclusively. 1/ 20 U.S.C.  7221i(1)(H). Charter School Program, Title V, Part B of the ESEA, Nonregulatory Guidance, Q-E.3 (April Charter Schools Program, Title V, Part B of the ESEA, Nonregulatory Guidance, Q-E-3 (Jan. Id. Hogan Lovells US LLP is a llmtted liabihty partnership registered 1n the Olstnct of Columbia. \"Hogan Lovells\" is an mtemallooal legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices 1n: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Brussels Caracas Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorl Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madnd Miami Milan Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Pans Philadelphia Prague Rio de Janeiro Rome San Francisco Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Tokyo Ulaanbaatar WarstM Washington DC Associated offices Budapest Jakarta Jeddah Riyadh Zagreb For more information see www hoganlovells com School District Clients and Friends - 2 - February 18, 2014  The guidance does not define \"slightly better chances for admission.\" However, it offers as an example giving a student \"two or more chances to win the lottery, while all other students would have only one chance to win.\"/  \"Educationally disadvantaged students\" means the categories of students described in section 1115(b)(2) of the ESEA. _/ This includes, without limitation, children who are economically disadvantaged, children with disabilities, migrant children, limited English proficient children, children in local institutions for neglected or delinquent children, and homeless children.  \"State law pennits the use of weighted lotteries\" when state statute, regulations, or a written state policy consistent with its statute/regulations expressly provides for such lotteries. ED will also accept written confirmation of permissibility from a state's attorney general. II  Is action required before CSP grantees may begin to use weighted lotteries? o Yes. Existing CSP grantees (whether state education agencies or individual schools) must first seek approval from ED by amending their grant application. Such requests should be submitted to ED and include: (i) information as to the circumstances in which weighted lotteries would be used (including the specific categories of students favored)\n(ii) evidence that state law permits the contemplated lotteries\n(iii) information as to lottery oversight (including establishment of weights)\n(iv) information as to how use of a weighted lottery is within the scope and objectives of the approved project\nand (v) information concerning the amount or range of lottery weights and the supporting rationale. New CSP grantees wishing to use weighted lotteries must provide the above information in their grant applications. _I For school districts that are charter authorizers, it is important to know that CSP-supported charters have the opportunity to use weighted lotteries if they or the relevant state education agencies take the requisite steps. If a school district encourages charter schools to seek diverse student enrollments, such weighted lotteries can be an effective tool for achieving that goal. Likewise, districts which encourage charters to focus on disadvantaged students may want to promote the use of weighted lotteries in certain circumstances. If you have any questions regarding the new guidance, the use of weighted lotteries or other CSP issues, please do not hesitate john. borkowski@hoganlovells.com joel.buckman@hoganlovells.com. / Id. / 20 U.S.C.  6315(b). to or contact John Joel W. Borkowski Buckman at at 574-239-7010, 202-637-6408, II Charter Schools Program, Title V, Part B of the ESEA, Nonregulatory Guidance, Q-E-3a (Jan. 2014). _/ Id. Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Magnet Review Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:41 AM 'Mitchell, Sadie'\n'CLOWERS ROBERT L.'\n'Oliver Dillingham (ADE)'\n'Danny Reed (ADE)'\n'Joy Springer' 'Micheal Stone'\n'ROGERS TERRI L' FW: Documents I promised 2014 01 28 NLRSD, NLRSD and PCSSD Proposed Agreement Revised.docx\nPETITION OF FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS NLRSD to LRSD.docx Attached are the documents Mr. Stone promised during our MRC meeting this morning. We will keep everyone informed as to a schedule for a conference call as we discussed. Thanks, Sandy From: Micheal Stone [mai1to:stonem@nlrsd.org1 Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:02 AM To: Magnet Review Subject: Documents I promised T he agreement and a copy of the application Micheal Stone, EDS Executive Director of Student and Equity Services North Little Rock School District Office (501) 771-8050 Fax (501) 771-8097 Education is for all, our charge is to give our best in all we do for the success of the children and families we serve! No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3705/7100 - Release Date: 02/17/14 LRSD, NLRSD, AND PCSSD PROPOSED AGREEMENT 1. Students requesting transfers pursuant to the 2013 Desegregation Settlement Agreement shall submit their application to their district of residence and a copy to the host district. 2. Each district shall review and accept or reject requests for transfers in a manner consistent with the terms of the 2013 Desegregation Settlement Agreement, federal and state law. 3. Each receiving district may develop a policy regarding preferences for consideration in transfer applications. (NLRSD would like preference given to receiving: (1) siblings of students ofNLRSD who attended NLRSD the previous year through the School Choice or M to M Programs\n(2) students who presently attend NLRSD but moved outside NLRSD and wish to continue to attend NLRSD\nand (3) siblings of students accepted to NLRSD as legal transfers pursuant to the 2013 Desegregation Settlement Agreement) 4. Applications will be accepted during the designated registration period set by each district. Students will be accepted based on preferences set by the host district. Subject to the preferences established by each district in order of date/time stamp, all students applying for transfer shall be sent to the host district. 5. A district may reject a nonresident's application for admission if its acceptance would necessitate the addition of staff or classrooms\nexceed the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or school building\nor cause the district to provide educational services not currently provided in the affected school. The district shall reject applications that would cause it to be out of compliance with applicable laws, regulations and agreements regarding desegregation. The districts may consider the attendance or discipline history of a student requesting to be transferred pursuant to the 2013 Desegregation Settlement Agreement\nhowever, the districts shall not fail to provide a free appropriate public education to any student with a disability as required by federal and state law. 6. The term \"sibling\" shall include foster children residing in the same home with another child. In any one year, siblings must request legal transfers as a group, not as separate individuals. 7. Any student transferring from a school accredited by the Department of Education to a school in the District shall be placed into the same grade the student would have been in had the student remained at the former school. Any student transferring from home school or a school that is not accredited by the Department of Education to a District school shall be evaluated by District staff to determine the student's appropriate grade placement. 8. Except as otherwise required or permitted by law, the responsibility for transportation of any nomesident student admitted to a school in this District shall be borne by the student or the student's parents. The District and the resident district may enter into a written agreement with the student or student's parents to provide transportation to or from the District, or both. PETITION FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF __________ _ TO THE BOARDO F DIR ECTORSO F THE -------'-N=o\"-'-rt---\"'h'-'----='Li=tt=l=e--'--R=o_-_=_c_=_k_-=_S=_c_h '\"'\"o=--o=lc...:D:c_. ..:i=st=r..:..:(RESIDENTS CHOOLD ISTRICT} I, _________________ ___p, etition that my children or wards, as listed below, now residing in the ----'--N=o\"\"'r~th'-'--\"'L.:..\n_:i_tc_._:.\ntl_=_e_~ R..:..:o::...:c=Skc'-h-ool District in Pulaski  County, Arkansas, be transferred to the Little Rock School District in Pulaski , County, Arkansas, for educational purposes under the provisions of Ark.Code Ann. 6-18-316 and 2013 Desegregation Settlement Agreement authorizing such a transfer, effective the ____ day of ___ ~ 20 __ . Current Address: __________________ _ Phone#: ___________ _ Name of Student Grade School Requested Name of Student Grade School Requested Last school attended in the 2013-14 school year ____________ _ (Signature of Petitioner) CONSENT OF RESIDENT DISTRICT The Board of Di rectors of ____ N_o_rt_h_L_i_tt_l_e_R_o_c_k_S___c___h _o_oSchl_oDol_ Di_issttri~crt _oifc ~_t P_u_la~_s _k_i County, consents to have the student(s) listed above transferred from said school district. Date Board Authorized Transfer President of School Board CONSENTO F RECEIVINGD ISTRICT The Board of Directors of ____ --=L\"-'it:...:.tl=_e_:._.._.\n_R_: ...:.o=ckS~c hoolD istrict of_----'P'-\"u=l=a=sk=i'----- County, consents to have the student(s) listed above transferred from said school district. Date Board Authorized Transfer President of School Board File approved copies with: (I) resident district, (2) servicing district, (3) county clerk and (4) Arkansas Department of Education, State LEA Funding, Four Capitol Mall, Room 105-C, Little Rock, AR 72201. If the school districts are in different counties, copies should be filled with both county clerks. *If you do not receive a Legal Transfer, you may be considered under the School Choice Act. TRANSER OF STUDENTS AFFIDAVIT Whereas, the Board of Directors of North Little Rock SchoolD istrict School District, __ P_u~l~_a___s k_i ~ County (resident district), and the Board of Directors of Little Rock School District, in Pulaski County (receiving district), have agreed to have the student (s) listed below transferred _________ ___2, 0_ _ _ Name of Student Grade School Requested Name of Student Grade School Requested Resident District School Board Members signatures Receiving District School Board Members signatures Rx Date/Time FEB-20-2014(TH0U9): 45 F,eb2.0 . 20141 1:29AM To the Parent(s)/Guardian(s)o f: LITTLER OCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT STUDENTR EGISTRATIOON FFICE 2/11/2014 ATTN: CurrentP CSSDa nd NLRSDm agnet schools tudents Dear Parent: No.0 151 P. 1 PulaskiC ountyS pecialS choolD istrict (PCSSDa) nd North Little RockS choolD istrict (NLRSDS) tudentsw ho are currently enrolled in our magnets choolsa re NOW ellgible to remain in LRSDu ntil graduation,a s long as they follow the LRSDe stablishedfe eder pattern, The pattern is as follows: [ Carver J I Bookec , ..... Mann , ..... I Parkvlew ..__w_,_ui_am.._..s. __.l Gibbs I Dunbar , ..... ._I _c_en_t_.r.a.._..l P,001 Rx Date/Time FEB-20-2014(TH0U9): 45 hb. 20. 2014 11:29AM To the Parent(s)/Guardlan(so) f: Dear Parent: LITTLER OCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT STUDENTR EGISTRATIOONF FICE 2/11/2014 No0. 151 P. 2 A seat Is available for your child at HORACE MANN MAGNET for the fir~t semester of the 2014-2015 school year. Please check the box in.dicating which area of concentration you would like you child to attend. m MannArts D Mann Science This letter must be returned IN PERSON to the Student Registration Office located at 501 Sherman Street on or before February 21, 2014 to confirm your students' seat and placement. If this form is not completed and returned by the aforementioned date, LRSD will drop the student from our data base and they must retyrn to their home district. PLEASEN OTE TRANSPORTA TON WILL ONLY BE PROVIDEDF ORT HREEY'. EARS. Parent Signature P. 002 To the Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of: Dear Parent: LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENT REGISTRATION OFFICE 2/11/2014 A seat is available for your child at Parkview High School for the first semester of the 2014-2015 school year. Please check the box indicating which area of concentration you would like you child to attend. Parkview Arts  Band  Dance  Drama  Orchestra  Visual Arts  Vocal Music This letter must be returned IN PERSON to the Student Registration Office located at 501 Sherman Street on or before February 21, 2014 to confirm your students' seat and placement. If this form is not completed and returned by the aforementioned date, LRSD will drop the student from our data base and they must return to their home district. PLEASE NOTETRANSPORTATON WILL ONLY BE PROVIDED FOR THREE YEARS. _________ .,_~ t----. ---------------------- Parent Signature Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4993 Filed 02/20/14 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DMSION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. Case No. 4:82cv00866DPM PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL PLAINTIFF SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. DEFENDANTS MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, ET AL. INTERVENORS INTERVENORS MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE When the court entered its Order approving the comprehensive settlement between the parties regarding ending the flow of payments from the State of Arkansas to the three districts, the court noted that the magnet schools would remain for the next four years. The court also approved a budget for the continued operation of the Magnet Review Committee on January 14, 2014. The Magnet Review Committee has been meeting. The LRSD has apparently determined that the Magnet Review Committee should no longer exist although it did not oppose the continued budget for its operation. Joshua and the students need clarification as to the role, if any, of the Magnet Review Committee and the scope of its authority. 1 Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4993 Filed 02120114 Page 2 of 2 Respectfully submitted, Isl John W. Walker JOHN W. WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501-374-3758 501-374-4187 (facsimile) email: johnwalkeratty@aol.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do hereby state that a copy of the foregoing has been served on all counsel of record wherein a copy was sent by utilizing the CMIECF system on this 20th day of February, 2014. Isl John W. Walker 2 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Joy Springer Uspringer@gabrielmail.com] Monday, February 24, 2014 1 :37 PM Magnet Review\n'Mitchell, Sadie'\n'CLOWERS ROBERT L.'\n'Oliver Dillingham (ADE)'\n'Danny Reed (ADE)'\n'Micheal Stone'\n'ROGERS TERRI L' jspringer@gabrielmail.com FW: Magnet School Assignments 2014-15 Hello, see below email that was sent by Chris Heller, Counsel for LRSD, regarding his understanding of Magnet School Assignments for 2014-15. Joy Springer From: Christopher Heller [mailto:Heller@fridayfirm.com] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 4:45 PM To: sadie.mitchell@lrsd.org\nFrederick.Fields@lrsd.org\njspringer@gabrielmail.com\nallen@aprobertslaw.com\nWhitney Moore (wmoore@fc-lawyers.com)\nsjones@jacknelsonjones.com\ndlinton@jacknelsonjones.com\nSJones@mwlaw.com\njohnwalkeratty@aol.com Subject: Magnet School Assignments 2014-15 Everyone - In order to try to clear up any confusion that may exist and to continue the conversation about interdistrict assignments for next year, I'm setting out below my understanding of where we are right now with respect to PCSSD and NLRSD students attending LRSD magnet schools. LRSD and NLRSD argued in the recent settlement negotiations for allowing more interdistrict movement of students, particularly to magnet schools, but PCSSDin sisted on fairly strict limits on the number of students they would allow to leave that district - 30 per year each to LRSD and NLRSD with a maximum of 150 each to LRSD and NLRSD over 5 years. We now have an understanding with PCSSDh, owever, that will keep a greater number of interdistrict transfers in place at least for next year. Our situation with respect to NLRSD, because of their willingness to be open, will be different (at least for the next five years) than our situation with PCSSDb, ecause of the restrictive language in the new settlement agreement. Our understanding with PCSSDa bout the application of the 2013 Settlement Agreement to current 5th and 8th grade students from PCSSD attending LRSD magnet schools is that those students in 5th grade will be allowed to move on to a magnet middle school next year and those students in 8th grade will be allowed to move on to a magnet high school next year, in accordance with the grade progression for magnet schools recently adopted by LRSD (i.e. Williams and Gibbs students move to Dunbar Middle School and then to the Central High School magnet program\nCarver and Booker students move to Mann Middle School and then to Parkview High School). To continue in the LRSD magnet program, these students will have to be legal transfers in accordance with the 2013 Settlement Agreement but PCSSDw ill waive the 30 student annual limit to accommodate these students and they will be given first priority in the legal transfer selection process. This agreement is for one year only and will be reviewed by LRSD and PCSSD during the 2014-15 school year to determine whether this agreement should be renewed, modified or abandoned. PCSSD has not agreed to waive the 150 student overall limit on legal transfers to LRSD contained in the 2013 Settlement Agreement, but that can be negotiated after we see how this first group of transfers works out. Nevertheless, as legal transfers, the PCSSD students who elect to remain in the LRSD magnet schools next year pursuant to this agreement will be allowed to remain in the LRSD magnet school system until high school graduation. NLRSD does not claim an exemption from Arkansas' school choice law. LRSD was exempt last year because we had a court supervised interdistrict plan in place which conflicted with that law. Now that the court involvement is over, Dr. Suggs, Dr. Fields and I believe that we should participate in school choice. In order to do that, we must notify the ADE by April 1 that we intend to participate. We need to make a decision as soon as possible, however, in order to give NLRSD (and other districts except PCSSD)s tudents a fair opportunity to select LRSDs chools and to give our students the opportunity to select schools in other districts for the 2014-15 school year. I told the LRSD Board at our agenda meeting last week that there is no longer a good legal argument to avoid participating in school choice. I expect that the Board will vote next week to notify ADE that we will participate in school choice. This would result in a fairly free flow of students between LRSD and NLRSD, and provide a way for greater numbers of NLRSD students to remain in LRSD magnet schools. In sum, all PCSSD5 th and 8th grade magnet students will have the opportunity to remain in LRSDm agnet schools. I expect that after Thursday all NLRSD magnet students will have that option as well. I've tried to stay away from the \"process\" issues, but my general view is that we should make this as simple as possible for the parents who want to make transfers. CH CHRISTOPHER HELLER I ATTORNEY FHI DAY 1 :L9HEn~~E '-'{ ( . L.-\\ R K LU' C ~ent focused ewry day Heller@fridayfirm.com I Direct: (501) 370-1506 I Fax (501) 244-5344 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3522 I www.FridayFirm.com This e-mail message and any attachments contain confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient. you must not review. retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error. please immediately notify us by return e-mail or by telephone at 501-370-1506 and delete this e-mail. Please note that if this e-mail contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by Friday, Eldredge \u0026amp; Clark, LLP. Receipt of e-mail does not establish an attorney-client relationship. No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3705/7110 - Release Date: 02/20/14 2 Rx Date/Time FEB-26-2014(WE0O8:)3 1 FEB/26/2014/1W0:E3D5A M FAXN o. P.0 03 Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4994 Filed 02/25/14 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. No. 4:82-cv-866 DPM/HDY PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KA THERINE KNIGHT, et al. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE Paragraph F of the 2013 Settlement Agreement sets forth the Little Rock School District's obligations related to the Stipulation Magnet schools. It does not provide for the continued operation of the Magnet Review Committee pursuant to the Magnet Stipulation\nrather, it makes clear that LRSD has no further obligations under the Magnet Stipulation. Subparagraph 4 states, \"Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, any and all of the Parties' obligations imposed pursuant to, under the guise of, or related to this litigation or the 1989 Settlement Agreement shall forever cease as of the District Court's approval of this Agreement.\" DN 4935, p. 6. Therefore, the 2013 Settlement Agreement unambiguously returned to LRSD authority to operate the Stipulation Magnet schools in accordance with state law. 1 P.003 Rx Date/Time FEB-26-2014(WE0D8:)3 1 FEB/26/20!4/W!0E:3D5A M FAXN o. P.0 04 Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4994 Filed 02/25/14 Page 2 of 3 Accordingly, Joshua's Motion for Clarification Regarding the Magnet Review Committee should be denied. WHEREFORE, LRSD prays that Joshua's Motion for Clarification regarding the Magnet Review Committee be denied, and that LRSD be granted aJl other just and proper relief to which it may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Friday, Eldredge \u0026amp; Clark Christopher Heller (#81083) 400 West Capitol, Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-34 93 (501)370-1506 heller@fridayfirm.com By: Isl Christopher Heller 2 Christopher Heller and Clay Fendley (#92182) John C. 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Page 3 of 5 Opening Session Breakout Session I PM Break Breakout Session 2 Opening Networking Reception Exhibit Hall - opens at I 0am Friday, May 16, 2014 Registration/Check-In Plated Breakfast with Keynote Onsite (CT Convention Center) and School Site Workshops* (AM Round) Breakout Session 3 Lunch Onsite (CT Convention Center) and School Site Workshops (PM Round) Breakout Session 4 Merit Awards Afternoon High Tea Celebration Excursions *Some school site workshops will take place offsite all-day Saturday, Mav 17, 2014 Registration/Check-In Plated Breakfast with Keynote Breakout Session 5 Luncheon Speaker Breakout Session 6 PM Break Breakout Session 7 Gala *Sessions will continue for all registrants. In addition, the 2014 National Conference will host a series of workshops for parents. 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RECEIVER COM.TIME PAGE TYPE/NOTE 001 FEB/26 10:35AM 7585366 0:00:47 5 MEMORY OK FILE SG3 0328 Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court  Eastern District of Arkansas DATE: TO: FROM: ,i1M1/ G , -e One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 975 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 376-6200 Fax (501) 371-0100 NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER SHEET '-( MESSAGE ~ f-zzo1.,1 i 7a,/,. !SO f ~ Margie Powell From: Date: To: \u0026lt;ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov\u0026gt; Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:41 PM \u0026lt;ared ecf@ared.uscourts.gov\u0026gt; Page 1 of 4 Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Little Rock School et al v. Pulaski Cty School et al Response to Motion This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** Judicial Conference of the United States policy permits attorneys of record and parties in a case (including pro se litigants) to receive one free electronic copy of all documents filed electronically, if receipt is required by law or directed by the filer. PACER access fees apply to all other users. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. However, if the referenced document is a transcript, the free copy and 30 page limit do not apply. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered by Heller, Christopher on 2/25/2014 at 4:41 PM CST and filed on 2/25/2014 Case Name: Little Rock School et al v. Pulaski Cty School et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Filer: Little Rock School District WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number:4994 Docket Text: RESPONSE to Motion re [4993] MOTION to Clarify regarding the Magnet Review Committee filed by Little Rock School District. (Heller, Christopher) 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Notice has been electronically mailed to: Office of Desegregation Monitoring mqpowell@odmemail.com, lfbryant@odmemail.com, paramer@odmemail.com Ali Noland ali.noland@arkansasag.gov, civillitigationcal@arkansasag.gov, lorraine.ferguson@arkansasag.gov 2/26/2014 Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4994 Filed 02/25/14 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. No. 4:82-cv-866 DPM/HDY PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KA THERINE KNIGHT, et al. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE Paragraph F of the 2013 Settlement Agreement sets forth the Little Rock School District's obligations related to the Stipulation Magnet schools. It does not provide for the continued operation of the Magnet Review Committee pursuant to the Magnet Stipulation\nrather, it makes clear that LRSD has no further obligations under the Magnet Stipulation. Subparagraph 4 states, \"Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, any and all of the Parties' obligations imposed pursuant to, under the guise of, or related to this litigation or the 1989 Settlement Agreement shall forever cease as of the District Court's approval of this Agreement.\" DN 4935, p. 6. Therefore, the 2013 Settlement Agreement unambiguously returned to LRSD authority to operate the Stipulation Magnet schools in accordance with state law. 1 Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4994 Filed 02/25/14 Page 2 of 3 Accordingly, Joshua's Motion for Clarification Regarding the Magnet Review Committee should be denied. WHEREFORE, LRSD prays that Joshua's Motion for Clarification regarding the Magnet Review Committee be denied, and that LRSD be granted all other just and proper relief to which it may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Friday, Eldredge \u0026amp; Clark Christopher Heller ( #81083) 400 West Capitol, Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 (501)370-1506 heller@fridayfirm.com By: /s/ Christopher Heller 2 Christopher Heller and Clay Fendley (#92182) John C. Fendley, Jr., P.A. 51 Wingate Drive Little Rock, AR 7220 5 (501) 907-9797 clayfendley@comcast.net Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4994 Filed 02/25/14 Page 3 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on February 25, 2014, I have electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which shall send notification of such filing to the parties of record. 3 Isl Christopher Heller Christopher Heller Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4993 Filed 02/20/14 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DMSION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. Case No. 4:82cv00866DPM PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL PLAINTIFF SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. DEFENDANTS MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, ET AL. INTERVENORS INTERVENORS MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE When the court entered its Order approving the comprehensive settlement between the parties regarding ending the flow of payments from the State of Arkansas to the three districts, the court noted that the magnet schools would remain for the next four years. The court also approved a budget for the continued operation of the Magnet Review Committee on January 14, 2014. The Magnet Review Committee has been meeting. The LRSD has apparently determined that the Magnet Review Committee should no longer exist although it did not oppose the continued budget for its operation. Joshua and the students need clarification as to the role, if any, of the Magnet Review Committee and the scope of its authority. 1 ,. . Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4993 Filed 02120114 Page 2 of 2 Respectfully submitted, Isl John W. Walker JOHN W. WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501-374-3758 501-374-4187 (facsimile) email: iohnwalkeratty@aol.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do hereby state that a copy of the foregoing has been served on all counsel of record wherein a copy was sent by utilizing the CMIECF system on this 20th day of February, 2014. Isl John W. Walker 2 MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA February 18, 2014 I. Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of December 1 7, 2013 III. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update 1. Principals' Recruitment Reports 2. MRC Office Recruitment Report E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion of Approved Desegregation Agreement - Update B. Discussion of Approved Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget C. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment llRAFT DRAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES December 1 7, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua Intervenors Micheal Stone, NLRSD Member Absent: Danny Reed, ADE Guest: Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:50 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of November 12, 2013. Micheal Stone made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion The motion passed unanimously to accept the minutes as presented. Copies of the Court Order for preliminary approval of the Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget were given to MRC members. No action was required by MRC members, and the Order gave all parties until 20 December 2013 to voice any objections. Bills in the amount of $3,111.60 were presented for payment. Dr. Robert Clowers made a motion to pay the bills, and Micheal Stone seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. With regard to newspaper articles since the previous MRC meeting, Sandy Luehrs, MRC Office Administrative Assistant, provided a brief recap. Dr. Sadie Mitchell reported in the Recruitment Update agenda item that Pam Smith, Communications Director for Little Rock School District, will be picking up the recruitment efforts for the six Stipulation magnet schools. LRSD will be making a new brochure and will be pursuing other efforts with regard to recruitment. The schools will continue to share their recruitment information with the MRC. Joy Springer noted that racial ratios at the magnet schools should be brought to MRC's attention. Dr. Mitchell replied that in order to meet the MSAP grant qualifications, LRSD will need to show evidence of being able to show diversity in all magnet schools. The next round of magnet school monies is coming up in 1-1/2 years, and LRSD is starting to write right now. The MRC Office reported that all advertising for both Magnet Fair and early application has been canceled. Ms. Springer said the Joshua Intervenors still want an evaluation. The MRC needs to make sure the schools are not becoming more Black. During the Business and/or Action Items of the agenda, MRC members held a discussion of the Tentative Desegregation Agreement and how it will affect the MRC itself and the MRC Office. Nothing definitive came of the discussion, but Ms. Springer noted that during the negotiation discussions, no talks included closing the MRC Office or dismantling the MRC itself. She will check into this and keep the MRC updated. She did, however, say that the State is desiring to have the $70 million per year desegregation money stopped, so the districts should be preparing for the end. She also noted that the agreement covers a four-year period. -2- Both Dr. Mitchell and Mr. Dillingham requested that the MRC determine how the agreement, when approved, will apply to the MRC and the MRC Office. Dr. Mitchell further stated the request that, based on conversations that may take place with parties, what is the future status of the MRC? When no further business was brought before the Committee, Dr. Clowers made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Micheal Stone seconded it. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 9:55 a.m. -3- Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Mitchell, Sadie [Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Wednesday, February 05, 2014 12:03 PM Barksdale, Mary Magnet Review Subject: RE: STEM Program for Carver I am so proud of the Carver staff. From: Barksdale, Mary Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:30 AM To: Suggs, Dexter\nMitchell, Sadie\nRichardson, Shoutell\nSmith, Pamela\nYoung, Linda\nGlasgow, Dennis Subject: Fwd: STEM Program for carver FYI Celebrate with us! Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: \"Williams Jr, Orven\" \u0026lt;0rven.Wi1liams.Jr@lrsd.org\u0026gt; Date: February 5, 2014, 7:53:03 AM CST To: Carver \u0026lt;Carver@lrsd.org\u0026gt; Subject: STEM Program for Carver Carver Magnet Elementary School News Orven Williams and Charlotte Cook from Carver Magnet Elementary were chosen to coordinate a pilot program call Super Science Sleuths. Out of all the schools that applied, Carver Magnet Elementary was one of six schools in the nation chosen to pilot the Super Science Sleuths STEM after school program. The program is designed to develop students' STEM skills and knowledge using realworld examples related to infectious diseases. The project is funded by a grant by the Center for Educational Outreach at Baylor College of Medicine with funding from the National Institutes of Health. \" Super Science Sleuths offers an after-school curricular program of informal, engaging content developed to improve young students' knowledge of infectious diseases and the immune system. Using examples from human body systems and current research, Super Science Sleuths is designed to enhance elementary students' science skills, learning experiences and career awareness.\" For more information on the program, visit: http://www. bi oedonlin e. org/1e ssons-and-more/ stem-after-schoo 1/s uper-sciencesl euths 1 / Orven Williams K-5 Science Lab Instructor Carver Magnet Elementary 2100 E. 6th Street Little Rock, AR 72202 501-447-4065 * * * * * Email confidentiality notice * * * * * This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013 .0.3462 / Virus Database: 3684/7048 - Release Date: 01/31 /14 2 Ma net Review From: S\n}nt: To: Subj\u0026lt;\u0026gt;-:t: Sandra, Magnet Review Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:35 PM 'Caligonesouth@aol.com' RE: (no 51_,h\no~t) Little Rock's early enrollment process ended February 10th . However, you may still apply for Mann Magnet by going to the LRSD Student Registration Office at 501 Sherman Street. You will not be able to be included in the random selection through the computer, but you will be added to the waiting list for Mann Magnet after you go through the registration process. Be sure to bring some proof of your address, your child's birth certificate, and your child's Social Security Number when you do register. Since the assignment letters will be mailed the first part of March, and your daughter is currently enrolled in Otter Creek, you will receive a letter assigning her to her zoned middle school. And, after you apply at the Student Registration Office for Mann, you will be on the waiting list. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will be happy to assist you in any way I can. Sandy From: Caligonesouth@aol.com [mailto:Caligonesouth@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:21 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: Re: (no subject) I live in Little Rock, ... my daughter currently attends Otter Creek In a message dated 2/13/2014 11 :08:56 A.M. Central Standard Time, magnet@magnetschool.com writes: Sandra, What school district do you live in ..... Little Rock, North Little Rock, or Pulaski County Special School District? As soon as you tell me where you live, I will be happy to help. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sandy Luehrs Administrative Assistant ' . Magnet Review Committee 501-758-0156 From: Caligonesouth@aol.com [mailto:Caligonesouth@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:56 AM To: Magnet Review Subject: ( no subject) Hello, I would like more information on applying for Horace Mann. I have tried the links listed on your website but received an error page each time . Thanks for your help. Sandra No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3697/7088 - Release Date: 02/12/14 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG -www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3697/7088 - Release Date: 02/12/14 2 MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID February 18, 2014 1. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 60.00 (Subscription Renewal for 3 months) 2. Kid's Directory 335.00 (Advertising in December, 2013) 3. Staples Advantage 122.65 (Supplies for the MRC Office) 4. CompSys 48.33 (Services Rendered to Act as MRC's Website and e-Mail Host) 5. AY Magazine 670.00 (Advertising in December, 2013) 6. American Home Life 825.00 (MRC's Office Rent for December, 2013) 7. American Home Life 182.50 (MRC's Communications Expense for November, 2013) 8. Capital Business Machines 78.12 (December Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Contract) 9. Mass Enthusiasm 500.00 (December Billing for Services Rendered to Provide Maintenance and Updates for MRC's Website and Social Media) 10. Kid's Directory 45.00 (Services Rendered for Graphic Design) 11. Mass Enthusiasm 500.00 (January Billing to Provide Maintenance and Updates for MRC's Website and Social Media) 12. CompSys 48.33 (January Billing for Services to Act as MRC's Website and e-Mail Host) 13. American Home Life 825.00 (MRC's Rent for January, 2014) 14. American Home Life 182.50 (MRC's Communications Expense for December, 2013) 15. Sam's Club 45.00 (Membership Renewal for One Year) 16. Capital Business Machines 88.97 (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract) 17. Central Arkansas Newspapers 585.00 (Advertising in December in the NLR Times, Sherwood Voice, Jacksonville Patriot, and the Maumelle Monitor) 18. Staples Advantage 96.51 (Supplies for the MRC Office) 19. American Home Life 825.00 (MRC's Office Rent for February, 2014) 20. American Home Life 182.50 (MRC's Communications Expense for January, 2014) 21. Mass Enthusiasm 500.00 (February Billing to Provide Maintenance and Updates for MRC's Website and Social Media) 22. CompSys 48.33 (February Billing for Services Rendered to Act as MRC's Website and e-Mail Host) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID $6,793.74 Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E.[leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:23 PM Hogan Lovells Memorandum Client Advisory -- DCL on School Discipline.pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and Michelle Tellock. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. 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Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6997 - Release Date: 01/12/14 Hogan Lovells To School District Clients and Friends FROM Maree Sneed Michelle Tellock DATE January 14, 2014 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Office for Civil Rights and Department of Justice Issue Dear Colleague Letter on Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline On January 8, the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (\"DOJ\") (jointly, the \"Departments\") issued a five-part Guidance Package to assist schools in meeting their obligations under Federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin. See School Climate and Discipline Guidance Package, available at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html. The Departments noted that their guidance was issued in response to findings that students of certain racial or ethnic groups tend to be disciplined more often and more harshly than their peers, often resulting in a loss of instructional time due to exclusionary disciplinary sanctions. This memorandum summarizes the key points addressed by the guidance package and, in particular, the Dear Colleague Letter contained therein. See Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline (Jan. 8, 2014) (\"Dear Colleague Letter\"), available at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.pdf. While the Departments recognize that schools may use disciplinary measures as part of a comprehensive program to promote safe and orderly educational environments, Federal law prohibits public school districts from discriminating in the administration of student discipline based on certain persona,! characteristics: Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title IV\") prohibits discrimination in public elementary and secondary schools based on race, color, or national origin, among other bases, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") and its implementing regulations prohibit discrimination based on race, color, or national origin by recipients of Federal financial assistance. DOJ is responsible for enforcing Title IV, and OCR and the DOJ are responsible for enforcing Title VI. OCR has found that African-American students without disabilities are more than three times as likely as their white peers without disabilities to be suspected or expelled. The Departments believe \"racial discrimination in school discipline is a real problem.\" See Dear Colleague Letter at 4. The Dear Colleague Letter explains the nondiscrimination requirements of Titles IV and VI and reminds schools of their legal obligations to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Schools should note:  Titles IV and VI apply to the actions of school officials and everyone school officials exercise some control over, whether through contract or other arrangements, including school resource officers, school district police officers, contract or private security companies, security guards or other contractors, or law enforcement personnel. Therefore, the Departments may hold schools accountable for discriminatory actions taken by those parties.  The Departments emphasize that Title IV and VI apply to the entire course of the disciplinary process. Based on past investigations, the Departments have focused on initial referral of a student to the principal's office for misconduct as \"a decision point that can raise concerns\" about possible discriminatory conduct because the referral process entails the subjective exercise of discretion in which racial biases or stereotypes may be involved. See Dear Colleague Letter at 6. Administration of student discipline can result in unlawful discrimination in two ways. First, a student could be subjected to \"different treatment\" based on her race. The Departments also describe this as \"intentional discrimination,\" although the category of \"different treatment\" is broader than the category of policies that are discriminatory on their face. For example, similar situated students of different races could be disciplined differently for the same offense\na facially neutral policy could be selectively enforced against students of one race\na school could adopt a facially neutral policy with the intent of targeting students of a particular race for invidious reasons\nor teachers or administrators could act based on racially discriminatory motives. Whether the Departments find that a school has engaged in intentional discrimination is based on an analysis of the facts and circumstances surrounding the particular event. The Departments ask whether a student or group of students was treated differently in the disciplinary process, whether the school can articulate a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for the treatment, and whether the reason articulated is a pretext for discrimination. See Dear Colleague Letter Illustration 1 at page 10. Second, schools violate Federal law if they implement facially neutral policies and practices that have an unjustified effect of discriminating against students on the basis of race, even if they were not adopted with the intent to discriminate. The resulting discrimination is referred to as \"disparate impact.\" In determining whether a facially neutral policy has an unlawful disparate impact, the Departments engage in a three-party inquiry that asks whether the policy has had an adverse impact, whether the policy is necessary to meet an important educational goal, and whether alternative policies or practices could meet the stated educational goal with less of a burden or adverse impact. See Dear Colleague Letter Illustration 2 at page 13. During an investigation, the Departments will examine various facts and information. See Dear Colleague Letter at 19-20. The Departments expect schools to \"establish[] a system for monitoring all disciplinary referrals,\" to have a system in place to ensure that staff with the authority to refer students for discipline are properly trained to administer discipline in a 2 nondiscriminatory manner, and to \"take steps to monitor and evaluate the impact of disciplinary practices to detect patterns that bear further investigation.\" Id. at 20. Schools should note that if the Departments determine that a school does not collect accurate and complete data sufficient to resolve an investigation, the Departments may conclude that a school's record-keeping process presents concerns necessitating the imposition of particular data-related remedies. The Dear Colleague Letter also provides examples of the types of remedies that the Departments may seek if they conclude that a school is in violation of Title IV or Title VI in the administration of student discipline. See id. at 21-22. In the Appendix to the Dear Colleague Letter, the Departments provide a set of recommendations to assist schools in developing and implementing policies and practices in a manner consistent with their legal obligations. Other documents in the Guidance Package include a \"Guiding Principles\" document that describes three key principles and related action steps to guide efforts to improve school discipline\na \"Directory of Federal School Climate and Discipline Resources\" that indexes a variety of resources addressing school climate and school discipline\nan online tool called the \"Compendium of School Discipline Laws and Regulations\" for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico\nand an \"Overview of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative\" that outlines ongoing and completed Federal efforts to address issues of school climate and school discipline. We note that the Guidance Package components do not constitute new regulations, nor do they add requirements to applicable law. However, as a \"significant guidance document\" designed to provide information and examples about how the Departments evaluate whether covered entities are complying with their legal obligations, courts would likely show deference to the Departments' interpretations and guidance contained in the Dear Colleague Letter. Therefore, we recommend that schools review their discipline policies and code of conduct in light of the information contained in the Guidance Package. We also recommend that schools consider what training may be necessary to ensure that staff members administering student discipline do so in a nondiscriminatory manner. Finally, we recommend that schools engage in appropriate communications with various constituents, including students and parents, regarding the school's approach to student discipline. We hope this information is useful to you as you consider your schools' discipline policies and practices to ensure that they are fair and applied equally to all students, regardless of race, color, or national origin. For your information, we will be participating in an AASA webinar on the Guidance Package on Friday, January 24 at 2:00pm EST. You may register at https://knowledgecenter. webex.corn/mw04011/mywebex/default.do ?siteurl=knowledgecenter. If you have questions about the guidance or Titles IV and VI more generally, please contact Maree Sneed at 202-637-6416 or maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com. 3 New student registration nears for PCSSD - KATY - Breaking News, Weather and Razor... Page 1 of 2 New student registration nears for PCSSD Posted: Jan 08, 2014 12:18 PM CST Updated: Jan 08, 2014 12: 18 PM CST By Rusty Mizell - bio I email Little Rock - New student registration for the Pulaski County Special School District is January 27 through February 7, 2014. Students who must register are pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students and those new to the district. This year, due to desegregation requirement changes, there will be no magnet school or Majority-to-Minority (M-to-M) applications accepted. Students currently attending a school on a magnet or M-to-M permit will be able to remain at that school. To register a student, parents or guardians need to present proper identification, which includes a birth certificate or a registrar statement, baptismal certificate, passport, affidavit or military identification, along with immunization records and social security card. Proof of residence is also necessary, which requires a current utility bill (gas, water or electric), a Little Rock Air Force Base housing verification form, home purchase closing papers or lease agreement. (Pre-k requires additional documentation for enrollment. Please contact Adkins Pre-k School at 501-982-3117 for more information.) For more information about PCSSD schools, you may call the Division of Equity and Pupil Services at 501-234- 2020 or 501-234-2021. Home Sports Video About Us Newslinks Community Games --i=i\"logs ~/FCCPutilici',1e Follow Us Fun and htto://www.katv.com/storv/24396418/new-stmlent-rP.P-istr::itinn-nP::irc:-for-nrc:c:rl 1 /Q/')()1 Ll Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Importance: Good morning, everyone, Magnet Review Wednesday, February 05, 2014 8:16 AM 'Carson, Cheryl'\n'Barksdale, Mary'\n'felicia.hobbs@lrsd.org'\n'Brown, Lori'\n'Keith.McGee@lrsd.org'\n'dexter.booth@lrsd.org' 'Mitchell, Sadie' MAGNET SCHOOL RECRUITMENT UPDATE .... High The Magnet Review Committee is meeting next Tuesday, February 11, 2014, and Dr. Mitchell has requested that I ask for an update of recruitment activities each magnet school has either ongoing or scheduled for the rest of the year. Would you please forward me the information by FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014, so I may incorporate it into our meeting packet? Also, if you have any information about your school that you would like posted on MRC's Facebook page, please let me know. We are trying to keep our website updated with any activities, awards, etc. that are going on in our magnet programs. Thanks for your help. I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Sandy Luehrs Administrative Assistant Magnet Review Committee Date 1-9-14 1-16-14 1-17-14 1-17-14 1-24-14 1-25-14 1-29-14 1-30-14 January through June, 2014 2-3-14 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School Booker Arts Magnet School Activity Grade Level Person Responsible Distributiono f Flyerst o Chicot,F airP ark,a nd CherylC arson,P rincipal WoodruffP re-KindergarteSnt udents Arts Samplerto RecruitL RSDP re-KS tudents K-5 CherylC arson,P rincipal to Kindergartenin 2014-2015 BookerA rts MagnetS choolH ealthF air K-5 UvitaS cott,N ursea ndT amaraR ingler, Counselor FamilyM ovieN ight-Bring a Friend K-5 CherieA bston,P TA Presidenat nd Cheryl Carson,P rincipal GoodM orningA rkansasA ppearanceo n CherylC arson,P rincipal Channe7l MagnetF air 2-5 CherylC arson,P rincipal MailO ut of Flyerst o all LRSDP re-  CharlotteC orniceA, ssistantP rincipal KindergartenS tudentsr esidingi n LRSD AttendanceZ ones BookerA rts MagnetS chool'sS cienceF air 5 HeatherT heodoreG TS pecialistR, achel MorrisG TS pecialist,a nd DebbieH ipps TechnoloavS pecialist ConductT oursa s Requested K-5 CherylA . CarsonP, rincipal PTAM eeting K-5 CherieA bston,P TA President 2-7-14 MagicM omentsw ith MomL uncheon K-5 CherieA bston,P TAP residenat nd Hazel Porter, Child Nutrition Manager 3-3-14 PTA Meeting K-5 Cherie Abston, PTA President 4-7-14 PTA Meeting K-5 Cherie Abston, PTA President 4-23-14 Artistry in the Rock K-5 Cheryl Carson, Principal through 4-25-14 PTA Meeting K-5 Cherie Abston, PTA President 5-5-14 5-14-14 SpringF estival-Orchestraa nd Music K-5 MaryL oftona nd ChrisP arker,M usic Performance Specialists 6-2-14 PTA K-5 CherieA bston,P TA President Magnet Review From: Sent: Barksdale, Mary [Mary.Barksdale@lrsd.org] Friday, February 07, 2014 2:10 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: RE: MAGNET SCHOOL RECRUITMENT UPDATE .... Recruitment: 1. Discover Carver Window stickers for Staff cars 2. Carver Courier (newsletter) Attendance Edition to all parents and staff and community volunteers 3. Visit to Fair Park four year old (9 classes) by principal, science specialist and young astronaut specialist for presentations and recruitment materials were sent home to each parent 4. Child Development Center four year old field trip to Carver---materials sent home to parents 5. Book Fair, Health Fair, Chili Supper, Silent Auction Bring a Friend Night 6. I Love Carver Musical Presentation continues on educational channel 7. Publicity from STEM Grant after school program in cooperation with Baylor University (one of 6 schools in the US chosen) From: Magnet Review [mailto:magnet@magnetschool.com) Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 8:16 AM To: carson, Cheryl\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nBrown, Lori\nMcgee, Keith\nBooth, Dexter Cc: Mitchell, Sadie Subject: MAGNETS CHOOLR ECRUITMENTU PDATE.. .. Importance: High Good morning, everyone, The Magnet Review Committee is meeting next Tuesday, February 11, 2014, and Dr. Mitchell has requested that I ask for an update of recruitment activities each magnet school has either ongoing or scheduled for the rest of the year. Would you please forward me the information by FRIDAY,F EBRUARY7 , 2014, so I may incorporate it into our meeting packet? Also, if you have any information about your school that you would like posted on MRC's Facebook page, please let me know. We are trying to keep our website updated with any activities, awards, etc. that are going on in our magnet programs. Thanks for your help. I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Sandy Luehrs Administrative Assistant Magnet Review Committee ***** Email confidentiality notice***** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. 1 Recruitment Activities for Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages February 7, 2014 1. Publicity in the local news media and LRSD website A. Gibbs has been in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper three times already this year: (1) AUGUST-First Day of Scho.o l with Fathers -B-ringing Students to School ~ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/MELISSA SUE GERRITS 08/19/13 - Amy Nicholas embraces daughter Avery Nicholas, 7, at Gibbs Magnet Elementary School August 19, 2013 while they wait to hear which classroom Avery will be in for her first year of school at Gibbs. (2) AUGUST - Japanese Students at Gibbs --.-..._ (3) OCTOBER - Gibbs was included in the news article about the One-toOne Laptop Initiative. B. Gibbs has been featured in the Spanish Speakers newspaper, \"Hispanic,\" once so far this year on October 3, with a photo at WorldFest and a mention in the article. (See next page) na vez mas la ciudad de l.t!tf U Rock Ofganizo el World fa I en al que i\ne feste1a la dt rs,dad cu\nuiral que hay en la ciuc1 d Y en un marco de tliver:\n,on se oxponen ~uestras h1st6ricas y culturales de doversos paises de los cuales son orlg1nano~ d.ferentes grupos de personas qua hab tan Arkansas Central. Los representados ,t\u0026gt;an dosdo loS ,ndios amencanos hasta Ghana en Afnca y Pakistan entre otras cullurns. El evento sa realiz6 a un costado def Zoolog:co de la c1udad y abno con un desfi.e de Jos alumnos de la escuela Magnet Giobs de Estud,os lnternac,o. nalos e rd,omas, qu,enes portaban banderas de d,versos paises y se realrzaron los honores a la bandera de Est.ados Uni dos. Esta ocas16n el juramento se realiz:6 en ,ogles. aleman. frances y en es1\u0026gt;'3i\\ol, este ultimo d,ng,cto por Neyla Palac,os de North Little Rock y estudiante def quinto graao de la escuela Gibbs Como representante de la cultura h1$pana estaba Bongo Wil11e que como ya es lrad,cion en el festival comparti6 sus percusiones con los nines y adolescentes que se dieron cita para conocer mtis de la gr-dn d1versidad de la que esta formada la ciudad. Po, Laura Mart.11'16 ae Gut,errez C. Gibbs has been featured on local television eight times this year: (1) AUGUST - Japanese Students and Teacher from Niigata, Japan at Gibbs (2) SEPTEBMER - 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance with Firefighter Ceremony (3) SEPTEMBER - Ozark Water Project (4) SEPTEMBER 27 -Benefit and Swab Party for Teecumpsy Wiggins (4th grader with leukemia) at Dunbar Community Garden (5) NOVEMBER 8 - \"Feel Good Friday\" segment on Fox 16 featured Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. (6) NOVEMBER 12 - KARI( Ch 4 had news story about the Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. Elementary School Fights Hunger 1 Cereal Box at a Time ~ by Drew Petrimoulx 11/07/2013 LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Every night, many children across the state go to sleep hungry. Some of the kids at Gibbs Elementary are trying to change that in their school. As children at Gibbs stood with cereal boxes in hand, they explained their feelings, knowing some kids at their school don't have enough food. \"(It) makes me sad that they don't have enough food and then they need some,\" Nina Millender said. \"It's unfair that we are like eating and eating the night away while others don't even have food at all,\" Simon Nuckle said. To help make a difference, the children are encouraging their classmates to bring in boxes of cereal, and they're getting help organizing from their international studies teacher Vicki Gonterman. \"They think maybe that it's going to go out and feed the hungry in Little Rock somewhere, but what it does is it stays right here in the school community, because we all have hunger very close to us,\" Gonterman said. Nearly half of the students at Gibbs qualify for free or reduced lunch. The cereal boxes collected go home with those most in need each weekend. \"It makes me feel good that we're doing the food drive because we're helping them,\" Millender said. Their teacher calls it a service-learning project. The kids are serving their peers in need while at the same time learning how close to home the problem of hunger can hit. (7) CHANNEL 11 Parent Interview - Gibbs Parent Meeting over One-to-One Initiative {8) KARK live at 5:00-7:00 a.m. KARK Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards - two in LRSD both at Gibbs - Ms. Jennifer White and Coach Nancy Passini D. Gibbs has been featured on LRSD website multiple times: (1) Gibbs Educator Selected for Global Conference in NYC Gibbs Educator Participates in Japan Society's Global Conference in NYC In May, Ms. Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet School, received a select invitation to participate in the Third Annual Going Global: International Student Social Networking Conference for Educators organized by the Japan Society. Gonterman, one of only ten US-based educators invited, attended the three day conference, August 7-9 in New York, with educators from Japan and Pakistan. The all-expenses paid conference was sponsored in part by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Toshiba International Foundation. The U.S.Japan Foundation submitted Gonterman's name for inclusion in the conference as she was their 2006 Elgin Heinz Humanities Educator of the Year. Gonterman now has a Japanese \"Kamishibai\" lesson published online with the Japan Society on their educator's website! Click here to view the lesson. Also, as a result of participation in the conference, Gonterman is currently establishing a new partnership with an international elementary school in Japan. Photo: Gonterman is sitting on the far right of the first table with educators from Japan and Pakistan. (2) Two LRSD Teachers Win Competitive Study Opportunity at the Truman Library Chris Gonterman, Physical Education Teacher at Hall High School, and Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School, have both been selected as winners of the Summer Teachers Seminar entitled, \"U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama,\" offered by the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri this July. The two will attend the weeklong conference, along with teachers selected from across the United States, attend lectures, and utilize the Truman Library's primary source documents on Presidential Policy Making in the Middle East to create lesson plans. The competitive application process included a personal essay explaining the content and pedagogy that would be utilized in their classroom along with an application and resume. (3) Reading Quiz Bowl Results Results for Gibbs Magnet's First Reading Bowl! Gibbs International Magnet School has just concluded its first Reading Bowl of the year! Students in grades 3-5 had an assigned book over the summer. Upon their return to school in August, the children anticipated involvement in a quiz bowl competition around their book. The competition was conducted in each classroom. The winning team in each classroom faced off against the winning team in the opposing grade level homeroom! Homeroom winners were: Third Grade - Mrs. Jennifer White's students\n4th Grade - Mrs. Julie Davis's students\nand Fifth Grade - Ms. Jennifer Gillespie's students! Each student on the winning teams received a certificate with their team photo. A trophy is also displayed outside each classroom! These children exhibited great sportsmanship! They are looking forward to the next Reading Quiz Bowl at Gibbs! Pictured above are (1) fourth graders and (2) third grade students competing in the first-ever Gibbs Reading Quiz Bowl! (4) LRSD Launches One-to-One Laptop Initiative The Little Rock School District announced an exciting new 11 (one-to-one) technology initiative Tuesday to be piloted at four elementary schools. The 1nitiat1vew ill put laptops in the hands of 4-Sth grade students at Gibbs. Forest Park, Otter Creek and Roberts Elementary schools starting in January, 2014 (Gibbs featured in photo top row, center) LRSD Is launching the initiative first to teachers, with an ex1ensive Professional Development push. then to students and parents in a three-phase process The three phases will occur over two years and include Four schools - Phase One Eight-ten schools - Phase Two All elementary schools - Phase Three Students will be able to take the laptops home with them every day, providing them with a 24-7 learning opportunity. The devices wrll be used to prepare students for college and career in a digital wo~d incorporating National Educatronal Technology Standards {NETS) These standards are used to provide the experiences students should routinely encounter as well as the skills and knowledge they need to acquire - a few are listed below.  Creativity and Innovation  Communication and Collaboration  Research and Information fluency  Critical Thinking\nProblem-solving and Decision making\nDigital Citizenship\nand Technology Operations and Concepts \"The laptops will help to better engage students in the learning process, increase academic achievement and help students to become independent learners,\" said LRSD Superintendent Dr. Dexter Suggs. \"Providing the 1:1 computing opportunity to our students sends a definitrve message that access to technology can be transforrnative \" LRSD Director of Instructional Technology Barbara Williams added, \"The 1 :1 initiative is just what we need as we prepare our teachers and students with twenty-first century technology teaching and learning skills.\" The district will provrde one bag and charging accessory for the laptop. The goal is to eventually replace textbooks with laptops. Parent information meetings will begin in January, 2014 for students who receive devices. (5) Twitter/ lrsd: Congratulations to Gibbs Head ... https://twitter.com/lrsd/status/403894029483380737 Nov 22, 2013 - Congratulations to Gibbs Head Custodian Carl Shumate who is celebrating 40 years at Gibbs! He started working at. .. http://fb.me/2xDcUKK2s. (6) Little Rock School District - Little Rock, AR - Public School I Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mylrsd?ref=stream\u0026amp;viewer_id=0 ... 3 The Gibbs Mini United Nations is supporting this fundraiser as this year's Change for Peace for Victims of Typhoon Haiyan. (7) Facebook Little Rock School District - Little Rock, AR - Public School I https://www.facebook.com/myl rsd?rf=187111201326948 GIBBS MAGNET STUDENTS COMMEMORATE VETERAN'S DAY ... grades 3-5 at Gibbs International Magnet School made and assembled red poppy wreaths to commemorate Veteran's Day in French foreign language classes ... 8 New Gibbs Brochure on Twitter https://www.google.com/search?q=saudi+arabia+coloring+pages\u0026amp;rlz=1 C2 _ enUS420US456\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;tbm=isch\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ei=vCz1 Ur3TO pCvkAfCl4DIDA\u0026amp;ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ\u0026amp;biw=1159\u0026amp;bih=695#q=Gibbs%20 LRSD%20Twitter\u0026amp;tbm=isch\u0026amp;facrc= _\u0026amp;imgdii= _\u0026amp;imgrc=Whly2hWveZwFM% 253A%3BJaWOdguEm9k6jM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lrsd.o rg%252Fdrupal%252Fsites%252Fdefault%252Ffiles%252Fnews%252F20 14%252FMagnet_a 117.j pg%3Bhttp%253A %252F%252Fwww .lrsd.org%252 F%3B835%3B1080 In order to promote global citizenship, students learn about other nations,c ultures,a nd world issuest hrough the study of geography, the universalso f culture,a nd current events In socials tudiesa nd/ or international studies classes. An international studies specialist coordinates the international program and encourages students to think globally and act locally through service learning projects. The school community is united annually by a cultural theme which culminates In May with International Fest To become globally competitive students have a daily foreign languagec lassf n French,G erman.o r Sp\nmishb eginning se\u0026lt;ond semester of kindergarten. After an application for foreign language placement is made, a committee makes the final selection for placement. Foreignl anguagee xJ')'!rlenceasn d festivalsa nnually allow students to actively participate In the culture of other nations. Cko..lLelt\\9tv\\9 Currtculo.. Ali academically-challenginga micula helpss tudentst o achieve high academic standards. A Reading Recovery Program and a Literacy Lab Model including a literacy coach has been implemented for a comprehensive approach to literacy. A mathematics coach works directly with teachers and students to better facilitate Cognitively Guided Instruction in math. A STEM Lab enhances science,m athematicsa, nd technology. Studentsp articipatem onthly in the Dunbar Community Garden for earth and life sciences. Gibbs's participation in the LRSD's\":l1 Laptop lnitiative\"better prepares students for their technological future. St,ecto..l .=-e.o..rle:us ~mpetltions/el\u0026lt;hibltlonsi n speninga, rt. music.p hysicale ducation, and foreign language\nN GSG eographyB ee\nM ath OlympiadsM\nad ScientistsE xpo,a nd Gifteda nd TalentedP rogram'sD estination lmaginatlon, National History Day, Quiz Bowl, and Fifth Grade ChaDengep rovidea dditional incentivesf or studenta chievement. Gibbs lnternallonal Magnet School is part of a learning community located near downtown Little Rock that includes Dunbar Magnet MtddleS chool DunbarR ecreationC entera nd GymnasiumG, ibbs Dunbar Community Garden, Dunbar Field, and the Sue Cowan Williams Public Library. G-tbbs Mo.91-\\e.~S chool of 11-\\~\u0026lt;c.r\\.\\o.~tol-\\oS.L~ ud.t\u0026lt;c.so .kcl F\"ore.t9\\,\\ l.a..k9UA9e.s Principal Or. Felicia Hobbs 111S W. 16th Street 447-4900 (9) KARK Awarded two LRSD teachers their Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, both from Gibbs! (I was lucky to be interviewed live on behalf of both teachers as I nominated one of the them and have worked with the other for 27 years at Gibbs.) (1 0)?? We should have a 1 oth story as a Gibbs 4th grader, Breck Mosley, just won the LRSD Elementary Science Fair last Saturday, February 1. E. Gibbs is currently featured on the LRSD Access Channel with two programs: (1) Gibbs \"9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance\" which included First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, reading to a Kindergarten class and many other service volunteers reading in grades K-3 (Filmed September 11) and ( continued) (2) Gibbs Third and Fourth Grades Musical Program \"Music, Arts, and Play-The Gibbs Way\" (Filmed October 7) 2. Community Involvement: (1) SEPTEMBER 27 - Gibbs fifth graders perform at Opening Ceremony ofWorldFest annually for school and community relations (City of Little Rock and LR Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission). Photos to appear on LRRCDC Website. (2) Saturday, January 25 - LRSD Magnet Schools Fair Gibbs students perform - \"Explore the World with Gibbs through Music and Language\" (3) Other community events such as with the Clinton Foundation, the Sister Cities Commission, Heifer International, etc. as requested during the year. 3. Weekly newsletter (every Wednesday) 1st Quarter - The newsletter is called El Mundo, Spanish for The World. 2nd Quarter -The newsletter is called Le Monde, French for The World. See separate attachments. 3rd Quarter - The newsletter is called Die Welt, German for The World. See separate attachments. 4. Special Days at School for Families ( 1) SEPTEMBER 6 - Grandparents Day Luncheon (2) OCTOBER 25 - Dads Day Luncheon (3) Moms Day Luncheon (May 9) (4) Coffee Cafe (monthly on a Friday) for parents and staff before school in media center September 13, October 4, November 8, December 6, January 17 5. Special Evenings at Gibbs: (1) AUGUST - New Student/Family Orientation (2) SEPTEMBER - Open House (3) MONTHLY - Scouting Nights (4) QUARTERLY - PTA Meetings SEPTEMBER 12- 1st PTA Meeting NOVEMBER 14-2 nd PTA Meeting (5) OCTOBER 22 - Family Math and Literacy Night (6) November 22 Family Movie Night (7) International Fest (May 2) (8) Science Fair Family Meeting (grades 3-5) (9) Musicals each year performed by students OCTOBER 7 - \"The Arts, Music, and Play: The Gibbs Way\" Musical by 3rd and 4th graders (two performances, 1 :00 and 6:00 p.m.) DECEMBER 16 - \"Winter Fun and Games\" Musical by 1st and 2nd graders (two performances, 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.) 6. Recruitment Invitations, Brochures, and CD's (1) (2) (3) We sent invitations to the parents of P4 (Pre-K) students in LRSD Pre-K Schools to visit Gibbs during the two weeks of Open Enrollment for the 2014-15 school year. We identified and sent out invitations to over 40 Day Cares/Nursery Schools located in the Little Rock School District to tour Gibbs during open enrollment. We also alerted our current Gibbs families and staff to talk with friends, church/work acquaintances, new neighbors to the LR area, etc. that have young children to invite them to Gibbs for a tour. 7. Magnet Schools Fair, Saturday, January 25, 2014 (1) Information booth worked by teachers and parents with a tour sign-up sheet, brochures, and CD's to be given away to prospective magnet families (Dr. Hobbs and I worked the booth the entire time.) (2) Music and Language Performances by Gibbs students 8. Tours of the School (1) Scheduled Tours - International Studies Specialist gives scheduled tours of the school. (2) NOVEMBER 11-15 - \"Check Us Out\" Week- (including Check Us Out Days - November 12-14). We offer a week of tours guided by parent volunteers or the International Studies Specialist and distribute informational brochures to prospective families. (3) JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 7 - Open Enrollment Period. We offered tours with volunteers and IS Specialist for the two week period and distributed handouts and CD's of our magnet program to prospective families. ( 4) I called every person who signed in at our Magnet Fair information booth to schedule a personal tour of Gibbs. I have given several tours during these two weeks. Compiled and submitted by Vicki Stroud Gonterman Date 1/16/2014 1/21/2014 1/25/2014 1/27- PRESENT STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School_WILLIAMSM AGNET_ _______________ _ Activity Grade Level Person Responsible FLIERA NNOUNCEMENFOT R K MAGNETR EVIEWC OMMITTEE KINDERGARTERNO UNDU P K MAGNETR EVIEWC OMMITTEE ,KINDERGARTETNEA CHERSP,T A MAGNETF AIRP ARTICIPATION K-5 K-5S TAFF\u0026amp; PARENTS SCHEDULINTGO URS/PROVIDIFNOGL LOW MARGOR OWE UP CALLS Date 9/19/13 10/02/13 10/15\u0026amp; 10/16/13 10/29/13 11/7/13 11/9/13 11/11/13 11/12/13- 11/14/13 11/14/13 12/16- 20/13 01/20- 24/14 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT SchoolH: oraceM annA rts/S cienceM agneMt iddleS chool Activity GradeL evel PersonR esponsible Performanc-eO penH oused: anceb, and,\u0026amp; piano Middle MarcusJ ohnsonB, eckyW ebb\u0026amp;, TraciP resley Casto f Wicked Middle TraciP resleyH, ollyW hite\u0026amp;, OlympiaS mith RecruitmenTto ur:W illiamsM agnetG, ibbsF, orresPt ark, Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnsonK, asey RobertsJ,e fferson\u0026amp;, Fulbright Neal,T eresaH arrisL, isaW alker-WheelTeor,m McDonaldB,e ckyW ebb, MannM agneFt allF estival Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnson, YvonneB oldenL, isaW alker-WheelTeor,m McDonaldS,u sanC hambersB,e ckyW ebbL, auren MarlinK, imW ashinQtoWn,e ndyW elch RecruitmenOtp enH ouse Elementary All Anti-BullyinRga llya t ClintonP residentiCale nter Elementar\u0026amp;y LisaW alker-Whee\u0026amp;le Hr ollyW hite Middle Channe7l EarlyM orningS howw ithB alleAt rkansas Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resley\u0026amp; KeithM cGeeS, r. 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BalleAt rkansaSs tudioL ecture Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resley\u0026amp; OlympiaS mith Middle ChoirD, anceP, ianoC hristmaast theC apitol Elementary LisaW alker-WheelTera, ciP resleyO, lympiaS mith, Willt ourp roductiotno elementarsyc hools \u0026amp; BeckyW ebb CommunitFyo rum\":C urriculumat MannM agnet\" Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnson, YvonneB oldenL, isaW alker-WheelTeor,m McDonaldS,u sanC hambersB,e ckyW ebbL, auren MarlinK, imW ashingtoWn, endyW elchK, eith McGeeS, r. 01/25/14 MagneFt air Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnsonK, asey Middle Neal,T eresaH arrisL, isaW alker-WheelTero,m McDonaldB,e ckyW ebbO, lympiaS mithK, eith McGeeS, r. 02/06/14 BlackH istoryP rogram Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnsonL, isa (Fulbriqht) Walker-WheelTeor,m M cDonaldB,e ckyW ebb, 02/10- BlackH istoryP roduction Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnsonK, asey 14/14 Neal,T eresaH arrisL, isaW alker-WheelTero,m McDonaldB,e ckyW ebbO, lympiaS mith 04/07/14 DramaP roduction Elementary HollyW hite 05/01/14 BandC oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y MarcusJ ohnson Middle 05/08/14 ChoirC oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y LisaW alker-Wheeler Middle 05/15/14 DanceC oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resley\u0026amp; OlympiaS mith Middle 05/20/14 OrchestrCa oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y TomM cDonald Middle 05/16,19- PianoC oncerts Elementar\u0026amp;y BeckyW ebb 22/14 Middle Magnet Review From: Holloway, Natasha [Natasha.Holloway@lrsd.org] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 12:00 PM To: Magnet Review Cc: Booth, Dexter Subject: Parkview Recruitment Update Importance: High  Recruitment letters were sent to the parents/guardians of every 8th grade family enrolled in LRSD. The families were invited to the recruitment open house on Nov. 12. We set up an \"interest counter form\" on the website to catalog and count the interested parents.  Letters were also sent to Pulaski County, Maumelle, North Little Rock, and Sherwood, however, the district will only offer 30 seats for county and North Little Rock districts for all of LRSD.  Students were encouraged to \"shadow\" students for interested 8th graders. In November, students shadowed four days\nin December and January students shadowed another six days each month. This was very popular with students and parents.  We prepared departmental brochures, power points, photos, and information for the Magnet Fair at Park Plaza on January 25th . We also had entertainment from the magnet programs such as the mimes from drama, choir, and orchestra. Teachers volunteered to be there and talk to students and prospective parents about Parkview.  Band directors Alan Ball and Devonna Whited held concerts, had 40 students to visit the school, and went out to the middle schools to visit with prospective students.  The choir department had some 200 students interested in choir to attend an all day event at Parkview to get them interested in coming here.  Several plays, including the spring musical \"The Wizard of Oz\" will bring middle schoolers to Parkview to see the drama department in action and for recruiting.  We placed information on our school website detailing when open enrollment was and how they could get in. The website also contains a plethora of information for prospective parents.  Each teacher was told about the recruitment efforts and given answers for parents who called.  The music program did a workshop for middle school students and the mimes attended theatre classes at Mann Middle. Mr. Ball and Mrs. Foreman have also gone into the middle schools talking about the program.  Parkview Theatre will present The Wizard of Oz-April 11th -13th at Metcalf Auditorium on the Parkview Campus Regular admission $7 (students \u0026amp; children) $10 (adults) There will be a special matinee performance on April 14th at 9:30am for groups of 10 or more. The cost will be $5 per person. Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Importance: Good afternoon members, Joy Springer LJspringer@gabrielmail.com] Wednesday, December 18, 2013 3:02 PM Magnet Review\nSadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org\n'CLOWERS ROBERT L.'\n'Oliver Dillingham (ADE)'\n'Danny Reed (ADE)'\nstonem@nlrsd.org 'Margie Powell'\njspringer@gabrielmail.com RE: MRC MEETING 2013 SETTLEMENT - LRSD V PCSSD.pdf High Please find attached a copy of the Settlement Agreement. I asked Mr. Walker his understanding regarding whether the MRC would continue and he stated that as long as the State continued to make payments to the districts. The Agreement states that the STATE will the districts until the 2017-2018 school year. Joy Springer From: Magnet Review [mailto:magnet@magnetschool.com] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 8:31 AM To: Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org\nCLOWERS ROBERT L.\nOliver Dillingham (ADE)\nDanny Reed (ADE)\nJoy Springer\nstonem@nlrsd.org Cc: Margie Powell Subject: MRC MEETING REMINDER.. ..O ur last MRC meeting of 2013 is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17th , at 8:30 a.m., in the MRC Office. I am looking forward to seeing you then. Have a great day. Sandy ----- ----------- No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6924 - Release Date: 12/16/13 TIIlS SE'ITLEMENf AGREEMENT (\" Agreement\") is entered into as of this __ day of N ovemher, 2013, by and between Little Rock School District (\"LRSD\"), Pulaski County Special School District (\"PCSSD\")N, orth Little Rock School District (\"NLRSD\")t,h e Joshua Intervenors,t he Knight Intervenors (\"Knight''),a nd the State of Arkansas (the \"State\") (at times hereinafter referred to coUectively as the \"Parties\"). At times hereinafter, NLRSD, LRSD and PCSSD are referred to collectively as the \"Districts.\" At times hereinafter the existing settlement agreements and consent decrees among the Parties related to Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County School District\net al. USDC No. 4:82-CV-866 and cases consolidated therein (this \"Litigation\") are referred to as the \"19 89 Settlement Agreement.\" This Agreement shall be effective immediately upon the execution of this Agreement by the Parties (''Effective Date\"), subject only to the approval of the Federal District Court. A. Unitary Status: I. The unitary status of PCS SD will be the subject of a separate agreement between the Joshua Intervenors and PCSSD. The Joshua Intervenors have concerns about some areas of PCSSD's unitary status, but the Joshua Intervenors believe that PCS SD is operating in good faith to resolve those concerns. The Joshua lntervenors agree that no State assistance or support beyond that specifically set forth in this Agreement is needed for PCSSD to address the Joshua Intervenors' concerns. Therefore, the Joshua Intervenors agree that acceptance of this Agreement and release of the State on the terms set forth herein is in the best interests of the Joshua Intervenors. B. Dismissal of Parties 1. Upon approval of this Agreement by the Court: l) the State, LRSD, and NLRSD will be dismissed with prejudice from this Litigation and 2) LRSD and the Joshua Intervenors will voluntarily dismiss with prejudice the current appeal to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding charter school issues. C. State's Payments Under this Agreement: I. The State and Districts will make all payments currently scheduled for the 2013~14 school year. Any and all payment obligations of all Parties not pertaining to the 2013-14 school year, to or with all other Parties, under the 1989 Settlement Agreement, prior agreements and orders in this Litigation will cease as of June 30, 2014. 2. Thereafter, the State shall make payments to the Districts each school year in eleven equal installments on a schedule to be determined, which total the following amounts: 1 2014-2015: Year 1 2015-2016: Year2 2016-2017: Year3 LRSD = $37,347,429 NLRSD  $7,642,338 PCSSD ==$ 20,804,500 LRSD = $37,347,429 NLRSD = $7,642,338 PCSSD = $20,804,500 LRSD = $37,347,429 NLRSD = $7,642,338 PCSSD = $20,804,500 3. In Year 4 (the 2017-2018 school year), the State shall make payments to the Districts that shall only be used for academic facilities construction projects as defined in Arkansas Code Annotated 6-20-2502(2) (Repl. 2013). These payments will be made in the 2017-18 school year in eleven equal installments on a schedule to be determined and will total the following amounts: 2017-2018: Year4 LRSD = $37,347,429 NLRSD = $7,642,338 PCSSD = $20,804,500 4. The restriction on the use of the Year 4 payments shall not apply to the extent that the Districts have certified to the Arkansas Department of Education the expenditures for academic facilities construction projects that were paid from District funds provided by paragraph C.2. of this Agreement in Years 1-3 (2014-2017). 5. The payments made pursuant to this Agreement will not be considered in determining the State's share of financial participation in local academic facilities projects eligible for State financial participation in any Academic Facilities Partnership Program projects that the Districts may apply for during the tenn of this Agreement. 6. M to M student transition: The ADE and the Districts will develop a roster of all students enrolled in the M to M program as of January 6, 2014, (excluding students who are 12th graders in 2013-14) according to their host District. Each district's roster will rank students in descending order beginning with students in grade eleven. Each district's roster will then be divided into three equal groups. Group 1 will consist of those students whose names appear in the top one-third of the overall list Group 2 will consist of those students whose names appear in the second third of the overall list. Group 3 will consist of those students whose names appear in the final third of the overall list. In subsequent years the number of students transitioned into the host District's student counts for purposes of determining regular State aid (currently foundation and categorical funding) will be the number of M to M students remaining in the groupings calculated in 2014. In the 2014-I 5 school year, the students remaining in the first group in each District's roster will be transitioned into their respective host District's student counts for the purpose of detennining regular State aid in the 2015-16 school year. In the 2 2015-16 school year, the students remaining in the next group in each District's roster will be transitioned into their respective host District's student counts for the purpose of determining regular State aid in the 2016-17 school year. In the 2016~17 school year, the students remaining in each District's roster will be transitioned into their respective host District's student cowits for the purpose of determining regular State aid in the 20 l 7-18 school year. The transition ofM to M students to ADM shall be completed by December 1 of each respective year. In no event will the State be responsible for paying the Districts either declining enrollment or growth funding because of the tmnsition of the students remaining on the rosters. 7. Magnet student transition: The ADE and the Districts will develop rosters of all PCSSD and NLRSD students enrolled in the magnet program as of January 6, 2014, (excluding students who are 12th graders in 2013-14) according to their host District. Each district's roster will rank students in descending order beginning with students in grade eleven. Each district's roster will then be divided into three equal groups. Group 1 will consist of those students whose names appear in the top one-third of the overall list. Group 2 will consist of those students whose names appear in the second third of the overall list. Group 3 will consist of those students whose names appear in the final third of the overall list. For any magnet students for which PCSSD or NLRSD is receiving regular State aid (currently foundation and categorical funding), these Districts will continue to pay one half of the cost of educating the magnet students from their respective Districts to LRSD. In the 2014-15 school year, the students remaining in the first group in PCSSD and NLRSD's rosters will be transitioned into LRSD's student counts for the purpose of determining regular State aid in the 2015-16 school year. In the 2015-16 school year, the students remaining in the next group in PCSSD and NLRSD's rosters will be transitioned into LRSD's student counts for the purpose of determining regular State aid in the 2016-17 school year. In the 2016-17 school year, the students remaining in PCSSD and NLRSD's rosters will be transitioned into LRSD's student counts for the purpose of detcnnining regular State aid in the 2017- 18 school year. In no event will the State be responsible for paying the Districts either declining enrollment or growth funding because of the transition of the students remaining on the rosters. 8. In no event shall the State have any obligation to disburse any funding under this Agreement except as described herein. 9. LRSD, NLRSD, and PCSSD shall each receive $250,000 for reimbursement of legal fees within ninety days of this Agreement being approved by the District Cowt. The State stipulates that Joshua lntervenors and the Knight Intervenors are prevailing parties as to the State with regard to certain motions filed subsequent to the 1989 Settlement Agreement that Joshua joined and which were successful against the State and are entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, in the amount of$500,000 for the Joshua Intervenors and in the amount of$75,000 for the Knight Intervenors unless contested, in which event the Court may award a reasonable fee unless otherwise agreed upon. 3 IO. Within ninety clays of this Agreement being approved by the District Court, the State will transfer title to buses used for Magnet and M to M transportation to the respective operating District of each respective bus. D. State's Obligations to Terminate: I. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, any and all of the State's obligations imposed pursuant to, under the guise of, or in any way related to this Litigation shall forever cease upon execution of this Agreement. As of the last payment under this Agreement, any and all of the State's obligations under this Agreement shall  forever cease. 2. The Parties to this Litigation hereby with the execution of this Agreement waive, release, relinquish, and forever discharge the State of Arkansas from any and all federal or state claims, liens, or causes of action, obligation, or liability, known or unknown arising prior to the date of this Agreement, that they have or may have against the State of Arkansas arising out of any claims that were or could have been made in connection with this Litigation or the 1989 Settlement Agreement. The released claims shall specifically include, but not be limited to, any claims for damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, attorneys' fees, costs or recovery of any type, against the State of Arkansas including any officers, officials, employees and agents of the State of Arkansas, in their official or individual capacities. In no event shall any party to this Agreement be entitled to any desegregation related payments from the State of Arkansas in excess of those provided for in this Agreement. 3. The jurisdiction of the District Court over the State, LRSD, NLRSD, and Knight is terminated upon the District Court's approval of this Agreement. The only matter over which the U.S. District Court shall have remaining jurisdiction over the State with regard to this Litigation and/or this Agreement after the Effective Date of this Agreement would be in the event that the State fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement. 4. The Parties shall support the District Court's approval of this Agreement, the entry of a Consent Judgment consistent with this Agreement, and the entry of any and all orders necessary to effectuate this Agreement. 5. This Agreement is subject to the review of the Governor, the Legislative Council, the School Boards, and the District Court. If for any reason this Agreement is not approved by the Governor, the Legislative Council, the Districts' Boards, or the District Court, this Agreement will become null and void in its entirety and the Parties agree that this Agreement and all offers, promises, statements and conduct made during negotiation of this Agreement shall be inadmissible as evidence pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 408. 4 6. This Agreement was prepared by the joint efforts of the Parties, and it shall be construed without consideration as to which party actually drafted the Agreement. E. Jacksonville/North Pulaski Area School District 1. The State and the Districts agree that the State may immediately authorize the creation of a Jacksonville/North Pulaski area school district consistent with state law. Any successor district or newly created school district in Pulaski County shall be considered a party to and bound by this Agreement. The State and the Districts do not object to the creation of a Jacksonville/North Pulaski area school district. The State will oppose the creation of any other school dis1ricts from PCSSD's territory until PCSSD is declared fully unitary and is released from federal court supervision. F. School District Obligations 1. Students assigned pursuant to the Magnet or M to M program as of the Effective Date of this Agreement may remain in their assigned schools and assigned District. No new applications will be accepted under the Magnet or M to M Stipulations after the effective date of this Agreement, but students may enroll in the Magnet schools as legal transfers in accordance with paragraph F.3 of this Agreement. 2. Each District shall continue to provide transportation to remaining Magnet or M to M students residing in their District up to and through the 2016-17 school year. Nothing shall prevent the Districts from agreeing to provide transportation to any remaining such students in the 2017-18 school year or thereafter. 3. In addition to the students assigned to Magnet and M to M programs as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Districts agree to allow a certain number of legal transfers between the Districts for five consecutive years, beginning in 2014-15, as follows. PCS SD agrees to approve the legal transfers of up to 30 students per year to NLRSD and 30 students per year to LRSD for each of the five years. Siblings of transferred students will be given first priority. If necessary to accommodate siblings of transferred students, PCSSD shall pennit the transfer of the affected siblings, but the number of students in excess of the 30 transfers per year limit shall be deducted from the next year's 30 student transfer limit for that District. In no event shall the number of legal transfers from PCSSD exceed 150 students for NLRSD and 150 students for LRSD during the five year period. During this period, PCSSD may consider but is not required to approve legal transfers from NLRSD or LRSD. NLRSD and LRSD agree to approve legal transfers ofup to 30 students per year each to the other for each of the five years with the same exception for sibling transfers outlined above. During the five year period, the Districts agree to abide by the terms of Act 1227 of 2013. the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 2013, including the exemption provisions contained in Ark. Code Ann. 6- 18-1906(a) and (b). For students transferred under this provision, the Districts further agree to waive the transfer review at the end of four years, referenced in Ark. Code Ann. 6-18-316(g), and allow the students who have transferred pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 6- 5 18-316 to remain in the District to which they have transferred for the remainder of their kindergarten through twelfth grade education if the students so choose. The State and the Districts agree that the transfers allowed in this paragraph will not negatively affect the racial balance of the Districts as referenced in Ark. Code Ann. 6-18-317. If necessary, ADE will provide a waiver of prohibition. 4. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, any and all of the Parties' obligations imposed pursuant to, under the guise of, or related to this Litigation or the 1989 Settlement Agreement shall forever cease as of the District Court's approval of this Agreement. 5. After any required payment for the 2013-14 school year, LRSD shall have no further obligation to make payments to PCSSD pursuant to Section II, Paragraph 0, subparagraphs 3 and 4 of the 1989 Settlement Agreement, or any related orders or agreements. 6. The Court will maintain jurisdiction over Joshua and PCS SD as provided in the separate agreement between Joshua and PCSSD. II .,..l'I  /1,. Date JI-JJ,.. J:!) Date Oat )J/21 /2,3 Date 6 N~1~2013 Date 1 Knight Intcrvenors 7 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Magnet Review Monday, January 06, 2014 10:54 AM 'CLOWERS ROBERT L.'\n'Oliver Dillingham (ADE)'\n'Danny Reed (ADE)'\n'Joy Springer'\n'stonem@nlrsd.org' Mitchell, Sadie Emailing: COURT ORDER ASKING FOR MORE BUDGET INFORMATION.jpeg COURT ORDER ASKING FOR MORE BUDGET INFORMATION.jpeg Attached is a Court Order from Judge Marshall asking for more information with regard to the Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget submission. Dr. Mitchell is working with Little Rock School District (Kelsey Bailey) to provide this to Judge Marshall by January 1 ih as he requested. Sandy .. ' _....._.._,,_ ---r'-'\"- _,,, .._,,,_.,.._, __ ....,, 1Yo ._,.._,,....,\\.AIIIVltl. \"\"TVf - , IIVU ..LL..IV..LI..L\"-' I I.A.~\\.., ..L VIL.. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM PLAINTIFFS NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. DEFENDANTS INTER VEN ORS ORDER No party has objected to the interdistrict magnet schools' final 2012- 2013 budget and proposed 2013-2014 budget, NQ 4958. The time to do so has expired. The Court would nonetheless appreciate a supplement from the MRC. Why were 2012-2013 expenditures for some line items (travel, dues and fees, indirect costs) over budget? The Court also needs information about what each of these categories covers. Supplement due by 17 January 2014. The Court directs the Clerk to mail a copy of this Order to Sadie Mitchell, Magnet Review Committee Chairperson, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 72114. Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Bailey, Kelsey [Kelsey.Bailey@lrsd.org) Monday, January 06, 2014 11 :45 AM Mitchell, Sadie\n'Christopher Heller'\nMagnet Review Ring, Jean FW: MRC Please see comments from Mrs. Ring below. In addition, each school is given a Total Budget Allocation based on the previous year 3 quarters Average Daily Membership. Each school has the autonomy to reallocate among the various budget categories as the need arises or priorities are amended up to their original allocation. Kelsey Bailey Chief Financial Q!Jicer Lillie Rock School District 810 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 7220/ Phone: (501) ././7-1010 Fax: (501) ././7-1159 From: Ring, Jean Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:47 AM To: Bailey, Kelsey Subject: RE: MRC Kelsey, I looked at these and this is what I have on these over budgets. Travel - Parkview had a teacher at a conference who got stranded due to Hurricane Sandy so we had to pay for her additional time and expense which was approximately $5,000.00. Mann didn't budget any funds for travel nor did Gibbs and Parkview didn't budget enough. Dues and Fees - Most of the over budget here is due to Carver and Gibbs and their Destination Imagination fees. (They had more teams qualify this year) Indirect Costs - Due to the fact that the state doesn't publish the rate for indirect costs for the current school year until the end of the year and the budget is based on prior year data. We had an increase in what we were allowed to charge from .0125 (1.25%) to .0429 (4.29%). Let me know if we need to look deeper. Jean From: Bailey, Kelsey Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:07 AM To: Mitchell, Sadie Cc: 'Magnet Review'\n'Christopher Heller'\nRing, Jean Subject: RE: MRC We will prepare a justification/explanation on this matter. Kelsey Bailey Chief Financial Officer Lillle Rock School District 810 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: (501) -1-17-/0/0 Fax. (50 I) -1-17-I 59 From: Mitchell, Sadie Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 9:24 AM To: Bailey, Kelsey Cc: 'Magnet Review' Subject: FW: MRC Mr. Bailey, Please assist us with Mr. Heller's request. I have copied Sandy in the MRC Office also. From: Christopher Heller [mailto:Heller@fridayfirm.com) Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:56 AM To: Mitchell, Sadie Subject: MRC Sadie - Judge Marshall has requested some additional information about the MRC budget. A response is due January 17 (see attached). Let me know if I can help. CH CHRISTOPHER HELLER I ATTORNEY FHI I) \\YI ELl\u0026gt;H El\u0026gt; \nI, S ' : L \\HI'- w Client focus\nad f!VffY day Heller@fndayfirm com I Direct (501) 370-1506 I Fax (501) 244-5344 400 West Capitol Avenue. Suite 2000 Little Rock Arkansas 72201-3522 I www FndayF1rm com This e-mail message and any attachments contain confidential information that may be legally privileged If you are not the intended recipient. you must not review retransmit. convert to hard copy copy use or d1ssem1nateth is e-mail or any attachments to It If you have received this e-mail in error please 1mmed1atelyn otify us by return e-mail or by telephone at 501-370-1506 and delete this e-mail Please note that 1f this e-mail contains a forwarded message or 1s a reply to a prior message. some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by Friday Eldredge \u0026amp; Clark. LLP Receipt of e-mail does not establish an attorney-client relationship o virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - \\\\\\\\\\\\.a\\ 12.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6943 - Release Date: 12/23/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. 2 Magn'et Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax} magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} January 8, 2014 The Honorable D. P. Marshall, Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas 600 West Capitol Avenue Chambers B-149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Judge Marshall: On behalf of the Magnet Review Committee, Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson, had a meeting with Mr. Kelsey Bailey, Chief Executive Officer, Little Rock School District, to discuss the Court's request for additional information with regard to the Stipulation Magnet School's budget. A copy of that Order is attached. Also, attached is a letter created by Mr. Bailey providing a detailed explanation of reasons for the submission of certain line item costs. If the Court desires more information, please do not hesitate to contact the Magnet Review Committee Office. We will continue to work with the host district to continue supporting our role in oversight of the magnet school's budget. Sincerely, ~~ Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM:sl Enclosures cc: Office of Desegregation Monitoring Magnet Review Committee \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment\" Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4970 Filed 12/31/13 Page 1. of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM PLAINTIFFS NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS ORDER No party has objected to the interdistrict magnet schools' final 2012- 2013 budget and proposed 2013-2014 budget, NQ 4958. The time to do so has expired. The Court would nonetheless appreciate a supplement from the MRC. Why were 2012-2013 expenditures for some line items (travel, dues and fees, indirect costs) over budget? The Court also needs information about what each of these categories covers. Supplement due by 17 January 2014. The Court directs the Clerk to mail a copy of this Order to Sadie Mitchell, Magnet Review Committee Chairperson, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 72114. Case 4:82-cv-008656-DPM Document 4970 Filed 12/31/13 Page 2 of 2 So Ordered. I_.,  t . / D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge -2- 'J4.n Individual Approach to a World ef Knowledge\" January 7, 2014 The Honorable D.P. Marshall, Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas 501 West Capitol Room B-149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Judge Marshall: This letter is in response for explanation as to the overages in certain categories of the 2012-13 Stipulation Magnet Schools budget. Please see the following explanations. Each of the six Stipulated Magnet schools is given a budget allocation based on the previous year 3 quarters Average Daily Membership. Each school has the autonomy to allocate funds across categories as they see appropriate, with the exception of utilities and indirect costs. Schools are also allowed to reallocate among the various budget categories during the year as needs arise as long as they do not exceed their total original budget allocation. After reviewing the school budgets, the following has been determined: Travel (Flights, Hotels, Meals, Mileage) A Parkview teacher was stranded at a national conference due to Hurricane Sandy. The school had to pay for the additional time and expense which was approximately $5,000. Mann did not initially allocate travel funds in their budget. Gibbs and Parkview did not initially allocate enough travel funds in their budgets. Dues and Fees (Registration \u0026amp; Professional Membership) The majority of the overage at Carver and Gibbs is because they had more teams to qualify for Destination Imagination Global competition which caused an increase in the fees. 810 W. Markham  Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  www.lrsd.org 501-447-1000  fax: 501-447-1001 Indirect Costs The budget was based on the State indirect rate from the previous year due to the fact that the State doesn't publish the current rates for indirect costs until almost the end of the fiscal year. The District had an increase in what was allowed to charge from .0125 (1.25%) to .0429 (4.29%). This change in percentage is the main reason for the overage in actual expenditures compared to the original budget. Hopefully, this information provides the more clarity on why certain categories were exceeded for the 2012-13 school year. Please feel free to contact me at (501) 447-1010 or kelsey.bailey@lrsd.org if any additional information is needed. ~L~ Kelsey Bail:\n? Little Rock School District cc: Office of Desegregation Monitoring Magnet Review Committee Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4981 Filed 01/14/14 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM PLAINTIFFS NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS ORDER The Court notes and appreciates the supplemental budget information from the Magnet Review Committee. Ng 4979. The final 2012-2013 budget and the proposed 2013-2014 budget are approved. So Ordered. D.P. 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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of November 12, 2013 Ill. General Repor1t A. Correspondence B. Financial Tr\nansactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitmer1t Update 1. P1-incipals' Recruitment Reports 2. MRC Office Recruitment Report E. LRSD Origi,nal Magnet Schools Personnel -Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion of Tentative Desegregation Agreement B. Discussio1n of Magnet Schools Evaluation Report C. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournme:nt rameagsr ee9 112 areasin sch\u0026lt;X\u0026gt;l-suit Desegregation~case mediator sought JEANNIE ROBERTS ARKANSAS DEf,!OCRAT-GAZETTE Differences in the settlement of a 31-year-old federal school desegregation lawsuit will require the intervention of a federal magistrate to resolve, attorneys for the Pulaski County Special School District and the Joshua intervenors said Monday in a U.S. District Court filing. The joint request asked that U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. assign a portion of the case for federal mediation, saying that they were able to \"reach tentative agreements, but have some disputes\" that remain. The settlement of the 1989 Pulaski County desegregation case was negotiated last month by attorneys for the state\nthe Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts\nthe Joshua intervenors\nand the class of all employees in the three school districts known as the Knight intervenors. In the preliminary settlement, attorneys for the Pulaski County Special district See UNITARPYag, e 6A Unitary the communities in the Pulaski legal fees, and $500,000 to the More County Special School District Joshua intervenors and $75,0,00 to pursue a separate, commu- to.the Knight intervenors for  Continuedf romP age 1A informationni ty-based school district.\" legal fees. and the Joshua intervenors on the Web On Monday night, the Sher~ Marshall has given his pre-were charged with resolving wood City council passed a lirninary stamp of approval on their differences in how the Desegregation resolution to submifa written the settlement, but a final rul-district would achieve unitary arkansasonline.com/desegdocs. objection to the federal court ing will not be made until after status in nine key areas. The about the proposed settlement a Jan. 13-14\" fairnessh earing.\" .E.ittle Rock and North Little solved.'He added that he had preventing n~w school dis- In-November, Marshall reRock districts have already not been \"hopeful that we got tricts other than Jacksonville. quired that the parties to the been declared unitary, or de- any more than we.got.\" . Earlier, Walker said the case publicize the terms of segregated. Roberts said he would have three biggest roadblocks to the agreement and to publicly Marshall initially issued \"loved to have had another one achieving unitary status are notify individual members of a Dec. 2 deadline to Pulaski resolyed, but .we were ruhning facilities, student achievement the Joshua class or their atCounty Special and the Josh out of time.\" and discipline. He declined, torneys that they are entitled ua intervenors to either work Walker is confident, how- however, to go into detail to address the judge M'ith evout their differences amongst ever, that future negotiations about what it would take to idence and objections about themselves or to refer the will.bear more fruit.  reach an agreement. ' , the proposed agreement at the matter to a federal magistrate. , \"These are difficult issues, Roberts said in a previous January hearing. . That deadline was extended to and they take time to address. interview that there was sim- So far two l.etters have' Monday after both sides said We have a new administration ply t9o much to do in too little been received from individu   they felt they could resolve now..The other administrators time to equalize the condition als opposing the settlement.., more issues if given extra time. are gone, and their resolve of the district's decaying facil- One was from parent Stefanie In May 2011, U.S. District was sometim.es conflicting,\" ities.  Moore, who said the proposed Judge Brian S. Miller ruled that he said. ' ' \"  . , He was more hopeful.o n a agreement'.sl imits on interdis-the district was not desegre Walker said the current .quick resolution of the overall trict student transfers into Lit-, gated in the areas of student Pulaski Cqunty Special'superc agreement after Monday's fiP tle R,ock's six magnet schools: assignment\nadvanced place- intendent, Jerry-Guess, has ing, however.  :.   would hamper educational qpment and gifted education recognized that t-he school '\"If eel like we're very close, portunities for children who programs\nstudent discipline\ndistrict has riot made sufficient if not already there. They are live in.the Pulaski County Spe- school facilities\nscholarships\nprogress and is determined to probably in the'shape .that !hey' cial district'. ' special education\nstaffillg\ns tu- achieve unitary status in all could be 'handed back to the The other, Rizelle Aaron dent achievement\nand deseg- areas on a more satisfactory judge pretty_ quickly,\" Roberts of Jacksonville, questioned regation monitoring. timeline.  said, \"I think there~ _contin- the Jacksonville:c orrim.unity's' Pulaski County Special at- \"1 believe that he will do ue to be good-cooper~tion.M y financial, abilityt o support its torney Allen Roberts said re what 'lie says, He is the first th~ughts ar_eth at we ve got to , own school district.  cently that he was confident one to make that specific of a :\"mt to see~we do g_et_ma ~g- Objections must first be the parties could agree on at commitment in several years,\" iStiate appo1\nIltedT. hen _wev e submitted in writing to the least fiv_eo f the issues befiore Walker said.  got to get Wl th the,magiStiate federal court b xi M d  to see how.he wants us to pro-' Membe f thyn. Je h onl ay. . the second cutoff date. Walker pointed out that-a ceed,,  .  . rs o e os ua.c ass Monday's court filing, how- former Pulaski County Spe- R~ berts added that he who_~ave questions about the ever, reported that only two cial deputy superintendent, thinks a magistrate.would la~slllt, the s_ettlemenot ~ t~e areas - student assignment, Linda Remele, is now leading send the two partiesback to faun~ss h~arill~ _can put theu and advanced placement and an effort opposing a portion the drawing board for more questions ill wntillg to WaJer, honors programs -were able of the settlement that bars any negotiations, then ask that the lawyer f9r the Jos~ua ill to be resolved. The court doc new school districts in Pulas- they report back to him for a tervenors, Hi~ address 1s 1723 ument asked that the district ki County other than a new progress update. Broadway,_L ittle Rock, Ark. be rele.ased from federal over- Jacksonville school district. Under the proposed settle- 72206, or Johnwalkeratty@ sight on these two measures Remele and other members ment agreement involving all aol.com. . , . with the exception that it con of the Shetwood J?ublic Edu7 three districts, the state would. Members of:the Knigh~ illtinue \"generali mplementation cation Foundation formed ear- pay a total of $65.8 million a , terven_orcs an direct questions of these areas\" until the court lier this year to push for Sher- year through the end of the to therr attorneys, Mark Burenters an order with respect wood's own school district. 2017-18s choql year in desegc net~e or C~aytonB )ackstock, to the remaining obligations. The group held a news con- regation aid, In the fillal year, 1010 W. Third St., Little Rock, John Walker, the attorney ference last week, saying that the money can be used qnly A~k. 72201, or mburnette@ representing black students in its, members do not want to for construction and renova- m1tchellblacks_t?ck.com or Pulaski County's three school derail the desegregation set- tion of academic facilities: cblackstock@ rrutchellblack-districts who are known as the tlement but wanted to.express The agreement also calls stockcom. Joshua intervenors, said Mon- \"our surprise, and our extreme for the state to pay $250,000  Informationf or this article was day that he wasn't surprised disappointment and dismay,  to each of the three districts contribvted by Jake Sandlin of . that only two issues were re over the unequal treatment of to reimbu r, se them for their the ArkansasD emocrat-GazeI. t te DRAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES November 12, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Terri Rogers, PCSSD-Alternate for Dr. Robert Clowers Danny Reed, ADE Members Absent: Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Micheal Stone, NLRSD Guest: Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:35 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She noted that a quorum was present since Danny Reed had the proxy vote of Oliver Dillingham, ADE representative. Dr. Mitchell called for a reading of the minutes of the meeting of October 8, 2013. Danny Reed made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Terri Rogers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Chairperson Mitchell then called for a reading of the minutes of the Special-Called Meeting of October 16, 2013. Danny Reed made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Terri Rogers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Several e-mails were presented to MRC members. Dr. Mitchell provided a brief recap of the e-mails and noted that several had to do with parents inquiring about enrollment and the MRC Office's response. Another e-mail was from Parkview thanking the MRC Office for assistance in obtaining mailing labels from NLRSD and PCSSDto notify parents of their recruitment night. No action was required by the MRC. Dr. Mitchell informed MRC members that LRSD is considering a STEM Academy and, on November 20, 2013, LRSD is going on a virtual tour of a Hartford, Connecticut school to follow as a model for STEM. She wanted to let MRC members know of the coincidence with Magnet Schools of America's national conference being held in Hartford in 2014. Bills in the amount of $2,518.95 were presented for payment. Danny Reed made a motion to pay the bills, and Terri Rogers seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. An e-mail was received from Hogan-Lovells, transmitting a memorandum entitled, \"Department of Justice and Department of Education Office for Civil Rights guidance on Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin.\" Copies were given to MRC members for their information, but no action was required. With regard to a recruitment report, a copy of the October 1, 2013 Enrollment Report for all Little Rock School District schools was given to MRC members for their review. No action was required at this time. Margie Powell, from ODM, reported that they have started on their enrollment report, and she will provide the MRC Office with a copy as soon as possible. Updated recruitment reports from Stipulation magnet school principals were given to MRC members. Dr. Mitchell provided a brief recap of some of the activities of the schools. She noted, in particular, the participation of schools at -2- fJRAFT the Building Communities, not Bullies Rally and informed MRC members that the magnet schools were very well represented. A recruitment report, prepared by the MRC Office, listed all the activities that have been accomplished so far with advertising already established, as well as what is planned. Plans are underway for Magnet Fair on Saturday, January 25, 2014, prior to Early Enrollment which begins on Monday, January 27, 2014. With regard to Personnel Vacancies and New Hires, Dr. Mitchell said there were none to report at this time. Moving on to Business and/or Action Items, a discussion was held with regard to the Executive Director position. Dr. Mitchell reported that, during a SpecialCalled Meeting held on October 16, 2013, the MRC voted to accept the Interview Team's recommendation, and offered the job to one of the candidates who had applied and came before the Interview Team. However, that candidate did not accept the position because of the salary that was offered. No further discussion was held with regard to the position. Dr. Mitchell reported that the Evaluation Report will remain on the agenda for discussion. It was agreed by consensus that the next MRC meeting will be held on December 10, 2013, in the MRC Office. Dr. Mitchell asked if there were any special requests for the December 10th agenda. Upon hearing none, Danny Reed made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Terri Rogers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 a.m. -3- DRAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID December 17, 2013 1. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 985.00 (Advertising in \"Where We Live\") 2. Compsys 48.33 (Monthly Billing to Act as MRC's Website Host and E-Mail Access) 3. Magnet Schools of America 250.00 (MRC's Membership Dues for 2013-14) 4. Capital Business Machines 78.12 (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract) 5. Central Arkansas Newspapers 225.00 (Advertising in \"Back to School\" Issue in Jacksonville Patriot, Maumelle Monitor, NLR Times and Sherwood Voice) 6. American Home Life 825.00 (MRC's Office Rent for December, 2013) 7. American Home Life 182.50 (MRC's Communications Expense for November, 2013) 8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 60.00 (Subscription Renewal for Three Months} 9. Kid's Directory 335.00 (Advertising in December, 2013} 10. Staples Advantage 122.65 (Supplies for the MRC Office} TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID $3,111.60 Rx Date/Time DEC-16-2013(MO08N:2) 4 P.0 02 DEC/!6/2013/lM0:O26NA M FAXN o. P.0 02 Case: 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document#: 4958-0 Date Filed: 12/13/2013 Page 1 of 1 FILED U.S. DISTRICTC OURT EASTERND ISTRICTA RKANSAS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DEC 13 2013 EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION JAMES W. McCOR By:___::.'-!.-~~~--\n:\nDc'cEP-\n::CiE'LER~K LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. ORDER PLAINTIFFS DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS The Court has received the attached budgets from the Magnet Review Committee: the actual expenditures for 2012-2013 and the proposed expenditures for 2013-2014. The Court notes that the proposed budget for this school year is consistent timing-wise with the parties' pending proposed settlement-magnet funding is to be maintained without change through30 June 2014. Any objections to these budgets are due by 20 December 2013. So Ordered. D.P. Marshall Jf.\" United States District Judge I 3 IJ.u~ -\n.\u0026amp;I i Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: CLOWERS ROBERT L. [RCLOWERS@pcssd.org] Wednesday, December 11, 2013 12:01 PM Magnet Review FW: Dem-Gaz re: M to M transfers Pulaski County school-transfer rules up in air Desegregation deal seen forcing redo on 3 districts By Cynthia Howell This article was published December 9, 2013 at 2:10 a.m. The tentatively approved settlement in the Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit does more than phase out state desegregation money - it will change all the rules for the longtime interdistrict student-transfer programs in the three districts, including the Little Rock magnet schools. The proposed settlement was negotiated by attorneys for the state, districts and intervening parties. It was tentatively approved by U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. on Nov. 22. The agreement that would end $65.8 million a year in desegregation aid in 2018 is scheduled to be the subject of a Jan. 13-14 fairness hearing before the judge makes any decision on its final approval. The tentative settlement states that no new student applications will be accepted for either the six magnet schools or for the majority-to-minority interdistrict student-transfer program that enables students to transfer from a district in which their race is in the majority to a district and school where their race is in the minority. Currently enrolled students in the magnet schools may remain in them until they complete all grades, according to the tentative settlement. Current students in the majority-to-minority transfer program may remain in the district in which they now attend school until high school graduation. A relatively small number of students who are not now in magnet schools or the transfer program would still be able to transfer across district lines to attend school - but they would have to exercise a \"legal transfer\" process that is authorized in state law but has not been used much in Pulaski County in recent years. Stephen Jones, an attorney for the North Little Rock School District, said the caps on the number of interdistrict student transfers to magnet and other schools are the product of compromise. The North Little Rock district wanted to \"keep the doors open\" for transfer students, Jones said. But the Pulaski County Special district, which is trying to remove itself from the state's fiscal distress program and raise money to build new schools, wanted to restrict transfers out of that district as a way to stabilize its enrollment, he said. \"This is just a middle ground that we were able to negotiate that accommodated our interests and at the same time accommodated the Pulaski County Special School District's interest in limiting their exposure to student loss,\" Jones said. The tentatively approved agreement would permit up to 30 students to transfer from the Pulaski County Special district to the Little Rock School District each year to attend magnet schools or other schools. Pulaski County Special also would approve up to 30 students to transfer each year to the North Little Rock district. In some years, more than 30 students could transfer to accommodate students with siblings, but no more than 150 students can transfer to each district over five years. Pulaski County Special could, but would not be required to, accept transfer students from Little Rock and North Little Rock. Additionally, the Little Rock and North Little Rock districts would allow transfers to each other's districts - 30 each per year, with some flexibility to allow siblings to transfer together. But again, no more than 150 student transfers would be allowed per district over five years. All those transfers would be done using the \"legal transfer\"process permitted by Arkansas Code Annotated 3- 18-316. Legal transfer students have to be approved by the school board of the sending district and the school board of the receiving district. The state aid for a legal transfer student follows the student to the receiving district. Local tax revenue does not follow the student to the receiving district, however. And legal transfer students would have to provide their own transportation to school unless the districts choose to provide it. Jones said the North Little Rock district wanted assurances of at least 50 students from the Pulaski County Special district, but the county district's position was \"If we don't take any of your students and send you 30, then that gets you a net of 50. \"That's how we got to that number,\" Jones said. \"It's just a negotiated number. If it was up to North Little Rock, we would have open choice and the kids could go to whatever district they wanted to,\" he said. Jones said the Pulaski County Special district's position heavily weighed upon the potential for Pulaski County Special students to also transfer under the state's revised School Choice Act of 2013 to surrounding districts outside Pulaski County - such as Bryant, Cabot, Sheridan, Mayflower and others. Both the Pulaski County Special and Little Rock districts earlier this year exercised an exemption clause in the School Choice Act because of their involvement in a federal school desegregation lawsuit.As a result, the districts do not send or accept School Choice Act transfer students from districts outside the county. \"They are looking at it from an economic point of view,\" Jones said of the Pulaski County Special district's efforts to retain students and the state funding for those students. The proposed settlement would enable some North Little Rock students to transfer to Little Rock to attend magnet schools. The proposal also allows Little Rock students to transfer to North Little Rock schools, which they have previously not been permitted to do under existing majority-to-minority program. The majority-to-minority student-transfer program and the six special-program magnet schools in the Little Rock district - Booker, Carver, Gibbs and Williams elementaries, Horace Mann Middle School and Parkview High - were established in the late 1980s to promote voluntary racial desegregation in Pulaski County's three school districts. 2 Although the number of students participating in those programs has dropped off in recent years, the programs are considered well-used and successful. In 2012-13, a total of 3,428 students from all three Pulaski County school districts were enrolled in the six magnet schools - 1,072 of them from North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts. Another 1,723 students crossed district lines to attend schools in a Pulaski County district different from the district in which they lived as the result of the majority-to-minority transfer program. Little Rock Superintendent Dexter Suggs said the special-program magnet schools in his district may lose some of their interdistrict features as the result of the proposed settlement. But those schools and their programs in the arts, and math and sciences will be retained, he said. \"Our magnet program will continue. We will not lose the integrity of the programs,\" Suggs said. \"We are actually looking to improve the magnet program,\" he said, adding that he expects possible enhancements to be identified within the month. Suggs, who became the Little Rock superintendent in July, said he wants to keep and promote the magnet schools as a choice option for families. \"We want our magnet program population to increase,\" Suggs said and noted that the schools will be featured in a future marketing campaign to the public. \"If they can grow from 15 [percent] to 25 percent at each school, that would be great,\" he said about enrollment. The academic themes at the schools won't change, Suggs said. Nor will the racial guidelines for the schools. The magnet schools are supposed to have a racial makeup of 50 percent black students and 50 percent white and other races/ ethnicities. The magnet schools will be populated by students from across the district and will not draw from a defined attendance zone, as is practice for other schools in the district. Suggs has scheduled a meeting Tuesday with the principals of the six magnet schools to brainstorm ways to grow and improve the schools. One change he said he will propose is that students who are enrolled in magnet schools and complete the top grade in those schools be given first priority for enrollment at the next level of magnet schools. Pupils who finish at Booker Arts Magnet Elementary School, for example, would have a greater opportunity to continue in the arts program at Horace Mann Arts and Sciences Magnet Middle School and Parkview Arts and Sciences Magnet High. Currently, students in one magnet school have no greater chance of attending the next level of magnet school than any other student who applies for a special program school. Suggs also said he wants to include Dunbar Middle School's gifted and talented program in the magnet program but eliminate other \"magnet\" labels at schools in the district. Front Section, Pages 1 on 12/09/2013 Print Headline: Pulaski County school-transfer rules up in air 3 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Good Afternoon, Curtis, Kimberly D.H. [kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com] Monday, December 09, 2013 11 :17 AM Curtis, Kimberly D.H. School District Seeks Sup. Ct. Review of Ruling that Middle School Students Generally Have Constitutional Rights to Use Ambiguously Lewd Speech to Express Political/Social Commentary at Schools DOC044.PDF The attached document is being sent on behalf of John Borkowski and Joel Buckman. Please direct any responses to Mr. Borkowski at john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com and Mr. Buckman at joel.buckman@hoganlovells.com. Thank you, Kimberly Curtis Assistant to John Borkowski, Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3426 / Virus Database: 3658/6903 - Release Date: 12/09/13 Hogan Lovells To FROM DATE School District Clients and Friends John W. Borkowski Joel D. Buckman December 9, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, N\\N Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1202637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT School District Seeks Supreme Court Review of Ruling that Middle School Students Generally Have Constitutional Right to Use Ambiguously Lewd Speech to Express Political or Social Commentary at School On December 3, 2013, the Easton Area School District in Pennsylvania sought review in the United States Supreme Court of an important appellate court ruling against it. 11 In August, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the school district violated the First Amendment by prohibiting middle school students from wearing \"I ., boobies: (KEEP A BREAST)\" bracelets. I/ The Court of Appeals concluded that school districts may categorically punish ambiguously lewd speech-as opposed to plainly lewd speech-only when such speech cannot plausibly be interpreted as political or social commentary. In short, students generally have a constitutional right to use ambiguously lewd speech to express political or social commentary. In the Third Circuit's view, because \"I ., boobies: (KEEP A BREAST)\" did not rise to the level of plainly lewd speech, and the bracelets were part of a breast cancer awareness campaign, the school district's ban violated the First Amendment. Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the new test promises practical difficulties for school districts, at least those in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. I. Legal Background Students do not shed their free speech rights at the school house gate,J/ but they also do not have the same rights as adults on street corners. 1/ Over a series of cases, the Supreme Court has articulated a unique Constitutional framework for evaluating student speech. The cornerstone of that framework is the Court's decision in Tinker. In that landmark case, a school district had punished students for wearing black armbands protesting the Vietnam war. The Supreme Court ruled the district violated the First Amendment. The Court concluded that school 11 http://articles.mcall.com/2013-12-05/news/mc-easton-boobies-bracelets-su preme-cou rt-filing- 20131203 1 _easton-area-school-district-student-speech-brianna-hawk. 'l/ B.H. ex rel. Hawk v. Easton Area Sch. Dist., 725 F.3d 293 (2013) (3d Cir. 2013) (en bane). ~/ Tinker v. Des Moines tndep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 506 (1969). 1/ See Morse v. Frederick, 551 U.S. 393, 406 (2007). 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For more information see www hogan1ove11cso m \\\\DC 7047261000300- 5275985v 1 School District Clients and Friends - 2 - December 9, 2013 districts may bar student speech protected by the First Amendment only when there is an actual or reasonable forecast of a \"substantial disruption\" to school activities or \"inva[sion] of the rights of others.\"/ When, as in Tinker,! there is no such disruption, student speech is generally protected. Tinker requires case-by-case analysis. In addition, the Supreme Court has concluded that school districts also may categorically restrict certain categories of speech:  School sponsored speech when restrictions relate to legitimate pedagogical concerns. School districts may limit \"expressive activities that students, parents, and members of the public might reasonably perceive to bear the imprimatur of the school,\" such as a school newspaper. Zf Districts may control the \"style and content of student speech in schoolsponsored expressive activities so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns.\"_/  Plainly lewd or vulgar speech. Districts may punish speech a reasonable observer would interpret as lewd, vulgar, or profane speech and conduct, even when it would be protected in other settings. 'd_/ For example, in nominating a peer for class office, a student used an '\"elaborate, graphic, and explicit sexual metaphor.\"' 1Q/ The Supreme Court upheld the student's suspension, concluding the \"(d]istrict acted entirely within its permissible authority in imposing sanctions [for the student's] offensively lewd and indecent speech.\" 111 It also suggested that, at least when the District is not engaging in viewpoint discrimination, the \"determination of what manner of speech in the classroom or in school assembly is inappropriate properly rests with the school board.\" .12_/ School districts may not, however, punish any speech that might be characterized as offensive. jl/  Speech promoting illegal drug use. School districts may prohibit speech that they reasonably interpret as promoting illegal drug use. HI For example, the Supreme Court upheld a principal's suspension of a student for holding up a banner reading \"Bong Hits 4 Jesus.\" .1./ The Third Circuit's decision purports to clarify when school districts may categorically prohibit speech that is ambiguously lewd. _! Tinker, 393 U.S. at 513-14. I Id.\nsee a/so id. at 517-18 {Black, J., dissenting) (explaining that the armbands did \"cause(] comments, warnings by other students, the poking of fun at them, and a warning by an older football player that other, nonprotesting students had better let them alone\" and that the armbands \"practically 'wrecked\"' one math class). ZI Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuh/meier, 484 U.S. 260,271 (1988). _/ Id. at 273. 'd_/ Bethel Sch. Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675, 678, 682-84 (1986). 1.QI Id. at 685-86. 111 Id. 12_/ Id. at 683, 685. 1]/ Morse 551 U.S. at 409. 14/ Id. at 403 . .1..1 Id. IIDC  70\u0026lt;1726/000300 5275985 v1 School District Clients and Friends - 3 - December 9, 2013 II. The Third Circuit's Ruling As part of a breast cancer awareness campaign, three Easton Area School District middle school girls wore bracelets to school proclaiming \"I ., boobies: (KEEP A BREAST).\" After several months, and despite no actual or impending substantial disruption, administrators demanded the girls take them off or face punishment. Citing the First Amendment two of the three refused. The administrators imposed 1.5 days' in-school suspension and prohibited them from attending a dance\nthe girls filed a federal law suit. On appeal, the Third Circuit held the district had violated the girls' Constitutional rights. Interpreting the Supreme Court's decisions on vulgar speech and speech promoting illegal drug use, the Court articulated a new rule for ambiguously lewd speech: 1. School districts may categorically restrict \"plainly lewd\" speech that \"offends for the same reasons obscenity offends\" regardless of whether it is political or social commentary. 2. School districts may categorically restrict speech not rising to the level of \"plainly lewd\" but that a \"reasonable observer could interpret as lewd\" only when the speech cannot \"plausibly be interpreted as commenting on a social or political issue.\".1/ In applying it, the court will \"defer to a school's reasonable judgment that an observer could interpret ambiguous speech as lewd, vulgar, profane, or offensive only if the speech could not plausibly be interpreted as commenting on a political or social issue.\" 1]_/ According to the Third Circuit, the bracelets presented \"an open-and-shut case.\" .1./ The Court held the bracelets were not lewd but that a reasonable observer could interpret them as lewd. In reaching this determination, the Court undertook a \"highly contextual inquiry.\"~/ It disregarded the speaker's subjective intent and evaluated the \"plausibility of the school's interpretation in light of competing meanings\nthe context, content, and form of the speech\nand the age and maturity of the students.\" 20/ The Court counted as significant that:  The bracelets bore \"no resemblance to ... 'pervasive sexual innuendo\"' plainly offensive to teachers and students (teachers had to request guidance about how to handle the bracelets, administrators waited two months to ban them, and the loudspeaker announcement used the term \"boobies\")\nand  \"Boobie\" was not \"remotely akin to the seven words that are considered obscene to minors on broadcast television\" and was just a \"sophomoric\" synonym for breast. 1_/ 1/ Hawk, 725 F.3d at 319-20. 11.J Id. 317. 1.1 Id. at 320. ~I Id. at 309, 320. 201 Id . .fl! Id. at 320. \\\\DC  7047261000300 - 5275985 v1 School District Clients and Friends - 4 - December 9, 2013 Because the ambiguously lewd bracelets were part of a national breast cancer awareness campaign, they could be interpreted as political or social commentary, and the district, therefore, could not categorically prohibit them. 22/ Ill. Legal and Practical Implications The Third Circuit's new test currently is the law only in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and even that could change if the Supreme Court decides to consider the case. It also remains to be seen whether other courts will adopt the Third Circuit's approach. At least one federal district court in Indiana has already upheld the ability of school districts to prohibit the \"I ., boobies: (KEEP A BREAST)\" bracelets and expressly rejected the Third Circuit's reasoning. 23/ The key practical difficulty for school districts seeking to apply the Third Circuit's decision will be line drawing. The Court's opinion recognized it would require administrators to make difficult judgments: What line demarcates plainly lewd speech from speech that a reasonably observer might interpret as lewd? When is it plausible to think speech is political or social commentary? The Third Circuit's answers to these questions do not provide much clear guidance to school administrators. The majority suggests looking to the Supreme Court's obscenity-to-minors cases and to cases demarcating when speech involves a matter of public concern. 24/ Under this framework, school districts could not bar \"I ., boobies: (KEEP A BREAST)\" but presumably could bar \"I ., titties: (KEEP A BREAST)\" (because the latter includes one of the seven dirty words held to be obscene to minors). 25/ The majority offered little guidance on how to respond beyond these two examples. As a dissenting judge pointed out, the lack of a \"workable parameter unnecessarily handcuffs school districts.\" The Third Circuit took comfort that \"(o]ver time, the fault lines demarcating plainly lewd speech and political and social speech will settle and become more rule-like as precedent accumulates.\" 26/ Even if that prediction proves correct, in the meantime, teachers and administrators will face difficult day-to-day decisions. * * * If you have questions about this case or other First Amendment issues, feel free to contact John W. Borkowski at 574-239-7010, john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com or Joel Buckman at 202-637-6408, joel.buckman@hoganlovells.com. 221 Id. 23/ See JA v. Fort Wayne Cmty Sch., No. 12-155 (N.D. Ind. Aug. 20, 2013). 24! Hawk, 725 F.3d at 318-19. 25! Id. at 318\nsee a/so id. at 339 (Greenaway, Jr., dissenting) (pointing out practical flaws in the majority's approach). 26/ Id.at 319. IIDC - 704726/000300 - 5275985 v1 Recruitment Activities for Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages December 5, 2013 1. Publicity in the local news media and LRSD website A. Gibbs has been in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper three times already this year: (1) AUGUST-First Day of School with Fathers Brin in Students to School ~1 -- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/MELISSA SUE GERRITS 08/19/13 - Amy Nicholas embraces daughter Avery Nicholas, 7, at Gibbs Magnet Elementary School August 19, 2013 while they wait to hear which classroom Avery will be in for her first year of school at Gibbs. (3) OCTOBER - Gibbs was included in the news article about the One-toOne Laptop Initiative. B. Gibbs has been featured in the Spanish Speakers newspaper, \"Hispanic,\" once so far this year on October 3, with a photo at WorldFest and a mention in the article. (See next page) ~~C:.\"i:::'..=: .:::.-...., .... _.:_ -.---.-.----.-- --.--.~- ---------- ---..---- IIU na vez mas la ciudad de Lillie U Rock organize el World Fest en el que se festeja la d1vers1dad cultural que hay en la c1ud.111 y en un marco de diversion se exp~nen muestras h1st6ricas y cullurales de_ dv~rsos palses de las cuales son onginano~ diferentes grupos de personas que habtan Arkansas Central. Los representados iban desde las indios amencanos hasta Ghana en Africa y Pakistan entre otras culturas. El evento se realiz6 a un co_stado del Zool6gico de la ciudad y abn6 con un ctesfile de las alumnos de la escu~la Magnet Gibbs de Estudios lntemacionales e ldiomas. quienes portaban banderas de diversos palses y se realizaron las honores a la bandera de Estados Unldos. Esta ocasi6n el juramenlo se realiz6 en Ingles. aleman, trances y en espai\\ol, este ultimo dirigido por Neyla Palacios de North Little Rock y estudlante del quinto grado de la escuela Gibbs. Como representante de la cultura hispana estaba Bongo Willie que como ya es tradici6n en el festival, comparti6 sus percusiones con los nii\\os y adolescentes que se dieron cita para conocer mtis de la gran diversidad de la que esta formada la ciudad. Por Laura MMlnez de Gut~rrez C. Gibbs has been featured on local television six times this year: (1) AUGUST - Japanese Students and Teacher from Niigata, Japan at Gibbs (2) SEPTEBMER - 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance with Firefighter Ceremony (3) SEPTEMBER- Ozark Water Project (4) SEPTEMBER 27 -Benefit and Swab Party for Teecumpsy Wiggins (4th grader with leukemia) at Dunbar Community Garden (5) NOVEMBER 8 - \"Feel Good Friday\" segment on Fox 16 featured Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. r (6) NOVEMBER 12 - KARK Ch 4 had news story about the Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. Elementary School Fights Hunger 1 Cereal Box at a Time by Drew Petrimoulx 11/07/2013 LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Every night, many children across the state go to sleep hungry. Some of the kids at Gibbs Elementary are trying to change that in their school. As children at Gibbs stood with cereal boxes in hand, they explained their feelings, knowing some kids at their school don't have enough food. \"{It) makes me sad that they don't have enough food and then they need some,\" Nina Millender said. \"It's unfair that we are like eating and eating the night away while others don't even have food at all,\" Simon Nuckle said. To help make a difference, the children are encouraging their classmates to bring in boxes of cereal, and they're getting help organizing from their international studies teacher Vicki Gonterman. \"They think maybe that it's going to go out and feed the hungry in Little Rock somewhere, but what it does is it stays right here in the school community, because we all have hunger very close to us,\" Gonterman said. Nearly half of the students at Gibbs qualify for free or reduced lunch. The cereal boxes collected go home with those most in need each weekend. \"It makes me feel good that we're doing the food drive because we're helping them,\" Millender said. Their teacher calls it a service-learning project. The kids are serving their peers in need while at the same time learning how close to home the problem of hunger can hit. D. Gibbs has been featured on LRSD website four times, once on Twitter (LRSD) and twice on Facebook (LRSD): (1) Gibbs Educator Selected for Global Conference in NYC Gibbs Educator Participates in Japan Society's Global Conference in NYC In May, Ms. Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet School, received a select invitation to participate in the Third Annual Going Global: International Student Social Networking Conference for Educators organized by the Japan Society. Gonterman, one of only ten US-based educators invited, attended the three day conference, August 7-9 in New York, with educators from Japan and Pakistan. The all-expenses paid conference was sponsored in part by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Toshiba International Foundation. The U.S.Japan Foundation submitted Gonterman's name for inclusion in the conference as she was their 2006 Elgin Heinz Humanities Educator of the Year. Gonterman now has a Japanese \"Kamishibai\" lesson published online with the Japan Society on their educator's website! Click here to view the lesson. Also, as a result of participation in the conference, Gonterman is currently establishing a new partnership with an international elementary school in Japan. Photo: Gonterman is sitting on the far right of the first table with educators from Japan and Pakistan. (2) Two LRSD Teachers Win Competitive Study Opportunity at the Truman Library Chris Gonterman, Physical Education Teacher at Hall High School, and Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School, have both been selected as winners of the Summer Teachers Seminar entitled, \"U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama,\" offered by the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri this July. The two will attend the weeklong conference, along with teachers selected from across the United States, attend lectures, and utilize the Truman Library's primary source documents on Presidential Policy Making in the Middle East to create lesson plans. The competitive application process included a personal essay explaining the content and pedagogy that would be utilized in their classroom along with an application and resume. (3)Reading Quiz Bowl Results Results for Gibbs Magnet's First Reading Bowl! Gibbs International Magnet School has just concluded its first Reading Bowl of the year! Students in grades 3-5 had an assigned book over the summer. Upon their return to school in August, the children anticipated involvement in a quiz bowl competition around their book. The competition was conducted in each classroom. The winning team in each classroom faced off against the winning team in the opposing grade level homeroom! Homeroom winners were: Third Grade - Mrs. Jennifer White's students\n4th Grade - Mrs. Julie Davis's students\nand Fifth Grade - Ms. Jennifer Gillespie's students! Each student on the winning teams received a certificate with their team photo. A trophy is also displayed outside each classroom! These children exhibited great sportsmanship! They are looking forward to the next Reading Quiz Bowl at Gibbs! Pictured above are (1) fourth graders and (2) third grade students competing in the first-ever Gibbs Reading Quiz Bowl! (4) LRSD Launches One-to-One Laptop Initiative The Little Rock School District announced an exciting new 1 :1 (one-to-one) technology initiative Tuesday to be piloted at four elementary schools. The initiative will put laptops in the hands of 4-Sth grade students at Gibbs, Forest Park, Otter Creek and Roberts Elementary schools starting in January, 2014. (Gibbs featured in photo top row, center) LRSD is launching the initiative first to teachers, with an extensive Professional Development push, then to students and parents in a three-phase process. The three phases will occur over two years and include: Four schools - Phase One Eight-ten schools - Phase Two All elementary schools - Phase Three Students will be able to take the laptops home with them every day, providing them with a 24-7 learning opportunity. The devices will be used to prepare students for college and career in a digital world incorporating National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). These standards are used to provide the experiences students should routinely encounter as well as the skills and knowledge they need to acquire - a few are listed below.  Creativity and Innovation  Communication and Collaboration  Research and Information fluency  Critical Thinking\nProblem-solving and Decision making\nDigital Citizenship\nand Technology Operations and Concepts \"The laptops will help to better engage students in the learning process, increase academic achievement and help students to become independent learners,\" said LRSD Superintendent Dr. Dexter Suggs. \"Providing the 1 :1 computing opportunity to our students sends a definitive message that access to technology can be transformative.\" LRSD Director of Instructional Technology Barbara Williams added, \"The 1 :1 initiative is just what we need as we prepare our teachers and students with twenty-first century technology teaching and learning skills.\" The district will provide one bag and charging accessory for the laptop. The goal is to eventually replace textbooks with laptops. Parent information meetings will begin in January, 2014 for students who receive devices. (5) Twitter/ lrsd: Congratulations to Gibbs Head https://twitter.com/lrsd/status/403894029483380737 Nov 22, 2013 - Congratulations to Gibbs Head Custodian Carl Shumate who is celebrating 40 years at Gibbs! He started working at. .. http://fb.me/2xDcUKK2s. (6) Little Rock School District - Little Rock, AR - Public School I Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mylrsd?ref=stream\u0026amp;viewer_id=O ... 3 The Gibbs Mini United Nations is supporting this fundraiser as this year's Change for Peace for Victims of Typhoon Haiyan. (7) Little Rock School District - Little Rock, AR - Public School I Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mylrsd?rf=187111201326948 GIBBS MAGNET STUDENTS COMMEMORATE VETERAN'S DAY ... grades 3-5 at Gibbs International Magnet School made and assembled red poppy wreaths to commemorate Veteran's Day in French foreign language classes ... E. Gibbs is currently featured on the LRSD Access Channel with two programs: (1) Gibbs \"9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance\" which included First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, reading to a Kindergarten class and many other service volunteers reading in grades K-3 (Filmed September 11) and ( continued) (2) Gibbs Third and Fourth Grades Musical Program \"Music, Arts, and Play-The Gibbs Way\" (Filmed October 7) 2. Community Involvement: (1) SEPTEMBER 27 - Gibbs fifth graders perform at Opening Ceremony of WorldFest annually for school and community relations (City of Little Rock and LR Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission). Photos to appear on LRRCDC Website. (2) Other community events such as with the Clinton Foundation, the Sister Cities Commission, Heifer International, etc. as requested during the year. 3. Weekly newsletter (every Wednesday) 1st Quarter - The newsletter is called El Mundo, Spanish for The World. 2nd Quarter-The newsletter is called Le Monde, French for The World. See separate attachments. 4. Special Days at School for Families ( 1) SEPTEMBER 6 - Grandparents Day Luncheon (2) OCTOBER 25 - Dads Day Luncheon (3) Moms Day Luncheon (May 9) (4) Coffee Cafe (monthly on a Friday) for parents and staff before school in media center September 13, October 4, November 8, December 6 5. Special Evenings at Gibbs: (1) AUGUST - New Student/Family Orientation (2) SEPTEMBER - Open House (3) MONTHLY - Scouting Nights (4) QUARTERLY -PTA Meetings SEPTEMBER 12 - 1st PT A Meeting NOVEMBER 14 - 2nd PTA Meeting (5) OCTOBER 22 - Family Math and Literacy Night (6) November 22 Family Movie Night (7) International Fest (May 2) (8) Science Fair Family Meeting (grades 3-5) (9) Musicals each year performed by students OCTOBER 7 - \"The Arts, Music, and Play: The Gibbs Way\" Musical by 3rd and 4th graders (two performances, 1 :00 and 6:00 p.m.) DECEMBER 16 - \"Winter Fun and Games\" Musical by 1st and 2nd graders (two performances, 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.) 6. Recruitment Invitations, Brochures, and CD's (1) We will send invitations to the parents of P4 (Pre-K) students in Early Childhood Schools to visit Gibbs during the two weeks prior to registration for the 2014-15 school year. (2) We will send invitations to our Partners in Education for prospective families to tour the school. (3) We will also alert our current Gibbs families and staff to talk with friends, church/work acquaintances, new neighbors to the LR area, etc. that have young children to invite them to Gibbs for a tour or a special evening event. 7. Magnet Schools Fair, Saturday, January 25, 2014 (ON-HOLD) (1) Information booth worked by teachers and parents with a tour signup sheet, brochures, and CD's to be given away (2) Foreign Language Performances by Gibbs students 8. Tours of the School (1) Scheduled Tours - International Studies Specialist gives scheduled tours of the school. (2) NOVEMBER 11-15 - \"Check Us Out\" Week- (including Check Us Out Days -November 12-14). We offer a week of tours guided by parent volunteers or the International Studies Specialist and distribute informational brochures to prospective families. (3) JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 7 - Open Enrollment Period. We offer tours with parent volunteers or IS Specialist for that two week period and distribute CD's of our magnet program to prospective families. Compiled and submitted by Vicki Stroud Gonterman Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Betty Bradford (bradfordb@nlrsd.org] Friday, December 13, 2013 8:40 AM Magnet Review Fwd: Revised URGENT INFORMATION Desegregation Settlement Agreement Exhibit 1.pdf ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Micheal Stone \u0026lt;stonem@nlrsd.org\u0026gt; Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:26 PM Subject: Revised URGENT INFORMATION Desegregation Settlement Agreement To: NLRSD Faculty \u0026lt;nlrsd-faculty@nlrsd.org\u0026gt; SCHOOL DESEGREGATION SETTLEMENT PENDING The Proposed Settlement. In November 2013, the parties of the class action lawsuit joined a new Proposed Settlement Agreement to release the State from its obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. Individual members of the class will not be (and have never been) awarded any money through the new Proposed Settlement Agreement. The key terms of this Proposed Settlement Agreement for the will affect magnet schools, m to m transfers, desegregation funding, and the legal transfer of students within the three districts in Pulaski County. 1) The State will continue to make desegregation payments to the NLR School District for four more years and no longer. 2) No new M to Mor Magnet School transfers will be permitted. 3) Students currently enrolled in M to M and Magnet programs may continue. 4) The Districts will continue to provide free transportation to existing M to Mor stipulation Magnet students for at least three years. 5) The LRSD and PCSSD have currently opted out of the State's School Choice law. Under the Proposed Settlement Agreement, PCSSD and LRSD will allow 30 legal transfer students to attend NLRSD yearly and NLRSD will allow 30 legal transfers to attend LRSD. During this five year settlement agreement, siblings of students attending NLRSD through legal transfer will be given first priority to legally transfer into the NLRSD. 6) Students currently enrolled in one of the Districts under the State's School Choice law may continue to attend until they move or graduate from high school. More Information Available. '54.n Individual Approach to a World ef Knowledge\" December 4, 2013 Good Afternoon, Parents: We are required by law to provide you with a copy of the attached legal notice regarding the proposed desegregation settlement. In addition to this copy which has been sent home with your student, for your convenience, you will also find the legal notice posted the following ways: On the website: LRSD.org Linked to LRSD's Facebook page and Twitter accounts Pamela Srnith LRSD, Director of Communications 810 W. Markham  Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  www.lrsd.org 501-447-1000  fax: 501-447-1001 Notice Of Proposed Settlement Of Class Action, Rights Of Class Members, And Fairness Hearing To Consider The Proposed Settlement TO: All African-American or black public-school-age children of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and their parents or guardians\nand All certified and non-certified staff employees of the Little Rock School District, Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, and North Little Rock School District The Background. A class action lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas: Little Rock School District, et at: v. Pulaski Cpunty Special School District, No. 4:82-cv-866 DPM. This case is sometimes called the Little Rock or Pulaski County desegregation case. The parties to this lawsuit.include a group of individuals kriown as the Joshua Intervenors. The Court has designated these Intervenors to represent the Joshua Class - \"all current, past and future LRSD, PCSSD and NLRSD black students, their parents and next friends.\" The other parties to the case are the Little Rock School District, the Pulaski County Special School District, the North Little Rock School District, a group of certified and noncertified staff organizations and individuals known as the Knight Intervenors, and the State of Arkansas by the Arkansas Department of Education. The class action does not involve payment of any money to individuals. It deals only with how schools in Pulaski County, Arkansas, are operated. It is only for injunctive relief. Since 1990 a document called the 1989 Settlement Agreement has required certain actions by the State and the three Districts including two programs to affect the racial balance of students in schools in Pulaski County. One program, the Majority to Minority (or M to M) transfer program, allowed some students to attend a school outside of the district in which they live. A second program allowed students to attend one of six stipulation Magnet schools in the LRSD. The six stipulation Magnet schools are Booker Elementary, Carver Elementary, Gibbs Elementary, Williams Elementary, Horace Mann Middle School, and Parkview High School. Both programs provide free transportation to students. The 1989 Settlement Agreement also requires the State to take other actions, some in support of desegregation of the schools. The State's total payments to the three Districts are currently around $67 million each year. The ADE has asked the Court to immediately release it from all obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. The Joshua Intervenors and the Districts have argued to the Court that the ADE should not be released from its obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. The Proposed Settlement. In November 2013, the parties joined a new Proposed Settlement Agreement to release the State from its obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. Individual members of the class will not be (and have never been) awarded any money through the new Proposed Settlement Agreement. The key terms of this Proposed Settlement Agreement are:  The State will continue to make desegregation payments to the Districts for four more years and no longer\n The M to M program will not accept new applications this year, and applications for students living in NLRSD or PCS SD to transfer to the.six stipulation Magnet schools in LRSD will no longer be accepted\n Students currently enrolled in the M to M program can continue in this program as long as their parent or guardian chooses (including through high school graduation)\n Students living in NLRSD or PCSSD now enrolled in one of the six stipulation Magnet schools in the LRSD can continue in their school as long as their parent or guardian chooses (including through the highest grade in the school)\n After three years the Districts will not be required to provide free transportation to M to Mor stipulation Magnet students who cross District lines, but the Districts may do so if they choose to\nand '  All of the State's obligations in this case end once the last payment is made to the Districts under the Proposed Settlement Agreement. The six stipulation Magnet schools will continue to exist. The Proposed Settlement Agreement changes the rules for who can enrolfin these schools and the availability of transportation. The PCSSD will remain under Court supervision for a time and continue to pursue unitary status. The possible creation of a Jacksonville/North Pulaski area school district consistent with state law is authorized. The State will oppose the creation of any other school district from PCSSD's territory until PCSSD is declared fully unitary and released from Court supervision. The Proposed Settlement Agreement also provides for some attorney's fees: $250,000 each to LRSD, NLRSD, and PCSSD\n$500,000 to the Joshua Intervenors\nand $75,000 to the Knight Intervenors. If there is any objection to the attorney's fees for the Intervenors, then the Court will decide what fee is reasonable. More Information Available. Copies of the documents described above, and a longer summary of the Proposed Settlement Agreement, can be found on several websites. Look for Desegregation Case Proposed Settlement Materials. Go to:  State of Arkansas (http://www.arkansas.gov)  Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (http://www.ag.arkansas.gov/),  Arkansas Department of Education (http://www.arkansased.org),  Little Rock School District (http://www.lrsd.org),  North Little Rock School District (http://nlrsd.org), and  Pulaski County Special School District (http://www.pcssd.org). 2 Fairness Hearing and Objections. The Proposed Settlement Agreement will not be final until the United States District Court approves it. The Court has set a Fairness Hearing to hear evidence and objections of class members about the Proposed Settlement Agreement at 9:30 a.m., on January 13 and 14, 2014, at the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse, Court Room 1-A, 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. Members of the Joshua Class may participate in the Fairness Hearing throt.1:ghc ounsel or personally. Any objections that members of the class have to Proposed Settlement Agreement must be submitted in writing to the Court by December 23, 2013. If you want to participate in the Fairness _ Hearing you must say so in your written Objection. Objections not received by Dece1T1be2r3 , 2013, may not be considered. Failure to object in writing by the deadline may mean you cannot participate in the Fairness Hearing. Submit objections to this address: James W. McCormack, Clerk of Court United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Room A149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Attn: Desegregation Case - Proposed Settlement Agreement No Opt Outs. Members of the Joshua Class cannot opt out of the class. This means that all members of the class will be bound by the Proposed Settlement Agreement if it is approved by the Court. They will also be bound by any judgment issued by the Court. Questions. Members of the Joshua Class who have questions concerning the claims asserted in this litigation, the Proposed Settlement Agreement, or the Fairness Hearing, should direct their questions in writing to counsel for the Joshua Intervenors: John W. Walker, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, AR 72206-1220, johnwalkeratty@aol.com  Members of the Knight Intervenors who have questions concerning the claims asserted in this litigation, the Proposed Settlement Agreement, or the Fairness Hearing, should direct their questions in writing to counsel for the Knight Intervenors: Mark Burnette or Clayton Blackstock, Mitchell Blackstock Law Firm, 1010 West Third Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, mburnette@mitchellblackstock.com or cblackstock@mitchellblackstock.com Piease do not caii or write the Court, or the Cierk of the Court, for information or advice. 3 More information regarding the proposed settlement, including a copy of the Proposed Settlement Agreement, can be found on the NLR School District website: www.nlrsd.org  Fairness Hearing and Objections. The Proposed Settlement Agreement will not be final until the U.S. District Court approves it at a Fairness Hearing on January 13 and 14, 2014. The Court will hear evidence and objections of class me~bers about the Proposed Settlement Agreement at 9:30 am on January 13 and 14, 2014 at the Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Courthouse, Court Room 1-A, 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. Any objections members of the class have to the Proposed Settlement Agreement must be submitted in writing to the Court by December 23, 2013. If you want to participate in the Fairness Hearing you must say so in your written objection. Objections not received by December 23, 2013 may not be considered. Submit objections to this address: James W. McCormack, Clerk of Court U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Room A149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Attn: Desegregation Case - Proposed Settlement Agreement Micheal Stone. ED:-, b\nccuti\\'e Director of Student and I:quit: Sen ices orth I ittlc Rock School District Of1ice (501) 771-8050 I a, (501) 771-8097 Ed11catio11i s for all, our charge i\\ to gfre our best i11a ll we do for the rncceH \u0026lt;?(the children a11dfamilies ll'e sel\"l'e! Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4949-1 Filed 11/27/13 Page 1 of 3 Notice Of Proposed Settlement Of Class Action, Rights Of Class Members, And Fairness Hearing To Consider The Proposed Settlement TO: All African-American or black public-school-age children of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and their parents or guardians\nand All certified and non-certified staff employees of the Little Rock School District, Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, and North Little Rock School District The Background. A class action lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas: Little Rock School District, et al. v. Pulaski County Special School District, No. 4:82-cv-866 DPM. This case is sometimes called the Little Rock or Pulaski County desegregation case. The parties to this lawsuit include a group of individuals known as the Joshua Intervenors. The Court has designated these Intervenors to represent the Joshua Class - \"all current, past and future LRSD, PCSSD and NLRSD black students, their parents and next friends.\" The other parties to the case are the Little Rock School District, the Pulaski County Special School District, the North Little Rock School District, a group of certified and noncertified staff organizations and individuals known as the Knight Intervenors, and the State of Arkansas by the Arkansas Department of Education. The class action does not involve payment of any money to individuals. It deals only with how schools in Pulaski County, Arkansas, are operated. It is only for injunctive relief. Since J 990 a document called the 1989 Settlement Agreement has required certain actions by the State and the three Districts including two programs to affect the racial balance of students in schools in Pulaski County. One program, the Majority to Minority (or M to M) transfer program, allowed some students to attend a school outside of the district in which they live. A second program allowed students to attend one of six stipulation Magnet schools in the LRSD. The six stipulation Magnet schools are Booker Elementary, Carver Elementary, Gibbs Elementary, Williams Elementary, Horace Mann Middle School, and Parkview High School. Both programs provide free transportation to students. The 1989 Settlement Agreement also requires the State to take other actions, some in support of desegregation of the schools. The State's total payments to the three Districts are currently around $67 million each year. The ADE has asked the Court to immediately release it from all obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. The Joshua Intervenors and the Districts have argued to the Court that the ADE should not be released from its obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. The Proposed Settlement. In November 2013, the parties joined a new Proposed Settlement Agreement to release the State from its obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. Individual members of the class will not be (and have never been) awarded any money through the new Proposed Settlement Agreement. The key terms of this Proposed Settlement Agreement are: Exhibit 1 - ---- Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4949-1 Filed 11/27/13 Page 2 of 3  The State will continue to make desegregation payments to the Districts for four more years and no longer\n The M to M program will not accept new applications this year, and applications for students living in NLRSD or PCSSD to transfer to the six stipulation Magnet schools in LRSD will no longer be accepted\n Students currently enrolled in the M to M program can continue in this program as long as their parent or guardian chooses (including through high school graduation)\n Students living in NLRSD or PCSSD now enrolled in one of the six stipulation Magnet schools in the LRSD can continue in their school as long as their parent or guardian chooses (including through the highest grade in the school)\n After three years the Districts will not be required to provide free transportation to M to Mor stipulation Magnet students who cross District lines, but the Districts may do so if they choose to\nand  All of the State's obligations in this case end once the last payment is made to the Districts under the Proposed Settlement Agreement. The six stipulation Magnet schools will continue to exist. The Proposed Settlement Agreement changes the rules for who can enroll in these schools and the availability of transportation. The PCSSD will remain under Court supervision for a time and continue to pursue unitary status. The possible creation of a Jacksonville/North Pulaski area school district consistent with state law is authorized. The State will oppose the creation of any other school district from PCSSD's territory until PCSSD is declared fully unitary and released from Court supervision. The Proposed Settlement Agreement also provides for some attorney's fees: $250,000 each to LRSD, NLRSD, and PCSSD\n$500,000 to the Joshua Intervenors\nand $75,000 to the Knight Intervenors. If there is any objection to the attorney's fees for the Intervenors, then the Court will decide what fee is reasonable. More Information Available. Copies of the documents described above, and a longer summary of the Proposed Settlement Agreement, can be found on several websites. Look for Desegregation Case Proposed Settlement Materials. Go to:  State of Arkansas (http://www.arkansas.gov)  Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (http://www.ag.arkansas.gov/),  Arkansas Department of Education (http://www.arkansased.org),  Little Rock School District (http://www.lrsd.org),  North Little Rock School District (http://nlrsd.org), and  Pulaski County Special School District (http://www.pcssd.org). 2 Exhibit 1 , ' Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4949-1 Filed 11/27/13 Page 3 of 3 Fairness Hearing and Objections. The Proposed Settlement Agreement will not be final until the United States District Court approves it. The Court has set a Fairness Hearing to hear evidence and objections of class members about the Proposed Settlement Agreement at 9 :30 a.m., on January 13 and 14, 2014, at the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse, Court Room 1-A, 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. Members of the Joshua Class may participate in the Fairness Hearing through counsel or personally. Any objections that members of the class have to Proposed Settlement Agreement must be submitted in writing to the Court by December 23, 2013. If you want to participate in the Fairness Hearing you must say so in your written Objection. Objections not received by December 23, 2013, may not be considered. Failure to object in writing by the deadline may mean you cannot participate in the Fairness Hearing. Submit objections to this address: James W. McCormack, Clerk of Court United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Room A149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Attn: Desegregation Case - Proposed Settlement Agreement No Opt Outs. Members of the Joshua Class cannot opt out of the class. This means that all members of the class will be bound by the Proposed Settlement Agreement ifit is approved by the Court. They will also be bound by any judgment issued by the Court. Questions. Members of the Joshua Class who have questions concerning the claims asserted in this litigation, the Proposed Settlement Agreement, or the Fairness Hearing, should direct their questions in writing to counsel for the Joshua Intervenors: John W. Walker, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, AR 72206-1220, johnwalkeratty@aol.com Members of the Knight Intervenors who have questions concerning the claims asserted in this litigation, the Proposed Settlement Agreement, or the Fairness Hearing, should direct their questions in writing to counsel for the Knight Intervenors: Mark Burnette or Clayton Blackstock, Mitchell Blackstock Law Firm, 1010 West Third Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, mburnette@mitchellblackstock.com or cblackstock@mitchellblackstock.com Please do not call or write the Court, or the Clerk of the Court, for information or advice. 3 J:x_hibit 1 PCSSD Home E':itafDf 1recmry Home News Families Get Involved Schools Staff Notice of Proposed Settlement Notice Of Proposed Settlement Of Class Action, Rights Of Class Members, And Fairness Hearing To Consider The Proposed Settlement TO: All African-American or black publlc-school-age children of Pulaskl County, Arkansas, and their parents or guardians\nand All certified and non-certified staff employees of the Little Rock School District, Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, and North Little Rock School District Background A dass action lawsuit is pending ln the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas llttle Rock School District, et al. v. Pulaski County Special School District. et al., No. 4:82-cv-866 OPM The parties to this lawsuit are  The Joshua Class - A group of individuals known as the Joshua lntervenors  The Court has designated these lntervenors to represent a class ot au past, present and future AfricanAmerican or black publlc-school-age children of Pulaski County, Arkansas and their parents or guardians  The Litue Rock School Oistrid  The Pulaski County Spedal Sd1oo! Distnd  The North LIIUe Rod\u0026lt; Sd1oo! DIstnd  The Knight lntervenors A group of aH certified and non-certified staff employees of the UtUe Rock Sdlool District, Putaski County Special School Oistrid No 1, and North little Rock School Oistrid  The State of Arkansas by the Ar1\u0026lt;ansas Department of Education No da1m for damages or payment of money to indiVidual members of the dass has ever been made in this case. U only deals with how sdlools are operated In Pulaski County, Arkansas This case only asked for 1nIundive rehef The dass was certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23{b)(2) This notice wall refer to the existing settlement agreements and consent deaees among the parties related to LitUe Rod\u0026lt; School District, et al. V. Putaski County Special School D1strid, et al, No 4 82-cv-1166 DPM and cases consohdated therein {UllS uugation) as the 1959 Settlement Agreement. The ADE has filed a Mabon for Release from 1989 Setuement Agreement in this hbgat,on. The AD E's motion asks the Court to immediately relieve the State from any and all obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. The Joshua lntervenors and the D,stncts have argued to the Court that the ADE should oot be released from its obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreemenl Summary of 1989 Settlement Agreement The 1989 Settlement Agreement requires the State to, among other things  Provide part of the funding for six Magnet schools in Pulaski County  Provide funding for majonty-to-minority student transfers, induding transportation costs, to Iha following Magnet schoo{s Gibbs, Booker, Carver, Parkview, Mann, and IMlliams  Provide funchng for compensatory education payments to (LRSD), the North little Rock School Distnd (NLRSD), and the Pulaski County Special School Dostnd (PCSSD) (cotled1vely \"the Oistrids). These payments for compensatory education programs ended in 1998 t..u-.!l ............... _,....,..,..,..1 ,...,..,...../_,..,....,..,...,...,,..,~ ,..,,..,..,...1,,...,...-...+.. Page I of 5 Tf:\u0026gt;dl Suppc,r1 Experianr.t': tho power cf pqbhc r:d,.1,..:i11on Our Leadership Departrnents .Top Headlines PCSSD teachers mcogn1zed as Amazing Educators PCSSO schools cc1~1bra1EeA ST Night Out The lat2 Major Franzen I,onortid by Jaeksonv,Ue High PCSSD scholars rewarded for !heir nard work EdL1calion Matten\u0026gt; Speaal education for pre-K cnildren Search  J ...:::::, Orstnd Galandar I Studtnl l'lutnlion Ml?nu-s g Footoall se1,eduIe, Social Media II a  Recent PCSSD News PCSS D sehools r\u0026lt;\"'()pc.nT w ?Sday December 10 V\\lmrers of Bus Su~tty Poster Contest anncun,:c.-\u0026lt;1 Summary of Bodrd Oierdt1ons. November 2013 PCSSO pr11paresf vr pos~b,hly cf severe eitom,s f.iPlp Mills High Sift th~ sleigh fO( area fos:c..,c. htdren 1 ')/1 t:,/')()11 PCSSD Home  Refrain trom retaliating against the Olstnds because of this Litigation or the 1989 Settlement Agreemen~ and refra1n from enacting any legislation that has a substantial adverse impact on the ability of the o,stncts to desegregate  Monitor compensatory education programs by the Districts  Join LRSO If LRSO pelilIons Ille Court lo allow ,1 lo hold a millage electioo  Research and list laws that impede desegregation and submit legislation to repeal such laws to the Arkansas General Assembly as soon as practicable, not knowingly promulgate or retain any regulations that impede desegregation, and modify or repeal any regulation that Is demonstrated to impede desegregatJon  Remain committed to the prlnaples that there should be a remedIabon of the racial academic achievement disparities for Arlcansas students, that special education classes and gifted and talented dasses should not be racially identifiable, and that the ADE and the Districts should work cooperatively to promote the desegregation goals of the State and the Districts and to ensure educational excellence in the public schools In Pulaski County and throughout the State  Develop and search for programs to remediate ach1evemenl disparities between black and white students  Conduct periodic reviews of tests used In the State's testing program to determine if students' race, sex, or culture adversefy affect their test scores, and, If bias is found in any test, the test w,11 not be used unless modified to ehminate the bias  Establish in-service programs to assist in providing training for the staffs ot desegregating school d1stncts  Obtain from higher education sources information by race on new teacher graduates kl subject areas that the Districts Identify actual or foreseeable shortages of minority teachers and provide that information to the Districts, seek to increase the pool of minority teachers available to the Districts and through reauitment efforts, and develop annual profiles of teachers available by race, specialty, subject area, and area of certification  Work with the Arkansas Department of Higher Education to reduce any racial disparity that may exist in the distribution of existing scholarships and to serure passage of legislation to financially assist minority students attendlng Arkansas colleges and umversilies who commit to become tead'lers in Arkansas, Including scholarships for freshmen and sophomores who are committed to pursuing a teacher-training program and Juniors and seniors who have been accepted in teacher education programs Develop and implement a plan to identrfy jobs and consultant positions w,thin the Department in which mmonlies are underrepresented and recruit and employ minority applicants for those positions so as to create a balanced, desegregated staff at all levels Develop criteria for site selection of new schools, maIor school expansion and school closings, require that a district applying to it for approval of new construction or maIor school expansion provide a desegregation Impact statement setting forth evidence that the proposed Improvements do not have a segregative effect, and refrain from recommending or approving the site of any school in any county contiguous to Pulaski County if the construction or expansion of the school at the requested location of such school will have a substantial negative Impact on any District's ability to desegregate A copy of the 1989 Settlement Agreement is available by dicking here. Summary of Proposed Settlement Agreement In November 2013, the parties agreed that the State should be released from its obligaUons under the 1989 Settlement Agreement. This summary will refer to this new agreement among the parties in November 2013 as the Proposed Settlement Agreement. The parts of the Proposed Settlement Agreement are summarized below. The key terms are:  The Slate will continue to make desegregation payments to the Districts for four more years and no longer,  The M to M program will not accept new applications this year, and applications for students living in NLRSD or PCSSD to transfer to the six stipulation Magnet schools in LRSO will no longer be accepted\n Students rurrently enrolled in the M to M program can continue in this program as long as their parent or guardian chooses (induding through high school graduation)\n Students living Jn NLRSD or PCSSD now enrolled in one of the six stipulation Magnet schools in the LRSD can continue in their school as long as their parent or guardian chooses (including through the highest grade in the school)\n After three years the Districts will not be required to provide free transportation to M to M or stipulation Magnet students who cross Distnct lines, but the Districts may do so if they choose to\n The PCSSD will remain under Court superviSion for a time and continue to pursue unitary status\n The possible creation of a Jacksonville/North Pulaski area school distnct consistent with state law is authorized. The State will oppose the creation of any other school district from PCSSO's territory until PCSSD is dedared fully unitary and released from Court supervision\n The Proposed Settlement Agreement also provides for some attorney's fees: $250,000 each to LRSD, NLRSD, and PCSSD\n$500,000 to the Joshua lntervenors\nand $75,000 to the Knight lntervenors. If there is any obJection to the attorney's fees for the lntervenors, then the Court will decide what fee is reasonable  All of the State's obligations in this case end once the last payment is made to the Oistrids under the Proposed Settlement Agreement Page 2 of 5 1')/11':/')()11 PCSSDHome Because this litigation only involved Injunctive relief, no money will be paid to any individual members of the class. No claim of monetary damages was ever made in this litigation and no payment of any monetary damages will be available through the Proposed Settlement Agreement.  Unitary Status: PCSSD will remain under Court supervision for a time and continue to pursue unitary status. The parties agree that the Proposed Settlement Agreement will not hinder PCSSD's unitary status efforts.  Dismissal of Parties: The Court will release the State, LRSD and NLRSD from the case. Also, LRSO and the Joshua lntervenors will voluntarily dismiss with prejudice their appeal of the Court's prior decision on charter school issues.  State's Payments Under the Proposed Settlement Agreement:  Payments will continue as they always have for the 2013-14 school year.  Beginning on July 1, 2014, however, the State wilt change how it pays desegregation funds to the Districts. For three years the State will pay the Districts the same amount it paid the Districts in the 2012-13 school year. The to.ta! amounts of the payments for each of the first three years will be: LRSD = $37,347,429\nNLRSD = $7,642,338\nPCSSD = $20,804,500. Each year this money will be divided into eleven equal installments. These payments will be made in the 2014-15 school year (Year 1)\nthe 2015-16 school year (Year 2): and the 2016-17 school year (Year 3). In Year 4 (the 2017-2018 school year), the State will make payments to the Districts in the same amount as the prior year. However, the Year 4 payment can only be used for academic facilities construction projects as defined in Arkansas Code Annotated 6-20-2502(2) (Rep!. 2013).  If the Districts use the payments in Years 1-3 (2014-2017) for qualifying academic facilities construction projects, then they can certify those amounts to the ADE. The restriction on the use of the Year 4 payments will not apply to the extent that the Districts have certified to the ADE academic facilities construction project expenses incurred in Years 1-3.  The payments made pursuant to the Proposed Settlement Agreement will not be considered in determining the State's share of financial participation in local academic facilities projects eligible for State financial participation in any Academic Facilities Partnership Program projects that the Districts may apply for during the term of the Proposed Settlement Agreement. M to M student transition: Currently, students enrolled in the M to M student transfer program are not counted in the Districts' regular enrollment for the purpose of calculating regular state funding. The Proposed Settlement Agreement provides a method for transitioning those students back to the District's regular student counts. Magnet student transition: The State normally pays regular state funding to a district In which a student is enrolled, not the district where the student lives. Under the stipulation Magnet program in this case, the State pays regular state funding to the District in which the Magnet student lives. The Proposed Settlement Agreement provides a method to transition regular State funding to the District where the student Is enrolled.  In no event will the State have any obligation to disburse any funding under the Proposed Settlement Agreement except as described herein.  Under the Proposed Settlement Agreemenl the Slate will pay attorney's fees to the parties. As allowed by Ad 395 of 2007, the State will pay LRSD, NLRSD, and PCSSO $250,000 for reimbursement of legal fees within ninety days of the Proposed Settlement Agreement being approved by the Court. The State will also pay the Joshua tntervenors $500,000 and the Knight lntervenors $75,000 unless contested, in which event the Court may award a reasonable fee unless otherwise agreed upon.  The State holds title to a number of buses used by the Districts for the Magnet and M to M student transfer programs. 1/Vithinn inety days of the Proposed Settlement Agreement being approved by the Court, the State will transfer title to buses used for Magnet and M to M transportation to the respective operating District of each respective bus.  State's Obllgatlons to Tennlnate:  The Proposed Settlement Agreement immediately ends the State's obligations under the 1989 Settlement Agreement and this litigation.  When the last payment is made under the Proposed Settlement Agreement, the State's obligations under the Proposed Settlement Agreement and in the litigation end.  After the Effective Date of the Proposed Settlement Agreement the only jurisdiction the Court would have over the Slate would be in the event that the Slate fails to pay any amount due under the Proposed Settlement Agreement.  The parties will support the Court's approval of the Proposed Settlement Agreement, the entry of a Consent Judgment consistent with the Proposed Settlement Agreement, and the entry of any and all orders necessary to effectuate the Proposed Settlement Agreement.  Jacksonville/North Putaski Area School District  The Proposed Settlement Agreement authorizes the possible creation of a Jacksonville/North Pulaski area school district consistent with state law. It also provides that the State will oppose the creation of any other school districts from PCSSO's territory until PCSSD is dedared fully unitary and is released from Court supervision. 1-~-. ,, ... ___ .., _ ,..,..,_,l ,.._,...., ______ ,..,.,...,...,:I \",,...-4-+f,. .._,..,.......,+ Page 3 of 5 1 'J/1 hnn11 PCSSDHome  School District Obllgations:  Students already enrolled in the Magnet or M to M program as of the effective date of the Proposed Settlement Agreement may remain in their assigned schools and assigned District. No new applications will be accepted under lhe Magnet or M to M Stipulations after the effective date of the Proposed Settlement Agreement, but students may enroll in the Magnet schools as legal transfers as set out in another part of the Proposed Settlement Agreement.  Each District will be required to continue providing transportation to remaining Magnet or M to M students residing in their District for three years, or up to and through the 201617 school year. After that the Districts may, but are not required to, provide transportation to any remaining M to M or Magnet transfer students in the 2017-18 school year or thereafter.  The LRSD and the PCSSD have currently opted out of the State's school choice law. Under the Proposed Settlement Agreement, PCSSD wilt allow legal transfers of up to 30 students to LRSD and up to 30 students to NLRSO each year for five years, LRSD and NLRSD will allow legal transfers each to the other of up to 30 students each year for five years. During this time, siblings of transferred students will be given first priority. After the end of the five years, student transfers among the Districts will be governed by State law.  The Proposed Settlement Agreement also releases the parties' obligations to each other.  The 1989 Settlement Agreement contained a somewhat complicated provision known as the \"Magnet pooling agreement. It dealt with payment of funds for Magnet students between LRSD and PCSSD. The Proposed Settlement Agreement releases this obligation.  The PCSSD will remain under Court supervision for a time and continue to pursue unitary status. A copy of the Proposed Settlement Agreement is available here. A copy of the 1989 Settlement Agreement is available here. Fairness Hearing The Proposed Settlement Agreement will not be final until the United States District Court approves it. The Court has set a Fairness Hearing to hear evidence and objections of dass members about the Proposed Settlement Agreement at 9:30 a.m., on January 13 and 14, 2014, at the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse, Court Room 1-A, 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. Members of the Joshua Class may participate in the Fairness Hearing through counsel or personally. Any objections that members of the dass have to the Proposed Settlement Agreement must be submitted in writing to the Court by December 23, 2013. If you want to participate in the Fairness Hearing you must say so ln your written Objection. Objections not received by December 23, 2013, may not be considered. Failure to object in writing by the deadline may mean you cannot participate in the Fairness Hearing. Submit objections to this address: James W. McCormack, Clerk of Court United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Room A 149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Attn: Desegregation Case - Proposed Settlement Agreement Rights of Class Members No Opt Outs: Members of the Joshua Class cannot opt out of the dass. This means that arr members of the class will be bound by the Proposed Settlement Agreement if ii is approved by the Court. They will also be bound by any judgment issued by the Court. Questions: Members of the Joshua Class who have questions concerning the claims asserted in this litigation, the Proposed Settlement Agreement, or the Fairness Hearing, should direct their questions in writing to counsel for the Joshua lntervenors: John W. Walker, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, AR 72206- 1220. johnwa!keratty@aoJ.com Members of the Knight lntervenors who have questions concerning the daims asserted in this litigation, the Proposed Settlement Agreement, or the Fairness Hearing, should direct their questions in writing to counsel for the Knight lnlervenors: Mark Burnette or Clayton Blackstock, Mitchell Blackstock Law Firm, 101 0 West Third Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, mburnette@mitchellblackstock.r..om or cblackstock@mi!chelfblackstock.com Please do not call or write the Court, or the clerk of the court, for lnfonnation or advice. 1-u-. //TT_T....,.TY _,...,..,,..,,..l ,..,... ..r.r l .......,.... ...,.,.,..,.,..,,...,.,l. .,,...,ul,..,...,_.,....... .+. Page 4 of 5  1 'l/1 t:./'l(\\1 '.l ,.PCSSDHome Contact Us We welcome your feedback and questions. Please do not use this fom1 lo report tech support issues  induding TAC and HAC - or to apply for careers with PCSSO. For tech support, please go tlfil!!. 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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of October 8, 2013 Reading of Minutes of Special-Called Meeting October 16, 2013 III. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update 1. October 1, 2013 Enrollment Report 2. Principals' Recruitment Reports 3. MRC Office Recruitment Report E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion of Executive Director Position B. Discussion of Magnet Schools Evaluation Report C. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES October 8, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE Micheal Stone, NLRSD Members Absent: Joy Springer, Joshua Intervenors Guests: Margie Powell, ODM Dr. Debbie Price, Director, Student Registration Office - LRSD The meeting was called to order at 8:40 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the corrected minutes of September 24, 2013. Micheal Stone made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Dr. Mitchell then called for a reading of the minutes of September 24, 2013. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. The MRC's attention was directed to items in correspondence. The first item was an e-mail to Dr. Frederick Fields requesting that someone from the Student Registration Office attend the MRC meeting on October 8, 2013 to discuss the assignment process used by the Student Registration Office. Copies of the e-mail were given to MRC members, but no action was required by the MRC. Copies of the letter, dated September 25, 2013, to Judge D. P Marshall, Jr., transmitting the interdistrict magnet schools budget submission, were given to MRC members for their information. Financial transactions in the amount of $3,202.50 were presented for payment. Danny Reed made a motion to pay the bills, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Articles received from Magnet Schools of America, regarding MSAP grants, and an excerpt of an electronic copy of an article from Hogan Lovells entitled, \"The October 2012 Term of the United States Supreme Court and its Impact on Public Schools,\" were given to MRC members for their information. No action was required by the MRC. E-mails between the MRC Office and LRSD Student Registration Office were given to MRC members. These e-mails had to do with the changes that will be made to application forms since the requirement for Parkview Science to complete Algebra I before 9th grade is no longer in effect. This information did not require any action on the part of MRC. Recruitment reports from the six Stipulation magnet schools were provided to MRC members. Dr. Mitchell provided a brief recap of what the schools have been doing. An updated report on new staff in the Stipulation magnet schools was given to MRC members for their information. Dr. Mitchell noted that there were very few, if any, changes since the last report. Dr. Debbie Price, from LRSD Student Registration Office, came before the Committee with a report on the assignment process of the Student Registration Office. She informed the MRC that it all starts with the parents -2- signing up during the open enrollment period. Every parent can make up to three choices of schools they would choose to apply for a transfer, and that information is put into the computer. After the enrollment period ends, all names are put into the computer and, around the first of March, assignments are made. The student either gets into their choice of schools or goes to the waiting list for each school they have selected. Sibling preference is applied to the elementary students who are on the waiting list. Dr. Price noted that LRSD needs to keep within the racial percentages for the schools. Out of balance racial percentages usually happen in part because of retentions. Dr. Mitchell asked why Carver had such a high percentage of black students. Dr. Price said there are not enough non-black students to apply for Carver. If we are not adding non-black students, they we can't put any black students in either. Essentially, it is closing itself. Oliver Dillingham asked when the LRSD Student Registration Office gets notice that a student is being retained. Dr. Price said this may occur in May and then at the end of summer after it is determined if a student did well in summer school. That usually occurs around the first part of August. That is why they don't fill all the seats until ten days after school starts. Micheal Stone asked if there were a student wanting to go to a magnet school, would they be placed at any time. The answer is yes, as long as they are new to the district. Dr. Mitchell said if they are not new to the district, they cannot obtain a seat during semester. Mr. Dillingham asked about when a new student moves in, and there is a waiting list, does this new student go to the waiting list. Dr. Price's response was a yes. Dr. Mitchell said that, even though they try to train people in the process, when an African-American person comes to their building, they are sent to -3- the Student Assignment Office and find out that they cannot get into the magnet school they are requesting. Mr. Dillingham said that whatever we do, we need to do it consistently. Dr. Price said the LRSD Student Registration Office would like a directive from the MRC to guide them. Mr. Dillingham said he would be a little hesitant to tell all the districts how to operate their assignment process and how to run their waiting list. More discussion followed, and several other possible occurrences were brought to the table. All in all, the MRC was satisfied with the responses from the Student Registration Office and moved on to the next agenda item. Dr. Mitchell thanked Dr. Price for coming before the MRC. Dr. Price promised to forward the October 1st counts to the MRC Office before the next meeting. Dr. Mitchell gave MRC members a copy of a report of additional general operating and program expenditures that LRSD expended during the last fiscal year for the Stipulation magnet schools. This report did not require any action on the part of the MRC. Dr. Mitchell then asked if there were any questions or discussion on the magnet school evaluation form. Hearing none, Dr. Mitchell closed the discussion. With regard to the Executive Director position, Dr. Mitchell announced that the interview team will be conducting interviews for this position. Dr. Robert Clowers will be on the team for the MRC. The interviews will be held in time for a recommendation to the MRC by the next meeting date. If anyone has any questions, please let Dr. Mitchell know. It was agreed by consensus that November 12, 2013 will be the next MRC meeting date. When no further business was brought before the Committee, Oliver Dillingham made a motion to adjourn, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 9:55 a.m. -4- MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING October 16, 2013 The Magnet Review Committee met in a special-called meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, in the MRC Office, at 11: 15 a.m., for the purpose of discussing the recommendation of the Interview Team for the Executive Director position. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua Intervenors Micheal Stone, NLRSD Absent: Oliver Dillingham, ADE Dr. Sadie Mitchell called the meeting to order and introduced Mr. Robert Robinson, from Human Resources, Little Rock School District, who assisted the Interview Team in the proper process for selection of an Executive Director for the Magnet Review Committee. Dr. Mitchell also noted that MRC member, Oliver Dillingham, was not present at this meeting since he had applied for the position. After an explanation of the process of the Interview Team, Dr. Mitchell provided MRC members with a rubric which was used for scoring. She also provided more information about each of the candidates who applied for the position. After discussion by MRC members, a motion was made by Joy Springer to accept the recommendation of the Interview Team and offer the job to Brent Mitchell, current principal of Fuller Middle School in the Pulaski County Special School District. Micheal Stone seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Mitchell said she would be in contact with Mr Mitchell, as well as other candidates to inform them of the outcome. If necessary, the job will be readvertised. When no further business was brought to the table, Joy Springer made a motion to adjourn, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion was unanimous, and the meeting was adjourned at 11 :50 a.m. -2- Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Magnet Review Wednesday, October 09, 2013 1 :27 PM 'Helen Hill Brewer' 'OLIVER MICHELLE' RE: 2014-2015 Registration Good afternoon, Ms. Hill-Brewer, Thank you for contacting our office to discuss your options for magnet school enrollment. We are always happy to hear from a parent who is truly working to achieve the best possible education for their child. With regard to your interest in considering Crystal Hill Magnet, in your case since you are a resident of PCSSDi,t would be considered an intra-district transfer. The PCSSD person to discuss this with would be Michelle Oliver, and she can be reached at 234-2020, or e-mailed at the above address. There are several guidelines that PCSSD needs to follow in assigning a student through the intra-district transfer, and Michelle would be able to answer your questions. Our office has the responsibility of recruiting students from LRSD (African-American students) to make a district transfer to Crystal Hill under the M-to-M program. We can offer you the opportunity to apply for any one of the four elementary magnets in LRSD - Booker, Carver, Gibbs or Williams - when the early enrollment starts in January. We can also offer you an M-to-M transfer into LRSD to attend one of their area schools if your child is not African-American. When early enrollment starts on January 27, 2014, and goes through February 7, 2014, remember that you will have to go to PCSSDo n Dixon Road to apply for~ one of these options. Our Magnet Fair will be held at McCain Mall on Saturday, January 25th , and we would be happy to discuss the procedure with you at that time as well. All of the schools will be at Magnet Fair, and you will have a chance to visit with their personnel. I hope this will help to answer your questions. If you need any more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thank you for your interest and for contacting this office. Sandy Luehrs Administrative Assistant Magnet Review Committee 501-758-0156 From: Helen Hill Brewer [mailto:hhill@mountaire.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 12:55 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: 2014-2015 Registration I CIVIcAu. rreV\\,tL!jr esecire,l.1[11K\\-,4g progrCIV\\A.fSo r V\\A.!cj viLLcf{o r 20i4/201.S scviooL1 :1ecirC, IV\\,dI CIV\\CA.lL LttLeC ,OV\\,fusec{I . LLve[V I, Svierwooc{, CIV\\,cI {R ,V\\,OWt viC!t VIA.CIR.uess 'PCSSD VIA.ore specLftcciLL!oj ci\"-\u0026lt;,broo\"-\u0026lt;,Teu. Ls Ls 11\\,OVtI A.1ft:r'.sJt cvioLceo f scviooLfo r V\\A.lcj viac{_ I CIVIAV.I A.Ost [V\\,terestec{L il\\,c r1:1ste1tL-t LLLS LeV1A.eV\\,tCb1ur1t j,1 :1ourw ebsLteL ecic{sV 1At.oe beLLevtev icit eveV\\t,v iougvi Lt Ls ClM C!gll\\,ets cviooL,L t Ls 11\\,Qctiv ciLLcibLtoe VIA.feo r VIA.!cj viLLc{. 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Thanks again and if there is anything I can assist you with, feel free to contact me anytime. Have a great week! Natasha Principal's Secretary Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School 2501 Barrow Road Little Rock, AR 72204 44 7-2303 office/44 7-2301 (fax) No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6768 - Release Date: 10/21/13 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Magnet Review Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:35 PM 'Kandi Hughes' RE: Application Form Good afternoon, Ms. Hughes, Thank you for contacting our office with an interest in magnet school enrollment. We are always happy to hear from a parent who is trying to achieve the best education for their child. First, I am not able to send you an application form yet for the 2014-15 school year. I am unable supply these forms until the application period starts on January 27, 2014. I would be more than happy to send you one at that time if you live in PCSSD or NLRSD. However, there is a different process if you live in LRSD. That brings me to ask you the next couple of questions. Do you live in LRSD or PCSSD? I will also need to know your child's race since enrollment under the M-to-M process has guidelines for placement by race. You need to be AfricanAmerican to be eligible to apply under the M-to-M transfer if you live in LRSD and desire a seat at Crystal Hill. If you are not African-American, and live in PCSSDy, ou would need to contact the PCSSDO ffice since that would be an intradistrict transfer request. If you will let me know the answers to these questions, I will work with you to assist you in trying to get a seat at Crystal Hill Magnet. Again, thank you for contacting our office. I am looking forward to hearing from you again. Sandy Luehrs, Administrative Assistant Magnet Review Committee 501-758- 0156 From: Kandi Hughes [mailto:KHughes@uca.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:22 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: Application Form Please mail an M-to-M Application Form for the 2014-15 school year to: Kandi N. Hughes 10 Tombstone Court Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 My husband and I are considering enrolling our daughter in Crystal Hill Elementary. Thank you in advance! Kandi N. Hughes [ Associate General Counsel Office of the President) University of Central Arkansas 201 Donaguey Ave. I Wingo 206 T 501-450-3247 I F 501-450-5003 I E khughes@uca.edu AVID: UCA dedicates itself to Academic Vitality, Integrity, and Diversity. No virus found in this message. 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SecurityMetrics Certified@ I ~ loading I . lcancel 1 (\\/')11 /')(\\1 \"J Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E. [leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Monday, November 04, 2013 3:57 PM Hogan Lovells US LLP Clients and Friends Memorandum Hogan Lovells Client Advisory - US DOE and DOJ OCR Guidance on Fisher v U of Texas at Austin.pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and Chris Lott. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avq.com Version: 2013.0.3426 / Virus Database: 3222/6797 - Release Date: 10/31/13 Hogan Lovells To School District Clients and Friends FROM Maree Sneed Chris Lott DATE November 4, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Department of Justice and Department of Education Office for Civil Rights guidance on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin On September 27, the U.S. Department of Justice (\"DOJ\") and U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") published \"questions and answers\" on the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. See Attachment to Dear Colleague Letter, \"Questions and Answers About Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin\" (Sep. 27, 2013)(the \"Q\u0026amp;A\"), available at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201309.html. Fisher held that the University of Texas must affirmatively demonstrate that its consideration of race in admissions is necessary to achieve the educational benefits of diversity. The Q\u0026amp;A offers little elaboration on the holding in Fisher, but reaffirms OCR and DOJ's view that school districts and universities may pursue the benefits of diversity through narrowly tailored, raceconscious measures. The Q\u0026amp;A is directed at universities but also applies to school districts. The Q\u0026amp;A interprets Fisher as \"follow[ing] long-standing precedent\". In particular, the Q\u0026amp;A states, Fisher did not change \"the standard of scrutiny that courts must apply when evaluating ... admissions programs\" or \"what colleges and universities must do to narrowly tailor their admissions programs to meet the compelling interest in diversity.\" OCR and DOJ continue to recognize the benefits of diversity and encourage school districts and universities to pursue diversity. The Q\u0026amp;A acknowledges, as Fisher held, that courts must not defer to educational institutions' judgment about the means chosen to pursue diversity and states that \"prior to taking into account an individual student's race in the admissions process,\" institutions \"must determine that available, race-neutral alternatives do not suffice to achieve the benefits of diversity.\" The Q\u0026amp;A encourages school districts and universities to consult DOJ and OCR's 2011 \"Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial \\\\DC - 7009991000060 - 5230111 v1 Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools,\" available at http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/edu/documents/guidanceelem.pdf, which \"remain[s] in effect\" and addresses permissible race-neutral and race-conscious measures. In a September 27 panel discussion hosted by OCR and DOJ to address the Q\u0026amp;A and diversity in higher education, Catherine Lhamon, the U.S. Department of Education's Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, discussed OCR and DOJ's interpretation of Fisher. They stated that educational institutions are not required to implement every conceivable race-neutral measure before turning to raceconscious measures. Echoing Fisher, they encouraged consideration of whether race-neutral alternatives further the educational institution's compelling interest in diversity and whether the alternatives would work \"about as well\" and at \"tolerable administrative expense\". They stated that educational institutions should document their consideration of race-neutral alternatives. Assistant Secretary Lhamon, who heads OCR, reiterated that in OCR enforcement actions concerning race-conscious programs, the agency, like courts under Fisher and other precedent, must satisfy itself that an educational institution has met strict scrutiny. As with the Q\u0026amp;A, this discussion addressed universities specifically, but its principles apply to school districts. * * * If you have any questions about the Q\u0026amp;A or Fisher, please contact Maree Sneed (202-63 7-6416 or maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com) or Chris Lott (202-637-5877 or christopher.lott@hoganlovells.com). 2 \\\\DC - 7009991000060 - 5230111 v1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID November 12, 2013 Compsys (Services Rendered to Act as MRC's Website and E-Mail Host) Capital Business Machines (Monthly Billing for MRC's Office Copier Maintenance Contract) Kid's Directory (Advertising in November, 2013) Mass Enthusiasm (Services Rendered to Provide Miscellaneous Website Updates and Monthly Billing for Website Maintenance and Social Media Management) American Home Life (MRC's Office Rent for November, 2013) American Home Life (MRC's Communications Expense for October, 2013) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 48.33 78.12 285.00 1,100.00 825.00 182.50 2,518.95 Oct 12013 HIGH SCHOOLS B w 0 TOTAL % BLK CENTRAL 1406 772 341 2519 55.80% FAIR 682 52 71 805 84.70% HALL 826 72 224 1122 73.60% MCCLELLAN 805 28 62 985 89.90% PARKVIEW 560 284 180 1024 54.60% ACC 157 6 13 176 89.20% HAMILTON/SWLA 159 4 2 165 96.30% ALT. AGENCIES 10 2 1 13 77.00% SUB TOTAL 4605 1220 894 6809 67.60% MIDDLE SCHOOLS CLOVERDALE 490 22 142 654 74.90% DUNBAR 551 45 73 669 82.30% FOREST HEIGHTS 490 so 40 580 84.40% HENDERSON 610 32 85 727 83.90% MABEL VALE 517 39 93 649 79.60% MANN 440 201 118 759 57.90% PULASKI HEIGHTS 421 339 53 813 51.70% FELDER 32 1 0 33 96.90% ALT. AGENCIES 12 2 0 14 85.70% SUB TOTAL 3563 731 604 4898 72.70% ELEMENTARY BALE 230 39 57 326 70.50% BASELINE 143 11 156 310 46.10% BOOKER 288 125 102 515 55.90% BRADY 316 33 49 398 79.30% CARVER 214 82 46 342 62.50% CHICOT 548 14 280 842 65.00% DODD 186 19 141 346 53.70% FAIR PARK 71 81 27 179 39.60% FOREST PARK 59 354 34 447 13.10% FRANKLIN 315 14 14 343 91.80% FULBRIGHT 242 287 95 624 38.70% GEYER SPRINGS 218 11 32 261 83.50% GIBBS 163 104 35 302 53.90% JEFFERSON 108 319 25 452 23.80% KING 506 13 12 531 95.20% MABEL VALE 398 30 118 546 72.80% MCDERMOTT 298 48 57 403 73.90% MEADOWCLIFF 269 15 73 357 75.30% OTTER CREEK 381 80 132 593 64.00% PULASKI HEIGHTS 159 178 32 369 43.00% ROBERTS 242 527 135 904 26.70% ROCKEFELLER 348 38 31 417 83.40% ROMINE 279 15 62 356 78.30% STEPHENS 362 10 23 395 91.60% TERRY 274 57 105 436 62.80% WAKEFIELD 391 12 189 592 66.00% WASHINGTON 442 11 19 472 89.80% WATSON 246 10 127 383 64.20% WESTERN HILLS 193 23 43 259 74.50% WILLIAMS 217 115 75 407 53.30% WILSON 205 12 64 281 72.90% WOODRUFF 116 8 8 132 87.80% ALT. AGENCIES 9 3 0 12 75.00% SUB TOTAL 8436 2698 2398 13532 62.30% TOTAL 16604 4649 3896 25149 66.10% Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: MitchellS, adie (Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Sunday, November 03, 2013 7:29 AM Barksdale, Mary\nCarson, Cheryl\nBrown, Lori\nHobbs, Felicia\nBooth, Dexter\nMcgee, Keith Magnet Review\nWashington, Charlotte Recruitment Efforts I have to provide a recruitment update report at the monthly MRC meeting. This month, I would like for you to develop the report for November, December and January. Also, include the magnet fair. Send your recruitment report to Sandy Leuhrs in the MRC Office on or before this Friday, November 8. Sadie Mitchell, Ed.D, Associate Superintendent Little Rock School District Elementary Schools No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3426 / Virus Database: 3222/6797 - Release Date: 10/31/13 Date 11-4-13 11-7-13 11-11-13 11-12, 13, and 14-13 11-18, 19, 20, 21, and 22-13 11-19-13 12-6-13 12-16-13 1-17-14 1-25-14 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School BookerA rts MagnetS chool Activity Grade Level Person Responsible PTAM eeting K-5 CherieA bston,P TA President \"WhoW ill Bet he Sun?\" SecondG radeP lay 2 D.J.R amseya nd MariahR eescano, Drama Specialists FourthG radeP arentM eeting 4 CourtneyG asper,B enjaminG rant, MelanieM inor,a nd EmilyV aughn,F ourth Grade Teachers CheckU s Out from 9:00A .M.t o 1: 30 P.M. K-5 CherylA . Carson,P rincipal Fall BookF air K-5 EmilyH ester,M ediaS pecialist Family Math and Literacy Night-Bring a K-5 Susan Blue, Literacy Coach\nTina Brown, Friend! Math Coach\nMerilyn Burruss, Math Coach\na nd HeatheTr heodoreP, arent Facilitator PTAM eetinga nd FamilyM ovieN ight K-5 CherieA bston,P TA President \"Tackyt he Penguin\" WinterfestP rogram K-5 D. J. Ramseya nd MariahR eescano, Drama Specialists BookerA rts MagnetS choolH ealthF air K-5 UvitaS cott,N ursea ndT amaraR ingler, Counselor MagnetF air K-5 MaryL ou Alley,I nstructionaCl oacha nd CherylA . Carson,P rincipal 1-29a nd BookerA rts MagnetS choolS cienceF air 5 DebbieH ipps,T echnologyS pecialist\n30-14 Rachel Morris, Gifted and Talented Specialist\na nd HeatheTr heodoreG, ifted andT alentedS pecialist Carver Magnet Recruitment Activities November 9 - Statewide Chess Tournament at Carver- staff on hand to promote Carver November 12,13,14 - Check Us Out Days - Promotional flyer home to our parents to use to invite a friend for a tour November 11-15 -Fifth Grade Science Fair- projects displayed for Check Us Out November 14 - PTA Duck Tape Ball - invite prospective parents and children December 7 - Barnes and Noble Carver Day - WOW Club activities throughout the day December 12 - Recruitment Concert- performances by first and third graders January 25 - Magnet Fair at the Mall - Carver booth and staff recruit all day - student groups from Carver perform Recruitment Activities for Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages November 8, 2013 1. Publicity in the local news media and LRSD website A. Gibbs has been in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper three times already this year: (1) AUGUST-First Day of School with Fathers Brin in Students to School l +- ---- - _, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/MELISSA SUE GERRITS 08/19/13 - Amy Nicholas embraces daughter Avery Nicholas, 7, at Gibbs Magnet Elementary School August 19, 2013 while they wait to hear which classroom Avery will be in for her first year of school at Gibbs. (3) OCTOBER - Gibbs was included in the news article about the One-toOne Laptop Initiative. B. Gibbs has been featured in the Spanish Speakers newspaper, \"Hispanic,\" once so far this year on October 3, with a photo at WorldFest and a mention in the article. (See next page) na vez mas la c1udad de Little U Rock organiz6 el World Fest en el que se festeja la d1vers1dad cultural que hay en la ciudad Y en un marco de diversi6n se exp~nen muestras hist6ricas y culturales de diversos paises de los cuales son originarios diferentes grupos de personas que habitan Arkansas Central. Los representados iban desde los indios americanos hasta Ghana en Africa y Pakistan entre olras culturas. El evento se realiz6 a un costado del Zool6gico de la ciudad y abri6 con un desfile de los alumnos de la escuela Magnet Gibbs de Estudios lntemacionales e ldiomas, quienes portaban banderas de diversos palses y se realizaron los honores a la bandera de Estados Unidos. Esta ocasi6n el juramento se realiz6 en ingles, aleman. trances yen espanol, este ultimo dirigido por Neyla Palacios de North Little Rock y estudiante del quinto grado de la escuela Gibbs. Como representante de la cultura hispana estaba Bongo Willie que como ya es tradk:i6n en el festival. comparti6 sus percusiones con los ninos y adolescentes que se dieron cita para conocer = la gran diversidad de la que estl\u0026amp; ladudad. Por LBUr8 ~~~ae Gut'llirrez  C. Gibbs has been featured on local television six times this year: (1) AUGUST- Japanese Students and Teacher from Niigata, Japan at Gibbs (2) SEPTEBMER - 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance with Firefighter Ceremony (3) SEPTEMBER - Ozark Water Project (4) SEPTEMBER 27 -Benefit and Swab Party for Teecumpsy Wiggins (4th grader with leukemia) at Dunbar Community Garden (5) NOVEMBER 8 - \"Feel Good Friday\" segment on Fox 16 featured Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. (6) NOVEMBER 12 - KARK Ch 4 had news story about the Gibbs Annual Breakfast Cereal Drive sponsored by the Mini United Nations. D. Gibbs has been featured on LRSD website four times already: (1) Gibbs Educator Selected for Global Conference in NYC Gibbs Educator Participates in Japan Society's Global Conference in NYC In May, Ms. Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet School, received a select invitation to participate in the Third Annual Going Global: International Student Social Networking Conference for Educators organized by the Japan Society. Gonterman, one of only ten US-based educators invited, attended the three day conference, August 7-9 in New York, with educators from Japan and Pakistan. The all-expenses paid conference was sponsored in part by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Toshiba International Foundation. The U.S.Japan Foundation submitted Gonterman's name for inclusion in the conference as she was their 2006 Elgin Heinz Humanities Educator of the Year. Gonterman now has a Japanese \"Kamishibai\" lesson published online with the Japan Society on their educator's website! Click here to view the lesson. Also, as a result of participation in the conference, Gonterman is currently establishing a new partnership with an international elementary school in Japan. Photo: Gonterman is sitting on the far right of the first table with educators from Japan and Pakistan. (Continued) (2) Two LRSD Teachers Win Competitive Study Opportunity at the Truman Library Chris Gonterman, Physical Education Teacher at Hall High School, and Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School, have both been selected as winners of the Summer Teachers Seminar entitled, \"U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama,\" offered by the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri this July. The two will attend the weeklong conference, along with teachers selected from across the United States, attend lectures, and utilize the Truman Library's primary source documents on Presidential Policy Making in the Middle East to create lesson plans. The competitive application process included a personal essay explaining the content and pedagogy that would be utilized in their classroom along with an application and resume. (3)Reading Quiz Bowl Results Results for Gibbs Magnet's First Reading Bowl! Gibbs International Magnet School has just concluded its first Reading Bowl of the year! Students in grades 3-5 had an assigned book over the summer. Upon their return to school in August, the children anticipated involvement in a quiz bowl competition around their book. The competition was conducted in each classroom. The winning team in each classroom faced off against the winning team in the opposing grade level homeroom! Homeroom winners were: Third Grade - Mrs. Jennifer White's students\n4th Grade - Mrs. Julie Davis's students\nand Fifth Grade - Ms. Jennifer Gillespie's students! Each student on the winning teams received a certificate with their team photo. A trophy is also displayed outside each classroom! These children exhibited great sportsmanship! They are looking forward to the next Reading Quiz Bowl at Gibbs! Pictured above are (1) fourth graders and (2) third grade students competing in the first-ever Gibbs Reading Quiz Bowl! LRSD Launches One-to-One Laptop Initiative The Little Rock School District announced an exciting new 1.1 (one-to-one) technology initiative Tuesday to be piloted at four elementary schools The 1nIt1at1vwe ill put laptops ,n the hands of 4-5th grade students at Gibbs, Forest Park, Otter Creek and Roberts Elementary schools starting in January, 2014 LRSD Is launching the initiative first to teachers, with an extensive Professional Development push, then to students and parents in a three-phase process. The three phases will occur over two years and include: Four schools - Phase One Eight-ten schools - Phase Two All elementary schools - Phase Three Students will be able to take the laptops home with them every day, providing them with a 24-7 learning opportunity. The devices will be used to prepare students for college and career in a digital world incorporating National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). These standards are used to provide the experiences students should routinely encounter as well as the skills and knowledge they need to acquire - a few are listed below.  Creativity and Innovation  Communication and Collaboration  Research and Information fluency  Critical Thinking\nProblem-solving and Decision making\nDigital Citizenship\nand Technology Operations and Concepts \"The laptops will help to better engage students in the learning process, increase academic achievement and help students to become independent learners,\" said LRSD Superintendent Or. Dexter Suggs. \"Providing the 1 :1 computing opportunity to our students sends a definitive message that access to technology can be transformative.\" LRSD Director of Instructional Technology Barbara Williams added, \"The 1 :1 initiative is just what we need as we prepare our teachers and students with twenty-first century technology teaching and learning skills.\" The district will provide one bag and charging accessory for the laptop. The goal is to eventually replace tex1books with laptops. Parent information meetings will begin in January, 2014 for students who receive devices. E. Gibbs is currently featured on the LRSD Access Channel with two programs: (1) Gibbs \"9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance\" which included First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, reading to a Kindergarten class and many other service volunteers reading in grades K-3 (Filmed September 11) and ( continued) (2) Gibbs Third and Fourth Grades Musical Program \"Music, Arts, and Play-The Gibbs Way\" (Filmed October 7) 2. Community Involvement: (1) SEPTEMBER 27 - Gibbs fifth graders perform at Opening Ceremony of WorldFest annually for school and community relations (City of Little Rock and LR Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission). Photos t_oa ppear on LRRCDC Website. (2) Other community events such as with the Clinton Foundation, the Sister Cities Commission, Heifer International, etc. as requested during the year. 3. Weekly newsletter ( every Wednesday) 1st Quarter-The newsletter is called El Mundo, Spanish for The World. 2nd Quarter - The newsletter is called Le Monde, Spanish for The World. See separate attachments. 4. Special Days at School for Families (1) SEPTEMBER 6 - Grandparents Day Luncheon (2) OCTOBER 25 - Dads Day Luncheon (3) Moms Day Luncheon (TBA) (4) Coffee Cafe (monthly on a Friday) for parents and staff before school in media center September 13, October 4, November 8 5. Special Evenings at Gibbs: (1) AUGUST - New Student/Family Orientation (2) SEPTEMBER - Open House (3) MONTHLY - Scouting Nights ( 4) QUARTERLY - PT A Meetings SEPTEMBER 12 - 1st PTA Meeting NOVEMBER 14-2 nd PTA Meeting (5) OCTOBER 22 - Family Math and Literacy Night (6) Family Movie Night (TBA) (7) International Fest (May) (8) Science Fair Family Meeting (grades 3-5) ( continued) (9) Musicals each year performed by students OCTOBER 7 - \"The Arts, Music, and Play: The Gibbs Way\" Musical by 3rd and 4th graders (two performances, 1 :00 and 6:00 p.m.) 6. Recruitment Invitations, Brochures, and CD's (1) We will send invitations to the parents of P4 (Pre-K) students in Early Childhood Schools to visit Gibbs during the two weeks prior to registration for the 2014-15 school year. (2) We will send invitations to our Partners in Education for prospective parents to tour the school. (3) We will also alert our current Gibbs families and staff to talk with friends, church/work acquaintances, new neighbors to the LR area, etc. that have young children to invite them to Gibbs for a tour or a special evening event. 7. Magnet Schools Fair, Saturday, January 25, 2014 (1) Information booth worked by teachers and parents with a tour signup sheet, brochures, and CD's to be given away (2) Foreign Language Performances by Gibbs students 8. Tours of the School (1) Scheduled Tours - International Studies Specialist gives scheduled tours of the school. (2) NOVEMBER 11-15 - \"Check Us Out\" Week - (including Check Us Out Days - November 12-14). We offer a week of tours guided by parent volunteers or the International Studies Specialist and distribute informational brochures to prospective families. (3) JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 7 - Open Enrollment Period. We offer tours with parent volunteers or IS Specialist for that two week period and distribute CD's of our magnet program to prospective families. Compiled and submitted by Vicki Stroud Gonterman WILLIAMS MAGNET SCHOOL TOUR RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE Williams Magnet allows parents to tour year round. We have given several tours this year to prospective parents. The parents are given a full tour of the school, a welcome packet, and a follow up call from the committee chair to answer any questions they might have. HOLIDAY HOUSE Holiday House is for perspective students of Williams Magnet. This will be held on December lih at 5:00pm in the Cafeteria. Perspective parents on the waiting list will be sent invitations on December 1st . The Magnetic Musician Choir will perform\nstaff will be available to show prospective parents what the expectations are in the various grade levels. Tours of the school and facilities will be available. SCIENCE FAIR Students in grades 3rd-5th will participate in the Science Fair. Our Science Fair is open to the public and shows off the talent of our students at Williams Magnet. Parent Night will be November 12th , and our public viewing of the projects will take place on January 17th  MATH AND LITERACY NIGHT Williams will host their annual Math and Literacy Night in January 9th . Our students will have a night of fun take home activities and receive information about the Benchmark Exam. HISPANIC HERITAGE NIGHT Williams hosted the Annual Hispanic Heritage Night on October 10th . We had more than 300 parents join in from the community for the celebration. We celebrated Hispanic Heritage with activities such as dancing, Photo booth, games and arts \u0026amp; crafts. We had entertainment for the entire family, music, food. The students participated in Hispanic Folk Dancing and listened to stories from a Hispanic parent. PREK ROUND UP Williams will send recruitment fliers to the surrounding PREK schools on January 5th . The PREK roundup will be held on January 15th . The Kindergarten teachers will invite prospective parents to come and tour the facility and have a make and take with the students. Parents will also be given the opportunity to ask questions, a follow up call will take place to answer any other questions, and a thank you card will be sent to thank them for choosing Williams Magnet. Date 9/19/13 10/02/13 10/15\u0026amp; 10/16/13 10/29/13 11/7/13 11/9/13 11/11/13 11/12/13- 11/14/13 11/14/13 12/16- 20/13 01/20- 24/13 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT SchoolH: oraceM annA rts/S cienceM agneMt iddleS chool Activity GradeL evel PersonR esponsible Performanc-eO penH oused: anceb, and,\u0026amp; piano Middle MarcusJ ohnsonB, eckyW ebb\u0026amp;, TraciP resley Casto f Wicked Middle TraciP resleyH, ollyW hite,\u0026amp; OlympiaS mith RecruitmenTto ur:W illiamsM agnetG, ibbsF, orresPt ark, Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnsonK, asey RobertsJ, efferson\u0026amp;, Fulbright Neal,T eresaH arrisL, isaW alker-WheeleTro, m McDonaldB,e ckyW ebb, MannM agneFt allF estival Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnson, YvonneB oldenL, isaW alker-WheeleTro, m McDonaldS,u sanC hambersB, eckyW ebb,L auren MarlinK, imW ashinqtonW, endyW elch RecruitmenOt penH ouse Elementary All Anti-BullyinRga llya t ClintonP residentiaCle nter Elementar\u0026amp;y LisaW alker-Wheel\u0026amp;e Hr ollyW hite Middle Channe7l EarlyM orningS howw ithB alleAt rkansas Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resley\u0026amp; KeithM cGeeS, r. Middle CheckU s Out Elementary WelchW endyK, imW ashingtonY,v onneB olden, SusanC hambersL,a urenM arlinL, isaK indrick, KeithM cGeeS, r. BalletA rkansaSs tudioL ecture Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resley\u0026amp; OlympiaS mith Middle Choir,D anceP, ianoC hristmaast theC apitol Elementary LisaW alker-WheelTer,a ciP resleyO, lympiaS mith, Willt ourp roductiotno elementarsyc hools \u0026amp; BeckyW ebb CommunitFyo rum\":C urriculumat MannM agnet\" Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnson, YvonneB oldenL, isaW alker-WheeleTro, m McDonaldS,u sanC hambersB, eckyW ebbL, auren MarlinK, imW ashinqtonW, endyW elchK, eith McGeeS, r. 01/25/13 MagneFt air Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resleyH, ollyW hite,M arcusJ ohnsonK, asey Middle Neal,T eresaH arrisL, isaW alker-WheelTeor,m McDonaldB, eckyW ebbO, lympiaS mithK, eith McGeeS, r. 02/10- BlackH istoryP roduction Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hite,M arcusJ ohnsonK, asey 14/13 Neal,T eresaH arrisL, isaW alker-WheelTeor,m McDonaldB, eckyW ebbO, lympiaS mith 04/07/13 DramaP roduction Elementary HollyW hite 05/01/13 BandC oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y MarcusJ ohnson Middle 05/08/13 ChoirC oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y LisaW alker-Wheeler Middle 05/15/13 DanceC oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y TraciP resley\u0026amp; OlympiaS mith Middle 05/20/13 OrchestrCa oncert Elementar\u0026amp;y TomM cDonald Middle 05/16,1 9- PianoC oncerts Elementar\u0026amp;y BeckyW ebb 22/13 Middle Date 11/1/13 11/12/13 11/14/13 11/19/13 11/22/13 12/6  12/7/13 STIPULATIOMN AGNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School: ParkviewH igh School Activity Grade Level Mailo ut recruitmentle tterst o all 8thg radersi n the 8th PCSSON, LRSOa nd LRSDt o visit during Recruitment OpenH ousea t Parkviewo n TuesdayN, ovembe1r 2th. RecruitmenOt penH ouse 8th/ New Students Math Family Night (Chili Cookout) 9th -11th Algebra I \u0026amp; II, Geometry Students ParkviewB andP erformance 1Q th-1 2th NationaCl hristmasT reeT our Bass Pro Shop (Little Rock) Fall Play 9th -12th Hotel Paradiso PerformanceT imes:F riday,N ovembe2r 2nd @ 9:30am Friday,N ovembe2r 2nd @ 7pm Sunday,N ovembe2r 4th@ 3pm Ticketsa vailable@ the door or onlinef or $7 MedievaFl east 9th_1 2th Pulaski County Courthouse 6pm Nightly Person Responsible Marilyn Brewster Dept. Chair MichelleJ ackson Alan Ball Carolyn Foreman Edith Ellis SpencerS utterfield Carolyn Foreman Mary Shollmier Edith Ellis TamaraZ inck 12/7/13 12/8/13 1/24/14 1/29/14 Parkview Band 9th -12th LR City Holiday Parade MedievaFl east 9th- 12th PulaskCi ountyC ourthouse 5pm Concludes MagneSt chooFl air 9th-1 2th Mimesf ieldt ript o HoraceM ann 11th 1 2th November Shadow Dates for Incoming 9th graders November 15th , 19th, 20, 21st December Shadow Dates: 3rd 1 4th 1 5th 1 lQth 1 llh, 12th January Shadow Dates: 9th 14th 15th 16th 22nd 23rd I I I I I Contact Person: Mitzi Moore 447-2318 Alan Ball CarolynF oreman Mary Shollmier Pam Ellis TamaraZ inck Fred Boosey ... . . . ~-: rort\nr~lu\\'a DfcESr'J.t,L Ut . GESfE 1 pJJ . . . ~     .  .. .  FRIDA2Y2N, OVEMB2E01R3 METCAALUF DITORI2U5M0B1\nARRORWO AD SUNDA2Y4N, OVEMB2E01R3 501-447-23P6A9R\nKVIEWTHEATRE.COM What do an attempted affaire\nhaunted hotel\nsecret rendezvous\nobnoxious friend\nimperfect alibi\ngeeky nephew\ntwo black eyes\na bossy wife \u0026amp; a hot water bottle have in common? The Parkview Fall Show! Tickets for Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres' French farce, Hotel Paradiso, are now available for purchase on the Parkview website. .. ~ \"  ~ ,-- : .. :\n.=- Synopsis: Madame Cot decides to teach her neglectful husband a lesson by means of a secret rendezvous with a henpecked neighbor at the Hotel Paradiso. Unbeknownst to the would-be lovers, on that same night Monsieur Cot has been hired to discover whether the ghosts that haunt the hotel are real or no more than the noise of drains. The hotel is so full\nhowever, that Monsieur Cot's room has been double-booked resulting in the near-meetings throughout the show. This play is, literally, a 'farce' -  a ridiculous, fast-paced romp of happy misadventure, and, as such, requires real   comic skill and is a must see for all high school theatre \u0026amp; French students! Critically acclaimed French playwright Georges Feydeau was a forerunner of absurdist theatre \u0026amp; is known for his lively farces. Over 17 of his over 60 published plays have been performed on Broadway. Public performances are as follows: Friday, November 22, 2013 at 9:30am - Groups by reservation only. Call 501-447-2359 or email for more details. Friday, November 22, 2013 at 7pm - Tickets available at the door or online for $7. No reservations needed. Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 3pm - Tickets available at the door or online for $7. No reservations needed. www. arkviewtheatre.com MRCOFFICE RECRUITMENT REPORT The following contacts have been made since the last MRC meeting to update the recruitment efforts from the MRC Office. WEBSITE and F ACEBOOK/TWITTER UPDATES Have met with our Website people, and they are working on keeping our website updated, as well as keeping Facebook/Twitter up to date. The MRC Office is providing them with information about the upcoming activities in the schools on a daily basis for up-to-date postings. McCAIN MALL All arrangements have been made and contract signed to hold Magnet Fair there on Saturday, January 25, 2014. KIDS DIRECTORY Our complete advertising program has been arranged with them. As a matter of fact, they are providing the properly sized ads to other print media people. NORTH LITTLE ROCK TIMES All advertising material has been provided to place the magnet school information in the magazine \"North of the River,\" which has a long shelf life similar to other print media. Advertising schedule to promote Magnet Fair and Enrollment Period has been arranged through December. This advertising will be in the North Little Rock Times, the Maumelle Monitor, the Sherwood Voice, and the Jacksonville Patriot. HOLA! ARKANSAS All advertising has been arranged to promote Magnet Fair and the Enrollment Period. ARKANSAS TIMES - Spanish All advertising has been arranged to promote Magnet Fair and the Enrollment Period. AYMAGAZINE All advertising has been arranged to promote Magnet Fair and the Enrollment Period. They have a total of almost 140,000 monthly readership as they cover all of Arkansas, with the emphasis on central Arkansas. ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE All advertising has been set up with them for Magnet Fair and the Early Enrollment Period. This advertising will also be included in SYNC and High Profile. NOTE .... One of the things to remember, most of these outlets will be including us in their Facebook or Twitter pages, as well as other Website announcements. The MRC Office is still in the process of meeting with other media people to provide coverage for Magnet Fair and the Early Enrollment Period. This will include a few more print media- like the North Pulaski Leader and Savvy Kids. The MRC Office is also looking into a radio contact for a reasonable price. The TV channels will be contacted before Magnet Fair to provide a Press Release and Request for Coverage. The MRC Office will be looking into a digital sign, as well as a billboard north of the river, depending on price. Building Communities, Not Bullies Rally was held Saturday, November 9, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Clinton Library. All schools participated via booths\nhowever, Mann Magnet also performed. The Annual Magnet Fair is scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at McCain Mall. A directive is being drafted to send to magnet school representatives in preparation for setting up booths and times for performances for the event. 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Why Kipfinger crowned Little Rock with this title 16 26 COOLT HINGST O DO The coolest activities in town 20 GETTINGD OWN TO BUSINESS A look at the local economy and maier developments 21 NOTABLNE EIGHBORS Craig Renaud, Little Rock Film Festival 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 9 44 ARTS \u0026amp; CULTURE A list of museums, theaters, galleries and other cultural attractions 1n the area 45 NOTABLEN EIGHBORS Delita Martin, Black Box Press RECREATION 48 SPORTS\u0026amp; OUTDOORS A list of the area's sports and outdoor adventures 49 NOTABLEN EIGHBORS Suzanne Karklins, Orbea USA 51 FAMILYW EEKENDS A must-do list to acclimate your family 52 RESOURCEFSO R YOUR PETS HEALTHC ARE 55 HOSPITALS World-class medical centers 1n the area 57 NOTABLNE EIGHBORS Dr. Bart Barlogie, Myeloma Institute at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 10 WWW.METROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM EDUCATION 58 PUBLICS CHOOLS 59 PRIVATES CHOOLS 59 COLLEGES MOVINGIN 68 RELOCATIORNE SOURCES The businesses and contacts you'll need during your move 69 INDEXT OA DVERTISERS LASTW ORD 70 WHATF OLKSA RES AYING ABOUTL ITTLER OCK Facts and figures revealing the distinct allure of Metro Little Rock NOTABLE NEIGHBORS Delita Martin, Black Box Press Anwork by Delita Man,n: In Lieu of Ascension, Gelatinp nntmgC. onteR. elief 15x282. 013 The convenience of the corner bank branch isn't always convenient when you just want to hang out in your pajamas with the family. First Arkansas Bank \u0026amp; Trust offers the most convenient way to bank: on your own terms and at the time that fits your schedule. We offer free Online Banking, free Mobile Banking, and the largest network of ATMs in the world at your fingertips with a Pure Checking Account. The bottom line is that First Arkansas Bank \u0026amp; Trust is still doing exactly what it does best, offering you solutions to fit your life, pure and simple. UFAB\u0026amp;T First Arkansas Bank \u0026amp; Trust www.fabandt.com I) 800.982.4511 It'sT imeto T radeU p. M oving is scary. Especially when you're considering a move to a city you might not have been before or where you have no family or friends (yet). I can relate. I did the move from Dallas to Little Rock four years ago. Big D born and raised-let's just say small-city living was never on my bucket list. A city without my friends or a Nordstrom didn't sound very appealing. That is, until I found this magazine and discovered Metro Little Rock's best asset: its livability. What I realized (with the help of Metro Little Rock Guide) is that I wasn't giving up anything, I was, in fact, trading up. Virtually no traffic, locally minded natives, world-class culture, boundless recreational opportunities and a scenic setting along the Arkansas River - these were just a few of the \"life add-ons\" my husband and I could acquire if we moved here. And even with no children, the promise of great schools, nationally recognized hospitals and safe, family-friendly neighborhoods eased our minds for the future. So, we swapped our 900-square-foot Dallas condo for a roomier, ranch-style home nestled atop one of the Little Rock's wooded hills. The history in our neighborhood and the character of its homes are just what we never knew we always wanted. Our neighbors? The best. And even outside our 'hood, the natives are warm, Southern and welcoming. Always there to lend a hand or give a hug. It's this \"total-package town\" that won our hearts, and those of Kipfinger magazine, which just named Little Rock No. 1 in livability in Aug. 2013. In 2011, Kiplingeralso named Little Rock one of the country's best values based on cost of living, quality of life and strong economy. Why does the area keep earning top honors? Finish reading this magazine (Pages 14 and 70, in particular) and it'll be clear. Just like it was clear to us. Metro Little Rock Guide was instrumental in our relocation, and I hope it will be in yours. I suggest starting with the neighborhood profiles to help you pick the right part of town for you. Then, delve deeper into what wonderful amenities are here in Little Rock - explore our arts/entertainment, recreation, education and health care options. You'll also meet some notable neighbors within these pages\nthese friendly people reveal why they chose to settle in our great region too. After that, head to the back of the magazine for names and numbers of service providers you'll need to make your transition a smooth one. It's all inside. And it's all for you. I welcome you to the area, and invite your comments and questions at Llrvin@ABPG.com. If there's anything we can help you find, please let us know! Sincerely, ~~10 Lindsay Irvin 12 WWW.METROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM Myh usbanMdi chaealn dI , alongw itho urc anine companioCno lbyre, located to LittleR ocfkr omD allas in 2009. metro LITTLE ROCK GUIDE Publisher Editor Art Director EDITORIAL Assistant Editor lnArkansas.com Editor Deputy Online Editor Database Administrator SALES Senior Account Executive Account Executives Rachel Bradbury Lindsay Irvin C. Waynette Traub Samuel G. Smith Lauren James Tre Baker Alex Graham Betsy Tilley Michelle Foshee Brandy Hubener Advertising Coordinators Kristen Heldenbrand MARKETING Director of Marketing Marketing Manager Marketing Coordinator DESIGN Production Manager Senior Art Director Bethany Johnson Alissa Mathews Jake Sligh Allyson Pittman Devan Malone Tona Jolly Irene Forbes Advertising Art Directors John Atkinson Marcus Boyce Sarah Holderfield Erin Lang Digital Operations Specialist Rebekah Eveland CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Digital Media Assistant ADMINISTRATION Accounting Manager Accounting Assistant Human Resources Dana Meyer Mary Mclachlan Hal Lammey Kim Clark Bill Page ABPG ARKANSAS BUSINESS PUBLISHING GROUP Chairman \u0026amp; CEO General Manager Chief Operating Officer Chief Information Officer Publisher Associate Publisher Online Editor Olivia Myers Farrell Mitch Bettis Chuck Ballard Brent Birch Rachel Bradbury Chip Taulbee Lance Turner 02013 ARKANSASB USINESSU MITEDP ARTNERSHIP Unwindf romy ourm ove- on usl VotedB esHt ealthC lubs1 8 yearsi n a row! 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Stephens Bu Id n Peri ng z Mori'iom \u0026amp; so~ I  ,/4 1005 Get the whole picture al www.lrac.com 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 13 WORTHY OF PRAISE Considering the following winning factors, it's no wonder Kiplingerranked Little Rock No. 1 in its Aug. 2013 list of \"10 Great Places to Live:' We talked to Kiplinger contributor Cameron Huddleston about her visit to the area to hear why it made such a lasting impression. HOWD IDT HISY EAR'S RANKINGWSO RK? Each year we give Kevin Stoia rick, research director at the Martin Prosperity Institute, a list of criteria to come up with 10 cities for our annual \"Best Cities\" list. -n-iis year, we asked him to look at metro areas with a population of 1 million or less with reasonably priced homes, a stable economy, lots of amenities, decent schools and great health care. Reponers visited all 10 cities, and then we met to discuss each city's pluses and minuses .... Little Rock was the dear winner this year. I don't think there was a doubt in anyone's mind that out of all the cities on our list, Little Rock really did have it all. 14 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM WASY OURV ISITW HAT YOUE XPECTED? I was especially surprised by how lovely it was - lots of trees, rolling hill and very dean. And I really liked the diversity of the neighborhoods, from the urban living downtown and historic homes near the governor's mansion to the eclectic neighborhoods in the middle of town and the newer neighborhoods in west Little Rock. There's something to suit anyone's taste. The people seemed friendly, welcoming and very happy to be living in Little Rock. I also was amazed that there was very little traffic and that it was easy to get from one side of the city to the other quickly. Overall, Little Rock came across as a great place to live. WAST HERAEN YTHING IN PARTICULTAHRA TS TRUCK YOUA BOUTTHEAR~S AFFORDABILITY? You can get a lot of home for not nearly as much as it would cost in other areas of the country. And there are so many free and lowcost things to do, such as the Arkansas River Trail system, Riverfront Park with its movies, concens and the fountains and tunnels for kids, First Thursdays in I lillcrest, Arkansas Arts Center, farmers markets, the free speaker series at the Clinton School, econd Friday Art Night - and the list just goes on. More Things to Love Livable \u0026amp; Affordable B etween a robust economy, a quality of life unparalleled for a metro its size and forward-thinking regional leadership, we're convinced you'll fall in love with greater Little Rock. But don't just take our word for it. National publications from Forbesa nd The WallS treet Journalt o Out.sidea nd SouthernL ivingh ave esteemed the area's communities for all these reasons and more. SOMETHINGFO RE VERYONE Live amidst natural beauty in the suburbs of west Little Rock, be neighborly in tight-knit communities like Cabot and Jacksonville or get spoiled by the convenience of city living in Little Rock and North Little Rock's downtowns. Whatever your needs and wants, it's all right here. A THRIVINGU RBANC ORE With explosive commercial growth and a sustained rise in residential offerings, downtown Little Rock just keeps getting better. In October 2012, the area made it to No. 5 in Livability.corn's Top 10 Downtowns. Winning criteria for the ranking included plentiful entertainment and dining, special events, walkability and diverse residential options that range from charming tumof- the-century homes to high-rise condo dwellings. LOWC OSTO FL IVING The Census Bureau ranks Conway's cost of living 13 points below the national average, and the state overall ranks seventh in the country for cheapest cost of living. Whether it's housing, utilities or transponation, Metro Little Rock offers a lot of bang for your buck. AN OUTDOOPRA RADISE Like to stay active? 1ne 34-mile Arkansas RiverTrail System connects the Little RockNorth Little Rock areas with scenic bikeable and walkable paths. Each March, it's run-ner's paradise as thousands congregate for the Little Rock Marathon, half-marathon, lOK and SK. And west Little Rock's Pinnacle Mountain State Park offers 2,356 acres of hiking, mountain biking and spectacular views atop its more than 1,000-foot-high peak.* BUILDING THE SOUTH'S NEXT GREAT CITY M.-\\CAAHlU R COMMONS (0PENINC... SUMMER 2015 200 Rl\\'I.R MARKIT \\\\ I . '\u0026gt;Lil 11 501 I ITT I I ROC ~. \\R 7220 I SOI 3 7 6-65,5  \\\\\\\\\\\\1\\0'\u0026gt;l'\u0026gt;ILCKIRCOM BROKERR IGEEN RNI/LRHORLOERPROE SEHIR IDIOENV ELOPM EPNRTO PERMTRYH RGEM ECHOTN SULTING OFFIC ER ETAI LI HOUSIRIR ML IXEUDS E MULTI-FAM IPLRY OPEROTWYN EARSSS OCIATIONS r .\\lmdo Cfllr,,,I t,k,11h,h ( ~,11111u1.r,1J /),11,1 I ,,h,IIIJ:/ ~,._,.. Residence Inn ~amott RELOCATING?S TAYW ITH FRIENDS. In the heart of the River Market District, Residence Inn Little Rock Downtown is the perfect location to get to know the city you'll call home. RESIDENCEIN N BY MARRIOTT LITTLER OCK DOWNTOWN 219 River Market Avenue I Little Rock, AR 72201 I 501.376.7200 residenceinnlittlerockdowntown.com 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 15 2B IGD AMB RIDG\u0026amp;E ARKANSARSI VERT RAIL. The world's longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge built especially for that purpose, the Big Dam Bridge is a favorite among Metro Little Rock residents. Located over Murray Lock \u0026amp;. Dam, the bridge has a 14-footwide deck that extends 4,226 linear feet aero s the Arkansas River. Locals love to walk, run or ride their bikes over the bridge and along the 17 miles of scenic Arkansas River Trail that runs on either side. www.BigDamBridge.com 16 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE COM 1 THEC LINTONPR ESIDENTICAELN TER11.0 w can you move to Metro Little Rock and not check out the notable center named for our 42nd president? The 148,000-square-foot William J. Clinton Presidential Center\u0026amp;. Park encompasses a museum, presidential archives and educational and research facilities. Must-see ALSO, TAKE ADVANTAGE of the free permanent exhibits include full-scale Clinton School Speaker Series. Learn more at replicas ofThe Oval Office and the www.ClintonSchoolSpeakers.com Cabinet Room, decorated exactly the way they were during Clinton's time in office. A steady stream of visiting exhibits also comes through the center each year. Visit on Aug. 19 and get free admission in honor of President Clinton's birthday! (501) 374-4242, 3 RAZORBACFKO OTBALThLe Razorbacks may call Fayetteville home, but they make the trip to Little Rock twice a season for game at War Memorial Stadium. Both the tailgating and the football are often memorable - like the I logs' 21-20 victory over LSU in 2002 that will forever be known as the \"Miracle on Markham.\" Being a part of a packed house at War Memorial in the fall is simply hard to beat. www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com 4FARMERMSA RKETSov.e r the past few years, farmers markets have sprouted up all over the state, and they're especially plentiful in Metro Little Rock. Local markets sell everything from farm-fresh eggs, grain-fed beef and organic produce to goats' milk soap and heirloom plants and seeds. For more information and a helpful list of farmers markets in the area, visit www.Arkansas. com/Dining/Farmers-Markets. 5 ARKANSAASR TSC ENTER. The MC is known for one of the world's most unique collections of works on paper, including sheets by Cezanne, van Gogh, Pollock, O'Keeffe, Saar, Rembrandt and more. The center also houses an an school, children's theater, restaurant and gift shop specializing in works made by regional artists. Admission is free, though a fee may be charged for special exhibitions. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, (501) 372-4000, www.ArkArts.com. 7 OAKLAWRNA CING\u0026amp; GAMINGso. me of the world's best Thoroughbreds have raced at Oaklawn, including Smarty Jones, the 2004 winner of both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Oaklawn's live season runs annually from January through April and TO LEARN MORE about what to do in simulcast racing is broadcast Hot Springs, check out Hot Springs Guest year-round. In addition, the Guide! Call (501) 372-1443 or visit park has recently expanded www.lnArkansas.com to get a copy. to allow forms of electronic gambling, including video poker and other games of skill. And don't leave the park without gobbling up one of their popular corned beef andwiches. (800) OAKI.AW , www.Oaklawn.com 8 FIRSTT HURSDAYINS HILLCRESOTne. of Little Rock's most unique neighborhoods, historic I Iillcrest (located on Kavanaugh Boulevard) is home to a plethora of charming boutiques and shops. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month, I Iillcrest merchants and restaurants stay open late and offer sales, entertainment, nibbles and drinks. It's a great way to meet the natives and get some great deals' (501) 666-3600, www.llillcrestMerchants.net gC ELEBRITAYT TRACTIONThSis. touring company brings Broadway performances to Metro Little Rock every year. The 2013-14 season includes favorites like \"Wicked\" (Sept. 24-Oct. 6, 2013) and 1 lair\" (Ieb. 18-20, 2014). All perfonnances are held at Robinson Center Music I !all in downtown Little Rock at Markllam and Broadway. (501) 244-8800, www.CelebrityAttractions.com 6 MOVIESIN THEP ARK. A free outdoor movie series in Little Rock's River Market, Movies in the Park is one of our favorite summer activities. Movies begin at sundown each Wednesday in June and July and are held in tlie Riverfest Amphitheatre on the banks of the Arkansas River. Picnics are encouraged and alcohol is allowed, but glass containers are prohibited. Concessions are also available for purchase. Don't forget a blanket and some bug spray! www.Moviesln'I\"heParkLR.net 1 0 QUAPAWQ UARTE1R1i s. tory buffs, this one's for you. Located in downtown Little Rock, the Quapaw Quarter contains Little Rock's most historic homes and mansions, some predating the Civil War and many on the National Register of I listoric Places. Drive or stroll through the neighborhood, or take advantage of the Quapaw Quarter Association's annual Tour of I lo mes. (501) 371-0075, www.Quapaw.com 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 17 PHOTOGRABPYHT IYM OTHYU RSLCEOYU RTEOSFYC R YSTBARLI DGMESU SEUOMFA MERICAARNTB . ENTONVAILRLKEA, NSAS. 11 CRYSTABLR IDGEMS USEUMO FA MERICAANR TA. s soon as you get settled in, th is is a trip you must take. The recently opened Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art houses \"one of the most dazzling and glorious collections of American art anywhere,\" says Don Bacigalupi, the museum's executive director. Envisioned by Wal mart heiress Alice Walton and named for nearby Crystal Spring, the museum's architecture is inspired by its picturesque surroundings and aimed at enhancing and protecting the natural beauty of the site. Works by Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell, Roy Lichtenstein, John Singer Sargent and more grace the walls of the the eight individually designed pavilions. ( 479) 418-5700, www.CrystalBridges.org 13 LITTLRE OCKM ARATHON. Each March, 12,000-plus participants from across the region, state and beyond 14 THEB UFFALROI VER. Outdoor enthusiasts, you're going to love this! Located just off flock to downtown Little Rock to take part in this annual athletic competition. The event indudes more than the 26.2-mile trek, but also a half marathon, lOK, Scenic Byway 7 near the town of Jasper and approximately 100 miles from Little Rock, the Buffalo National River winds through the Arkansas Ozarks, flowing into small rapids and calm pools before emptying SK, kids marathon, pasta party and more. into the White River. The Buffalo's beauty and mild manner make it a perfect destination for canoeing, floating and fishing, and the 95,000 acres of public land surrounding the river offer campgrounds and cabins, as well as springs, caves, waterfalls, trails and more. This year's marathon has a comic book theme called \"Epic\" and will take place March 2, 2014. Other related marathon event dates and times vary. www.LittleRockMarathon.com (870) 439-2502, www.NPS.gov/Buff 15 SHAKESPEARE THEATRLEo.c ated in Conway, about 30 minutes north of Little Rock, the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre produces a selection of the Bard's plays, along with other productions, in its summer festival each June. For info about the 2014 festival visit www.ArkShakes.com. 16 WINEC OUNTRAYb.o ut a half-dozen wineries near where the Arkansas River meanders between the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains offer tastings, tours and events. Wine-making began there in the 1880s, making Arkansas the South's oldest wine-producing state. Two European families started it all after noting the region's similarities in dimate and soil with that of Switzerland and Germany's wine-making regions. For more info: www.Arkansas.com/Dining/Wineries-Breweries 17 CHILDREN'LSI BRARYTh.e new $12 million Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library \u0026amp; Leaming Center is a state-of-the-art facility complete with a computer lab with 14 computers, teaching kitchen, large activity area, individual and group study rooms, a 165-seat theater, and community room - in addition to a collection of more than 21,000 books, DVDs, and CDs. www.CALS.Lib.AR.us 18 WWW.METROLITILEROCKGUIDE.COM 12 ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Led by Conductor Philip Mann, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra presents a season of beautiful masterworks, pops and chamber concerts. Don't miss the \"Bohemian Rhapsody\" performance on Jan. 25-26, 2014 at Robinson Center Music Hall. Can't get enough of the symphony? Good news: Season subscribers enjoy the best seats in the house and significant discounts over normal single-ticket prices. (501) 666-1761, www.ArkansasSymphony.org 18 RIVERM ARKEOT NI CE. Located in one of the River Market Pavilions, an ice skating rink opens each year just before Thanksgiving and closes after tl1e New Year. Check the website for ticket information and times. (501) 375-2552, www.HolidaysJnLittleRock.com 1g L ITTLRE OCKF ILMF ESTIVAL. The film fest is not to be missed. Founded by Emmy- and DGAnominated filmmakers Brent and Craig Renaud (Page X), the five-day event is held annually in the downtowns of Little Rock and North Little Rock. Hailed by Austin's Paste Magazine as \"potentially one of the best fests in LITTLE ROCK FI I. 111 FEST-I URI. HERDSDUTH the country,\" the LRFF draws more than 25,000 attendees and features more than 100 films from across the world, as well as workshops, panels and parties. Visit the website for 2014 festival info. www.LittleRockFilmFestival.org 24 LOCOR OPESZi.p lining has propelled toward popularity over the past few years, and Arkansas has several locations that offer the highflying adventures. Loco Ropes at Ozark Folk Center tate Park in Mountain View is worth the drive. Choose from a handful of zip lining options that vary in intensity, height and length. Don't worry if you're afraid of heights\ncutting-edge equipment and harnesses ensure your safety. (888) 669-6717, www.LocoRopes.com 20 RIVERFESThTis. is a huge visual and performing arts celebration held annually over Memorial Day weekend in downtown Little Rock. Acts like Miranda Lambert, Al Green, Jason Aldean, Ludacris, Pat Benatar, Blues Traveler, Brad Paisley, Heart, Everclear and many more have made this the most anticipated festival in Arkansas each year. www.RiverfestArkansas.com. 21 FOODT RUCKF ESTIVAILn . October, about 5,000 foodies gather on Main Street in downtown Little Rock to sample delicious fare from local food truck vendors. Street perforn1ers play, crafts are sold and I leifer provides family activities to boot. If you miss it, try Food Truck Fridays, held seasonally. www.DowntownLRcom 23 HEIFEIRN TERNATIONAL HEADQUARTETRouSr .th e nonprofit charity's LEED Platinum building tllat features a 30,000-gallon rainwater collection tower, among otller tllings. I leiferVillage or. the Heifer International campus showcases inspiring, interactive exhibits tllat describe how individuals can help end hunger, poverty and environmental problems. Also, check out Shop@Heifer to purchase etllically ourced and artisan products from around the world. (800) 422-0474, www.Heifer.org 25 ARKANSARSE PERTORY THEATRKEn.o wn to locals as \"The Rep,\" this is the only professional, nonprofit theater of its size within 300 miles of Little Rock, including Memphis, Nashville and ew Orleans. The 2014 season includes \"Red\" (Oct. 23- ov. 10, 2013), \"Because of Winn Dixie\" (Dec. 4-Dec. 29, 2013), \"Les Miserables\" (Marci, 5-April 6, 2014), \"The Second City\" (April 29-May 11, 2014), and more. Locals snatch up season tickets so they never miss a show. (501) 378-0405, www.TheRep.org ARKANSALSIT ERARY 22FES TIVAHLe ld annually, this event features panels, events, performances, workshops and appearances and readings by celebrated authors such as David Sedaris, Garrison Keillor and Arkansan Charlaine Harris (\"True Blood\"). This year's event will be held April 24-27, 2014 in the downtowns of Little Rock and North Little Rock. (501) 918- 3029, www.ArkansasLiteraryFestival.org 26 PINNACLEM OUNTAIN. Eight hiking trails ranging from easy to strenuous wind their way around Pinnacle Mountain, with two leading to the summit. Those who reach the 1,011-foot peak are rewarded with views of the Arkansas River, downtown Little Rock and Lake Maumelle. The park also features two mountain bike trails - the 0.70-mile Rabbit Ridge Trail and the 7.4-mile JackforkTrail - and two barrier-free trails, the half-mile paved Kingfisher Trail and .60-mile paved Arkansas Trail in the Arkansas Arboretum. www.ArkansasStateParks.com/ PinnacleMountain * 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 19 Folks searching for job opportunities and business owners looking to bring their companies into a vibrant economy can count on Metro Little Rock. The centrally located area boasts a low cost of doing business, a large, mobile workforce, affordable skilled workers, good value for wages, aggressive tax incentives, easy access to port, rail and interstate shipping routes, and so much more. All of these things contribute to why Metro Little Rock was somewhat sheltered from the recession and why the area sees steady economic growth each year. In fact, in the midst of economic crisis in 2009, BusinessWee/nia med Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway the fourth strongest econ-omy in the country, and that same year, a Brookings Institution study ranked Little Rock the seventh-strongest metropolitan economy in the country. Two years later, that same Brookings Institution study ranked Little Rock the fourth strongest and Forbesin cluded the area in its \"Best Places for Business \u0026amp; Careers.\" This national recognition for stability and jobs continues to draw companies to Metro Little Rock in a variety of major industries - including manufacturing, bio-technical, financial ervices, food processing, information technology, logistics and distribution and nonprofit. 20 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM Acclimateto the area'sb usiness cenea little fasterw ith this cheat sheeto n someo f the area'sb usinessh eavyweightasn dj ob creators. DILLARD'ISN C. (Fortune5 00) - Retail I Headquartered in Little Rock, Dillard's is one of the country's largest apparel, cosmetics and home furnishings retailers, with more than 300 retail locations in 29 states. And Dillard's recently moved all online order fulfillment to a facility in Maumelle, creating many new jobs. STEPHENISN C. FinancialS ervicesl stephens is the largest investment bank off Wall Street\nand while it has 27 offices across the country, downtown Little Rock is the privately held company's home base. WINDSTREAM(F ortune5 00) - Telecommunicationsl windstream is one of the largest providers of telecommunication services (phone, TV, internet) to rural communities, and it's headquarters are located in west Little Rock. SOUTHWESPTO WERP OOLN onprofit/EnergyI 11eadquartered in west Little Rock, SPP manages power grids that help deliver power to nine states in the region. ACXIOMC ORPORATIODNat a ProcessingI Acxiom develops some of the largest and most sophisticated busine s intelligence and marketing databases in the world. Its headquarters are in downtown Little Rock, with operations in Conway too. LM WIND POWER Energy I This Denmark-based company is the world's leading supplier of components and services in wind energy, with locations on four continents and a major plant in the Little Rock Port Authority. DASSAULFTA LCONJE T Airplane Manufacturing I Dassault Falcon Jet is the region's top manufacturing employer. While its operations at the Little Rock airport are already the rrench avionics company's largest in the world, the company just announced plans for a $60 million, 250,000-SF expansion there. 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ARCADBE UILDINGTh: e$ 17m illion6. 0,000-SbFu ildingI ss ett o bec ompletebdy t hee ndo f 2013I.t will feature retaild, ininga ndo ffices pacea. sw ella sa 350-seatht eateri n theh earot f theR iveMr arkeDt istricTt het heater will beh ometo theL ittleR ockF ilmF estivaAl. s kyb ridge will crossth ea lleyb etweetnh eA rkansaSst udieIsn stitute andC entraAl rkansaLsib rarSy ystemn'se wa rchiveisn side the Arcade. Notable Neighbors CRAIG RENAUD I DOCUMENTARFYIL MMAKERA NOC O-FOUNOEORF T HEL ITTLER OCKF ILMF ESTIVAL LITTLER OCKI DOWNTOWN Cannes. Sundance. Tribeca. Little Rock. That's right. While not commonly listed alongside these film festival heavyweights, Little Rock Film Festival co-founder Craig Renaud plans to change that and hopes his hometown will soon hold their company. Craig founded the festival with his brother, Brent Renaud, who he also makes award-winning documentary films with. Together, the Renaud Brothers take credit for acclaimed titles like \"Bridge to Baghdad,\" Dope Sick Love,\" \"Taking the Hill\" and \"Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later\" All have received critical acclaim, and several earned them awards and additional nominations. The duo travels the world for work- filming In Haiti, Afghanistan, Russia, China, Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, Armenia, Kuwait, Venezuela, Nepal and Cuba (to name a few) - but call New York City home base. Brent also resides there, but Craig recently returned to Little Rock (he'd moved away 20 years ago) to plant roots with his family and to focus on growing the Little Rock Film Festival. \"We felt Little Rock was the perfect city for a festival,\" Craig said. \"The city has a strong love for the arts, a beautiful downtown, lots of companies who support community events, and locals that love to have a good time. \"I can't remember how many films we showed the first year, but I remember being shocked by the crowds and the enthusiasm,\" he said. \"With so much community support, we felt like we didn't have a choice but to make It an annual event. We've now been ranked as a top 25 festival in the countrytwice.\" HOWO OELSIT TRLEO CKFI'SLM SC ECNOE MPATORO ET HCERIT IES? Well, come this winter, the movie scene In Little Rock will get even better. The Arcade Theater will be open by January 2014, and I'm really excited about what it has to offer people. The Little Rock Film Festival will be showing movies there yearround, and will host a number of film festivals there throughout the year, In addition to the big festival in May. WHA0T0 Y OLUO VMEO SATB OULITV ININGL ITTLREO CAKG AIN? I spend most of my time In Little Rock, but still work a lot In New York with my brother. For us, moving back to Little Rock from New York and living downtown in the River Market Tower (RMT) IS the best of both worlds. SOL ITTLREO CKD'OSW NTOLWIFNES TWYLOEYN O OU VER? Downtown Is actually very family friendly. We've become very close friends with a lot of people In our building. In fact, the entire building has gotten to know our son Tai, and look out for my wife and son when I'm out of town. Also, I love the fact that we only need one car. I work downtown and walk to the office\nand because I travel a lot for work, I don't have the headaches of home upkeep. * Craig's Favorites BESBTE TFSO DRI NNER: Taziki's, South on Main, Copper Grill, Local Lime, Big Orange, The Root Cafe, ZAZA, The Fold FAVORBIRTEU NSCPHO T: YaYa's Euro Bistro WHEYNO HUA VAEH ANKERING FOBRA RBE!lUE: Whole Hog Cafe BESPTL ACTOEW INDO WN WITHAG LASOSFW INE: Crush Wine Bar, Zin Urban Wine \u0026amp; Beer Bar FAVORFIATME ILY HANGOLUitTtleS R:o ck Zoo, Movies In the Park, Hillary Clinton Children's Library, Museum of Discovery CREATELITTLEROCK.COM CREATE~-~- LITTLRE OCK KEEP-ATTRACT-GROW 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 21 LITTLE ROCK After undergoing a dramatic transformation over the past decade, downtown Little Rock continues to thrive. Its revitalization runs the gamut from high-rise condo developments in the River Market and hip eco-friendly dwellings in SoMa to exciting tourist attractions on President Clinton Avenue and beautified historic office space on Main Street - all of which are luring people to the area. And there's more to come. In the heart of the River Market, the 6O,OO0-square-foAort cade Building will soon contain retail and office space, a 325-seat theatre and a restaurant. An estimated 42,000 people stream into downtown each day to work at major headquarters like Stephens Inc., the largest investment bank off Wall Street, and Middleo f thew eeko r middleo f thew eekendy,o u'llf indt heR iveMr arkette emingw ithp eoplee njoyinlgo cafl ood,e ntertainmeannt d recreationraels piteT. heV ogeSl chwartSz culpturGe ardeins a particularplye acefu-l andp hotogen-ics pota longth eA rkansaRs iver. Heifer International, a nonprofit that works to fight hunger and poverty worldwide. Several banks have hubs downtown, the state's government operates out of the capitol and surrounding buildings, and media houses produce local papers and magazines from here. Arkansas Children's Hospital also draws hundreds of workers in from surrounding communities daily. As for culture, downtown's arts venues attract the area's elite up-and-comers. When the weekend rolls around, all kinds of crowds mix for farmers markets, festivals and fun. With attractions like the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, downtown is a mecca for tourists. \"I love living downtown because it has some fantastic places to eat and to be social I Capitol Bar \u0026amp; Grill because of their truffle fries and it's perfect for entertaining friends and clients. Zin Wine Bar is also at the top of my socializing list:' -AARONP ERKINSO,W NERO FF ACEY OURD AYS TUDIOS Those who live in downtown's condos and the historic bungalows of Quapaw and SoMa boast about walkability - with local gems like The Root Cafe, Ashley's, Loblolly Creamery, Copper Grill, Zin Urban Wine Bar, Communiy Bakery and more right outside their doors. * Scan this QR code with your smartphone to instantly watch our exclusive INSIDER VIDEO about downtown. Welcome to the Neighborhood Main Library I 00 RockS treet Little Rock  918-3000 M/Tu/W/T9h-:8  f/Sa:9 -6 Sunday:1-5 onlyt heH ainb rancihs openo n Sundays Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library \u0026amp; Learning Center 4800 West I 0th Street Little Rock  978-3870 H/Tu/W/Th1:0 -7 f/Sa: 10-6 Brooks Library 13024H ighwa3y6 5S outh Wrightsville 537-3186 M/Tu1: 0-7 Th/f: 10-6 Sa:1 0-2 Dee Brown Library 6325B aselinReo ad Little Rock  568-7494 H/Tu/Th1:0 -8 W/f/Sa:1 0-6 Fletcher Library 823N orthB uchanan Little Rock  663-5457 Milu /W:9 -8  Th//fS a:9 -6 Maumelle Library IO lake PointeD rive Maumelle 851-2551 Hilu/Th:1 0-8 W/F/Sa1: 0-6 McMath Library 2100J ohnB arrowR oad little Rock  225-0066 M/W:9 -8  Tu /Th//fS a:9 -6 Milam Library 609A plinA venue Perryville 501-889-2514 H/W/Th/f/Sa1:0 -6 Tu: 10-8 Nixon Library 703W esMt ainS treet Jacksonvill e 457-5038 M/W/F/S9a::3 0-6 Tu/Th9: :30-8 Rooker Library 11O tterC reeCk ourt little Rock  907-5991 M/W/Th1: 0-8 Tu/f/Sa1: 0-6 Sanders Library 3I ShelbDy rive Sherwood 835-7756 M/W/f/Sa9:: 30-6 Tu/Th9: :30-8 Central Arkansas Library System Terry Library 2015N apaV alleyD rive little Rock  228-0129 M/W/T h:9 -8 Tu /f/ Sa:9 -6 Thompson Library 38 RahlinCg ircle Little Rock  821-3060 M/Tu/Th9:- 8 W/f/Sa9: -6 Williams Library 1800C hesteSrt reet Little Rock  376-4282 M/W/f/Sa1: 0-6 Tu/Th1: 0-8 With 14 branches in Pulaski and Perry Counties, there's a branch in your new neighborhood. 1Ill www.cals.org 24 WWW.METROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM CE.vrRAl AiKA.._SA.S tllllAAY\\Ym.'-1 Justm inutefsr omd owntowns.o meh omesin Riverdahlea vew atertronvti ewsp, ertecfto rt hef ishingo rb oatinge nthusiast a Scan this QR code with your smartphone to instantly watch our exclusive INSIDERVIDEO about Riverdale. THE INSIDE SCOOP \"I love the natural aspect of Riverdale. I'm situated right next to the B,g Dam Bridge and river trail, so I can go for a bike ride or walk any time, and because it's right next to the river. I have an amazing backdrop 1 Plus, there is fabulous fare on Rebsamen Park Road, so I don't have to travel far for a delicious meal:' LAUREJNA MESE DITOORF NARKANSACSO M RIVERDALE LITTLE ROCK HUGGING THE BANKS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER, Riverdale attracts natives and tourists alike with the prospect of outdoor adventure. Many come for a round of golf, a bike ride down the River Trail or a stroll over the Big Dam Bridge, the country's longest pedestrian bridge, built for that purpose. The popular Arkansas River Trail winds past Rebsamen Golf Course, the city's largest public golf course, as well as Murray Park, where you'll find soccer fields, sand volleyball courts, a boat dock, dog park and pavilions. Don't-miss local dining hotspots are located here, including the award-winning Whole Hog Cafe, the eclectic menus at Loca Luna and its sister restaurant Red Door, or the riverfront deck at Cajun's Wharf, a popular restaurant, bar and live music venue. Quality apartment complexes, condos and single-family homes of all price ranges give residents plenty to choose from - many with river views. Those in Canal Pointe are where many residents can navigate their boats right up to their doorstep. You'll also have plenty of help decorating your new place since the area is also known as a design district. with retailers providing fabric, lighting, furniture and antiques to decorators and consumers alike. * 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 25 LITTLE ROCK HOME TO MANY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS' ELITE, The Heights can be a city unto itself. Residents confess they rarely need to leave the neighborhood - everything they need is within walking distance: boutiques, banks, restaurants and grocery stores. The Heights' quiet streets reveal quaint Georgian and Tudor bungalows, wooded and manicured lawns and plenty of friendly neighbors. Generally, the homes here are larger and more expensive than in nearby Hillcrest\nprices range from $200,000 to $2 million. Edgehill Road, a coveted street address TheH eightiss oneo f them osst oughat ftern eighborhooind Lsi ttleR ockd uet o ,tsc haracter-rihcohm easn dc entralllyo catepde rcha topC antrell RoadT hisd emankde ephs omev aluesh ighs, omethinbgo thh omeownearnsd p rospectivbeu yerasp preciate. known for old money and large, lavish homes, offers incredible views of the city from its perch in The Heights. Most residents don't work in the neighborhood. The mom-and-pop shops, eateries and grocers nearby tend to rely on a younger workforce to serve the affluent clientele. However, an auxiliary headquarters for Iberia Bank and several realty and insurance agencies, medical offices and banks employ the corporate types. Residents love the social interaction that comes with Jogging the neighborhood or window shopping along Kavanaugh Boulevard. There's also wine tasting and fresh pizza at favorite neighborhood establishments. On the third Thursday of every month, neighborhood retailers host Happy Hour 1n the Heights from 5:30 to 8 p.m., and a trolley shuttles shoppers around.* ,1,. the 'Cr,ajotte cJ~{j REAL ESTATE THE INSIDE SCOOP \"Many homes in The Heights are older, which gives them rich history and charm, but often upon buying a home ,n The Heights you may need to upgrade systems and do minor renovations (specifically if you need more closet space) But, in my opinion, it's worth it\" -RACHEBL RADBURPYU, BLISHEART ARKANSABSU SINESPSU BLISHINGGR OUP * Scan this QR code with your smartphone to instantly watch our exclusive INSIDERVIDEO about 1he Heights. * All Roads Lead to Your New Home in Central Arkansas! Voted the BEST by Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Times, At I Iome in Arkansas, AY Magazine and Soiree 2 Locations! CalJ ns today at 1-800-664-5642 581 l Kavanaugh I I ,ittlc Rock I 501-6M-5646 1300 Oak Street I Conway I 501-327-5646 charlottcjohn.com f ~u 26 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE COM HILLCREST LITTLE ROCK HIPPER AND MORE LAID-BACK than its cousin to the north, Hillcrest is full of beautiful turn-of-the-century homes and cottages. Home prices are lower than in The Heights, and there are more rental options as well. Charming Craftsman bungalows, American Foursquare houses and two-story Tudor-style homes sit cozily along oak-lined streets. In the mornings and evenings, residents (mostly young professionals and active and artistic types) emerge to walk pets along Kavanaugh Boulevard. All day long, the historic district's diverse shops and restaurants bustle with customers. And at night, voices carry across the neighborhood from the patios of favored gathering spots like Ciao Baci, Acadia, U.S. Pizza's patio, The Fountain and more. Like The Heights, Hillcrest's industry consists mostly Locallso vet ow alkt heH illcresPt romenadweh,i cho verlookosn eo f thec ity'sm ospt opulamr etropolitpaanr ksA, llsoppP ark. of retail, dining and service-oriented businesses. In both Scan this QR code with your smartphone to instantly watch our exclusive INSIDER VIDEO about Hillcrest. \"The area's walkability is one of its defining characteristics. Along Kavanaugh Boulevard, which bisects most of the neighborhood, sits an exciting mix of shops, restaurants, bars and businesses. Dogs are Hillcrest's unnamed mascots and just about any time of the day or year can be found dragging their owners past the aged rock walls sporadically lining Hillcrest's streets and yards: -CHIPT AULBEAES. SOCIATPEU BLISHEORFA RKANSABSU SINESS neighborhoods, most businesses are located along the main thoroughfare, Kavanaugh Boulevard, and patrons tend to be middle- to upper-class. Hillcrest is always having people over - especially when the local merchants host \"Shop 'N' Sip\" on the first Thursday of every month. Businesses stay open late and invite customers to enjoy a glass of wine while they shop. After shopping, plan on dinner at a local eatery, like Cafe Bossa Nova or Twenty One. Hillcrest is also home to beautiful Allsopp Park, which boasts trails, tennis courts, a playground and more than 10,000 annual visitors every year.* Local  Experienced  Knowledgeable REALTORS__ _ \u0026amp;_C_o_m_p_a_n_y @ [B 8700 Highway 107  Suite A  Sherwood  Arkansas  72120 (J 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 27 LITTLE ROCK THINK OF MIDTOWN AS A SPRAWLING CENTER of retailers and large employers, and an area that's easily accessed. Cantrell Road and Interstate 630 pass through Midtown as they link downtown and west Little Rock. Residential areas surround Midtown's business centers, and the neighborhoods are full of ranch-style and modern homes with expansive yards. Established from the 195Os forward, these areas are lush with mature landscaping and canopies of trees. Many of the job opportunities in the area are related to retail. However, the presence of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center provide job opportunities for a wide range of professionals. The Plaza West building is full of offices for professionals in industries including medicine, law and communications. Shopping centers consist of the three-level Park Plaza Mall and the neighboring upscale outdoor shopping centers known as Midtowne Little Rock. Park Avenue, a new mixed-used development anchored by Target, is still being developed but many shops and eateries are already open for business. Other Midtown staples include the Little Rock Zoo, War Memorial Stadium and War Memorial Golf Course.* LITTLE ROCK GENERALLY, ANYTHING LYING WEST of Interstate 430 is considered west Little Rock, which makes this section of town an expansive one. Cantrell Road and Chenal Parkway are the maior veins that carry you into west Little Rock's spacious neighborhoods, thriving retail centers and outlying areas full of recreational opportunities. The area is known for its gated neighborhoods and million-\u0026lt;Jollar homes, but there are other housing options as well. Apartments, condos and even country estates with horse stables are found within in the area. Notable developments include: Brodie Creek, which boasts charming homes reminiscent of Seaside In Florida\nWoodlands Edge, which offers ample green space and eco-fnendly houses\nA newa dditiotont heM idtownLeit tleR ocSkh oppiCnegn tiesrB igO rangaec .a sudailn inrge staurathnat t'gsr own populfaorr i tsc reativgeo urmbeut rgerssa.l adssh, ake!asd uslth aketso.o a) ndu seo fl ocalslyo urceindg redients \"From Midtown you can get anywhere in the Little RockNorth Little Rock area in 10-15 minutes. It's great to be so close to everything. We love the well-Bstablished restaurants and shopping areas too. Try Van Lang Cuisine for Vietnamese and Korean food, and the various Mexican food trucks that park around the area are great.\" LISAK RANNICHFELADR.T IS/TE DUCATOPRU LASKAIC ADEMY Scan this QR code with yo..smartphone to instantly watch our exclusive INSIDERVIDEO about Midtown. and PleasantV alley,w hich IS a little older than its west Little Rock Withs everagla tedn eighborhowodess.Lt ittleR ociks p opulawri thp rofessionsaelse kinpgr ivacayn dt her oom counterparts, but it's known for houses with charactera nd wide, tree- tol ivel arge. lined streets. Living In this area has its advantages, as most big box retailers like Home Depot, Old Navy, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble and PetSmart settled here Plus, west Little Rock lures folks all across Metro Little Rock to shopping hubs Shackleford Crossing (with stores like JCPenny and Babies 'R' Us) and Pleasant Ridge Town Center (anchored by Belk but known more for its locally owned retailers). In this part of town, you're also closest to nature - hiking Pinnacle Mountain or sailing on Lake Maumelle Is Just a short drive away. And golfers seeking membership will love the scenic Pleasant Valley Country Club !especially the beauty of the course's three finishing holes) * 28 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM \"What I love about west Little Rock Is the convenience. I am 10 minutes from my kids' school and two minutes from everything else. And the opportunities for outdoor entertainment are unbelievable! On a recent 10-mile bike ride atTwo Rivers Park, I encountered 10 deer and many, many wonderful families enjoying the river's mountain view: JAMIEM ABRYA, CCOUN~' XECUTIVtl/ TTtf ROCKF AMILYM AGAZINE Scan this QR code with your Iii ..,.. l!l. 1 smartphone to instantly watch our exclusive INSIDERVIDEO about west Little Rock. Iii   ' LIVE. PLAY. RELAX. REPEAT. Over one-third of our nearly 800 wooded acres will always remain as unspoiled forest. Plus tennis courts. swimming pool, pristine creeks. paved nature trails. fishing ponds, even wildlife observation areas. Our largesta nd mo.t exclusiveh ome ice-. A windingf orestede ntry,e xceptionapl ri\\'acy, stunnmgv iewa nd permanentg reens pace.i FromC henalP arkwayta, kt\u0026gt;B owmanR oad southt o KanisR oadT. henr ighto nto Karns and \\\\est about one mile to Woodland, Trail.T henl eft onto WoodlandTs raila nd continues traight, ntoW oodland,E dge. Thirty-twoe xclusive.m gle-familyp atio homL\u0026gt;Psr.i vateg atede ntry.L mn maintenance providtd. cale d01m while stepping up. ~OverCreek ~~ A picturesque tone bridge brings you to home site with hilltop and creek valley views through a deep and protected forest. Woodlanc\ntts' J. eag.? Developed by ROCKE:-PROPERTIESLL, C (SOI) 954-9816  www.wood1andsedge.com LITTLE ROCK LOCATED WITHIN WHAT'S CONSIDERED WEST LITTLE ROCK, but with an essence all its own, Chenal Valley begs to be singled out. Its many standout qualities lure longtime Little Rockians and newcomers alike to locate within its 4,800 scenic acres, on which 34 separate neighbors have been established. A lot of the acreage was set aside to create green space, making its current and planned neighborhoods even more desirable. Several of Chenal Valley's neighborhoods - including one luxury condo development - sit along Chenal Country Club's two championship golf courses. The entire area is nestled along west Chenal Parkway within native rolling hills, offering residents a feeling of privacy even though they're mere minutes from every urban comfort they need. The Promenade at Chenal, for instance, is a one-stop shop for retail therapy, dining and entertainment. The open-air center Thes pacioulost sp, ictur residenwtsh oc alli t ho is home to a variety of upscale merchants including Apple, J.Crew and Nike, restaurants including Local Lime and YaYa's Euro Bistro, and Chenal 9 IMAX Theater. Beyond The Promenade, Chenal Valley boasts many more retailers and restaurants. Arthur's Prime Steakhouse, located at The Village at Rahling Road, is exceptional. A Ross, Marshalls and Kroger Marketplace recently opened, and Chuy's, a popular national Mexican food chain, chose the area for its 2013 Arkansas debut. On the weekends, families flock to Wildwood Park for the Arts, Pinnacle Mountain State Park and to the area's three community parks and pools.* Some call them green belts. We call them commonplace. 30 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM \"Our neighborhood Is aesthetically beautiful and promotes healthy living and peace. It has everything we need in less than a 10-m,nute drive or short walk. The Promenade at Chenal Is the best shopping center around:' -SHEAECWEE STS CANTLEBUPRRYE, SIDEN\u0026amp; TC EO, WINTHRORPO CKEFELFLOERU NDATION 34 Neighborhoods. One Resource. MaumelIlesh ometo numeroupsa ri\u0026lt;ssp, ortfsie ldst,w o1 8-holgeo lfc ourse!Ms aumelCleo untrCyl uba ndC ountry Clubo f Arkansatsw)o f ishingla kesa ndin doohre althfa cilitieast thel ocacl ommunciteyn ter. \"Maumelle has two lakes and miles and miles of walking trails that I can go on with my dogs, Max and Buster. There's low crime, great amenities and a lot of friendly people. It is the best-kept secret in Arkansas.\" -MARKF RIEDMASNE, NIOERD ITORA.R KANSABSU SINESS MAUMELLE THIS YOUNG, PLANNED COMMUNITY located about 11 miles from Little Rock holds the distinction of being the fastest-growing community In Pulaski County. According to the Metro Little Rock Alliance, it also has the second-highest median household income in the state. Located on the northern side of the Arkansas River, some homes offer river views. Others, like those in the Majestic Pointe subdivision, offer expansive homes with breathtaking views of nearby Pinnacle Mountain. Education Is also a draw - the city Just completed construction of state-of-the-art Maumelle High School which opened its doors in 2011. Residents enJoy Maumelle's natural setting through the city's 19 miles of paved walking trails that offer opportunities for picnics, bike riding or playing with the family. Some of the trails trace through the perimeter of Lake Willastein and Lake Valencia, both popular fishing spots. The city also includes two 18-hole golf courses and the hub of Maumelle recreation, the Jess Odom Community Center. As for work, Maumelle offers many great job opportunities, with many large national companies setting up shop there. National department store chain Dillard's recently consolidated all of their online distribution to a facility in Maumelle, creating hundreds of new jobs. Meanwhile, other national brands, like Kimberly Clark, Ace Hardware and Cintas, chose Maumelle for various limbs of their businesses. And Molex, a leading global supplier of electronic interconnects, employs more than 1,000 * WEALL , YOUNG PROFESSIONALS :' CREATELI TTLREO CK -  KEEP-ATTRACT-GROW Join for Free at CreateuttteRock.com 20!4 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 31 I NORTH LITTLE ROCK LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE ARKANSAS RIVER, North Little Rock has a lot in common with the capital city. Both have major health care facilities, restaurants and retailers. But North Little Rock has distinguished itself as the region's epicenter for entertainment. Park Hill's quaint Craftsman-style bungalows are popular, as are the sprawling mid-century homes of Sherwood and Lakewood, the latter of which often have lake views. For those looking for newer neighborhoods, there are the stately homes ofTimber Creek and Calico Creek. Tyson Foods, the Arkansas-based poultry giant, has operations here, as does L'.Oreal USA and Audio International, a company that makes audio and video entertainment and control systems for corporate aircraft. Part of the reason the city appeals to these type of employers is its NorthU ttleR ock1 sh ometo a plethoroaf indooar ndo utdooart tractionlisk et heO ldM iill abovel madefa moufso ri ts rolei nt heo pening creditso f \"GoneW itht heW ind.\" accessibility to shipping routes: Interstates 30 and 40 intersect in the city, which also has access to the Arkansas River. North Little Rock is home to Burns Park, which at 1,700 acres is one of the country's largest city parks. Park visitors have access to a 36-hole golf course, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, camping and more. DickeyStephens Park, home field to the Arkansas Travelers minor league baseball team, and Verizon Arena are also located here. Rockwater Marina is under construction and offers stunning views of downtown Little Rock from its docks. Another must-see is the historic Old Mill, famous for its role In \"Gone With the Wind:' * NORTH LITTLE ROCK'S HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, known as Argenta, Is located just across the bridge from Little Rock's River Market district. First platted in 1866, Argenta Is now a vibrant, walkable, mixed-use community. Residents enjoy having shops, workplaces, schools, grocery stores (and a farmers market) all within walking distance of their homes. Like Little Rock, downtown condos and townhomes have been on the rise. The Enclave gives renters a nicer riverside option, while those looking to buy have options like City THE INSIDE SCOOP \"City services in North Little Rock are great. If you rake your leaves to the curb, a city truck will come by and suck them up. No bagging I\" GWENM ORITZE DITORO FA RKANSABSU SINESS Grove townhomes, an eco-friendly development close to all the action. Locallso veth ec ommunifteye li n NorthU ttleR ockA'sr gentaw. hereo pen-adiri ningf.n endlny eighboarsn dw alkablset reetas rei na bundance Banking and financial services are prevalent in the area, as are law firms and nonprofit organizations. Argenta also offers quick and easy access to both downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock's economic opportunities. The past decade marked the neighborhood's emergence as a premier entertainment venue, anchored by the 370,000-square-foot Verizon Arena which frequently hosts star-studded acts. Minor league baseball's Arkansas Travelers play at nearby Dickey-Stephens Park. Great art galleries, restaurants and bars are also plentiful.* I 32 WWWMETROLITTLEROCKGUIDE.COM THE INSIDE SCOOP ':A.rgenta Is a walkable, close-knit community full of great restaurants, shops and friendly people. Visit the Argenta Farmers Market for delicious, farmgrown produce and the most wonderful handmade goods: -KRISTENH ELDENBRANADD.V ERTISINCGO ORDINATOR I THE INSIDE SCOOP \"To live in Jacksonville is to be a part of a true military community. No other city ,n Arkansas embraces the armed forces quite like Jacksonville. Living here makes you Just a little bit prouder to be an American.\" -CASEYM OOREA, SSISTANCTH IEFP HOTOGRAPHEij AT KAAKC HANNE4L HOME TO THE ONLY C-130TRAINING BASE for the U.S. Department of Defense, Jacksonville is an important part of the nation's military force, but the city of about 29,000 also possesses a family-friendly atmosphere that attracts many people. New construction on the city's west side includes contemporary dwellings apart from Jacksonville's more established neighborhoods like Penn Pointe, Base Meadows and Graham Settlement. Distinguished areas include Stonewall and Foxwood, where residents enjoy an 18-hole golf course and a country club that features a pool, tennis courts and more. The 6, 128-acre base Is the largest employer in the state, with more than 14,000 active duty military personnel and c1v11iaenm ployees. The health care, education and manufacturing industries are three more of the city's largest employers. Jacksonville boasts two community pools and 11 parks. A variety of athletic and aerobic classes attract athletes to the city's 56,000-square-foot community center, whose crown Jewel Is an aquatics area that features a heated six-lane pool. Dupree Park Is home to a pool, playground, walking trails, ball fields and a 10-acre lake with a fishing pier. Popular events like the Little Rock Air Force Base's biennial air show and the annual Wing Ding Festival, which takes place on the first Saturday each October, draw the whole metro area to Jacksonville for a good time. * Abovele. ft n-ea 1rshodwr awsh ugec rowdos f familieas ndf lighte nthusiasttos J acksoo\\1e1allceh yeart hat1 t, sh eld( Ifsn ota na nnuael ventA). boveJ:a cksoo\\1r1elsleid enetsn JOloYt so f recreatiooal opporn,nit1inecsl udintgw oc ommuniptyo olso. neo f whichfe aturessi xl anesa ndi s heated 2014 METRO LITTLE ROCK GUIDE 33 rkansas Sherwood Advertising and Promotions Commission www.cityofsherwood.net Sherwood Chamber of Commerce www.sherwoodchamber.net THE INSIDE SCOOP \"We moved to Sherwood because we could get more for our money there than in some other Metro Little Rock neighborhoods. It's a short drive to downtown Little Rock, and my wife and I love having access to so many great parks and walking trails'.' -LANCET URNERIN, TERACTIEVDEI TORA,R KANSABSU SINESS Sherwoorde sidentcsa nf indn ew,e xpansivheo mesin a numbeorf neighborhooidnsc,l udinMg iller'sC rossinSg,t onehilGl, ap Creeka ndA ustinL akesM. osth omeas rec loseto recreationoapl portunitietos,o ,l iket heG reenast NorthH illsG olfC ourse. ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF THE CAPITAL CITY, Sherwood is a suburb of almost 30,000 residents who enjoy a small-town atmosphere with quick and convenient access to nearby larger cities - factors that contributed at one point to the city being named to the Wall Street Journal's list of country's 10 best cities The Waif Street Journal also ranked Metro Little Rock, which includes Sherwood, as the sixth-best real estate market in the country. Its stable housing market is thanks in part to the city's low crime level\nSherwood has the lowest level of crime of any community in central Arkansas. And while home prices vary, you typically get more house for your money here than in some other local areas. Near the north end of Brockington Road, Miller's Crossing, Stonehill and Gap Creek are all excellent options for new, spacious homes with top-notch amenities. Nearby Austin Lakes is also a desirable neighborhood. The Pulaski County Special School District, Sam'sM'almart stores, St. Vincent's medical facilities, Delta Dental, ABC Financial, Custom Aircraft Cabinets and Cardinal Health are among the key employers in Sherwood, but there are many more opportunities, as well as a short commute into downtown Little Rock and the rest of the metro area. For fun, the locals head to one of Sherwood's 20 parks (one even boasts natural waterfalls), walking trails, bird sanctuaries and to the Bill Harmon Recreation Center. 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Call to Order II. Review of the Corrected Minutes of August 13, 2013 Reading of the Minutes of September 24, 2013 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update 1. Principals' Recruitment Reports 2. October 1, 2013 Enrollment Report E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Student Registration Office Report on Seating Placement Process B. Discussion of LRSD's Monetary Support to Stipulation Magnet Schools C. Discussion of Magnet Schools Evaluation Report - New Submission D. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES August 13, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Members Absent: Micheal Stone, NLRSD Guests: Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer - LRSD Margie Powell, ODM Corrected September 24, 2013 The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of July 10, 2013. Joy Springer offered one correction to the minutes. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The minutes were unanimously approved as corrected. Copies of an e-mail received from Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD MRC representative, were given to Committee members. Dr. Clowers provided information that Dr. Janice Warren is now the Assistant Superintendent for Equity and Pupil Services, as well as continuing as the Director of Elementary Education. Dr. Clowers also provided contact information for Dr. Warren. No action was required by the MRC. An e-mail was sent to all Student Registration Offices to notify them of the scheduled date for the annual SWAP meet, planned for Monday, July 29, 2013, in the IVIRC Office. Copies were given to MRC members for their information. Dr. Sadie Mitchell provided MRC members with a copy of an e-mail she sent to a parent concerned about her student's acceptance to Central rather than Parkview. No action was required by the MRC. Bills in the amount of $174.78 were presented for payment. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to pay the bills, and Dr. Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously to pay the bills. With regard to newspaper articles since the previous MRC meeting, two e-mails were given to MRC members for their information. These articles came from the office of Hogan Lovells and related to Civil Rights issues. When talking about a recruitment update, it was noted that several contacts have been received from parents regarding their children's assignment for the new school year. The MRC Office has been answering their calls and following up on information at their request. An ad has been placed with the Metro Little Rock Magazine, which has a shelf-life of one year and is given to new families moving into the area. Copies were given to MRC members for their information. Vacancies and new hires at the Stipulation Magnet Schools include a new Principal at Mann Magnet, Keith McGee, and an Assistant Principal at Booker, Charlotte Cornice. Dr. Mitchell has requested that her secretary compile a list of all support staff and custodians who also have been hired, and she will have that available for the next MRC meeting. Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer at Little Rock School District, came to the table to present preliminary budget information for the Stipulation magnet schools. The average in the schools for the previous year is the basis for the -2- new budget. The average is down in all schools except for Gibbs, with the total  average now at 3,371.88. Dr. Mitchell noted that the MRC used to submit the budget in July of each year, but now the timeline is set for a September submission. She called the Committee's attention to a Court Order received from Judge Price indicating that a September submission was in order. Mr. Bailey also noted that Arkansas is behind time in providing their indirect costs rates, and no information was received from the State until April, 2013. It should have been received in October, 2012. Mr. Bailey further explained that indirect costs are costs that are not used for student services. Ms. Springer asked Mr. Bailey if LRSD is going to continue with the magnet schools when none of the funding is available. Has it been discussed how LRSD will be funding the schools? Mr. Bailey said it all depends, but it has been discussed. They may have to re-do attendance zones. It all depends on the judge and whether he will want the schools to stay in existence. Dr. Mitchell noted that LRSD did not try for the MSAP Grant for Stipulation magnet schools. They had this grant before and are researching for different methods of funding. Dr. Clowers said that PCSSDis talking about a phase-out if funding is stopped for magnet schools. It will depend on the judge. Ms. Springer asked if all the districts are all planning for the ending of funding for magnet schools. Mr. Bailey said thinking is that there will be a five-seven year phase-out. But, you still have to see if districts will allow students to cross district lines. Dr. Mitchell thanked Mr. Bailey for coming before the MRC and told him they are looking for his budget submission in September. -3- A draft copy of a Job Description for Director of the Magnet Review Committee Office was given to all Committee members for their review. Ms. Springer wants to give it consideration and talk about it at the next meeting. She will need at least a day or two to go over it. Dr. Mitchell said she didn't know if there was an urgency for the posting. Danny Reed asked who does the interviewing and hiring. Dr. Mitchell said that LRSD does so in accordance with their guidelines, but with the input of the MRC. Dr. Clowers asked about the oversight of curriculum requirement. Dr. Mitchell that Donna Creer did a lot of work with the schools as the oversight of curriculum requirements. With regard to the Stipulation Magnet Schools Evaluation Report, MRC members were given a packet of correspondence which occurred recently with Dr. Jeanne Dreyfus, External Evaluator. In the end, Dr. Dreyfus felt it was a lot larger than she had expected and suggested that a new evaluator be hired. Dr. Mitchell said that she would talk to Dr. Karen DeJarnette, in LRSD, to see what could be done. Dr. Mitchell will report back to the MRC in September. A discussion was held with regard to Mann Magnet's discipline program. A copy of the report prepared by Cassandra Steele was given to each Committee member. Ms. Springer noted that she had asked if this discipline program was placed in all the middle school magnets, and the answer is yes. Ms. Springer is pleased that students will be able to access the program from their area school. Dr. Clowers complimented Ms. Springer about a great job she did recently for PCSSDd iscussing the deseg plan with school personnel. Dr. Mitchell said that all Business and Action Items, with the exception of Mann's discipline program will remain as agenda items for the next MRC meeting. It was agreed by consensus that the next MRC meeting will be held in the MRC Office on September 17, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. -4- When no further business was brought before the Committee, Joy Springer made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m. -5- MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES September 24, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Michael Stone, NLRSD Members Absent: Danny Reed, ADE Guests: Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer - LRSD Margie Powell, ODM Jean Ring, Finance and Accounting - LRSD The meeting was called to order at 11:30 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of August 13, 2013. Joy Springer requested a correction to the minutes, and Dr. Sadie Mitchell also noted one. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to accept the minutes, with corrections, and Micheal Stone seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. One item in correspondence was provided to MRC members for their information. This e-mail informed the Committee that, when the office was closed for a week at the end of August, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette donated the MRC's subscription newspapers to the NEWSPAPERin EDUCATIONp rogram. Bills in the amount of $1,314.51 were presented for payment. Dr. Robert Clowers made a motion to pay the bills, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Several copies of informative articles were given to MRC members for their information. Some of the articles were from a reputable Washington, D.C. law firm about civil rights rulings, and another article was from Magnet Schools of America about the success of magnet schools. Dr. Mitchell provided a brief overview. With regard to a recruitment update, Dr. Mitchell reported that an ad has been placed with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, WHERE WE LIVE, which is in magazine form with a wide circulation. She also informed the MRC that Magnet Fair will be held at McCain Mall this year on January 25, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The Committee was also informed that several Open Houses were held recently, and the MRC had representation at them. Also with regard to recruitment, a report from each of the Stipulation magnet schools was given to MRC members. This report outlined the recruitment activities taking place by of each of the schools. Ms. Springer questioned whether the opening of new schools in Little Rock School District will have an effect on magnet schools, especially elementary and middle school recruitment. She said this needs to be brought to MRC's attention. Dr. Mitchell responded that she is keeping a watchful eye on the Stipulation magnet schools. She also noted that there always will be competition, and that is a good thing. Dr. Mitchell reported to the MRC that LRSD is transforming one of their middle schools to K-8 (Forest Heights) and Geyer Springs elementary to Gifted and Talented. -2- The ten-day count for Stipulation magnet schools was presented to MRC members. A discussion was held, and it was requested that someone from the Student Registration Office come before the MRC at the next meeting to explain their process for seating students. Dr. Mitchell said she would make the request to Student Registration. Dr. Mitchell's Office prepared a list of all new personnel in the Stipulation magnet schools. A copy was given to all Committee members. Dr. Mitchell noted that these employments are mainly replacements. Mr. Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, and Ms. Jean Ring, Finance and Accounting, LRSD, came to the table to present the final Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget for 2012-13 and the proposed budget for 2013-14. The increase for the 2013-14 budget over the 2012-13 actual expenditures is approximately $350,000, and the proposed ADM is approximately $105 more. The increase takes into account salary step increases and insurance contributions. The amounts for the 2013-14 proposed budget are $30,632,134 for the six Stipulation magnets, with a figure of $9,085 for PPE. Ms. Springer asked where the money is that was in the PRE budget, and Mr. Bailey explained that budgets have been cut in LRSD. Dr. Mitchell then asked Mr. Bailey if it would be possible to prepare information that shows what LRSD is contributing to the costs in the Stipulation magnet schools. Mr. Bailey said that he would provide this information for the next MRC meeting. Dr. Mitchell asked for a motion to approve the 2013-14 proposed Stipulation magnet schools budget. Dr. Robert Clowers made the motion to accept the proposed budget, and Micheal Stone seconded it. The motion carried unanimously (6-0}, with Oliver Dillingham voting the proxy vote of Danny Reed for the ADE. Micheal Stone then moved to accept the actual expenditures for the Stipulation magnet schools for the 2012-13 school year. Oliver Dillingham seconded it, and the motion carried unanimously. -3- II ,. ,, ..., . I Dr. Mitchell reported that 20 applications have been received for the Executive Director position. Since the job posting has now closed, Dr. Mitchell will be working on forming an interview team and setting individual interviews. She plans to have a report on progress at the next MRC meeting. With regard to the Magnet Schools Evaluation Report, Dr. Mitchell reported that she has not had time to talk with Dr. Karen DeJarnette. She will talk with her but, if anyone has any suggestions, please let Dr. Mitchell know. A revised lnterdistrict Magnet School Enrollment Policy was provided to MRC members for their information. This revision covers the inclusion of sibling preference at the middle school level. Joy Springer made a motion to approve the policy as submitted, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. It was agreed by consensus to hold the next MRC on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, in the MRC Office. When no further business was brought before the Committee, Dr. Robert Clowers made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Micheal Stone seconded it. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 12:50 p.m. -4- Case: 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document#: 4781-0 Date Filed: 10/17/2012 Page 9 of 16 L.lne Ii.em Cor.ts - .. 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'\u0026gt;259 65 TOTAL LINE ITEMS- cSECON'D PAGE) li)\nXJOOO\n)O( SJD.248 S28 709 )l)()Ql\nIOO(X $\"J1 !lti-0 GRANDTOTAL lur.... . ~ S2 S7S.8ID S246!i.d46 MXJQ\n)OO()r $2557 9?5 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Mitchell, Sadie [Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:09 PM Fields, Frederick Magnet Review MRC Meeting - October 8 The MRC has requested someone from SRO to attend the MRC meeting October 8 at 8:30 to discuss the magnet school assignment process. Can you come with them. It is all good, nothing negative? Sandy will give you a reminder call prior to that date. o virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - \\\\ \\,\\\\\\ .a,g.corn Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6692 - Release Date: 09/23/13 Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} September 25, 2013 The Honorable D.P. Marshall, Jr. Judge, U. S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas 501 West Capitol Room B-149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Judge Marshall: On September 24, 2013, Mr. Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, Little Rock School District, provided the Magnet Review Committee with the budget figures delineating the actual expenditures for the Stipulation original magnet school budgets for 2012-2013, as well as the proposed budget for the 2013-2014 school year. The information is contained in the attachment and was presented to MRC members for their review and vote on that same date. The Magnet Review Committee, by formal motion and vote of 6-0 via actual attendance at the MRC meeting on September 24, 2013, approved the final budget (actual expenditures) for the 2012-2013 school year. The proposed budget for the 2013-2014 school year also was approved with a 6-0 vote during the same meeting. Listed below is a recap of the budget information which is now being presented to the Court for approval: l. FINAL 2012-2013 STIPULATED ORIGINAL MAGNET SCHOOLS BUDGET The total amount originally budgeted, $29,655,558, was based on a per-pupil expenditure of $8,480, calculated from a projected third quarter average enrollment of 3,497 students. Once the actual attendance (3,372) and expenditure ($30,280,949) numbers were determined, the final per pupil amount was calculated to be $8,980, which was $500 more than originally budgeted. A Funding By Source schedule is shown on Page 2 of the attachment representing the costs allocated to each of the four (4) parties. \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnel School Enrollment\" The Honorable D .P. Marshall -2- September 25, 2013 2. PROPOSED 2013-2014 STIPULATED ORIGINAL MAGNET SCHOOLS BUDGET The total proposed budget for the 2013-2014 school year is $30,632,134, based on a proposed third quarter Average Daily Membership of 3,372, which results in a per-pupil expenditure of $9,085 and an increase of $105 per pupil from the 2012- 2013 actual rate. Final negotiations, including revisiting the salary schedule during the 2013-14 school year are not complete at this time. Included in the Funding by Source Summary portion of the attached report are the cost breakdowns for each school district and the State. The Magnet Review Committee respectfully requests the Court's review and approval of both the 2012-2013 finalized actual expenditures in the amount of $30,280,949, with a per pupil expenditure of $8,980, as well as the proposed 2013-2014 budget, attached herewith. The Magnet Review Committee is committed to maintaining the quality of the Stipulation magnet schools. We will continue to work with the host district as we exercise stringent oversight of the magnet schools' budget in an effort to achieve and ensure efficient management and cost containment to the greatest extent possible. Sincerely, ~ ,Y n ', - ~z9-~--~.A.{f\\ff u:Ik uv Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl Attachment: Final 2012-2013 Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget Actual Expenditures Proposed 2013-2014 Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget cc: Office of Desegregation Monitoring Magnet Review Committee 1. Arkansas Business MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID October 8, 2013 (Advertising in the Metro Little Rock Guide) 2. American Home Life (MRC's Office Rent for October, 2013) 3. American Home Life (MRC's Communications Expense for September, 2013) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 2,195.00 825.00 182.50 $3,202.50 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Magnet Schools of America (communications@magnet.edu] Friday, September 27, 2013 3:37 PM Magnet Review U.S. Department of Education Announces MSAP Awardees ,. - .-MAGNET SCHOO~ OF AMERICA PRESS RELEASE U.S. Department of Education Announces New Awards for Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) Washington, DC, September 27, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Education announced that 27 school districts in 12 states will receive $89.8 in funding through the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP). These grants will help school districts to create, expand, and improve public magnet school programs and increase school choice options for parents, families and students. MSAP is the only federal education grant that is designed specifically to promote school integration and diversity in America's classrooms. It was established in 1985 and has played an integral role in helping school districts create magnet schools across the country. \"I am confident this new cohort of MSAP grantees will utilize this federal support to create truly dynamic educational programs that will prepare students for college and future careers,\" said Magnet Schools of America, Executive Director, Scott Thomas. \"I am discouraged, however by the decrease in the overall number of awards that were given this year. Too many racially and socioeconomically segregated school districts still need federal assistance and support. MSAP provides desperately needed dollars that help revitalize schools and communities, and gives students real opportunity and access to bright futures.\" Over the last three years, the Magnet Schools Assistance Program has been reduced by approximately $8.2 million due to reprogramming of funds, across-the-board cuts, and sequestration. Since 2002, MSAP has been cut by almost $20 million. During the last grant cycle, 37 school districts received MSAP funding in 16 states. Only ten years ago, 50 school districts were able to receive awards. This downward trend is alarming to the magnet school community. MSAP grants are an invaluable resource for school districts that are seeking to improve the educational outcomes of students in low-performing and racially isolated schools. By implementing theme-based curriculum and instruction, magnet schools are able to breakdown traditional school attendance boundaries and attract students of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. A 2012 UCLA Civil Rights Project survey of previously funded MSAP school districts found that nearly three-quarters of federally supported magnet schools had waiting lists, demonstrating the high demand and popularity of these schools. The study also 1 found that student academic achievement increased in these magnet schools, and the programs were able to flourish and sustain themselves after the duration of their grant. This is a valuable return on investment of federal dollars. [1] Given this success, our association has strongly supported President Obama's proposals to increase funding for MSAP. In his first two budgets, the president requested a $10 million increase to the program, or $110 million in overall funding. This year, the White House has proposed another budget increase for MSAP in its FY 2014 budget. We hope that Congress will follow the president's lead and take steps to pass a budget that ensures MSAP is robustly funded. This will allow additional school districts to create high quality magnet programs that promote academic excellence and equity for all students. MSA encourages all its members to visit its Grassroots Action Center and ask Congress to increase support for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program. ### For additional information, please contact Executive Director, Scott Thomas at scott. thomas@mag net. ed u or John Laughner, Legislative and Communications Manager at john.laughner@magnet.edu [1] Reviving Magnet Schools: Strengthening a Successful Choice Option, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Erica Frankenberg, February 03, 2012 http: //civil rig htsproject. ucla .ed u/research/k-12-ed ucation/i ntegration-andd iversity/revivi ng-mag net-schools-strengthen i ng-a-successfu 1-choice-option/M SAPbrief-02-02-12. pdf Like us on Face book I} I View our profile on Linked fl:l www.magnet.edu Forward this email :C.VSafvUnsubscribc This email was sent to magnet@magnetschool.com by communications@magnet.edu Update Profile/Email Address Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe'\" Privacy Policy. 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U.S. Department of Education Awards $89.8 Million in Magnet School Assistance Program Grants Grants will help 27 school districts in 12 states desegregate schools, expand school choice and increase parental options SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Contact: Press Office, {202) 4011576, press@ed.gov cma,rroorcsso@oevdl U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $89.8 million in Magnet School Assistance Program {MSAP) {hqp:{lwww2.ed.gov/programs/maonetJindex.html) grants to 27 school districts in 12 states. The awards will help school districts increase public school choices for parents and help districts attract a diverse group of students from throughout their communities. \"Magnet schools help increase public school options for parents and students in communities across the country,\" Secretary Duncan said. \"These grants will help students gain access to challenging curricula that will help prepare them for college and 21st century careers.\" Magnet School Assistance Program grants, administered by the Department's Office of Innovation and Improvement, provide funding to districts for up to three years. The first-year grants range in size from $737,626 to $4 million. The awards will help school districts bring diverse groups of children together through the use of innovative educational programs and wlll create more school choices for parents. The funds awarded through MSAP also help school districts establish new magnet schools or expand existing magnet programs that are part of a school district's voluntary or required desegregation plan. The purpose of the program is to:  Eliminate, reduce, or prevent minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools with substantial proportions of minority students\n Develop and implement magnet school programs that will assist in achieving systemic reforms and provide all students the opportunity to meet challenging state academic content standards and student achievement standards\n Develop innovative educational methods and practices that promote diversity and increase choices in public elementary and secondary schools\nPromote courses of instruction within magnet schools that will substantially strengthen students' knowledge of academic subjects and attainment of tangible and marketable vocational, technological, and professional skills\n Improve the capacity of school districts to continue operating magnet schools after federal funding ends\nand,  Ensure that all students in magnet schools programs have equitable access to high-quality education that enables them to succeed academically and continue with post-secondary education or productive employment. Following is a list of HSAP grantees for fiscal year 2013: Arkansas Texarkana Arkansas School District - $3,142,066 Texarkana, Arkansas California Los Angeles Unified School District - $3,714,306 Los Angeles, California Napa Valley Unified School District - $2,834,293 Napa, California Oxnard School District - $4,000,000 Oxnard, California Pasadena Unified School District - $3,141,770 Pasadena, California San Diego Unified School District - $3,853,939 San Diego, California Ventura Unified School District - $3,379,273 Ventura, California Colorado Pueblo City School District #60 - $3,433,666 Pueblo, Colorado Connecticut htto :// www .ed.1 2:0v/ news/oress-releases/us-deoartment-educatio n-award s-89 R-m i 11io n-ma (1 qrrnnn11 . U.S. Department of Education Awards $89.8 Million in Magnet School Assistance Progra... Page 2 of 3 Bridgeport City School District - $3,239,384 Bridgeport, Connecticut LEARN - $3,979,313 Old Lyme (Hartford, Windham, New London and Norwich), Connecticut New Haven Public Schools - $3,733,989 New Haven, Connecticut Florida Brevard Public Schools - $3,999,747 Viera, Florida Seminole County Public Schools - $737,626 Sanford, Florida The School Board of Broward County - $3,993,290 Fort Lauderdale, Florida The School Board of Miami-Dade County - $3,532,735 Miami, Florida The School Board of Polk County - $3,997,000 Bartow, Florida Kansas Unified School District 259 (DBA Wichita Public Schools) - $3,999,993 Wichita, Kansas Massachusetts Springfield Public Schools - $3,850,000 Springfield, Massachusetts Michigan Lansing School District - $3,396,230 Lansing, Michigan Mississippi Clarksdale Municipal School District - $1,995,391 Clarksdale, M,ss,ssippi New York New York City Community School Districts 13 and 15 - $3,150,000 Brooklyn, New York New York City Community School District 28 - $2,836,829 Jamaica, New York South Carolina Richland School District Two - $1,683,734 Columbia, South Carolina School D,stnct Five of Lexington and Richland Counties - $3,990,500 Irmo, South Carolina Texas Galveston Independent School District - $4,000,000 Galveston, Texas Houston Independent School District - $3,999,597 Houston, Texas Waco Independent School District - $2,199,120 Waco, Texas Tags: Tweet 39 Like n http://www.ed.gov/news/oress-releases/us-deoartment-education-awar\u0026lt;ls-R9R-mi11ion-m::io Q/1()/?()11 . U.S. Department of Education Awards $89.8 Million in Magnet School Assistance Progra ... Page 3 of 3 Notice of Language Assistance:~ I ~ I T \u0026amp;: W!fl1'1I' ~ I .et3.Ql I ll!lfilQ!I I PyccKH http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-deoartment-education-awards-898-mi11ion-m:w Q/1()/7()11 Attached is the title page and the Table of Contents to a recent report from Hogan Lovells, which is entitled, \"The October, 2012 Term of the United States Supreme Court and Its Impact on Public Schools.\" The report is 24 pages long\nhowever, if anyone wants a copy I do have it in electronic form and would be happy to forward it on to you. THE OCTOBER 2012 TERM OFTHE U ITED STATES SUPREME COURT A D ITS IMPACT O P BLIC SCHOOLS By John W. Borkowski Christopher A. Lott TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. RACE-CONSCIOUS DECISION-MAKI G II. EMPLOYMENT A. VANCE V. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY B. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER V. 1 3 6 6 NAS~R 8 C. GENESIS HEALTHCARE CORP. V. SYMCZYK 10 D. EMPLOYMENT CASES THE COURT DECLINED TO REVIEW 12 III. VOTING RIGHTS 13 IV. FOURTH AME DME T 16 V. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 17 A. THE DEFINITION OF \"SPOUSE\" U DER FEDERAL LAW 17 B. ST ATE DEFI ITIO S OF MARRIAGE 19 VI. SPECIAL EDUCATIO 20 VII. A PREVIEW OF THE OCTOBER 2013 TERM 21 A. RACE AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS 21 B. AGE DISCRIMI A TIO I EMPLOYMENT 22 C. EST ABLISHME T CLAUSE 23 D. CASES WHICH THE COURT MAY REVIEW 23 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Magnet Review Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:29 PM 'Price, Deborah' RE: parkview requireent Okay, thank you. I will make the changes on our forms for 2014-15 ! Sandy From: Price, Deborah [mailto:Deborah.Price@lrsd.org1 Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:27 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: RE: parkview requireent Yep have band From: Magnet Review [mailto:maqnet@maqnetschool.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 2:44 PM To: Price, Deborah Cc: Mitchell, Sadie\nFields, Frederick\nCrawford, Andreia Subject: RE: parkview requireent Yes, please do it since it does not apply anymore. We still do have the Band requirement though, don't we? Thanks, Sandy From: Price, Deborah [mailto:Deborah.Price@lrsd.org1 Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 2:39 PM To: Magnet Review Cc: Fields, Frederick\nCrawford, Andreia Subject: parkview requireent Sandy, The course offered for math have changed for next year. 8th grade students will not be able to take prealgebra or algebra I - so the requirement of a C or better for Parkview Science needs to be removed. I need your permission to do this!! No virus found in this message. 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Box) City: _________________ State: ________ Zip Code: ______ _ PARENT OR PERSON HAVING CUSTODY OR CHARGE OF STUDENT: _________ _ ** PARENT'S MAILING ADDRESS (IfDifferent Than Above): ___________________ _ City: _________________ State: ________ Zip Code: ______ _ **HOME PHONE:____________ ** BUSINESS PHONE:~c~1n~a,-ca~te-w~h-,c~h-p-a,--ennu~-tm-w~h--o-e,-~-,~-kJs -a~t ** CELL NUMBER: ___________ _ **MESSAGE NUMBER: _________ _ ** Please use current/ accurate information. If we cannot reach you, we cannot process your application ORIGINAL MAGNET SCHOOL DESIRED: (Indicate l\", 2\"\", and 3'\" Choice) Elementary Booker Arts (K-5) Carver Basic Skills/ Math-Science (K-5) Gibbs International Studies (K-5) Williams Traditional (K-5) SIBLINGS ENROLLED IN ELEMENTARY MAGNETS: Secondary Mann Arts ( 6-8)  Check box if you have a preference for orchestra Mann Science (6-8) Parkview Arts (9-12) Rank your special program preference Student Name School in numerical order: !. __________________ _ *Band Prcrcquisilc one year band experience grades 71 I Dance Drama 2. ------------------- Orchestra 3. ------------------- Visual Arts Vocal Music (For questions regarding sibling preference, contact your Student Registration Office or the Magnet Review Committee, 758-0156) __ /Parkview Science (9-12) ~.,.,,. \"c o DOES THIS STUDENT REQUIRE TRANSPORTATION? DOES THIS STUDENT RECEIVE SPECIAL SERVICES? IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE HOW SERVICES ARE RECEIVED: *Note Prerequisite =-necessary ___ YES --- YES ___ NO --- NO cr1nPrcAI~ or Algebra'_/ HEALTH PLAN --- IEP/SPECIAL EDUCATIO SECTION 504 ACCOMMODA TIO PLA ___ SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION I give permission to the current school my child attends to release any information needed to complete processing of this application. PARE T'S SIG ATURE: --------------------------------- (PI case print . Then sign) Date Please return to your resident school district: North Little Rock School District Pulaski County Special School District Office of Desegregation Equity and Pupil Services 2700 Poplar, P.O. Box 687 925 E. Dixon Road, P.O. Box 8601 North Little Rock, AR 72115 Little Rock, AR 72216 771-8050 234-2020 For questions or additional information, call: Magnet Review Committee Office - 758-0156  If you wish to withdraw this application for any reason, you may do so prior to assignment of your child. Once assignment 1s made, your child is obligated to attend the interdistrict magnet school for the semester in which the assignment was made.  Magnet school seating is subject to racial guidelines and other conditions for placement.  You will be notified by letter if your child has been assigned to a magnet school or remains on the magnet school waiting !Jst. Date 10-7-13 10-171, 8, and 21-13 10-25-13 11-7-13 11-121, 3, and 14-13 11-21-13 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School BookerA rts MagnetS chool Activity Grade Level Flu Clinic-parents, staff, students, K-5 community DreamK eepersG' arageS ale K-5 Fall Festival K-5 \"WhoW ill be the Sun?\"S econdG radeP lay 2 Check Us Out from 9:00 A.M. to 1 :30 P.M. K-5 Person Responsible Uvita Scott, Nurse TamaraR inglera nd MarionH owse, Counselors CherieA bston,P TA President D.J.R amseya nd MariahR eescano, Drama Specialists Cheryl A. Carson, Principal Family Math and Literacy Night-Bring a K-5 Susan Blue, Literacy Coach\nTina Brown, Friend! Math Coach\nMerilyn Burruss, Math Coach\na nd HeatheTr heodoreP, arent Facilitator Date 10/10 10/22-25 10/7- 10/11 10/30 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School_Carver __________________ _ Activity Grade Level Person Responsible Math/SciencFea milya nd FriendsC arnival PK-5 ScienceM, atha ndY oungA stronautS p. Red Ribbon and Bully Free Week (info to PK-5 Counselor parentst o sharew ith otherf amilies) LoveY ourS choolW alkingP athP rogram PR-5 PhysicalE ducationS pecialist (info homet o parentst o sharew ith other AmericorpV istaV olunteer families) BookC haracteDr ressU p Day( community PK-5 Librarian volunteersin vitedt o judge) Recruitment Activities for Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages October 1, 2013 1. Publicity in the local news media and LRSD website A. Gibbs has been in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper twice already this year: (1) AUGUST-First Day of School with Fathers Bringing Students to School .\nc.,- - __ ....,._ ' Arkansas DemocratGazette/ MELISSA SUE GERRITS 08/19/13 - Amy Nicholas embraces daughter Avery Nicholas, 7, at Gibbs Magnet Elementary School August 19, 2013 while they wait to hear which classroom Avery will be in for her first year of school at Gibbs. B. Gibbs has been featured on local television four times this year: (1) AUGUST - Japanese Students and Teacher from Niigata, Japan at Gibbs (2) SEPTEBMER - 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance with Firefighter Ceremony (3) SEPTEMBER- Ozark Water Project ( 4) SEPTEMBER 27 - Benefit and Swab Party for Teecumpsy Wiggins (4th grader with leukemia) at Dunbar Community Garden C. Gibbs has been featured on LRSD website three times already: (1) Gibbs Educator Selected for Global Conference in NYC Gibbs Educator Participates in Japan Society's Global Conference in NYC In May, Ms. Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet School, received a select invitation to participate in the Third Annual Going Global: International Student Social Networking Conference for Educators organized by the Japan Society. Gonterman, one of only ten US-based educators invited, attended the three day conference, August 7-9 in New York, with educators from Japan and Pakistan. The all-expenses paid conference was sponsored in part by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Toshiba International Foundation. The U.S.-Japan Foundation submitted Gonterman's name for inclusion in the conference as she was their 2006 Elgin Heinz Humanities Educator of the Year. Gonterman now has a Japanese \"Kamishibai\" lesson published on line with the Japan Society on their educator's website! Click here to view the lesson Also, as a result of participation in the conference, Gonterman is currently establishing a new partnership with an international elementary school in Japan. Photo: Gonterman is sitting on the far right of the first table with educators from Japan and Pakistan. (2) Two LRSD Teachers Win Competitive Study Opportunity at the Truman Library Chris Gonterman, Physical Education Teacher at Hall High School, and Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School, have both been selected as winners of the Summer Teachers Seminar entitled, \"U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama,\" offered by the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri this July. The two will attend the weeklong conference, along with teachers selected from across the United States, attend lectures, and utilize the Truman Library's primary source documents on Presidential Policy Making in the Middle East to create lesson plans. The competitive application process included a personal essay explaining the content and pedagogy that would be utilized in their classroom along with an application and resume. (3)Reading Quiz Bowl Results Results for Gibbs Magnet's First Reading Bowl! ibbs International Magnet School has just concluded its first Reading Bowl of the year! Students in grades 3-5 had an assigned book over the summer. Upon fheir return to school in August, the children anticipated involvement in a quiz bowl competition around their book. The competition was conducted in each classroom. The winning team in each classroom faced off against the winning team in the opposing grade level homeroom! Homeroom winners were: Third Grade - Mrs. Jennifer White's students\n4th Grade - Mrs. Julie Davis's students\nand Fifth Grade - Ms. Jennifer Gillespie's students! Each student on the winning teams received a certificate with their team photo. A trophy is also displayed outside each classroom! These children exhibited great sportsmanship! They are looking forward to the next Reading Quiz Bowl at Gibbs! Pictured above are ( 1) fourth graders and (2) third grade students competing in the first-ever Gibbs Reading Quiz Bowl! D. Gibbs is currently featured on the LRSD Access Channel with our \"9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance\" which included First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, reading to a Kindergarten class and many other service volunteers reading in grades K-3. 2. Community Involvement: (1) SEPTEMBER 27 - Gibbs fifth graders perform at Opening Ceremony of WorldFest annually for school and community relations (City of Little Rock and LR Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission). Photos to appear on LRRCDC Website. (2) Other community events such as with the Clinton Foundation or the Sister Cities Commission as requested during the year. 3. Weekly newsletter (every Wednesday) 1st Quarter-The newsletter is called El Mundo, Spanish for The World. See separate attachments. 4. Special Days at School for Families ( 1) SEPTEMBER 6 - Grandparents Day Luncheon (2) Dads Day Luncheon (October) (3) Moms Day Luncheon (TBA) (4) Coffee Cafe (monthly) for parents and staff before school in media center September 13, October 4 5. Special Evenings at Gibbs: (1) AUGUST - New Student/Family Orientation (2) SEPTEMBER - Open House (3) MONTHLY - Scouting Nights (4) QUARTERLY - PTA Meetings SEPTEMBER 12 - 1st PTA Meeting (5) OCTOBER 22 - Family Math and Literacy Night (6) OCTOBER 23 - Fun Family Skate Night (Red Ribbon Week) (7) Family Movie Night (March) (8) International Fest (May) (9) Science Fair Family Meeting (grades 3-5) (10) Musicals each year performed by students OCTOBER 7 - \"The Arts, Music, and Play: The Gibbs Way\" Musical by 3rd and 4th graders (two performances, 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.) May be filmed for the LR Access Channel. 6. Magnet Schools Fair, Saturday, January 25, 2014 (1) Information booth with teachers and parents (2) Foreign Language Performances 7. Tours of the School (1) Scheduled Tours - International Studies Specialist gives scheduled tours of the school. (2) NOVEMBER 11-15 - Check Us Out Week-(including Check Us Out Days - November 12-14). We offer a week of tours with parent volunteers or International Studies Specialist. (3) JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 7 - Open Enrollment Period. We offer tours with parent volunteers or IS Specialist for that two week period. Compiled and submitted by Vicki Stroud Gonterman El Mundo Le Monde Die Welt The World Gibbs International Magnet School Vol. No.16 Issue'No. 6 , , Gibbs Magnel School oflnternational Studies and Foreign Languages :121 C: = Inside this Newsletter IMPORTANT EVENT DATES BENEFIT FOR \"LADY T\" GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE AT GIBBS INTRODUCING ... MS. GASKELL NEW MINI U.N. OFFICERS FIFTH GRADERS TO PERFORM AT WORLDFEST NEWS FROM THE NURSE GIBBS PT A NEWS Important Event Dates HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PINWHEELS FOR PEACE Thursday, September 26 5th TO WORLDFEST War Memorial Park Friday, September 27 BENEFIT FOR \"LADY T\" Dunbar Community Garden Friday, September 27 GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE AT GIBBS Saturday, September 28 FAMILY MATH \u0026amp; LITERACY NIGHT Tuesday, October 1 KST CLUB 2nd/3rd Grades Wednesday, October 2 COFFEE CAFE Friday, October 4, 7:30 a.m. COMPUTER POWER DAY Henderson Middle School Saturday, October 5 3rd141h GRADES MUSICAL 1 :00 p.m. \u0026amp; 6:00 p.m. Monday, October 7 KST CLUB 4th/5th Grades Wednesday, October 9 GIBBS FLU CLINIC Monday, October 14, 12:30-3:00 PARENT CONF. EVENING Thursday, October 17 STAFF PD/RECORD DAY NO STUDENTS Friday, October 18 PARENT CONF. MORNING NO STUDENTS Monday, October 21 BENEFIT FOR LADY T YOU ARE INVITED to a Benefit and Swab Party for TEECUMPSY WIGGINS, Gibbs 4th grader in Ms. Long's classroom, at the Dunbar Community Garden, 1800 S. Chester Street, ( directly behind Dunbar Community Center), this Friday, September 27, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by local bands and local talent. There will be fun activities such as 5-minute makeovers, armbands, and raffle tickets. Concessions will also be available. A bone marrow donor registration will be available. Contact Colette Young at 501.350.5067 for more infonnation. le.ul2e.11tt.la GREEN APPLE DAY OF El Mundo SERVICE By Ian Hadden The Green Apple Day of Service Project by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Central Branch Chapter that will be done at Gibbs on Saturday, September 28, from 8:00 a.m.noon, will be the installation of a butterfly/reading garden. The new garden will be located in the green space between the center wing and the intermediate wing. We have a landscape plan that has been professionally developed. Most of the funding is coming from the USGBC Chapter. Folks are invited to help or just to stop by and check out the project. NEW MINI U.N. OFFICERS By Ms. Gonterman The 2013-14 Gibbs Mini United Nations Ambassadors had their first meeting on Monday, September 23, and elected new officers: Xander Parker - Secretary General and Nina Millender - Deputy Secretary General! Jane Landrum is the new Assistant Deputy. Our Peacebuilding Committee Chair is Laila Meredith (Spain), and Simon Nuckle (U.K.) chairs the Humanitarian Assistance Committee. Congratulations to these outstanding 5th grade leaders! FIFTH GRADERS TO PERFORM AT WORLD FEST By Ms. Gonterman Every year since the late l 980's, Gibbs International Magnet School has been asked to perform at the Opening Ceremonies of WorldFest, and Le Monde Die Welt each year our students and teachers exclaim, \"Yes, of course!\" It is a service to the community that we enjoy while also celebrating the diversity of our city, state, nation, and planet! Thank you, City of Little Rock and the Little Rock Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission, for inviting us once again for this honor! Students will open with the traditional and colorful International Flag Parade of Nations. Then the fifth graders divide into their three foreign language groups for performances. For the rest of the festival, students complete a \"treasure hunt\" where they interview people from other cultures, make crafts, play games, and visit exhibits representing many different nations around the world. INTRODUCING ... MS. GASKELL My name is Lauren Gaskell, and I am the new kindergarten teacher at Gibbs. I was born in Little Rock and grew up in Bryant. I graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. I have taught at Crystal Hill Magnet Elementary (1 '1), Chenal Elementary (K and 1 '1), and Oakbrooke Elementary (3rd ). I have been married to my husband, Kevin, for five years in December. We have a 3  month old son named Ethan. We have two cats, Lucy and Squeakers. My hobbies include running  marathons, reading, taking photographs, theater, and music. My husband and I love going on Disney cruises and while on those cruises we have been to Mexico, the Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas. I have lots of expectations for my class this year but the most The World important is for my kindergarteners to grow to love learning and leave my class more than ready for first grade. I am thrilled to be a part of the Gibbs team and already feel very much a part of the family. Thank you to everyone for taking me in and helping me learn the ropes. I look forward to a wonderful year! HEALTH NEWS By Nurse Greiner Flu season is here. Following are tips as to when to keep your child(ren) home from school: ' Fever of I 00.4 or higher\n'Vomiting\n' Diarrhea\n' A contagious disease (chicken pox, strep throat, pink eye or conjunctivitis), until advised to return\nand ' Obvious injury or illness. SA VE THIS DA TE: On Monday, October 14th , flu shots will be available to students and their families at Gibbs Magnet from 12:30 till 3:00 p.m. Please mark this date on your calendar and plan to be here with your child to get flu immunizations. I will be sending out the appropriate forms the first of October. GIBBS PTA NEWS By President Johnson Our PT A membership drive is ongoing! Membership is only $5.00. Remember to save your Box Tops for Education which is an easy way to raise funds for our PT A. Mark Saturday morning, September 28, on your calendar so you can join in the Green Apple Day of Service at Gibbs building a new butterfly reading garden. Watch for upcoming information about our fall fundraiser! Gracias, El Mundo Le Monde Die Welt The World Gibbs International Magnet School Vol. No. 16 Issue No. 7 , Gibbs Magnet School orTnternational Studies and Foreign Languages  \". l?7'17'fj\n\" , fH = Inside this Newsletter IMPORT ANT EVENT DATES GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE AT GIBBS SPECIAL NOTES OF THANKS FIFTH GRADERS PERFORM AT WORLDFEST INTRODUCING ... MS. DEBORAH BAKER Important Event Dates KST CLUB 2nd/3rd Grades Wednesday, October 2 COFFEE CAFE Friday, October 4, 7:30 a.m. COMPUTER POWER DAY Henderson Middle School Saturday, October 5 3rd/4th GRADE MUSICAL \"Music! Art! And Play! The Gibbs Wayt\" 1 :00 p.m. \u0026amp; 6:00 p.m. Monday, October 7 KST CLUB 4th/5th Grades Wednesday, October 9 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK OCTOBER 14-18 GIBBS FLU CLINIC Monday, October 14, 12:30-3:00 NATIONAL BOSS DAY Wednesday, October 16 PARENT CONF. EVENING Thursday, October 17 STAFF PD/RECORD DAY NO STUDENTS Friday, October 18 PARENT CONF. MORNING NO STUDENTS THAT DAY Monday, October 21 FAMILY MATH/LITERACY NIGHT Tuesday, October 22 GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE Have you seen the new butterfly reading garden between the west and middle wings by the central hallway? How lovely the walkway and planting beds are! Autumn flowers are blooming in the garden now. Thank you, Green Apple Day of Service Volunteers, from all of us at Gibbs! Special thanks go to Mr. Ian Hadden, the U.S. Green Building Council, Ms. Alfreda Johnson, and the Gibbs PTA THANK YOU, GIBBS! THE WIGGINS'S FAMILY Thank you to everyone that came out on Friday night to my benefit show. My parents told me a lot of people from the school came out to show their support. Someone took pictures and I looked at them and I saw the news story on Friday night. Thank you to everyone that was swabbed to see if they match me so I can return to school soon. I'm ready to come back I miss being at school. Since being in the hospital, I have learned to appreciate the little things like El Mundo going outside and having visitors. When my counts are low I can't leave my room or have visitors and sometimes all I want to do is just ride my bike or go to the movies. My doctors say I'm doing much better and hopefully soon I will go home. My mom has promised me that when I am allowed to go home, she will let me go to the movies with Grayce\nI'm looking forward to seeing the new One Direction movie. My mom tells me that people at school ask about me all the time. Thanks everybody for thinking about me. I'm still the same Lady T-Bird, I still sound the same but I just look a little different. Once I finish chemo and have my bone marrow transplant my hair will grow back and I will be just like everyone else. (From Teecumpsy, \"Lady T-Bird\") This summer my family's lives were changed in a dramatic way. Although we received devastating news, it was awesome to know that our Gibbs family was committed to being with us the whole way. Since Teecumpsys' diagnosis, you all have helped us in numerous ways. This past Friday you continued to show your support. Parents and staff volunteered to have their cheeks swabbed, you made donations, purchased armbands, and participated in the silent auction and raffle. Again you reaffirmed to us that you're in this with us. Thanks for everything!!! Thanks for making Friday a success. The garden was the best place to host the party. I felt Teecumpsy's presence there. Seeing her school mates running around, playing, laughing, and enjoying food made me feel Lady T-Bird was right along with the others having fun. Friday was a good day! With your support we were able to swab 135 people and LeMonde Die Welt raised over $2,000.00! ! ! Some of the proceeds will go to deletebloodcancer.org and the remainder will go towards treatment/expenses related to Lady T's bone marrow transplant. Many have asked how they can give financially. An account has been set up at Centennial Bank\nthe account name is Shontea elson for the benefit of Teecumpsy Wiggins. Again, thank you to our Gibbs family. (From Ms. Toshua Wiggins) 5TH GRADERS AT WORLD FEST B Fifth graders at Gibbs performed at the Opening Ceremonies of WorldFest, an annual tradition. It is a service to the community that we enjoy while also celebrating the diversity of our city, state, nation, and planet! Students opened with the colorful International Flag Parade of Nations. Deputy Secretary General Nina Millender led the festivalgoers in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then the fifth graders said the Pledge in our three foreign languages, French, German, and Spanish. Secretary General Xander Parker carried the flag of the United Nations and explained how Gibbs has a Mini United Nations. Representing the three foreign languages and holding corresponding flags the following students told the audience about our foreign language program: Simon Nuckle (French), Aidan The World Luckadue (German), and Neyla Palacios (Spanish). Next, Maisy Tedder (German) announced the group performance, and the students performed the traditional German festival dance, the Birdie or Chicken Dance. Fun was had by all festival participants! INTRODUCING ... MS. DEBORAH BAKER Hello, my name is Ms. Deborah Baker and I am the new Resource Teacher at Gibbs. My hometown is Little Rock and I am a product of LRSD in grades 1st- 81h_ I went to college at the University of Arkansas and graduated in 1980 with a BSE in Special Education and Elementary Education. I am a trained Certified Academic Language Therapist and a former Reading Recovery teacher I have also taught at Pulaski Heights Elem, Stephens, Bale, Brady, and Forest Park in Little Rock and in Pulaski County schools. I was in private practice for four years. I have been married for 32 years and have three children: Stephen (30) married with my 2 grandchildren in the Navy, Kevin (28) married, and Leslie (24). We have two dogs, registered labs, Porter and Buck. My hobbies are being outdoors around water activities and working in the yard. The teachers I have met and collaborate with have been very welcoming and helpful. The building is clean and friendly. Here is a message to my students, \"You are all winners.\" I will work hard for my students each and every day, and I want my students to work hard, too. Gracias, Dr. Felicia Hobbs, Principal Date 11/13- 5/14 8/13-5/14 1/13/14 11/13- 5/14 8/13-5/14 8/13-5/14 11/13- 5/14 11/10/13 10/15/13 8/13-5/14 STIPULATIOMNA GNEST CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School:W illiamsT raditionaMl agneSt chool Activity Grade Level SCHOOTLO UR SCHOOWL EBSITE K-5 PRE K ROUNDUP K FOLLOWU PC ALL K UPDATEM ARQUEE BROCHUREPSL ACEDA T SCHOOL K BUSINESPSA RTNERS STUDENATR TWORPKL ACEDA T SCHOOL K-5 BUSINESPSA RTNERS HOSTH ISPANICH ERITAGFEE STIVAL K-5 HOSTF LUC LINIC(O PENT OP UBLIC WILLIAMSM AGNEBT UMPERS TICKERS K-5 Person Responsible Mary Rowe PTA \u0026amp;STAFF SheffieldD uke Terri Cross PTA MargareRt oulston Amanda Mamula AssemblyC ommittee Nurse Kelly PTA Date 9/19/13 10/02/13 10/29/13 11/12/1-3 11/14/13 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT SchoolH: oraceM annA rts/S cienceM agneMt iddleS chool Activity GradeL evel PersonR esponsible Performanc-eO penH oused: anceb, and\u0026amp;, Middle MarcusJ ohnsonB, eckyW ebb\u0026amp;, Traci piano Presley Casto f Wicked Middle TraciP resleyH, ollyW hite\u0026amp;, OlympiaS mith MannM agneFt allF estival Elementary TraciP resleyH, ollyW hiteM, arcusJ ohnson, YvonneB oldenL, isaW alker-WheelTero,m McDonaldS,u sanC hambersB,e ckyW ebb, LaurenM arlinK, imW ashingtoWn, endy Welch CheckU sO ut Elementary WelchW endyK, imW ashingtoYn,v onne BoldenS, usanC hambersL,a urenM arlin, Lisa Kindrick Date 10/4/13 10/5/13 10/8/13 11/1/13 STIPULATIOMNA GNETS CHOOL RECRUITMENATC TIVITYR EPORT School: ParkviewH ighS chool Activity Grade Level Person Responsible \"Art MayE scapeY ou\" 10th- 12th Alzheimer'sW alk 10th-1 2th \"Tales of the Crypt\" 10th-1 2th Mailo ut recruitmenlte tterst o all 8thg radersi n 8th the PCSSDN, LRSDa nd LRSDt o visit during RecruitmenOt penH ousea t Parkviewo n TuesdayN, ovembe1r 2th. *Playbill for Arkansas Repertory Theatre - All year * Arkansas Symphony Orchestra *Arkansas Art Center Children's Theatre *Ballet Arkansas *Continuous advertisement year round Fred Boosey Fred Boosey Fred Boosey Marilyn Brewster NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: BOOKER ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE ASSISTANT CHARLOTTE CORNICE AA PRINCIPAL FOURTH GRADE BENJAMIN GRANT C TEACHER RESOURCE JANE HARKEY C TEACHER MEDIA SPECIALIST EMILY HESTER C FOURTH GRADE MELANIE MINOR C TEACHER VISUAL ARTS CARRIE PORTER C TEACHER FIFTH GRADE RACHEL SCHNEIDER C TEACHER AUXILIARY KATIE MURPH C SUBSTITUTE GENDER F M F F F F F F NAME OF NEW STAFF 2013-2014 SCH00L:_CARVER ___________________ _ POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE GENDER FIRST GRADE CYNTHIA FINSTROM w F FIFTH GRADE LYNETTE PITTS B F SUB GEORGIA O'NEAL B F NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: __ GIIBBS _______________ _ POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE GENDER AUX SUB LINDSEY GORE w F NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: WILLIAMS TRADITIONAL MAGNET POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE 1ST GRADE CARISE ECHOLS B 4TH STACI HULA w ART AMANDA MAMULA w PE ANTONI LASKER B COUNSELOR CHARRITA HUNNICUT B CURRICULUM VIVIAN EV ANS B SPECIALIST MEDIA CLERK SANDRA MCINTOSH B AUXILIARY EMILY HANSON w SUBSTITUTE GENDER F F F M F F F F NEW STAFF 2013\"2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: MANN MAGNET ARTS/SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE GENDER SPANISH ASHLEY BOSHEARS WHITE FEMALE TEACHER ENGLISH WILLIAM BRAZLE WHITE MALE TEACHER 6TH MATH SHEA DRAKE BLACK FEMALE 6TH MATH DIANE Ross WHITE FEMALE 8TH MATH SARA GAINES WHITE FEMALE 7TH MATH CHRISTY MCNEARY BLACK FEMALE 6TH SCIENCE STARLETTE INGRAM WHITE FEMALE 7TH SOCIAL CLARICE SUMMONS BLACK FEMALE STUDIES 8TH SOCIAL ANGLEA MORRISON BLACK FEMALE STUDIES 7TH MATH AMISTA SUTTON WHITE FEMALE ENGINEERING TREMAYNE WHITE BLACK MALE TECHNOLOGY 8TH SCIENCE WANDA MILES WHITE FEMALE NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF SPECIAL ED CHANDLE CARPENTER HISTORY TEACHER PATRICK DONOVAN EAST LAB PHILICIA BELL ENGLISH TYESHAIL MILLER TEACHER ENGLISH DEANNAH JOHNSON TEACHER *CAREER COACH FRANK NEWSOME *CAREER COACH ROBERTO CANDELARIA ASST. HEAD TORRENCE TILLMAN CUSTODIAN INTERIM DANCE ALLISON CLARK TEACHER MEDIA CLERK LAUREN CRAWFORD RACE GENDER B F w M B F B F w F B M H M B M w F B F ~CAREER COACf--1 POSITIONS ARE PAID ThROUGh PULASKI TECH!\\JiCAJ COL LFGE BY WAY oc- ARKAtVSAS l'FPAPTMEl!T OF ',1'.f,EEP. FOUCA 1t0N Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: From: Bailey, Kelsey Mitchell, Sadie [Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Monday, October 07, 2013 4:26 PM Magnet Review FW: REPORT FROM KELSEY BAILEY Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 4:22 PM To: Mitchell, Sadie Subject: RE: REPORT FROM KELSEY BAILEY Dr. Mitchell, Here are the additional general operating \u0026amp; program expenditures that LRSD expended last fiscal year for the Stipulated Magnet Schools. Ms. Rector is still working on the all the facility renovations. 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7% 42 21 4 4 8 11 28% 21 53% 8 20% 40 16 0 2 2 10 36% 16 57% 2 7% 28 19 1 4 5 18 43% 19 45% 5 12% 42 23 1 1 2 11 31% 23 64% 2 6% 36 21 6 5 11 19 37% 21 41% 11 22% 51 128 17 22 39 80 32% 128 52% 39 16% 247 9 4 1 5 6 30% 9 45% 5 25% 20 137 21 23 44 86 32% 137 51% 44 16% 267 39 5 5 10 32 40% 39 48% 10 12% 81 34 10 1 11 16 26% 34 56% 11 18% 61 34 2 0 2 28 44% 34 53% 2 3% 64 14 6 4 10 16 40% 14 35% 10 25% 40 26 2 2 4 17 36% 26 55% 4 9% 47 37 6 11 17 30 36% 37 44% 17 20% 84 184 30 20 50 139 37% 184 49% 50 13% 373 11 1 3 4 4 21% 11 58% 4 21% 19 195 31 23 54 143 36% 195 50% 54 14% 392 24 1 2 3 9 25% 24 67% 3 8% 36 24 3 2 5 9 24% 24 63% 5 13% 38 24 4 3 7 11 26% 24 57% 7 17% 42 22 1 1 2 9 27% 22 67% 2 6% 33 13 2 4 6 5 21% 13 54% 6 25% 24 28 1 3 4 11 26% 28 65% 4 9% 43 135 22 22 44 54 23% 135 58% 44 19% 233 26 2 1 3 23 44% 26 50% 3 6% 52 PCSSD October 1, 2013 Enrollment Count by Grade Total With Pre-Kl I 431 341 771 I 781 831 1611 I 241 231 471 I 771 27%1 1611 56%1 471 16%1 2851 ...-' 1-------+l-+--l-l\u0026gt;-----+l----+l--+l----+-l --+--l~l\u0026gt;--+l----+-l--+--l-t-----ill\u0026gt;----+l--+--l-l\u0026gt;-----+-l--+--l--+l------\u0026lt;I Euqity and Pupil Services November 13, 2013 SCHOOL ROBINSON ELEMENTARY Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K SCOTT ELEMENTARY Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY Totals Pre-K Tota I With Pre-K JACKSONVILLEM IDDLE FULLERM IDDLE Euqity and Pupil Services November 13, 2013 Totals Totals Grade Level 1 2 3 4 5 K 1 2 3 4 5 K 1 2 3 4 5 K 1 2 3 4 5 K 6 7 8 6 7 8 Black Black Female Male Enrolled Enrolled 7 4 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 6 7 7 23 26 5 5 28 31 4 5 5 5 6 3 2 3 7 4 6 4 30 24 3 1 33 25 9 6 12 11 11 6 7 10 13 8 11 10 63 51 0 1 63 52 14 19 15 20 21 21 12 15 15 14 17 25 94 114 2 9 96 123 71 58 69 63 52 62 192 183 35 44 40 46 44 46 119 136 Black White White Total Female Male Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled 11 8 9 4 11 11 6 13 8 4 8 4 10 6 12 14 6 7 49 52 51 10 6 10 59 58 61 9 6 2 10 9 11 9 6 11 5 1 3 11 6 5 10 7 5 54 35 37 4 7 6 58 42 43 15 8 20 23 14 14 17 15 17 17 13 13 21 21 13 21 20 14 114 91 91 1 0 5 115 91 96 33 18 18 35 18 16 42 12 15 27 17 10 29 13 18 42 19 18 208 97 95 11 12 14 219 109 109 129 35 30 132 27 29 114 23 21 375 85 80 79 27 31 86 22 24 90 30 29 255 79 84 PCSSD October 1, 2013 Enrollment Count by Grade White Other Other other Total Total Total Total Total Female Male Total Black White other School Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled \" Enrolled % Enrolled % Enrolled 17 2 1 3 11 35% 17 55% 3 10% 31 22 1 3 4 4 13% 22 73% 4 13% 30 21 4 5 9 6 17% 21 58% 9 25% 36 12 1 5 6 4 18% 12 55% 6 27% 22 18 1 5 6 10 29% 18 53% 6 18% 34 13 0 3 3 14 47% 13 43% 3 10% 30 103 10 15 25 49 28% 103 58% 25 14% 177 16 3 4 7 10 30% 16 48% 7 21% 33 119 13 19 32 59 28% 119 57% 32 15% 210 V 8 4 2 6 9 39% 8 35% 6 26% 23 20 0 2 2 10 31% 20 63% 2 6% 32 17 2 0 2 9 32% 17 61% 2 7% 28 4 3 0 3 5 42% 4 33% 3 25% 12 11 0 1 1 11 48% 11 48% 1 4% 23 12 1 1 2 10 42% 12 50% 2 8% 24 72 6 5 11 54 39% 72 53% 11 8% 137 13 1 1 2 4 21% 13 68% 2 11% 19 85 7 6 13 58 37% 85 54% 13 8% 156 28 8 7 15 15 26% 28 48% 15 26% 58 28 4 6 10 23 38% 28 46% 10 16% 61 32 4 4 8 17 30% 32 56% 8 14% 57 26 5 8 13 17 30% 26 46% 13 23% 56 34 7 2 9 21 33% 34 53% 9 14% 64 34 9 2 11 21 32% 34 52% 11 17% 66 182 27 29 56 114 32% 182 52% 56 16% 352 5 7 7 14 1 5% 5 25% 14 70% 20 187 34 36 70 115 31% 187 50% 70 19% 372 36 3 2 5 33 45% 36 49% 5 7% 74 34 2 1 3 35 49% 34 47% 3 4% 72 27 2 0 2 42 59% 27 38% 2 3% 71 27 2 2 4 27 47% 27 47% 4 7% 58 31 4 3 7 29 43% 31 46% 7 10% 67 37 3 6 9 42 48% 37 42% 9 10% 88 192 12 10 22 208 49% 192 45% 22 5% 422 26 2 1 3 11 28% 26 65% 3 8% 40 218 14 11 25 219 47% 218 47% 25 5% 462 65 8 13 13 129 62% 65 31% 13 6% 207 56 13 13 26 132 62% 56 26% 26 12% 214 44 10 10 20 114 64% 44 25% 20 11% 178 165 31 34 65 375 62% 165 27% 65 11% 605 58 9 9 18 79 51% 58 37% 18 12% 155 46 8 8 16 86 58% 46 31% 16 11% 148 59 10 8 18 90 54% 59 35% 18 11% 167 163 19 30 49 255 55% 163 35% 49 10% 467 I Euqity and Pupil Services November 13, 2013 I I I I I I I I PCSSD October 1, 2013 Enrollment Count by Grade I I I I I I I I I I I I I SCHOOL SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE Totals JACKSONVILLHE IGH Totals WILBUR D. MILLS HIGH Totals JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH Totals SYLVAN HILLS HIGH Totals CATO ELEMENTARY Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY Euqity and Pupil Services November 13, 2013 Totals Black Grade Female Level Enrolled 6 55 7 65 8 70 190 9 61 10 73 11 45 12 58 237 9 63 10 47 11 54 12 56 220 9 28 10 20 11 20 12 19 87 9 81 10 42 11 so 12 40 213 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 8 K 12 48 3 51 1 18 2 13 3 19 4 21 s 11 K 19 101 Black Black White White Male Total Female Male Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled 59 114 52 73 65 130 61 60 76 146 68 73 200 390 181 206 81 142 39 37 71 144 27 28 61 106 24 45 60 118 22 13 273 510 112 123 71 134 29 39 48 95 15 22 52 106 22 24 55 111 24 34 226 446 90 119 42 70 28 39 24 44 21 33 27 47 20 30 23 42 20 28 116 203 89 130 77 158 63 68 35 77 34 49 38 88 45 42 37 77 49 36 187 400 191 195 8 15 24 11 8 15 18 19 10 17 18 19 9 16 20 19 7 15 11 17 5 17 15 18 47 95 106 103 3 6 8 5 50 101 114 108 13 31 11 9 13 26 11 11 23 42 18 19 16 37 17 13 18 29 10 11 21 40 11 27 104 205 78 90 PCSSD October 1, 2013 Enrollment Count by Grade White other other Other Total Total Total Total Total Female Male Total Black White other School Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled \" Enrolled % Enrolled % Enrolled 125 6 10 16 114 45% 125 49% 16 6% 255 121 17 18 35 130 45% 121 42% 35 12% 286 141 10 9 19 146 48% 141 46% 19 6% 306 387 44 42 86 390 45% 387 45% 86 10% 863 ......-- 76 14 12 26 142 58% 76 31% 26 11% 244 55 7 15 22 144 65% 55 25% 22 10% 221 69 14 10 24 106 53% 69 35% 24 12% 199 35 6 s 11 118 72% 35 21% 11 7% 164 235 34 30 64 510 63% 235 29% 64 8% 809 68 s 14 19 134 61% 68 31% 19 9% 221 37 10 8 18 95 63% 37 25% 18 12% 150 46 7 6 13 106 64% 46 28% 13 8% 165 58 3 6 9 111 62% 58 33% 9 5% 178 209 27 35 62 446 62% 209 29% 62 9% 717 67 9 13 22 70 44% 67 42% 22 14% 159 54 6 4 10 44 41% 54 50% 10 9% 108 so 3 6 9 47 44% so 47% 9 8% 106 48 4 8 12 42 41% 48 47% 12 12% 102 219 18 26 44 203 44% 219 47% 44 9% 466 ......--- 131 16 9 25 158 50% 131 42% 25 8% 314 83 12 7 19 77 43% 83 46% 19 11% 179 87 9 8 17 88 46% 87 45% 17 9% 192 85 15 8 23 77 42% 85 46% 23 12% 185 386 47 38 85 400 46% 386 44% 85 10% 871 35 3 4 7 15 26% 35 61% 7 12% 57 37 2 2 4 15 27% 37 66% 4 7% 56 37 3 2 5 17 29% 37 63% s 8% 59 39 1 1 2 16 28% 39 68% 2 4% 57 28 2 1 3 15 33% 28 61% 3 7% 46 33 3 2 5 17 31% 33 60% 5 9% 55 209 12 10 22 95 29% 209 64% 22 7% 326 13 0 1 1 6 30% 13 65% 1 5% 20 222 12 11 23 101 29% 222 64% 23 7% 346 .,,.,,..- 20 7 3 10 31 51% 20 33% 10 16% 61 22 4 7 11 26 44% 22 37% 11 19% 59 37 3 4 7 42 49% 37 43% 7 8% 86 30 4 3 7 37 50% 30 41% 7 9% 74 21 2 3 5 29 53% 21 38% 5 9% 55 38 7 s 12 40 44% 38 42% 12 13% 90 168 24 26 50 205 48% 168 40% 50 12% 423 Grade SCHOOL Level COLLEGES TATIONE LEMENT,1 2 3 4 5 K Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K NORTH PULASKI HIGH 9 10 11 12 Totals ARNOLO DRIVE ELEMENTARI 1 2 3 4 5 K Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K OAKBROOKEE LEMENTARY 1 2 3 4 5 K Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K NORTHWOOD MIDDLE 6 7 8 Totals MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENT, 1 Euqity and Pupil Services November 13, 2013 Totals 2 3 4 5 K Black Black Female Male Enrolled Enrolled 15 18 8 15 11 11 16 20 9 12 10 13 69 89 8 9 77 98 34 33 29 39 30 38 28 31 121 141 7 7 8 3 4 7 2 6 2 2 5 4 28 29 2 3 30 32 19 13 15 17 16 25 14 15 22 16 10 19 96 105 10 10 106 115 19 27 25 28 22 26 66 81 12 35 20 24 23 22 23 17 23 27 22 32 123 157 Black White White Total Female Male Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled 33 3 4 23 3 4 22 6 6 36 8 11 21 5 7 23 5 1 158 30 33 17 1 0 175 31 33 67 59 44 68 48 43 68 49 41 59 42 50 262 198 178 14 12 13 11 11 8 11 10 11 8 14 8 4 4 2 9 14 12 57 65 54 5 10 13 62 75 67 32 32 23 32 28 21 41 27 22 29 20 25 38 18 27 29 29 19 201 154 137 20 8 5 221 162 142 46 35 30 53 32 45 48 37 47 147 104 122 47 16 10 44 8 11 45 11 16 40 6 10 50 6 8 54 15 17 280 62 72 PCSSD October 1, 2013 Enrollment Count by Grade White Other Other Other Total Total Total Total Total Female Male Total Black White Other School Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled \" Enrolled \" Enrolled \" Enrolled 7 3 1 4 33 75% 7 16% 4 9% 44 7 0 1 1 23 74% 7 23% 1 3% 31 12 2 3 5 22 56% 12 31% 5 13% 39 19 4 2 6 36 59% 19 31% 6 10% 61 12 4 4 8 21 51% 12 29% 8 20% 41 6 2 0 2 23 74% 6 19% 2 6% 31 63 15 11 26 158 64% 63 26% 26 11% 247 1 0 1 1 17 89% 1 5% 1 5% 19 64 15 12 27 175 66% 64 24% 27 10'/4 266 V 103 11 17 28 67 34% 103 52% 28 14% 198 91 14 10 24 68 37% 91 50% 24 13% 183 90 16 10 26 68 37% 90 49% 26 14% 184 92 7 9 16 59 35% 92 55% 16 10% 167 376 49 39 88 262 36% 376 52% 88 12% 726 25 6 6 12 14 27% 25 49% 12 24% 51 19 9 10 19 11 22% 19 39% 19 39% 49 21 8 6 14 11 24% 21 46% 14 30% 46 22 8 6 14 8 18% 22 50% 14 32% 44 6 3 0 3 4 31% 6 46% 3 23% 13 26 12 8 20 9 16% 26 47% 20 36% 55 119 35 34 69 57 23% 119 49% 69 28% 245 23 10 2 12 5 13% 23 58% 12 30% 40 142 45 36 81 62 22% 142 50% 81 28% 285 --- 55 2 11 13 32 32% 55 55% 13 13% 100 49 5 5 10 32 35% 49 54% 10 11% 91 49 4 3 7 41 42% 49 51% 7 7% 97 45 6 3 9 29 35% 45 54% 9 11% 83 45 4 3 7 38 42% 45 50% 7 8% 90 48 6 12 18 29 31% 48 51% 18 19% 95 291 25 29 54 201 37% 291 53% 54 10% 546 13 3 4 7 20 50'/4 13 33% 7 18% 40 304 28 33 61 221 38% 304 52% 61 10'/4 586 65 4 4 8 46 39% 65 55% 8 7% 119 77 8 12 20 53 35% 77 51% 20 13% 150 84 6 4 10 48 34% 84 59% 10 7% 142 226 24 27 51 147 35% 226 53% 51 12% 424 ........ 26 3 4 7 47 59% 26 33% 7 9% 80 19 5 6 11 44 59% 19 26% 11 15% 74 27 2 2 4 45 59% 27 36% 4 5% 76 16 1 4 5 40 66% 16 26% 5 8% 61 14 2 3 5 50 72% 14 20% 5 7% 69 32 8 7 15 54 53% 32 32% 15 15% 101 134 14 29 43 280 61% 134 29/4 43 9/4 457 V SCHOOL PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY Totals ROBINSON MIDDLE Totals BATES ELEMENTARY Totals Pre-K Total With Pre-K MAUMELLE MIDDLE CHENAL ELEMENTARY MAUMELLE HIGH District Total Total With Pre-K District Total Euqity and Pupil Services November 13, 2013 Totals Totals Totals Grade level 1 2 3 4 5 K 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 s K 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 K 9 10 11 12 Black Black Female Male Enrolled Enrolled 19 12 12 9 14 19 18 20 13 15 17 23 93 98 26 19 29 25 30 26 85 70 11 5 19 17 13 16 12 16 12 12 10 16 77 82 12 3 89 85 58 S8 58 75 43 64 159 197 17 6 12 13 12 11 11 14 18 17 9 6 79 67 64 74 53 71 68 60 46 40 231 245 3598 3815 146 132 3744 3947 Black White White Total Female Male Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled 31 31 29 21 21 25 33 17 29 38 33 37 28 20 30 40 16 20 191 138 170 4S 44 38 54 40 38 56 32 30 155 116 106 16 9 11 36 12 18 29 13 lS 28 13 17 24 4 12 26 8 15 159 59 88 15 4 10 174 63 98 116 78 84 133 69 73 107 68 81 356 215 238 23 26 28 25 24 28 23 33 28 25 33 32 35 22 30 15 25 26 146 163 172 138 73 66 124 60 71 128 47 65 86 51 59 476 231 261 7693 3633 3938 278 141 147 7971 3774 4085 PCSSD October 1, 2013 Enrollment Count by Grade White Other Other Other Total Total Total Total Total Female Male Total Black White Other School Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled Enrolled \" Enrolled \" Enrolled \" Enrolled 60 3 8 11 31 30% 60 59% 11 11% 102 46 8 8 16 21 2S% 46 55% 16 19% 83 46 7 1 8 33 38% 46 53% 8 9% 87 70 4 3 7 38 33% 70 61% 7 6% 115 50 2 4 6 28 33% 50 60% 6 7% 84 36 10 7 17 40 43% 36 39% 17 18% 93 308 21 21 42 191 35% 308 57% 42 8% 541 82 9 11 20 45 31% 82 56% 20 14% 147 78 9 5 14 54 37% 78 53% 14 10% 146 62 9 13 22 56 40% 62 44% 22 16% 140 222 31 27 58 155 36% 222 51% 58 13% 435 ,__- 20 12 9 21 16 28% 20 35% 21 37% 57 30 10 9 19 36 42% 30 35% 19 22% 85 28 6 4 10 29 43% 28 42% 10 1S% 67 30 11 9 20 28 36% 30 38% 20 26% 78 16 8 6 14 24 44% 16 30% 14 26% 54 23 7 20 27 26 34% 23 30% 27 36% 76 147 58 43 101 159 39% 147 36% 101 25% 407 14 6 4 10 15 38% 14 36% 10 26% 39 161 64 47 111 174 39% 161 36% 111 25% 446 162 12 14 26 116 38% 162 53% 26 9% 304 142 7 13 20 133 45% 142 48% 20 7% 295 149 11 16 27 107 38% 149 53% 27 10% 283 453 29 38 67 356 41% 453 52% 67 8% 876 54 7 7 14 23 25% 54 59% 14 15% 91 52 4 8 12 25 28% 52 58% 12 13% 89 61 2 3 5 23 26% 61 69% 5 6% 89 65 9 7 16 25 24% 65 61% 16 15% 106 52 2 5 7 35 37% 52 55% 7 7% 94 51 3 4 7 15 21% 51 70% 7 10% 73 335 31 35 66 146 27% 335 61% 66 12% 547 139 17 11 28 138 45% 139 46% 28 9% 305 131 7 9 16 124 46% 131 48% 16 6% 271 112 15 10 25 128 48% 112 42% 25 9% 265 110 8 10 18 86 40% 110 51% 18 8% 214 492 37 38 75 476 46% 492 47% 75 7% 1043 ....--- 7571 965 988 1953 7413 44% 7571 45% 1953 12% 16937 288 67 56 123 278 40% 288 42% 123 18% 689 7859 1032 1044 2076 7691 44% 7859 45% 2076 12% 17626 -- Page 4 of 5 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT End of First Quarter: October 18, 2013 \"'\"\" PRE-K KIND FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH TOTAL ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY eo..,~ SCHOOLS ,......,, Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT B\u0026lt;k NB TOT B\u0026lt;k NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk % Non-Black % Total Adkins 526 93 64 157 0 0 O 0 - -=o -= \"'0 ,\u0026lt;?0 ~\" -~o e-~ - n OO .~ .. 93 59.2% 64 40.8% 157 Arnold Dr 453 8 31 39 12 44 56 18 33 51 18 32 50 17 30 47 11 33 44 4 9 13 88 29.3% 212 70.7% 300 Baker 428 0 0 0 21 42 63 26 52 78 24 50 74 25 41 66 24 66 90 39 53 92 159 34.3% 304 65.7% 463 Bates 863 17 22 39 33 43 76 20 38 58 38 47 85 30 38 68 32 47 79 25 33 58 195 42.1% 268 57.9% 463 Bavou Melo 697 0 19 19 4 50 54 5 49 54 2 48 50 2 40 42 6 46 52 7 46 53 26 8.0% 298 92.0% 324 Cato 800 6 14 20 19 37 58 17 42 59 16 43 59 17 42 59 15 40 55 15 31 46 105 29.7% 249 70.3% 354 Chenal 550 0 0 0 15 58 73 24 67 91 25 64 89 23 66 89 27 79 106 38 57 93 150 27.7% 391 72.3% 541 Clinton 640 37 23 60 42 58 100 67 47 114 42 52 94 53 44 97 49 51 100 46 44 90 336 51.3% 319 48.7% 655 Coll Sta 439 17 2 19 22 8 30 32 11 43 23 8 31 23 17 40 36 25 61 21 19 40 174 65.9% 90 34.1% 264 Crvslal Hill 870 26 13 39 50 59 109 59 73 132 39 71 110 45 61 106 50 66 116 49 67 116 318 43.7% 410 56.3% 728 Duoree 498 0 0 0 40 41 81 46 53 99 45 30 75 36 24 60 42 22 64 31 23 54 240 55.4% 193 44.6% 433 Harris 906 13 6 19 40 8 48 25 5 30 36 6 42 31 4 35 33 7 40 32 4 36 210 84.0% 40 16.0% 250 ,.. \"j-, 0 #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0 Landmark 711 8 29 37 10 30 40 20 32 52 16 38 54 10 22 32 11 23 34 14 17 31 - 89 31.8% 191 68.2% 280 Lawson 372 6 14 20 19 32 51 11 31 42 13 27 40 10 18 28 18 24 42 11 25 36 88 34.0% 171 66.0% 259 Oak Grove 626 23 29 52 10 31 41 10 28 38 10 29 39 10 31 41 9 25 34 6 17 23 78 29.1% 190 70.9% 268 Oakbrooke 553 23 17 40 37 58 95 35 67 102 39 56 95 47 52 99 32 52 84 41 49 90 254 42.0% 351 58.0% 605 Pine Forest 554 0 0 0 43 51 94 31 68 99 25 58 83 34 52 86 36 76 114 28 56 84 199 35.5% 361 64.5% 560 Pine'NOOd 677 0 0 0 46 42 88 35 28 63 29 31 60 44 43 87 38 35 73 30 24 54 222 52.2% 203 47.8% 425 Robinson 544 10 23 33 14 16 30 9 19 28 4 24 28 8 29 37 4 17 21 9 23 32 58 27.8% 151 72.2% 209 Soott 294 5 13 18 11 13 24 13 10 23 10 22 32 11 18 29 7 4 11 10 12 22 67 42.1% 92 57.9% 159 Sherwood 561 3 17 20 21 45 66 13 43 56 24 38 60 15 40 55 17 38 55 21 41 62 114 30.5% 260 69.5% 374 S\\'lvan Hills 606 12 28 40 42 46 88 35 39 74 37 37 74 43 28 71 27 31 58 32 37 69 228 48.1% 246 51.9% 474 Taylor 566 0 0 0 60 41 101 46 32 78 51 24 75 43 30 73 46 19 65 50 17 67 296 64.5% 163 35.5% 459 Tolleson 561 4 16 20 37 45 82 34 44 78 19 47 66 27 35 62 18 22 40 17 30 47 156 39.5% 239 60.5% 395 Total Elem: 15,345 311 380 691 648 898 1546 631 911 1542 585 880 1465 604 805 1409 590 848 1438 574 734 13081 0 0 01 3,943 42.0% 5,456 58.0% 9,399 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT End of First Quarter: October 18, 2013 SECONDARY \"\"\" SIXTH SEVENTH EIGHTH NINTH TENTH ELEVENTH TWELFTH TOTAL SECONDARY Co- SCHOOLS (Reviwd) Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk NB TOT Blk % Non-Black % TOTAL New Opportunitv n/a 1 0 1 6 1 7 5 3 8 29 4 33 5 0 5 4 1 5 1 1 2 51 83.6% 10 16.4% 61 Star Academv TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0 Fuller Middle 1360 81 76 157 88 60 148 91 75 166 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 260 55.2% 211 44.8% 471 Jax Middle 990 127 83 210 139 77 216 122 59 181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 388 63.9% 219 36.1% 607 Jax Hiah 1360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 96 238 146 71 217 111 86 197 121 44 165 520 63.6% 297 36.4% 817 Maumelle Middle 840 120 186 306 139 158 297 113 172 285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 372 41.9% 516 58.1% 888 Mills Hiah 1130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 87 222 94 55 149 109 56 165 109 66 175 447 62.9% 264 37.1% 711 North Pulaski Hiah 1050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 123 191 74 109 183 76 108 184 61 107 168 279 38.4% 447 61.6% 726 NorthwoodM id 1030 46 73 119 56 95 151 49 94 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 36.6% 262 63.4% 413 Maumelle High 1130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 161 301 126 144 270 132 130 262 88 124 212 486 46.5% 559 53.5% 1045 RobinsonM id 650 53 98 151 56 88 144 59 82 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 38.5% 268 61.5% 436 RobinsonH iah 770 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 89 160 47 60 107 49 56 105 44 57 101 211 44.6% 262 55.4% 473 Svtvan Hills Mid 1080 114 139 253 137 145 282 151 166 317 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 402 47.2% 450 52.8% 852 Svlvan Hills Hiah 1120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 144 304 77 95 172 87 103 190 77 107 184 401 47.2% 449 52.8% 850 Total Secondary: 12.510 542 655 1197 621 624 1245 590 651 1241 745 704 1449 569 534 1103 568 540 1108 501 506 1007 4,136 49.5% 4,214 50.5% 8,350 TOTAL ENROLLMENT I 8,079 45.5%1 9,670 54.5%1 17,749 Office of Educational Accountability. Printed on 10/22/2013 al 2:55 PM. Margie Powell From: Date: To: Cc: Attach: Subject: Margie, \"CLOWERS ROBERT L.\"\u0026lt;RCLOWERS@pcssd.org\u0026gt; Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:01 PM \u0026lt;mqpowel l@odmemail.com\u0026gt; \"OLIVER MICHELLE\" \u0026lt;moliver@pcssd.org\u0026gt; 2014- lst-9weeks-eschool.pdf Capacity Only Page 1 of 1 The attached file should ONLY be used for CAPACITY( don't look at the enrollment-they are not October 1st official). These capacity figures are outdated, but they are all I/we have for school capacity. I understand these are what have been generally provided when schools' capacities were requested. Also, I visited with Equity and Pupil Services just a while ago, and there are two individuals are working on the OFFICIAL October 1st enrollment counts. Michelle indicated she thought you would be visiting our district around 2:30 today. Robert 11/13/2013 Ca,pa~a -tlu,l\"(if.)t~ _,. \\'.JM .Lcl on ,bh\\d.,t.fbt) lJ-vr'.rj\\ Q--tclLl...J ~ tLtv1 o.,~d o_ c0p~ a:l,,oc l httD net CJ-ict.1~d ~/ ) 1n +tu .t.w\u0026gt;-\\-9.~ ELEMENTARY Class ~ SCHOOLS Capacity (Revised) e Adkins 526 Arnold Dr 453 Baker 428 Bates 863 Bavou Melo 697 Cato 800 Chenal 550 Clinton 840 Coll Sta 439 Crvstal Hill 870 Duoree 498 Harris 906 Jax Elem 850 :1 Landmark 711 Lawson 372 Oak Grove 626 Oakbrooke 553 Pine Forest 554 Pinewood 677 Robinson 544 Scott 294 Sherwood 561 Sylvan Hills 606 Taylor 566 Tolleson 561 Total Elem: 15,345 SECONDARY Class SCHOOLS Capacity -- (Revised) New Ooportunitv n/a Star Academy TBA Fuller Middle 1360 Jax Middle 990 Jax High 1360 Maumelle Middle 840 Mills High 1130 North Pulaski Hiah 1050 Northwood Mid 1030 Maumelle HiQh 1130 Robinson Mid 650 Robinson High 770 Svtvan Hills Mid 1080 Svlvan Hills HiQh 1120 Total Secondary: 12,510 TOTAL ENROLLMENT LEA: 6002050 PUPIL ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL FORM COUNTY: PULASKI SCHOOL CHOICE BY SCHOOL ON OCT. 1 DISTRICT: N. 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LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL: GLENVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I GRADEI TOTAL WHITE BLACK I HISPANIC M F I M F M F ASIAN M F I NATIVE AM/ IHAWAIIAN/PACITWO OR MORE I ALASKAN NTV ISLANDER M F I M F I M F ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- K ENROLL I 34 [ 5 [ 4 [ 13 [ 9 [ 2 [ 1 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE[ 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 0 I 01 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 01 ENROLL [ 2 6 [ 2 [ 1 [ 12 [ 7 I 2 [ 1 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 1 [ 0 I O [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O I O I O [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 0 2 ENROLL [ 3 0 [ 2 [ 4 [ 9 I 13 I O [ 2 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 I O [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O I O [ 0 I O [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 03 ENROLL[ 29[ 3[ 21 111 121 o[ 11 al o[ al al o[ o I o[ o ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 04 ENROLL[ 221 11 31 101 6[ 11 11 01 01 01 01 01 0 I 01 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 05 ENROLL [ 16 [ 0 I 2 I 6 [ 7 [ 1 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 06 ENROLL [ 0 I 0 I 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 0 7 ENROLL [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 0 I 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 08 ENROLL I 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- ENROLL [ 15 7 [ 13 [ 16 I 61 [ 5 4 [ 6 [ 6 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I 0 [ 1 [ 0 I 0 [ 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O I O [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 09 ENROLL[ 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 0 I 01 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 [ 0 I O [ 0 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LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL: GLENVIEWE LEMENTARYSC HOOL PAGE: 8 SIS: rpt404 CYCLE: 10/15/2013 RUN: 10/11/2013 14:46 I GRADEI TOTAL WHITE BLACK I HISPANIC ASIAN I NATIVE AM/ IHAWAIIAN/PACITWOO R MORE I ALASKAN NTV ISLANDER M F M F I M F M F M F I M F I M F ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 13 ENROLLI 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOI CE I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- EE ENROLLI 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- SM ENROLLI 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- ss ENROLLI 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- ENROLL I 1571 131 161 611 541 GI GI 01 01 01 01 11 0 I 01 0 ------+r----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- cHoicEI 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 0 I 01 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- *********** Has your district voted to participate in School Choice? 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LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL: INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL !GRADEi TOTAL WHITE BLACK I HISPANIC M F M F I M F ASIAN M F !NATIVE AM/ IHAWAIIAN/PACITWO OR MORE I ALASKAN NTV ISLANDER M F I M F I M F ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- K ENROLL! 891 331 231 131 lll 11 31 01 31 01 11 01 0 I 11 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 23 I 13 I 9 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 1 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 01 ENROLL! 981 371 311 121 121 11 21 01 21 01 11 01 0 I 01 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 2 9 I 12 I 14 I 1 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 1 I 0 I 1 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 02 ENROLL I 100 I 48 I 26 I ll I 12 I 0 I 0 I 2 I 1 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 26 I 17 I 7 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 1 I 1 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 0 3 ENROLL I 101 I 41 I 3 8 I 5 I 12 I 1 I 0 I 1 I 1 I 0 I 1 I 0 I 1 I 0 I 0 ------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- CHOICE I 231 lll lll 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 1 I 01 0 ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-------- 04 ENROLL! 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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of August 13, 2013 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion and Approval for Stipulation Magnet Schools BudgetKelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, LRSD B. Discussion of Job Description and Selection Process for Executive Director Position C. Discussion of Magnet Schools Evaluation Report - New Submission D. Discussion of Sibling Preference Policy for Middle School Students E. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment DRAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES August 13, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson - LRSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Members Absent: Micheal Stone, NLRSD Guests: Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer - LRSD Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of July 10, 2013. Joy Springer offered one correction to the minutes. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The minutes were unanimously approved as corrected. Copies of an e-mail received from Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD MRC representative, were given to Committee members. Dr. Clowers provided information that Dr. Janice Warren is now the Assistant Superintendent for Equity and Pupil Services, as well as continuing as the Director of Elementary Education. Dr. Clowers also provided contact information for Dr. Warren. No action was required by the MRC. -!JRAFT DRAFT An e-mail was sent to all Student Registration Offices to notify them of the scheduled date for the annual SWAP meet, planned for Monday, July 29, 2013, in the MRC Office. Copies were given to MRC members for their information. Dr. Sadie Mitchell provided MRC members with a copy of an e-mail she sent to a parent concerned about her student's acceptance to Central rather than Parkview. No action was required by the MRC. Bills in the amount of $174.78 were presented for payment. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to pay the bills, and Dr. Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously to pay the bills. With regard to newspaper articles since the previous MRC meeting, two e-mails were given to MRC members for their information. These articles came from the office of Hogan Lovells and related to Civil Rights issues. When talking about a recruitment update, it was noted that several contacts have been received from parents regarding their children's assignment for the new school year. The MRC Office has been answering their calls and following up on information at their request. An ad has been placed with the Metro Little Rock Magazine, which has a shelf-life of one year and is given to new families moving into the area. Copies were given to MRC members for their information. Vacancies and new hires at the Stipulation Magnet Schools include a new Principal at Mann Magnet, Keith McGee, and an Assistant Principal at Booker, Charlotte Cornice. Dr. Mitchell has requested that her secretary compile a list of all support staff and custodians who also have been hired, and she will have that available for the next MRC meeting. Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer at Little Rock School District, came to the table to present preliminary budget information for the Stipulation magnet schools. The average in the schools for the previous year is the basis for the -2- DRAFT DRAFT new budget. The  average is down in all schools except for Gibbs, with the total  average now at 3,371.88. Dr. Mitchell noted that the MRC used to submit the budget in July of each year, but now the timeline is set for a September submission. She called the Committee's attention to a Court Order received from Judge Price indicating that a September submission was in order. Mr. Bailey also noted that Arkansas is behind time in providing their indirect costs rates, and no information was received from the State until April, 2013. It should have been received in October, 2012. Mr. Bailey further explained that indirect costs are costs that are not used for student services. Ms. Springer asked Mr. Bailey if LRSD is going to continue with the magnet schools when 50% of the funding is not there anymore. Has it been discussed how LRSD will be funding the schools? Mr. Bailey said it all depends, but it has been discussed. They may have to re-do attendance zones. It all depends on the judge and whether he will want the schools to stay in existence. Dr. Mitchell noted that LRSD is trying for the MSAP Grant for Stipulation magnet schools. They had this grant before and, hopefully, will be selected again. Dr. Clowers said that PCSSDis talking about a phase-out if funding is stopped for magnet schools. It will depend on the judge. Ms. Springer asked if all the districts are all planning for the ending of funding for magnet schools. Mr. Bailey said thinking is that there will be a five-seven year phase-out. But, you still have to see if districts will allow students to cross district lines. Dr. Mitchell thanked Mr. Bailey for coming before the MRC and told him they are looking for his budget submission in September. -3- DRAFT A draft copy of a Job Description for Director of the Magnet Review Committee Office was given to all Committee members for their review. Ms. Springer wants to give it consideration and talk about it at the next meeting. She will need at least a day or two to go over it. Dr. Mitchell said she didn't know if there was an urgency for the posting. Danny Reed asked who does the interviewing and hiring. Dr. Mitchell said that LRSD does so in accordance with their guidelines, but with the input of the MRC. Dr. Clowers asked about the oversight of curriculum requirement. Dr. Mitchell that Donna Creer did a lot of work with the schools as the oversight of curriculum requirements. With regard to the Stipulation Magnet Schools Evaluation Report, MRC members were given a packet of correspondence which occurred recently with Dr. Jeanne Dreyfus, External Evaluator. In the end, Dr. Dreyfus felt it was a lot larger than she had expected and suggested that a new evaluator be hired. Dr. Mitchell said that she would talk to Dr. Karen DeJarnette, in LRSD, to see what could be done. Dr. Mitchell will report back to the MRC in September. A discussion was held with regard to Mann Magnet's discipline program. A copy of the report prepared by Cassandra Steele was given to each Committee member. Ms. Springer noted that she had asked if this discipline program was placed in all the middle school magnets, and the answer is yes. Ms. Springer is pleased that students will be able to access the program from their area school. Dr. Clowers complimented Ms. Springer about a great job she did recently for PCSSDd iscussing the deseg plan with school personnel. Dr. Mitchell said that all Business and Action Items, with the exception of Mann's discipline program will remain as agenda items for the next MRC meeting. It was agreed by consensus that the next MRC meeting will be held in the MRC Office on September 17, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. -4- DRAFT When no further business was brought before the Committee, Joy Springer made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m. -5- Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: customerservice@arkansasonline.com Thursday, August 22, 2013 10: 11 AM Magnet Review Subscriber transactions Thank you for contacting the ARKANSADSE MOCRAT-GAZETTE! MAGNERTE VIEWC OMMITTEE, Your newspapers will be donated to Newspaper in Education. Thank you. We value you as a subscriber. 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MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Subscription Renewal) American Home Life (MRC's Office Rent for September, 2013) American Home Life (Communications Expense for August, 2013) Capital Business Machines (Monthly Charge for Maintenance Contract for the MRC Office Copier) Staples (Supplies for the MRC Office) CompSys (Monthly Billing to Act as Host for MRC's E-Mail) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 60.00 825.00 182.50 78.12 120.56 48.33 $1,314.51 ,S tays oughti n LRs chools uit Attorneys say pending appeals will factor into hearings EVIE BLAD ARKANSADS EMOCRAT-GAZETTE Attorneys for the little Rock School District and an intervenor group asked a federal judge Monday to delay a December trial to determine whether the state should be released from a desegregation settlement agreement that requires it to pay about $70 million in annual aid to Little Rock and two other central Arkansas school districts. The same attorneys previously made a similar request to U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr., asking him for a continuance, which would have stalled the trial while the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis considers whether the state's authorization of independently run charter schools in Pulaski County violated that settlement agreement. Marshall denied that motion. On Monday, the attorneys moved for a stay, a different legal mechanism that would also delay the court proceedings. The request was made by attorneys for the state's largest school district and the Joshua intervenors, which represent black students in the decades-old case. Marshall previously ruled against the Little Rock School District in the charter school matter, disagreeing with its claim that the state approved open-enrollment charter schools without regard for their effects on district magnet schools and other court-approved desegregation efforts. The district has asked the appeals court to overturn that ruling. The state - represented by the attorney general's office - has argued previously that any delay in the December hearing could be costly because it pays the desegregation aid to the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts monthly. But the appeals court's decision in the charter school issue will be a factor in the December hearings, attorneys for the Little Rock district and the Joshua intervenors wrote. That's because the state's argument in its motion for release from the agreement is that it has complied \"in good faith\" with the terms of the settlement. \"The question of whether the State is currently violating the 1989 Settlement Agreement with respect to charter schools cannot be separated from the question of whether the state has generally complied in good faith with that same agreement,\" wrote Chris Heller on behalf of the Little Rock School District and John Walker on behalf of tl1e Joshua intervenors. If the district court sides with the state and grants it a release from settlement obligations before the 8th Circuit rules, it risks legal confusion and a rehearing of the issue if the appeals court rules in Little Rock's favor on the charter school issue, the attorneys wrote. Little Rock filed the original lawsuit in 1982, arguing that the state and two other school districts had fostered segregation between the three Pulaski County school districts. That suit led to a 1989 settlement under which the state pays about $70 million a year to help finance Little Rock's six 01iginal magnet schools and all three districts' majority-to-minority interdistrict student-transfer programs, some employee healthcare and retirement costs, and general operating expenses. Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Good Afternoon All, Curtis, Kimberly D.H. [kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com] Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11 :39 AM Donna Creer\nMagnet Review\nKeisha Crowder-Davis (keidavis@dallasisd.org)\nAmaila Cudeiro (cudeiroa@bsd405.org)\nArthur Culver (culverar@champaignschools.org)\n(Jack.Dale@fcps.edu}\nDaniel Harrell\nDavid Duff, Duff, Turner, White \u0026amp; Boykin\nDavid Peterson, Super, No. Suburban Spec.\njohn.davis@dougherty.k12.ga.us\nMichael Davis (madavis@philasd.org)\nSandra K. 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Borkowski, Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel +1 202 637 5600 Direct: +1 202 637 7269 Fax: +12026375910 Email. kimberly.curtis@hoganlovells.com www.hoganlovells.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoqanlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6596 - Release Date: 08/21/13 2 Hogan Lovells To FROM School District Clients and Friends John W. Borkowski Shannon T. Hodge DATE August 21, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T + I 202 637 5600 F +I 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Office for Civil Rights Issues Notice Requesting Public Comment on Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection On June 21, the Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") at the United States Department of Education (the \"Department\") issued a notice requesting public comment on proposed changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection (\"CRDC\"). 1 This memorandum summarizes the key changes the Department has proposed for the 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDC. Since 1968, OCR has used its statutory authority2 to require the biennial reporting of civil rights data on schools, including information on school demographics, student outcomes, and programs and services available to students. OCR relies on this information when it identifies enforcement priorities, investigates alleged violations of federal civil rights laws, initiates compliance reviews, and provides guidance and assistance to school districts, parents, students, and the public. OCR usually draws upon a sample of 6,000 to 7,000 local education agencies (\"LEAs\" or \"school districts\") to provide data for the CRDC. However, it occasionally collects data from all school districts, which it did most recently in 2011-12. Participation in the CRDC is mandatory for all LEAs receiving federal funds. OCR redesigned its CRDC in 2009, adding new requests for data on college- and careerreadiness, student discipline, teacher equity, third-grade retention policies, access to prekindergarten programs, bullying and harassment, and school-level expenditures. In addition, the 2009-10 CRDC requested data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, disability, and English learner status. OCR built on the 2009 changes in 2011-12 by taking steps designed to improve the integrity of the data and by consolidating its fall and spring data collection periods. Notice, 78 Fed. Reg. 37529 (June 21, 2013). Under 20 U.S.C.  3413(c)(l ), OCR has the authority to collect data to ensure compliance with civil rights laws. \\\\DC 704749/000300  4952303 v1 The proposed changes to the upcoming CRDC are intended to build on the changes implemented during the two most recent data collections. According to OCR, the proposed changes \"reflect the need for a deeper understanding of and accurate data about the educational opportunities and school context for our nation's students.\" The new proposed CRDC questions fall into several categories: school and district characteristics, discipline, harassment and bullying, early childhood education, pathways to college and career, school finance, and teachers. In addition, OCR also proposes to stop collecting some information that it has previously requested. This memorandum summarizes the proposed additions and deletions to the CRDC in each of these categories. The new school and district characteristics about which OCR proposes to collect information include whether a school that does not classify students by grade level has mainly elementary-, middle-, or high-school age students or a combination of those students and whether an LEA has a civil rights coordinator for discrimination against students on basis of sex, race, and disability. The proposals also include new items about juvenile justice facilities, such as the type of facility, the number of days in the facility's regular school year, the total number of hours per week that the facility offers educational programs, and the number of students who participated in such program for specific numbers of days. In addition, OCR proposes to revise existing data items by defining \"preschool\" as programs and services for children ages three through five. One proposed addition to the discipline questions is an item requesting the number of students with and without disabilities removed from school for disciplinary reasons, disaggregated by race, sex, English learner status, and, where applicable, disability. The proposed CRDC would also request disaggregated data on the number of preschool students who received corporal punishment (by race, sex,.disability, and English learner status), the number of instances of corporal punishment (by students with disabilities and students without disabilities), and the number of school days missed by students who received out-of-school suspensions (by students with disabilities and students without disabilities). OCR also proposes to require school districts to report the number of documented incidents that occurred at the school that trigger discipline. The revised data collection also would include inquiries into whether the school experienced at least one incident that involved a shooting and whether any of the school's students, faculty, or staff died as a result of a homicide committed at the school. OCR also proposes to add harassment and bullying on the basis of both sexual orientation and/or religion to its inquiry into the number of reported allegations of harassment and bullying. The proposal does not require schools to report demographic data on the complainant or alleged harasser, nor does it authorize schools to inquire about the sexual orientation or religion of students. Instead, the proposed question directs school districts to examine the likely motives of the alleged harasser rather than the status of the alleged victim. The proposed changes to early childhood education data items would allow OCR to learn more about how programs serve young children. Specifically, OCR intends to ask whether an LEA provides early childhood programs for children from birth through age two\nthe cost of preschool and kindergarten\nthe number of students served by the school district in preschool 2 \\\\DC - 704749/000300 - 4952303 v1 programs in both district and non-LEA facilities, disaggregated by age\nwhether the preschool program includes students not eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act\nand whether a state statute or regulation requires the LEA to provide full-day or part-day kindergarten. According to OCR, the proposed changes to data items on pathways to college and career would \"provide a more accurate accourit of course taking and passing opportunities.\" The proposed questions ask whether and how many students are enrolled in distance education courses and dual enrollment/dual credit programs\nwhether the school has students who participate in credit recovery programs to graduate from high school\nand the number of student absent fifteen or more school days. OCR would also require school districts to report the number of students enrolled in Algebra I in grade seven and Geometry in grade eight, in addition to the number of students who passed Algebra I in grade seven. Under the proposal, LEAs would indicate whether they have a policy that allows retention of third grade students who are not proficient in Reading. Under the proposed changes to school finance data items, school districts would report the number of full-time equivalents (\"FTEs\") and the amount of the salaries of personnel funded with state and local funds, including instructional staff, support services staff for pupils, support services staff for instructional staff, school administration staff, and non-instructional staff. Under the teacher data collection category, OCR proposes to inquire about the number of FTE psychologists, social workers, security guards, school resource officers, and sworn law enforcement officers funded with federal, state, or local funds. The new CRDC would delete or modify a number of other prior questions. Deleted questions include how many students await evaluations for special education services and whether schools group students by ability in English and Mathematics. In addition, the new CRDC would no longer collect separately the number of students enrolled in Advanced Placement (\"AP\") foreign language courses ( disaggregated by race, sex, and disability and English learner status). Rather, the new proposal is to include AP foreign language students in the \"other\" category. Finally, the proposal includes a major technical change in the CRDC process. In school years 2009-10 and 2011-12, the CRDC was a part of the Department's EDFacts information collection. Under the Department's proposed changes, however, the CRDC would become a separate information collection process. As in prior years, the 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDC would use a Web-based system in which users could upload data files, enter the data in response to questions displayed on the screen, or use a combination of the two methods. The Department, which has received public comments on the proposed CRDC, will revise the proposal and provide an additional public-comment period. * * * * * * 3 \\\\DC 704749/000300 -4952303 v1 As you start a new school year, we hope this information gives you a sense of the type of information OCR is likely to be collecting in its next two CRDC cycles. If you have any questions about the June 21 notice or OCR data collection more generally, please contact John W. Borkowski at 574-239-7010 or john.borkowski@hoganlovells.com or Shannon T. Hodge at 202-637-5792 or shannon.hodge@hoganlovells.com. 4 \\\\DC - 704749/000300 -4952303 v1 Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Gibbs, Leslie E. [leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:24 AM Hogan Lovells US LLP Clients and Friends Memorandum Attachments: Hogan Lovells Client Advisory- Title IX - Gender Discrimination - FINAL.pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and Esther Haley Walker. 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Checked by AVG- WWv\\.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 I Virus Database: 3211/6596 - Release Date: 08/21/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. 1 Hogan Lovells To School District Clients and Friends FROM Maree Sneed Esther Haley Walker DATE August 28, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Office for Civil Rights Signs Resolution Agreement Addressing Title IX Protection for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students On July 24, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (\"DOJ\") entered into a Resolution Agreement with Arcadia Unified School District (\"Arcadia\"), which required Arcadia to implement districtwide measures to better protect transgender and gender nonconforming students from discrimination. 1 The Resolution Agreement resulted from an investigation by OCR and DOJ of a complaint alleging that the school district prohibited a transgender boy, who had \"consistently and uniformly presented as a boy at school and in all other aspects of his life for several years,\" from accessing sex-specific facilities designated for male students at school and at an overnight academic camp. 2 Although the Resolution Agreement only imposes requirements on Arcadia, other school districts across the country may view such requirements as reflective of what OCR and DOJ consider to be best practices. This memorandum (I) briefly places the Resolution Agreement in context based on past OCR statements about gender discrimination and (2) summarizes the actions Arcadia agreed to perform-and other school districts may consider adopting-in an effort to prevent discrimination of trans gender and nonconforming students. Placing the Resolution Agreement in Context OCR is responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws that prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating based on sex (among other protected categories), in See U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and Arcadia Unified School District, Resolution Agreement, July 24, 2013, available at: http://www.nclrights.org/site/DocServer/Arcadia Resolution agreement 07.24.2013.pdf. 2 Resolution Agreement, at 1. \\\\DC - 700999/000060 - 5109447 v1 accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (\"Title IX\"). Although Title IX does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, OCR has taken the position that Title IX protects all students from sex-based discrimination and harassment.3 As a result, OCR concluded that sex discrimination may occur \"if students are harassed either for exhibiting what is perceived as a stereotypical characteristic for their sex, or for failing to conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity and femininity.\"4 OCR and DOJ's July 2013 Resolution Agreement with Arcadia more fully explains the steps that OCR and DOJ believe a school district could take to prevent such discrimination. Also, the Resolution Agreement defines key terms (such as gender-based discrimination, gender identity, and gender expression) so that important discussions surrounding these issues can begin to utilize a common vocabulary. Taking Action to Protect Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students From Discrimination In order to comply with OCR and DOJ's view of Title IX's protections, Arcadia agreed to take certain steps to protect transgender and gender nonconforming students from discrimination. As part of this process, Arcadia agreed to hire one or more third-party consultants with an expertise in child and adolescent gender identity to support it during implementation of the Resolution Agreement. Also, Arcadia agreed to send annual reports to OCR and DOJ detailing its compliance with the Resolution Agreement, including a description of relevant training events for school district employees. As described further below, Arcadia agreed to take two main steps in the Resolution Agreement: (1) better serve the student whose complaint initiated the OCR and DOJ investigation and (2) implement district-wide measures that aim to benefit all similarly-situated students. Because OCR and DOJ may view some of the specific steps Arcadia agreed to take as best practices, other school districts may want to consider revising their own policies in light of the Resolution Agreement. Specific actions Arcadia agreed to take to better serve the original complainant:  Provide access to sex-specific facilities designated for male students at the school and district-sponsored activities (such as extracurricular activities) consistent with the student's gender identity, and (if requested by the student) access to private facilities based on privacy, safety, or other concerns\n Treat the student as other male students are treated in education programs and activities offered by the district\n Ensure the student's birth name and assigned sex are treated as confidential, personally identifiable information\nand OCR, Dear Colleague Letter, Harassment and Bullying 7 (October 26, 2010), available at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20 IO I 0.pdf. 4 Id. at 7-8. 2 \\\\DC - 700999/000060 - 5109447 v1  Advise the student that he may request a \"support team,\"5 which would include his parents, himself, an advocate of his parents' choice (if any), a medical professional of his parents' choice (if any), and relevant district personnel, to help ensure that he has the access and opportunity to participate in all programs and activities at school. District-wide measures Arcadia agreed to implement to better serve all of its students:  Revise all policies, procedures, regulations, and related documents (such as complaint forms, handbooks, notices, and websites) so that they: o include explicitly \"gender-based discrimination as a form of discrimination based on sex \"6 ' o state that \"gender-based discrimination includes discrimination based on a student's gender identity, gender expression, gender transition, transgender status, or gender nonconformity,\" 7 and o ensure all students are provided with equal access to programs and activities offered by the school district\n Develop a \"comprehensive gender-based non-discrimination policy\"8\n Develop an implementation guide for administrators, faculty, and staff addressing the gender-based non-discrimination policy\n Inform students who are undertaking, planning to undergo, or who have completed gender transitions that they have a right to request a support team that will help ensure equal access to and equal opportunity to participate in school district programs and activities\n Provide annual training to all certificated district-level and school-based administrators about: o the school district's \"obligations to prevent and address gender-based discrimination, \"9 o implementation of policies, procedures, and regulations, and o best practices for creating a nondiscriminatory school environment\nand  Provide age-appropriate instruction to students about gender-based discrimination, accompanied by examples of prohibited conduct. While the Resolution Agreement does not set any new legal standards for school districts, it does illustrate that OCR and DOJ view protection of transgender and gender nonconforming students as falling within the scope of Title IX and that they are prepared to enforce Title IX accordingly. As a result, school districts should review their policies and procedures to ensure that they have Resolution Agreement, at 3. lg_. at 4. Id. at 4. The Resolution Agreement provides detailed definitions for each of these tenns. See j_g., at 1-2. lg_. at 5. lg_. 3 \\\\DC - 700999/000060 - 5109447 v1 taken steps to prevent discrimination against this particular student population, and that they are providing training for administrators and age-appropriate instruction for students. Finally, although the Resolution Agreement focuses on the K-12 environment, best practices for preventing discrimination of transgender and gender nonconforming students apply to postsecondary institutions that receive federal funds as well. * * * We hope this information is useful to you as you consider your schools' discrimination policies and procedures. If you have questions about the Resolution Agreement or Title IX more generally, please contact Maree Sneed (202-637-6416 or maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com) or Esther Haley Walker (202-637-5764 or esther.walker@hoganlovells.com). 4 \\\\DC - 700999/000060 - 5109447 v1 Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E. [leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Thursday, September 12, 2013 2: 11 PM Hogan Lovells Client Advisory - US DOE ELL Developments Hogan Lovells Client Advisory - US DOE ELL Developments.pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and Chris Lott. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. Leslie Gibbs Assistant Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel: +1 202 637 5600 Direct: +1 202 637 7121 Fax: +1 202 637 5910 Email: leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com www.hoganlovells.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. 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First, in June 2013 the Department published The Biennial Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Title III State Formula Grant Program: School Years 2008-2010, available at http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/uploads/3/Biennial Report 0810.pdf. (Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides funds to states and school districts to support the education of limited English proficient (\"LEP\") students\nin tum, recipients of Title III funds must meet annual progress goals with respect to LEPs.) The report highlights the growing LEP population in U.S. schools: between 2002-03 and 2009-10, the number ofK-12 LEP students identified for services increased by 7%, and the number of K-12 LEP students served under Title III increased by 22%. The report also details states' mixed progress in achieving annual goals under Title III. Of note:  In terms of the percentage of LEP students making progress in learning English, states ranged from 18.4% to 68.3% in 2008-09, and from 19.5% to 97.6% in 2009-10.  In terms of the percentage of LEP students scoring at or above proficient in reading or language arts, in 2008-09 states ranged from 5.3% to 84.8% in reading or language arts and from 1.7% to 84.9% in mathematics. In 2009-10, the range for reading or language arts was from 8.6% to 81.9%, and the range for mathematics was from 11.5% to 86%.  In 2008-09 and 2009-10, 55% of local education agencies met their targets for the three annual measurable achievement objectives-increases in the number of students (1) \\\\DC - 700999/000060  5156377 v1 making progress in learning English, (2) attaining English proficiency, and (3) scoring at or above proficiency in reading or language arts and mathematics Second, on September 9, 2013, the Department published a request for information in the federal register asking school districts and other ELL stakeholders to provide \"information on priorities for future evaluation and research studies needed to inform effective instruction, assessment, and professional development that is responsive to the needs of English learners.\" 78 Fed. Reg. 55,068 (Sep. 9, 20 I 2), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-09/pdf/2013- 21767 .pdf. The notice is an opportunity for school districts to help guide the Department's future ELL policy and technical assistance. The Department has identified the following topics and requested information regarding in which of these areas or others it should conduct new studies:  Identification, screening, and assessment practices of ELLs\n Strategies for data collection, data analysis, and data-based decision-making\n Alignment of English-language proficiency (\"ELP\") standards with college- and career-ready standards and alignment ofELP assessments with ELP standards\n Key features of instruction for ELLs that promote language acquisition\n Technology-based instructional strategies that promote ELL achievement\nand  Professional development. Responses must be submitted by September 25, 2013. Interested parties may submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail. We hope this information is useful to you as you continue to address the challenges of educating ELLs. If you have questions about this information, please contact Maree Sneed (202-63 7-6416 or rnaree.sneed@hoganlovells.com) or Chris Lott (202-637-5877 or christopher.lott@hoganlovells.com). 2 \\\\DC - 7009991000060 - 5156377 v1 Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E. [leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Monday, September 23, 2013 2:32 PM Hogan Lovells Client Advisory - Bullying Hogan Lovells Client Advisory - Bullying.pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and Esther Haley Walker. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. Leslie Gibbs Assistant Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street. 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No virus found in this message Checked by AVG - www avg com Version 2013 0 3408 I Virus Database 3222/6692 - Release Date 09/23/13 Hogan Lovells To School District Clients and Friends FROM Maree Sneed Esther Haley Walker DATE September 20, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Students With Disabilities: Legal Issues Surrounding Being Bullied and Being Bullies On August 20, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (\"OSERS\") issued a Dear Colleague Letter1 addressing school districts' responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.  1400 et seq. (\"IDEA\") when students with disabilities are bullied or engage in bullying. If a student with an individualized education program (\"IEP\") is bullied or is engaging in bullying behavior, the school district should provide any support and/or services needed to address inappropriate behavior because it has a responsibility under the IDEA to ensure that each student is receiving a free appropriate public education (\"FAPE\"). This memorandum (1) briefly places this Dear Colleague Letter in context based on past OSER guidance and (2) summarizes the requirements for school districts serving children with disabilities who are bullied or engage in bullying behavior. Placing the Dear Colleague Letter in Context OSERS is responsible for working to ensure school districts across the country provide children with \"positive, safe, and nurturing school environments in which they can learn, develop, and participate.\"2 The August 20, 2013 Dear Colleague Letter from OSERS supplements the July 25, 2000 Dear Colleague Letter that OSERS and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") jointly released to address disability harassment under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (\"Section 504\"), Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (\"Title II of the ADA\"), and the IDEA.3 Although not all bullying constitutes harassment under Section 504, Title II of the ADA, and the IDEA, the Dear Colleague Letter issued in 2000 acknowledges that bullying can be one of the many forms of harassment that disabled students may face.4 The August OSERS, Dear Colleague Letter, Bullying of Students With Disabilities (August 20, 2013), available at http/ /www2. ed. gov/pol icy/speced/g uid/idea/memosdcltrs/bul lyi ngdcl-8-20-13. pdf. 2 .!,Qa.t 1. 3 OCR and OSERS, Dear Colleague Letter, Reminder of Responsibilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (July 25, 2000), available at http://www.ed.gov/ocr/docs/disabharassltr html. 4 lg_. \\\\DC - 703633/000410 -5135795 v1 20, 2013 letter focuses specifically on bullying (not just bullying that constitutes harassment), a school district's obligations to respond to bullying, and discusses evidence-based practices for preventing and addressing bullying. Requirements for School Districts Defining \"Bullying\" Bullying can involve \"physical behavior or verbal, emotional, or social behaviors (~, excluding someone from social activities, making threats, withdrawing attention, destroying someone's reputation) and can range from blatant aggression to far more subtle and covert behaviors.\"5 Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that uses technology (such as texting or electronic mail messages).6 The focus of the bullying need not be related to a student's disability in order to trigger a school district's obligations to a bullied disabled student under the IDEA. Although students with disabilities are \"disproportionately affected by bullying,\" some disabled students may not understand the extent to which bullying behaviors are harmful.7 Bullying Can Result in a Denial of FAPE Any bullying that results in a disabled student \"not receiving meaningful educational benefit\" from the services provided by the school constitutes a denial of FAPE under the IDEA.8 Schools have an obligation under the IDEA to ensure a student receives FAPE in accordance with his or her IEP, which should be revised as needed to ensure the student's needs are met. The Dear Colleague Letter cautions school districts, however, regarding changing the placement of children who have been bullied. The letter states: \"While it may be appropriate to consider whether to change the placement of the child who was the target of the bullying behavior, placement teams should be aware that certain changes to the education program of a student with a disability (~, placement in a more restrictive 'protected' setting to avoid bullying behavior) may constitute a denial of the IDEA's requirement that the school provide FAPE in the\" least restrictive environment. 9 School Districts Must Meet the Needs of the Bullied and the Bullies School districts have an obligation to disabled students who are bullied and those who are bullies. Although sometimes the focus is on the students who are bullied, school districts must ensure that IEP teams review the IEPs for bullies \"to determine if additional supports and services are needed to address the inappropriate behavior.\"10 Also, bullying may trigger a school's \"child find\" obligations under the IDEA\na bullying incident may cause a school to identify a child who is in need of special education and related services. 11 OSERS, Dear Colleague Letter, Bullying of Students With Disabilities 2 (August 20, 2013), available at http://www2 edgov/policy/speced/guid/idea/memosdcltrs/bullyingdcl-8-20-13.pdf. 6 Id. 7 11- 8 )_g_. 9 )..Qa. t 3. 10 )_g_. 11 )_g_a.t 2 (citing 34 C.F.R.  300.111, 300 201). 2 IIDC - 703633/000410-5135795 v1 Policies and Practices Addressing Bullying OSERS invites all school districts to reevaluate their policies and practices in light of the July 25, 2000 Dear Colleague Letter, and the August 20, 2013 Dear Colleague Letter and its enclosure: \"Effective Evidence-based Practices for Preventing and Addressing Bullying.\"12 OSERS posits that there is no \"one-size-fits-all\" solution to bullying.13 Instead, it suggests that schools adopt a \"comprehensive, multitiered behavioral framework\" that can be used to \"establish a positive school environment, set high academic and behavioral expectations for all students, and guide delivery of evidence-based instruction and interventions that address\" all students' needs (not just those with disabilities).14 Such an evidence-based framework would include: (1) teaching students and personnel what behaviors are expected and how to respond appropriately when bullying occurs\n(2) providing active adult supervision of students, (3) providing training and ongoing support to school personnel and students, (4) disseminating anti-bullying policies to school personnel, parents, and students, in a form accessible to those with disabilities, and (5) collecting data about instances of bullying. We hope this information is useful to you as you consider your schools' compliance with the IDEA. If you have questions about the August 20, 2013 Dear Colleague Letter issued by OSERS or the IDEA more generally, please contact Maree Sneed (202-637-6416 or maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com) or Esther Haley Walker (202-637-5764 or esther.walker@hoganlovells.com). 12 OSERS, Dear Colleague Letter, Bullying of Students With Disabilities, Enclosure (August 20, 2013), available at http ://www2. ed .gov/pol icy/speced/g uid/idea/memosdcltrs/bu llyi ngdcl-en closure-8- 20-13 pdf. 13 l_g_a.t 1. 14 l_g_. 3 \\\\DC - 703633/000410 - 5135795 v1 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Magnet Schools of America [communications@magnet.edu] Sunday, September 15, 2013 7:02 AM Magnet Review Subject: Study Finds Magnet Students Outperform Peers by Wide Margins (J Like - MAGNET SCHOOL.....U'~ OF AMERICA State Study Finds Hartford Magnet Students Outperform Peers by Wide Margins A new report released by the Connecticut State Department of Education found that students attending one of the city's magnet or suburban schools outperform their peers by wide margins in math, reading, writing, and science. The report is the first of its kind to measure the performance of students attending one of the interdistrict magnet programs supported by the state. Magnet Schools of America is proud to host its next national conference in Hartford in 2014 where magnet school teachers, principals, and leaders will share their best practices and visit Hartford's top magnet schools. MSA Board Member, Susan Eaton also wrote a great piece about Hartford's interdistrict magnet programs and how other school districts can replicate their success. It is definitely worth a read! like us on Face book() View our profile on Linked~ Forward this email :\u0026gt;1 ifSafeUnsubscribc This email was sent to magnet@magnetschool.com by communications@magnet.edu Update Profile/Email Address Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe'\"' Privacy Policy. Magnet Schools of America 1909 K Street, NW Suite C-140 Washington DC 20006 CoostantC.OOtact\" 1l13m@iBii11 Conn ecticutS tate Department of Education CMT /CAPT Results for Hartford Resident Students The data in the following pages contain CMT and CAPT performance of Hartford resident students who are enrolled in local and choice programs. Notes: Data reflect Hartford resident students\nstudents from other towns are not included. State Department of Education does not report CMT/CAPT results for student counts less than 20. 2013 data include performance of Hartford resident students in the CT Technical High Schools. 2013 Hartford Public Schools results do not include Ramon E. Betances Early Reading Lab, a school that is under special review. These data represent annual snapshots of student performance\nas such, the cohort of students tested from one year to the next will be different. The 2012 Hartford Magnet School results for the \"percent of students at or above goal in Science\" is being reissued (see page 9). Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 1 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY GRADE Reading Percent at/above Goal 2013 Writing Percent at/above Goal 2013 Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice 3 25.5 36.4 53.7 31.7 3 37.2 47.7 59.0 37.0 4 27.1 39.5 51.0 39.2 4 31.3 37.5 46.0 42.8 5 29.6 46.9 75.0 52.3 5 34.6 49.4 60.0 43.1 6 34.6 60.6 43.0 54.5 6 30.0 49.0 41.7 52.1 7 41.2 62.0 66.3 66.4 7 23.1 45.0 45.6 46.5 8 36.8 51.8 50.0 61.6 8 26.4 42.9 50.7 50.0 10 5.4 26.9 25.3 15.2 10 15.5 44.7 49.5 35.8 Math Percent at/above Goal 2013 Science Percent at/above Goal 2013 Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice 3 25.1 29.9 52.9 30.6 5 18.2 41.5 60.0 39.2 4 24.8 39.0 53.7 39.6 8 15.5 32.4 24.4 36.4 5 26.8 43.7 57.1 45.8 10 4.7 30.4 15.2 13.7 6 26.8 48.0 30.6 43.1 7 18.8 31.2 39.8 39.8 8 18.9 36.8 37.0 35.4 10 4.9 26.0 31.1 19.8 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 2 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY GRADE Reading Percent at/above Proficiency 2013 Writing Percent at/above Proficiency 2013 Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice 3 45.8 59.3 74.6 54.7 3 65.0 71.5 76.9 63.6 4 44.5 61.5 74.5 60.8 4 63.7 68.8 76.2 78.3 5 46.4 64.6 92.9 71.6 5 65.8 84.8 93.3 80.8 6 54.9 78.1 65.3 73.6 6 58.6 78.4 73.5 76.0 7 55.7 80.9 77.9 86.9 7 51.7 74.9 71.9 74.8 8 53.8 70.7 69.2 79.8 8 58.7 74.4 75.4 82.7 10 38.1 74.8 68.1 63.3 10 56.8 88.9 94.6 74.7 Math Percent at/above Proficiency 2013 Science Percent at/above Proficiency 2013 Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice Grade HPS Regular Hartford Magnet CREC Magnet Open Choice 3 54.6 66.0 77.9 60.4 5 42.5 70.1 96.7 66.9 4 52.4 62.5 87.0 67.9 8 32.7 57.9 50.4 61.8 5 45.8 62.9 89.3 73.7 10 34.3 71.9 64.1 51.6 6 53.8 73.4 69.4 73.4 7 45.7 66.5 72.8 78.8 8 49.5 72.2 80.3 88.9 10 29.5 64.7 63.3 49.4 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 3 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY RACE Hartford Resident Students: Reading Percent at/above Goal 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 24.7 3138 45.7 823 46.8 267 46.6 253 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 34.4 1853 47.7 650 47.6 275 45.4 485 Asian 27.8 115 53.1 32 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 51.1 231 73.9 111 \u0026lt; 20 58.3 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 24.6 134 57.9 38 \u0026lt; 20 43.8 \u0026lt; 20 Hartford Resident Students: Math Percent at/above Goal 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 19.3 3251 36.0 833 40.4 267 42.3 267 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 24.0 1886 31.6 652 35.5 276 32.9 496 Asian 32.6 135 51.6 31 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 38.1 247 62.2 111 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 14.0 136 39.5 38 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 4 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY RACE Hartford Resident Students: Reading Percent at/above Proficient 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 42.7 3138 68.4 823 70.0 267 68.0 253 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 55.9 1853 72.9 650 70.2 275 69.3 485 Asian 42.6 115 78.1 32 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 70.6 231 89.2 111 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 43.3 134 86.8 38 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hartford Resident Students: Math Percent at/above Proficient 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 44.2 3251 68.2 833 76.0 267 71.2 267 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 52.9 1886 62.6 652 71.0 276 69.6 496 Asian 54.8 135 77.4 31 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 68.0 247 85.6 111 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 44.1 136 76.3 38 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 5 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY RACE Hartford Resident Students: Writing Percent at/above Goal 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 24.8 3593 42.5 917 41.2 289 45.0 289 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 35.1 2090 43.3 719 51.6 304 42.8 549 Asian 36.5 126 52.9 34 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 46.1 245 68.1 113 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 27.5 138 59.0 39 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hartford Resident Students: Science Percent at/above Goal 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 12.8 1493 31.5 340 24.3 111 36.0 111 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 15.1 906 31.8 299 23.3 129 27.8 216 Asian 8.7 69 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 26.3 99 51.2 43 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 12.3 65 54.2 24 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 :onnecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 6 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY RACE Hartford Resident Students: Writing Percent at/above Proficient 2013 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 55.7 3593 75.0 917 75.8 289 76.5 289 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 67.7 2090 77.1 719 78.6 304 74.5 549 Asian 57.1 126 82.4 34 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 73.9 245 90.3 113 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 65.9 138 87.2 39 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hartford Resident Students: Science Percent at/above Proficient 2013 CAPT and CMT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magnet HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 33.1 1493 63.2 340 58.6 111 60.4 111 Native Amer. \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 African Amer. 40.7 906 64.2 299 60.5 129 61.6 216 Asian 17.4 69 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 White 70.7 99 79.1 43 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Two+ races 41.5 65 87.5 24 \u0026lt; 20 \u0026lt; 20 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 7 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY RACE CTHSS (Grade 10 Only)% at/above Proficiency and% at/above Goal 2013 Race Reading Reading Reading Math Math Math Writing Writing Writing Science Science Science Prof. Goal n Prof. Goal n Prof. Goal n Prof. Goal n Latino/Hisp 66.4 13.3 113 52.2 10.4 115 85.3 28.4 116 58.6 12.1 116 Native Amer. \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 African Amer. 55.3 2.1 47 61.7 10.6 47 90.2 17.6 51 62.7 2.0 51 Asian \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 White \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 Two+ races \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 8 of 9 HARTFORD RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCAL AND CHOICE PROGRAMS BY RACE Hartford Magnet Data Corrected from 2012 transmission Hartford Resident Students: Science Percent at/above Goal 2012 CMT and CAPT Race HPS Regular HREGn Hartford Magne HMn CREC Magnet CRn Open Choice OCn Latino/Hisp 13.0 1433 30.9 311 26.4 129 67.9 78 Native Amer. \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 African Amer. 14.7 902 31.9 235 28.4 141 66.1 174 Asian 9.1 55 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 Hawaiian/Pacific \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 White 21.9 96 48.8 41 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 Two+ races 14.8 128 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 \u0026lt;20 Connecticut State Department of Education, September 3, 2013 9 of 9 June 2013 Volume 26, Number 5 TheA bellR eport What we think about, and what we'd like you to think about Published as a community service by The Abell Foufldation Years After a Landmark Court Decision, Connecticut's Solution to School Segregation Shows Promise: Can it Inform Action in Baltimore? ABELL SALUTES: \"The ETC\": helping entrepreneurs grow companies \"further and faster\" and \"creating new jobs in Baltimore.\" Tom Murdock was reaching school and saw a need-in his case, in the classroom learning process. Following the pattern of so many similar and successful scare-up stories, he began to put together a business plan designed to fill char needinvicing friends in to share. The plan led co a relationship wich cofounders (in Long Island) and to a meeting with che Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) in Baltimore. Mr. Murdock says, \"Ac char point our group found icselfhappily in che ETC's incubation process, where we were introduced to managers whose contributions to our scare-up's organization and growth became a chapter in a book we began writing together.\" This history, wriccen cogecher, led to che founding scare-up company known today as Moodlerooms. There are many Moodlerooms stories where che ploc involves, at a critical point along the way, the involvement of che ETC. The ETC is an initiative of the Baltimore Development Corporation, a nonprofit technology business incubator chat works with early-scage Baltimorebased technology entrepreneurs. The continued on page 8 By Susan Eaton J use beyond the bleak jail for juveniles, pasc bodegas painted tropical hues and commercial vacancy signs along Hartford, Connecticut's Broad Street, stands a sleek, shiny collection of modern buildings. On weekday mornings, a chain of yellow buses encircles chis meticulous, bustling 14-acre compound called The Learning Corridor. Kids hop through che buses' accordion doors, file into buildings, and sectle into classrooms where the mix of complexions and family incomes does nor match Census data culled from these streets. Many of the roughly 1,570 students scattered among che elementary, middle, and two high schools here have indeed been \"bused in\" to-yes-engineer rhe creation of racially and economically diverse schools in chis otherwise extremely poor Latino neighborhood. Some of the children who attend schools on chis campus do live nearby. Ochers come from Hartford's African-American neighborhoods to the north. A large share of the students, however, travels up to an hour from che suburbs beyond the city limits. Educators in several other \"magnet\" schools in and around Hartford open their doors each morning, too, to a scudent body chat reflects rhe diversity of the region, as opposed to the homogeneity found in most of Connecticut's public schools, which enroll scudents from just one cown or neighborhood. As of summer 2012, chere are 31 interdistricc magnet schools in the Greater Hartford region, including chose at The Learning Corridor, enrolling about 13,000 scudents and supported by a mix of state, local, and philanthropic funds. (Four more are scheduled to open chis fall.) Another state-funded program, called Open Choice, enrolls about 1,700 students and provides transportation for children who live in Hartford to attend suburban schools. Students who live in Hartford's suburbs can also transfer into Hartford through chis program, though only a few dozen have chosen char option in recent years. In the larger national public education context, where entrenched racial and economic segregation is the norm, the purposeful integracion effort that has taken root and blossomed here is undoubtedly an outlier. Bue ic is an educational anomaly char may be instructive for other racially and economically stratified regions. Created in response to a 1996 stare court ruling, rhe schools and programs in and around Hartford have nor only substantially reduced rhe share of students of color in high-poverty, segregated schools, bur rhey have also engendered a broad array of innovative educational options char have proven appealing to families of all racial and economic backgrounds and resulted in promising outcomes for the students who take pare. How did all chis come into being in of all places, Connecticut, one of the nation's wealthiest and mosc economically unequal scares? The story of what emerged in Connecticut and why is instructive not just for Balri more, bur also for the numerous metropolitan areas across rhe country beset by segregation and educational inequality. continued fom page I The Long Road to Remedy In 1989, a single mother of two, Elizabeth Horton Sheff, signed on as lead plaintiff in the civil rights case Sheff v. O'Neill. Sheff's lawyers argued chat the racial and class segregation in che region's public schools denied students che \"substantially equal education\" granted in the state's Conscicucion. In all, a racially diverse group of 19 schoolchildren and their families were plaintiffs in the case. Elizabeth Horton Sheff and the national civil rights organizations and local lawyers who brought Sheffsaw ic firsc as a way ro assist children of color and economically disadvantaged children in Hartford and, by implication, low-income students of color in ocher similarly challenged Conneccicuc cities. But from the beginning, their aspirations looked far beyond Conneccicuc. They imagined char Sheff might be the long dreamed about case chat could revive the ideals inspired by the iconic 1954 United States Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education. In Brown, the Court declared unanimously char \"in the field of public educacion separate but equal has no place.\" Brown sparked the civil rights movement, which toppled enforced, intentional segregation in the American souch. However, the sotermed de facto segregation common in the North-segregation created not by wriccen law, bur consequential nonetheless- would prove far harder for civil rights lawyers co eradicate. In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court severely limited Brown's power and reach with the lesser-known 5-4 decision Milliken v. Bradley, which exempted Detroit suburbs from inclusion in urban desegregation plans. This meant chat urban school districts, where the pool of whice students was shrinking, were on their own in remedying segregation. As whice flight from cmes sped up, desegregation became increasingly difficult to achieve especially in che north. Because Sheff was brought in scare court, it represented a detour around the federal Milliken roadblock. The Sheff case was different in another important way, too. Sheff's lawyers did nor bother crying co prove char govern menc officials had intentionally segregated students by race or ethnicity. Rather, they argued chat the condition of racial and ethnic segregation cue off white students and students of color from necessary, viral exposure to ocher cultures, experiences, and knowledge. Racial and ethnic segregacion's accendant-concentraced poverty-the lawyers argued, overwhelmed even the best Hartford educacors who worked in schools with hallmark sympcoms of profound, chronic institutional disadvantage: constant disruptions, neglect, instability, and stress. In 1996, seven years after Sheff was filed, Conneccicuc's highest court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. In this 4-3 decision, the scare Supreme Court found chat it was the school district borders themselves- lines thac are coterminous with established racially segregated housing patterns-chat had created race and class isolation and the resulting inequality in the first place. The Court ordered lawmakers co fashion a remedy to reduce racial and ethnic segregation in Greater Hartford's public schools, but it provided no guidance on how to go about doing ic. \"Racial and ethnic segregation has a pervasive and invidious impact on schools, whether the segregation results from intentional conduct or from unorchestrated demographic factors,\" wrote chenChiefJ uscice Ellen Peters. \"We conclude ... chat che school districting scheme ... as enforced with regard to these plaintiffs, is unconstitutional.\" The Sheff ruling hinged on unusual language in Connecticut's Consriturion char prohibited \"segregation,\" which rhe courr, in chis case, declared need not be intentional in nature ro warrant remedy. This case forced public discussion and debate about segregation, and ics victory meant rhac reducing segregation would remain on political agendas. Major civil rights cases like Sheff require enormous investments of rime and money. Interestingly, if such a case were brought today, it would likely be a far srronger one. Since che rime Sheff was argued in the early 1990s, the research base on rhe educational harms of racial isolation and of concentrared poverty and on rhe potential of race and class diversity has grown far stronger and remarkably larger. After the court decision in 1996, the Sheff remedy rook several years to even begin to materialize in a serious way. As rhe years went on, district borders would remain sacrosanct, bur schools goc builr and programs were created ro make ir easier ro cross those lines. Geccing the schools up and running and the money allocated for chem required constant vigilance on rhe part of the legal ream, which included local lawyers and civil rights lawyers from rhe American Civil Liberties Union and rhe NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. As che scare began co increase its investments in Sheff, many onlookers speculated chat spending millions to promote diversity would nor move urban or suburban parents to leave the typically racially homogenous schools to which they'd ordinarily be assigned. \"People are happy in their neighborhood schools,\" then-Commissioner of Education Ted Sergi said of Hartford parents during a legislative commiccee hearing in 2001. Even some Sheff supporters doubted whether large numbers of white suburbanites, with access to some of the The Abell Report is published quarterly by The Abell Foundation 2 111 S. Calvert Srreec, 23rd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-6174  (410) 547-1300  Fax (410) 539-6579 The Abell Reporcs on the Web: www.abell.org continued from page 2 highest performing schools in the state, would put their children on buses to Hartford no matter how good the new schools might be. As it turned out, however, the doubters were wrong. Magnet schools and the transfer program Open Choice are so popular among both urban and suburban parents that demand for them is not being met. \"It's good news that the schools are so popular and so successful,\" says Liz Dupont-Diehl, who lives in suburban Windsor and has two daughters who attended middle school at The Learning Corridor. \"Bue it's bad news because people are getting left out.\" Sheff s Mantra: \"Quality Integrated Education\" From Sheff's earliest days, its plaintiffs, lawyers, and allies talked about the need to provide \"quality integrated education.\" The implication here was chat, unlike desegregation remedies of the 1970s, merely meeting some kind of numerical diversity standard would not suffice. Lawyers, educators and parents demanded that the educational remedy had to be of the highest quality, and it had to be responsive to and inclusive of families from many racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. Each so-termed \"Sheff\" magnet school has a particular curricular theme or focus, and each opens its enrollment to students throughout the region. In order to be considered by the court a part of the remedy, schools must consistently meet an \"integration standard,\" which requires chat at least 25 percent of the students be white. (Though crude, this standard is based upon current and forecasced demographics in the region.) To meet chis goal, school officials have largely relied upon \"affirmative marketing,\" through which they reach out co parents and families, and recruit and advertise offerings in communities whose demographics might help chem create the diversity standard. No schools use quotas to meet the integration standard, as students are always selected via lottery. In other words, no students are selected on the basis of their race or ethnicity. None of the schools impose admission requirements, such as tests or specialized applications or interviews. No student is compelled to attend a magnet school. It is difficulc to calculate the overall cost of the Sheff remedy. All students who attend magnets, for example, would obviously be educated somewhere. Bur state officials routinely cite rhe overall cost of providing the remedy to be more than $2 billion. It would have been far less costly-and agreeable to the plaintiffs, too-if lawmakers had regionalized the schools, but chat option was never seriously debated in a state wedded to the idea of local control. Post Sheff, there are 65 interdistrict magnets in the state, no doubt many of chem inspired by the Sheff case. Magnets chat existed before the ruling tend to be more racially diverse than non-magnet schools overall, but are not required by the court co meet desegregation standards. Scace officials refer co these as \"non-Sheff' magnets. As impressive as the integration remedy is, data show chat the offerings are meeting only 72 percent of the demand among Hartford families, and that demand is growing both in Hartford and its suburbs. In 2012, about 16,000 students entered che school choice lottery for either magnets or Open Choice with 5,700 of them from Hartford and about 10,000 from suburban communities. This marked a 21 percent increase in applications from the previous year. In 2012, about 34 percent of Hartford's African-American and Latino students attended schools in \"integrated settings\" as a result of the Sheff remedies. In lace April 2013, a scare judge extended for a year a prior legal settlement char required 41 percent of children of color in Hartford co be in diverse schools. As a result, three more existing Hartford schools became designated as interdiscricc magnets in the spring of 2013 and will open in September. Under the extension agreement, state officials also promised to cry to increase suburban participation rn the Open Choice program through financial incentives. In spite of demographic change that has brought increasing racial and economic diversity to several of Hartford's older suburbs, public schools beyond Hartford's closest neighbors still enroll comparably miniscule shares of students of color and/or students from low-income families. In Hartford, meanwhile, 92 percent of students come from families earning low incomes. In Hartford's nonmagnet schools, all or nearly all of the students are students of color. Hiscorically, it has been more difficult for interdiscricc magnets operated by Hartford Public Schools co achieve the required diversity in enrollment. Magnet school seats are assigned in the spring by a Regional School Choice Office within the state's Department of Education. Some families chosen by the lottery may decide nor to enroll, which can open up more seats and a second lottery. A common complaint among integration critics is chat even voluntary efforts depend disproportionately upon attracting African-American and Latino students from disadvantaged communities so they can attend schools in affluent white suburbs and face the burden of adapting. This has not been the case in Hartford, though, where opportunities for integration have quite deliberately been spread throughout the region and where most magnet schools enroll predominantly students of color. In face, the most popular schools for both urban and suburban families are more likely co be found in Hartford's poorest Latino neighborhood where The Learning Corridor is located, or in che city's ocher working-class neighborhoods. Where Innovation Meets Integration: Sheff's Magnet Schools Hartford's Learning Corridor houses four interdiscricc magnet schools. In addition to the Arcs Academy, there is another high school, che Greater Hartford Academy of Mach and Science, as well as the Montessori Magner 3 continued from pag, 3 School, which enrolls 3-12 year olds. The Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy (HMTCA), for grades 6-8, brings cogecher roughly 600 students from about cwo dozen cities and towns for a comprehensive, rigorous curriculum. In 2011, HMTCA was awarded che Dr. Ronald P. Simpson Award, which recognizes che cop magnet school in che country, from che professional organization Magnet Schools of America. The Greater Hartford Academy of che Arcs (GHAA), with 766 students, has proven particularly popular among families in che region. Some GHAA students accend school there all day, caking their required courses in math and English ac the 16-acre Learning Corridor complex. Some ocher students cake che required courses at a high school in the community where chey live and come each afternoon co GHAA for arcs classes. Unlike many ocher arcs or performing arcs high schools, GHAA does not require chat students audition or submit portfolios for admission. This means that a wide range of skills and experience will often be represented in each classroom. For example, one student may have taken private baller lessons since she was 3, while another may have never been in a dance studio before coming co GHAA. The school's director of che arts, Kim Stroud, acknowledges chat chis policy of \"being open co all\" is not beloved by all of the teachers all of the time. \"le is a real issue,\" says Stroud. \"We have to talk about these things. But we have as a core mission valuing diversity and honoring diversity. That is what we do here. I chink it would be easier, in a way, yes, if we had auditions, if we sec some standard in terms of skill levels in the arcs prior co entry. Bue if we did chat, then we just would not be us.\" Because of che popularity of the arcs high school, in 2010, educators opened a second campus chat houses music and cheater arts programs on the former sire of the famous Colt gun factory, which supplied weapons for the Civil War, World War I, 4 and World War II. Just off che interstate highway, on che former site of a housing project, the 355 students at che Breakthrough Magnet Elementary School crave! from 24 cities and cowns. In 2012, Breakthrough was named a \"School of Excellence\" by che professional organization Magnet Schools of America. It is among che highest achieving and most popular of che interdiscricc magnet schools. The school's principal, Norma NeumannJohnson, testified ac che Sheff trial in favor of che plaintiffs and is an active member of che ShejfMovement-a grassroots organization of educators, parents, and ochers chat advocates for che expansion of Sheff remedies. In che hallway ac Breakthrough, docs on a colorful map connote the some 25 nations from which Breakthrough's students trace their immediate families' origins: Mexico, Mozambique, Vietnam, and Poland. Neumann-Johnson, who has worked as a teacher and adminiscraror in che city schools for more than four decades, describes Breakthrough as a \"global community for students of character.\" Drawing on che rich racial and cultural diversity of the school, Breakthrough includes an intensive focus on geography and culture within a character- based curriculum chat emphasizes personal responsibility, integrity, and contribution co che school community. A culture of belonging and responsibility permeates Breakthrough. Students set formal cables in their classrooms for lunch, help ouc wich che laundry, tend a rooftop garden, and staff a school score. Each Friday morning, che entire school assembles in che auditorium for games, interactive presentations, or social events. Different grades cake cums hosting the Friday assemblies. Breakthrough's students practice mindfulness in medication classes where one student explains, \"I quiet che negative voices and learn co listen co che positive stories about what I can do and who I am.\" To che west, in suburban Avon, where the median family income is $109,161 compared ro Hartford's paltry $29,000, che Reggio Magnet School for che Arcs enrolls about 300 scudents from more than a dozen cities and towns in che region. Curriculum here is based on che philosophy of the educator Reggio Emilia who, in ravaged pose-World War II Iraly, introduced early childhood centers chat focused on respect, community exploration, and a self-guided curriculum. A white school board member in Avon, Barbara Zuras, helped found the school and has been a leading supporter of che interdiscricc magnet school. She is also an outspoken advocate for creating racially diverse learning experiences even in children's earliest years. \"Connecticut needs co build on chis crack record by making quality, integrated preschool education universally available for 3 and 4yearolds,\" testified Zuras before the state legislacure in 2012. \"This scare should avoid creating a segregated preschool education syscem for low-income children of color.\" In Bloomfield, a predominantly black suburb just north of Hartford, the more than 700 students in grades 6-12 at the Metropolitan Learning Center (MLC) graduate with an international baccalaureate degree. MLC emphasizes global studies with che aim of helping students develop \"caring, inquiring, and openminded perspectives\" and of becoming \"empowered as agents of change creating a better and more peaceful world.\" le was named a \"Magnet School of Excellence\" for che past five consecutive years by Magnet Schools of America. The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), which is similar in operation co a regional school district, operates some of the magnet schools. Its funding comes from a mix of local member school districts chat participate in magnets, state funds sec aside for the Sheff remedy, foundation dollars, and federal grants. Enrollment in CREC's magnets is remarkably diverse. Overall, about 33 percent of scudents in che CRECrun schools are African-American, 30 percent are white, and 28 percent are Latino. Close co half come from families earning low incomes. CREC's mission continued ftom page 4 is straightforward: \"To promote racial integration and reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation and foster an understanding of and an appreciation for cultural diversity.\" Hartford Public Schools also oversees some of the interdistricc magnet schools-all are in che city of Hartford and most are in existing buildings. The small, private Goodwin College, in East Hartford, oversees three magnet schools. \"I think we have a great story co tell about what is possible,\" says Robert Cocco, a member of the grassroots group the Sheff Movement. Cotto is also a former teacher at the Metropolitan Learning Center and a member of Hartford's Board of Education. He remembers moving from Hartford as a child and being one of just a few Puerto Rican students at his suburban school. \"So, I do chink I understand the really huge potential of diversity, for increasing opportunity,\" he says. \"I also chink I understand what a welcoming school should be, what a school chat strives coward true equality needs co do in order co realize chat potential. And I do feel like I've seen that here.\" Encouraging Early Results The U.S. Census Bureau reports chat by the end of che decade, no single racial or ethnic group will constitute a majority among children. In about three decades, no single racial or ethnic group will have a majority in the country as a whole. The way Cocco sees it, che more than 15,000 young people participating in che Hartford region's integration efforcs will be particularly well prepared for chis transformed nation. What's more, he suggests, is chose young people will be the men and women best qualified co be \"leaders in a society chat will look very different from che one their parents knew.\" The \"quality\" pare of che Sheff Movement's \"quality and integrated education\" mantra is best measured, Cocco says, by the satisfaction level among parents and students\nthe level of engagement observed in the classrooms and dance studios, during recitals and in robotics competitions at the schools\nthe low reacher turnover races\nche constructive, welcoming climate\nthe collaboration among students\nand the positive social relationships that break down stereotypes. Seeing that Sheff's goal was not co nudge up rest scores, but co provide more students access co opportunity and expanded horizons, Cotco's measures seem like logical ones. However, it is also true that test scores remain a meaningful measure for policymakers and ochers who measure school success. By this standard, coo, Sheff remedies have, so far, made the grade. A 2009 study in the peer-reviewed journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis compared academic results between students who had applied co Connecticut's magnets and were not selected through the blind lottery and students who were selected and attended a magnet school. The magnet school students who lived in urban zip codes (these students were moscly Latino or black) made greater gains and did significantly better in math and reading in high schools and on reading cescs in middle school. What's more, the suburban students-this group being largely white-who attended magnets outdid their peers at traditional suburban (and generally much whiter and more affluent) schools, coo. The \"achievement gap\" between white students and students of color tended co be smaller in magnet schools than it was in traditional schools. The study also showed chat students in magnet high schools and regular high schools stated similar racial attitudes, but students of color in magnet schools were significancly more likely to say they felt close co white students and had white friends than did students of color who did not attend magnets. Similarly, white students in magnets were significantly more likely than students in nonmagnet schools co say they were close co students of color and had students of color as friends. This study is particularly informative because it avoids the common methodological concern of \"self-selection\" bias embedded in simple comparisons between students who choose a school and students who attend a school to which they are assigned. Self-selection bias refers to the fact that qualities chat plausibly cause a family to purposefully choose a given school-say, perseverance, foresight, planning, drive, ambition-might themselves be factors contributing to higher relative academic performance. But che 2009 study avoids that pitfall by using as a control group students who did choose to attend magnets but who were denied entry. More recent data from 2011 show that, on average, the region's seven interdistrict magnet high schools record far higher graduation rates than even some of the more affluent suburban districts in the Hartford region. Perhaps most revealing, interdiscricc magnets do a far better job at graduating students from families who earn low incomes than even several far more affluent school discricts. The graduation rate for low-income students ac magnet schools ranges from about 85 percent co higher chan 90 percent. (By comparison, the graduation rate for low-income students in Hartford char year was about 60 percent in 2011 and 53 percent in 2010.) In 2012, achievement data showed that students who live in Hartford and attend either a magnet school or who are enrolled in che Open Choice program tend to outperform their counterparcs in che Hartford Public Schools. These simple comparisons do not control for potential self-selection bias. However, the size of the differences makes the data informative. The share of Hartford resident students meeting or exceeding scare goals on mandated rests was typically 20 co 40 percentage points higher in magnets or Open Choice. A Deep Grassroots Connection Since che beginning, Sheff's lawyers, educator allies, and concerned community members built their strong multiracial, mulci-echnic, economically diverse base of urban and suburban supporters through old-fashioned community organizing. The lawyers were empowered 5 continuedfr om page5 by chis broad community base, and the interviews and meetings with community leaders and parents informed not only the shape of the case but rhe negotiations about remedy as well. In 1987-a full two years before Sheff was filed-the now well-known local civil rights lawyer John Brittain was at che cime a law professor ac the University of Connecticut. He worked with community- based advocates and ochers co put together a meeting between civil rights lawyers, parents, teachers, union activists, ministers, priests, and rabbis. The meeting was called co calk about a report recently issued by the state's very own Department of Education. The report derailed and lamented the intensifying racial segregation of the state's schools and called segregation \"educationally, morally, and legally wrong.\" On chat day, Brittain, who would go on co become dean of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston and Senior Deputy Director at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, laid out the history of the construction and maintenance of segregation. He and his colleagues from the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund then laid out some plausible legal options. For Brittain, that meeting brought back memories of his days organizing AfricanAmerican voters in Mississippi. \"People in the North were conditioned co living separately,\" Brittain recalls years later. Inequality, he adds, \"was something everyone knew about. Bue once we got people talking, right under the surface was a feeling chat we could do better, that it didn't have co be chis way.\" The intensity of the community-based organizing dissipated somewhat following the much-watched trial in the early 1990s and then after the court decision in 1996. About a decade ago, however, parents, local educators, and Greater Hartford residents regenerated Sheff's communitybased advocacy by forming the Sheff Movement Coalition. Coalition members, some of whom had been plaintiffs (, or had testified for the plaintiffs in the original case, have been meeting formally, usually at least once a month, for 10 years. Among the seven (and far less ambitious) voluntary incerdistrict desegregation programs in the nation, none has a grassroots advocacy counterpart chat is as institutionalized and active as the Sheff Movement. The Sheff Movement has a well-established routine of gathering at one of the incerdistrict magnets, the Capital Preparatory Academy on Main Street, which sics just beyond Hartford's downtown. Members spread our donuts and coffee in the school library, which in 2012, was officially named the Sheff Center, in Elizabeth Horton Sheff's honor. Members organize public forums related to Sheff and to ocher educational trends. They testify at legislative hearings, and hold meetings with state legislators and informational sessions for local school board members and suburban PTOs. Members have also in recent years sat on panels at national meetings of education scholars and policy expercs. They have sat behind cables at local magnet school fairs. They have crunched data to demonstrate the Sheff schools' and Open Choice's strong records of academic achievement. They get quoted regularly in the press. They publish and disseminate shore newsletters chat announce events and bring readers into daily life in diverse schools in the region. Lead plaintiff Elizabeth Horton Sheff often chairs the regular meetings and remains one of the case's most quoted spokespeople. These days, she says, she cries co strike a balance between complaints over the fact chat \"not enough people have access co quality integrated education\" and celebration \"over the incredible success we have been able co achieve here.\" Baltimore Parallels? Racial segregation came co characterize Greater Hartford and its schools in much the same way it did in other formerly grand American cities. Like in Baltimore, a confluence of economic trends, government housing policies and practices, and racially discriminatory banking and insurance practices encouraged, exacerbated, and then cemented in place incense race and class isolation in Hartford. Baltimore, with a longstanding identity as a border city between north and south, embarked on school desegregation soon after che Brown v. Board of Education decision. As Harold Baum chronicles in his book, Brown in Baltimore, rhe city school board was one of the first in the nation to end its de Jure system peacefully. However, the board instituted a weak \"freedom of choice\" plan char kept the current school assignment plan in place, but allowed for blacks and whites to choose different schools if they wanted, with no regard to race. Thus, as Baum shows, blacks did choose schools chat they perceived were of higher quality, but whites tended to choose the schools chat were close co their homes and were more likely to remain predominantly white. Baltimore did not provide transportation co transferring students. Like in other similarly situated urban districts, white flight ro the suburbs of Baltimore County concinued during these years, eventually making desegregation efforts pointless within the city. (Hartford never had a desegregation plan.) Today, metro Baltimore and metro Hartford have similar rates of segregation between blacks and whites. In Baltimore, about 64 percent of whites would have co move to different neighborhoods in order co be evenly distributed in the region. In Hartford, chat number is about 62 percent. Called a \"dissimilarity index,\" a number of 60 or higher is considered \"very high\" segregation. Of the 138 largest metro areas in the United Sraces, Baltimore has the 19th highest index for segregation between whites and blacks. Hartford is ranked 24th. Connecticut's government did not write laws mandating school segregation as they did in Maryland and 16 ocher states. Bue it did aid and abet the creation of segregated education by siring and building schools in accordance with a racially and economically separate setup chat decades of racial discrimination had continued from page 6 brought into being. Race and class separation remains such an embedded part of the Connecticut landscape chat if it had not been for Sheff, it might escape notice. With its focus on access, opportunity, and che present-day effects of longstanding structural discrimination, the Sheff case shares qualities with the important public housing desegregation case from Baltimore, Thompson v. HUD. Filed in 1995 on behalf of African-American families who had been relocated co segregated neighborhoods following che demolition of their public housing projects, Thompson argued chat city officials and HUD purposefully placed replacement public housing in segregated areas as a way co appease white residents who did not wane ic in their neighborhoods. After about 10 years of licigacion, Federal District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis found chat che U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) violated che Fair Housing Ace of 1968 by concentrating African-American public housing residents in che poorest, most segregated neighborhoods of Baltimore Cicy. However, city officials were not held responsible and che Court viewed chem as accors within a fragmented system chat failed co consider che region as a whole and thus limited their ability co sire housing beyond municipal borders. In his decision, Judge Garbis wrote chat HUD had created che city of Baltimore like \"an island reservation ... a container for all of the poor of a contiguous region.\" A central element of che remedy was continuation of che Baltimore Housing Mobility Program (BHMP), created in an earlier phase of che case. A more recent secdement, in 2012, continued che program and court jurisdiction until ac lease 2019. A voluntary program, BHMP has enabled nearly 2,000 African-American families co move from high-poverty neighborhoods co lower-poverty neighborhoods chat provide easier access co high-performing schools and job opportunities. According co a 2009 report issued by che Poverty and Race Research Action Council and the Baltimore Regional Housing Campaign, schools in neighborhoods co which program participants moved, enrolled, on average, 33 percent of students who are eligible for free and reduced lunch (a proxy for poverty) compared with 83 percent poverty in their former neighborhoods' schools. The report also showed chat in the families' new neighborhood elementary schools, 69 percent and 76 percent of students scored proficient or higher on scare math and reading tests, respectively, compared co 44 percent and 54 percent who did at their former schools. Perhaps most important, though, is chat 88 percent of seeded participants said in a su rvey chey are satisfied or very satisfied with che schools in their new communities. About 89 percent of seeded parents say their children appear co be learning better or much better at their new schools. In a recent report on deepening school segregation trends in Maryland, che Civil Rights Project at UCLA acknowledged chat there is no \"magic solution for comprehensive integration of schools\" in che Baltimore region. \"It would be foolish co claim chat there is one,\" writes report author, UCLA professor Gary Orfield, co-director of the Civil Rights Project. \"Ic is equally foolish, on che ocher hand, co do nothing about the continuing spread of segregated schools and resegregacion of neighborhoods or not co use school choice and magnet methods appropriately co create integrated schools where ic is feasible. Stably integrated communities are more successful educationally and socially chan resegregaced communities, which tend co experience rising poverty and declining educational and job opportunities.\" Toward Stable Integration A constructive first step coward what Or field calls \"a stably integrated\" community might be co bring Baltimore's regional housing experts and advocates cogecher wich Connecticut's regional education experts and advocates to think collaboratively about comprehensive, complementary strategies co reduce segregation. Every metropolitan area has its own set of challenges, both political and practical. Bue community members, educators, and leaders who embark upon discussions about reducing segregation through schooling opportunities also face some common questions. At the outset, it is important co realistically assess the political obstacles a regional school integration plan might face and co chink in advance about where interests might converge. Similarly, a thorough review of existing state education policy would ensure chat proposals do not violate existing laws and could also identify ways co facilitate regional efforts. Baltimore's ambitious new plan co rebuild and refurbish ics aging school facilities might provide an opening co discuss che creation of regional magnet schools or ocher programs chat provide opportunities for students from all racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds co attend diverse schools. For example, could any of che planned new or renovated city schools become regional magnet schools? If so, what themes or curricular focuses might be most effective in attracting students from the city and the suburbs? Would it be possible co place magnet schools near job centers or major regional employers? Are there any existing summer programs or excracurricular programs chat bring urban and suburban students together? If yes, how might chose be expanded? \"I always keep in mind chat segregation was created by people,\" Sheff's lead plaintiff Elizabeth Horton Sheff said recendy. \"And chat doesn't make me depressed. le reminds me chat ic can be undone by people.\" Susan Eaton is research director at the Charles Hamilton Houscon Inscicuce for Race \u0026amp; Justice at Harvard Law School. She is the author of The Children in Room 4: American Education on Trial, a narrative non-fiction book about che Sheff v. O'Neill case. 7 Baltimore School for the Arts-a local example of a \"one-way\" interdistrict high school? While Maryland does not have legislation requiring interdistricr enrollment among school districts, Baltimore City's Baltimore School for the Arts may well serve as an example of what is possible with at least one-way interdistrict transfer. Opened in 1980 and located in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of downtown, Baltimore School for the Arcs (BSA) is a public high school offering a pre-professional am program with a challenging college-preparatory academic program. Admission to irs music, dance, visual art, theatre, and theatre production programs is based solely on audition\nthere are no academic criteria. While BSA is a school within the Baltimore City Public School Sys rem, it has an independent Board of Overseers rhat ensures fidelity to the original mission and engages in substantial fund-raising. While BSA attracts a majority of its students from Baltimore City, the school is open to studencs throughout the state. Typically, 25 percenr of its 400 studencs reside in rhe counties surrounding Baltimore City. Families of these non-city students are responsible for contributing $5,360 in tuition and must provide their own transportation. The State of Maryland contributes its share of per pupil funding for these students, but there is no portion paid by the sending school district. As a result of this one-way incerdistricting, BSA has attracted a more racially and economically diverse student body than other Baltimore City high schools. In 2012, 56 percenc of BSA students were African-American, 36 percenc white, 5 percenc Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic\nless than one-third of its students come from families who qualify for free and reduced meals. Compare that to the average Baltimore City Schools high school population, which is 90 percent African-American and 76 percent eligible for free and reduced lunch. This mix appears to be beneficial for all studencs: Baltimore School for the Arts earns a high School Performance Index score from the state, and is particularly noted for its ability to close the achievement gap in English and math among socioeconomic groups. Its srudencs' average combined SAT score of 1542 is the highest in Baltimore City, and more than 95 percent of its entering 9th graders graduate in four years. ABELL SALUTES continued from page I ETC describes its involvement with these Aedgling companies rhis way: \"We move their business ahead further and faster than they could on their own.\" To back up rhe claim, the ETC has data: It estimates rhar in rhe 14 years in which it has been operating, ETC companies have created companies in excess of $375 million in economic activity for Baltimore City. In its mentoring relationship, rhe ETC offers a comprehensive array of business services: Aexible turnkey solutions rhat free the founding entrepreneurs to focus on rhe critical success factors driving the business. The ETC incubator offers office space with common conference rooms and services, relieving companies of a number of administrative derails. The full-rime ETC staff assists companies by providing srraregic planning\nhelp with decision making on product development and marketing\nand use of 8 an extensive network of volunceer mentors and professional service providers to give start-up companies unprecedented access to business, university and governmenc concracrs, public and private funding sources, and new opportunities with both early-stage and mature technology companies. Over its 14 years in existence, the ETC has had an impressive record of results:  Of281 companies assisted, 85 are still in business as of this writing\n All graduate companies remain in Maryland, 56 percenc in Baltimore Ciry\n More than 2,000 jobs have been created at an average salary of $70,000\n More than 1.5 billion in outside investment has been raised by ETC companies\nand  Thirty-nine percenc of the companies have successfully transferred technology from a university or federal lab. Deborah Tillett, president of the ETC, poincs our the defining characteristic of rhe ETC: \"The ETC provides more than the opportunity for individual companies to maximize their growth potencial, it provides a creative environmenc in which like-minded encrepreneurs can increase rheir companies' porencial through shared learning, partnerships, joinc vencures, and collaborations. Some other companies we have served include Looking Glass, Groove Commerce, Ainsley \u0026amp; Co., Millennial Media, R2i, Straighrerline, and CSA Medical.\" In a typical year, the ETC receives about one-quarter of its operating budget from Baltimore City-the remainder is earned in the form of fees and services from its 86 portfolio companies. Abell Salutes ETC president Deborah Tillett, for helping rhe many start-up Moodlerooms get off rhe ground fast, and go further than the founders could on their own, and for helping to create jobs in Baltimore. NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: BOOKER ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE ASSISTANT CHARLOTTE CORNICE AA PRINCIPAL FOURTH GRADE BENJAMIN GRANT C TEACHER RESOURCE JANE HARKEY C TEACHER MEDIA SPECIALIST EMILY HESTER C FOURTH GRADE MELANIE MINOR C TEACHER VISUAL ARTS CARRIE PORTER C TEACHER FIFTH GRADE RACHEL SCHNEIDER C TEACHER GENDER F M F F F F F NAME OF SCHOOL: POSITION 5TH GRADE 1ST GRADE NEW STAFF 2013-2014 CARVER MAGNET NAME OF STAFF LYNNETTE PITTS CYNTHIA FINSTROM RACE GENDER BLACK FEMALE WHITE FEMALE NAME OF NEW STAFF 2013-2014 SCHOOL:_GIBBS ___________________ _ POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE GENDER 2ND GRADE LAURA SUTTON w F 4TH GRADE JULIE DA VIS w F KINDERGARTEN LAUREN GASKELL w F RESOURCE DEBORAH BAKER w F NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL:_WILLIAMS MAGNET SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE COACH ANTONI LASKER B ART AMANDA MAMULA w 4TH GRADE STACI HULA w MEDIA CLERK SANDRA MCINTOSH B 1ST GRADE CARISE ECHOLS(INTERN B FROM LAST YEAR) COUNSELOR CHARRIT A HUNNICUT B GENDER M F F F F F NEW STAFF 2013~2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: MANN MAGNET ARTS/SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF RACE GENDER SPANISH ASHLEY BOSHEARS WHITE FEMALE TEACHER ENGLISH WILLIAM BRAZLE WHITE MALE TEACHER 6TH MATH SHEA DRAKE BLACK FEMALE 6TH MATH DIANE Ross WHITE FEMALE 8TH MATH SARA GAINES WHITE FEMALE 7TH MATH CHRISTY MCNEARY BLACK FEMALE 6TH SCIENCE ST ARLETTE INGRAM WHITE FEMALE 7TH SOCIAL CLARICE SUMMONS BLACK FEMALE STUDIES 8TH SOCIAL ANGLEA MORRISON BLACK FEMALE STUDIES 7TH MATH AMISTA SUTTON WHITE FEMALE ENGINEERING TREMAYNE WHITE BLACK MALE TECHNOLOGY NEW STAFF 2013-2014 NAME OF SCHOOL: PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL POSITION NAME OF STAFF SPECIAL ED CHANDLE CARPENTER HISTORY TEACHER PATRICK DONOVAN EAST LAB PHILICIA BELL ENGLISH TYESHAIL MILLER TEACHER ENGLISH DEANNAH JOHNSON TEACHER *CAREER COACH FRANK NEWSOME *CAREER COACH ROBERTO CANDELARIA ASST. HEAD TORRENCE TILLMAN CUSTODIAN INTERIM DANCE ALLISON CLARK TEACHER RACE GENDER B F w M B F B F w F B M H M B M w F ~CAREER COACl-1 POS/T/0!'1S ARE PAID THROUGH PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE B'r' WAY OF ARKANSAS OEP,,RTMENT OF CAREER DUCA TION Horace Mann VACANT SEATS LRSD NLRSD PCSSD SCHOOL B w T B w T B w T Mann/SCIENCE 6 -2 7 7 0 5 5 3 10 13 7 6 5 11 1 3 4 0 8 8 8 2 6 8 2 5 7 1 9 10 Mann/ARTS 6 -8 6 6 -2 9 9 6 11 17 7 2 7 9 -2 9 9 4 4 8 8 7 11 18 0 6 6 -1 19 19 A number with a negative sign indicates the number of students that district is over by in that particular grade and magnet side. TOTAL CAPACITY= 900 Sept 03 2013 B w 0 TOTAL BLK 460 164 134 758 61.0% PowerHouse QUIZ More + - ---- ---------------------------------------- ~--------------------- 1 LRSD SCHOOLC OUNTSB Y SCHOOL- C~ 2013/09/18 PAGE 1 . CHOOL: 005 PARKVIEWAR TS/SCIENCEM AGNET class Black Slack Other Other Total Max Vacancy count Percent count Percent count Capacity SP 0 .0% 0 .0% 0 0 0 09 143 54.2% 121 45.8% 264 325 61 10 150 56.4% 116 43.6% 266 315 49 11 132 54.1% 112 45 .9% 244 285 41 12 135 54.0% 115 46.0% 250 ~ 275 25 Total 560 54.7% 464 45. 3% 1024 00 /~ F2=Screen wait F3=EXit F6=TOp line F9=Retrieve FlO=TOp  Fll=Bottom F12=Break Fl4=View Parkview Magnet Swap Report 2013-2014 Parkview # Seats LRSD NLRSD PCSSD (current count B w T B w T B w T 9/19/13 From Swap Reporto -- ... 60 . ,. (15 13 _.,, Science 100 30 30 7- 8 12  25 9 0 3 3 0 7 7 6 5 11 10 5 8 13 0 7 7 0 7 7 11 5 6 11 4 5 9 4 10 14 12 5 5 10 6 7 13 7 8 15 Band 42 12 12 24 2 2 4 7 7 14 9 3 3 6 1 0 1 4 6 10 10 1 4 5 0 0 0 3 4 7 11 0 3 3 1 2 3 4 4 8 12 -1 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 4 Dance 38 11 10 21 2 1 3 6 8 14 9 -1 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 8 10 0 -2 0 -1 -2 0 -4 6 6 11 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 7 12 2 5 7 0 1 1 0 3 3 Drama 54 16 16 32 3 3 6 8 8 16 9 0 -2 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 10 1 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 2 11 2 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 8 12 0 2 2 .. 0 2 2 2 2 4 Orchestra 13 4 3 7 1 1 2 ,_. 2 2 4 9 -1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 1 11 -1 -1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 12 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Visual Arts 42 13 13 26 2 2 4 6 6 12 9 -3 -1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 10 3 -3 3 0 2 2 1 4 5 11 1 1 2 -2 1 1 2 1 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1 Vocal Music 36 10 10 20 2 2 4 5 7 12 9 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 3 5 10 2 -1 2 0 1 1 0 6 6 11 -5 -2 0 2 1 3 3 5 8 12 0 -1 0 -1 2 2 4 4 8 SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 BLACK WHITE OTHER TOTAL %BLACK 560 254 208 1022 55.0% SCIENCE UPDATED 9/19/13 CIE RACE COUNT TOTALW/L RACE COUNT GRADE NB 16 124 BLK 112 09 NB 17 153 BLK 142 10 NB 1 120 BLK 121 11 NB 3 54 BLK 50 12 BAND UPDATED 9/19/13 GRADE RACE COUNT TOTALW/L RACE COUNT 09 NB 3 36 BLK 33 10 NB 1 46 BLK 45 11 NB 0 20 BLK 20 12 NB 2 23 BLK 21 DANCE UPDATED 9/19/13 GRADE RACE COUNT TOTALW/L RACE COUNT 09 NB 17 132 BLK 115 10 NB 24 159 BLK 135 11 NB 12 104 BLK 92 12 NB 0 74 BLK 74 DRAMA UPDATED 9/19/13 GRADE RACE COUNT GENDER GENDER RACE COUNT GENDER GENDER (FEMALES) (MALES) (FEMALES) (MALES) 09 NB 39 30 9 BLK 124 74 50 10 NB 33 22 11 BLK 163 112 51 11 NB 13 10 3 BLK 112 58 54 12 NB 13 8 5 BLK 88 56 32 ORCHESTRA UPDATED 9/19/13 GRADE RACE COUNT TOTALW/L RACE COUNT 09 NB 6 26 BLK 20 10 NB 5 32 BLK 27 11 NB 1 24 BLK 23 12 NB 0 12 BLK 12 VISUAL ARTS UPDATED. 9/19/13 GRADE RACE COUNT TOTALW/L RACE COUNT 09 NB 39 145 BLK 106 10 NB 39 154 BLK 115 11 NB 33 150 BLK 117 12 NB 47 118 BLK 71 VOCAL MUSIC UPDATED 9/19/13 GRADE RACE COUNT TOTALW/L RACE COUNT 09 NB 11 80 BLK 69 10 NB 6 102 BLK 96 11 NB 6 61 BLK 55 12 NB 1 72 BLK 71 10 DAY COUNT FOR THE STIPULATION MAGNET SCHOOLS BOOKER MAGNET BLACK 286 CARVER MAGNET BLACK 212 GIBBS MAGNET BLACK 158 WILLIAMS MAGNET BLACK 220 Total capacity Booker Magnet 579 Carver Magnet 398 Gibbs Magnet 330 Williams Magnet 473 WHITE 105 WHITE 75 WHITE 94 WHITE 100 OTHER TOTAL PRECENTAGE 119 510 8-56.0% 0-44.0 % OTHER TOTAL PRECENTAGE 57 344 B - 64.4% 0 - 38.6 OTHER TOTAL PRECENTAGE 40 292 B - 54.7% 0 - 45.3% OTHER TOTAL PRE CENT AGE 88 408 B - 53.2% 0 - 46.8% 10 DAY COUNT FOR THE STIPULATION MAGNET SCHOOLS SCHOOL #VAC LRSD NLRSD PCSSD B 0 T B 0 T B 0 T BOOKER K 10 1 5 6 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 7 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17 2 9 11 1 2 3 0 3 3 3 7 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 10 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 5 5 5 23 2 18 20 0 1 1 0 2 2 CARVER K 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 2 4 6 0 3 3 2 3 5 5 26 4 19 23 0 0 0 0 3 3 GIBBS K 5 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 WILLIAMS K 9 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 1 8 0 6 6 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 12 3 7 10 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 15 4 6 10 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 16 3 10 12 1 1 2 1 1 2 Mitchell, Sadie From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Please see attached. From: Mitchell, Sadie Carson, Cheryl Monday, September 23, 2013 1 :20 PM Mitchell, Sadie RE: Recruitment RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2013.rtf Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:28 AM To: Booth, Dexter\nBrown, Lori\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nCarson, Cheryl\nMcgee, Keith Cc: 'Magnet Review' Subject: Recruitment Send me a bullet list of things that you have done for recruitment since August. I need this information for the MRC meeting in the morning. I am sorry for such short. Please send by then end of the day. To: From: Subject: Date: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Associate Superintendent for Elementary Schools Cheryl A. Carson, Principal, Booker Arts Magnet School Recruitment Activities September 23, 2013 Please find listed below recruitment activities during the 2013-2014 school year.  Tours have been conducted.  Addressed parents at Kindergarten Orientation and encouraged them to refer other families  Spoken with parents at Open House and encouraged them to refer other families  Collaborated with PTA to host Grandparent's Day on September 11, 2013  Contacted Student Registration in LRSDa nd PCSSDo n several occasions to facilitate the assignment of students Mitchell, Sadie From: Sent: To: Subject: Barksdale, Mary Monday, September 23, 2013 4:21 PM Mitchell, Sadie RE: Recruitment Back to School Bash at the Museum of Discovery for all staff, parents, children and friends (PTA paid) Open House ---discussed Recruitment and Parents Importance telling other parents Grandparents Days PTA Newsletter Facebook developed by our VIPS Coordinator Asked Dr. Suggs for a meeting of Magnet Schools to discuss strategies for recruitment Visited with all three Magnet school assignment people per district over the phone begging for help with assigning students Toured a few parents, and talked to some on the phone about coming to Carver Hosted the Love Your School Grant Kick Off Supported the development of our new STEM room----lmagination Station Stressed CUSTOMERS ERVICEW ITH OUR STAFFa nd RECRUITMENTa s a priority Greeted and thanked the Readers of 9/11 Discussed with the PTA President that recruitment must be our top priority- we are entertaining the idea of purchasing ads in two Family magazines From: Mitchell, Sadie Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:28 AM To: Booth, Dexter\nBrown, Lori\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nCarson, Cheryl\nMcgee, Keith Cc: 'Magnet Review' Subject: Recruitment Send me a bullet list of things that you have done for recruitment since August. I need this information for the MRC meeting in the morning. I am sorry for such short. Please send by then end of the day. Mitchell, Sadie From: Sent: To: Subject: Brown, Lori Monday, September 23, 2013 4:41 PM Mitchell, Sadie RE: Recruitment 1. Updated Williams School website 2. Hosted school tours 3. Distribution of Williams Bumper Stickers 4. School marquee 5. Artwork displayed at school partners From: Mitchell, Sadie Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:28 AM To: Booth, Dexter\nBrown, Lori\nBarksdale, Mary\nHobbs, Felicia\nCarson, Cheryl\nMcgee, Keith Cc: 'Magnet Review' Subject: Recruitment Send me a bullet list of things that you have done for recruitment since August. I need this information for the MRC meeting in the morning. I am sorry for such short. Please send by then end of the day. EI Mundo LeMonde Die Welt The World Gibbs International Magnet School Vol. No. 16 Issue No. 2 Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies and Foreign Languages Inside this Newsletter IMPORTANT EVENT DATES NATIONS AT GIBBS WATER FROM THE SOLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE GIBBS PTA NEWS Important Event Dates LABOR DAY NO SCHOOL Monday, September 2 GIBBS OPEN HOUSE Thursday, September 5 GRANDPARENTS LUNCHEON Friday, September 6 PTA MEETING Thursday, September 12 NATIONS AT GIBBS FOR 2013-2014 Our class nations this year have changed at a couple of grade levels. Please note the changes below. Pre-K Harris Germany Pre-K Parrish France Kindergarten Shaw China Kindergarten TBA Australia 1 stGrade Sub-Saharan AFRICA 1st Grade Blome Kenya 1st Grade Love Nigeria . 2 Grade 2nd Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade EAST ASIA Sims Japan Sutton Taiwan MIDDLE EAST 3rd Grade Alonso Egypt 3rd Grade White Saudi Arabia 4th Grade LATIN AMERICA 4th Grade Davis Brazil 4th Grade Long Mexico 5th Grade WESTERN EUROPE 5th Grade Barbarotto Spain 5th Grade Gillespie U. K. (United Kingdom of Great Britain \u0026amp; Northern Ireland) WATER FROM THE SOLE By Coach Passini OzarWk atePrr oject The Ozark Water Project is a nonprofit organization that asks for donations of clean, in good repair, gently used footwear of all kinds. The donated shoes finance well digs and the installation of water purification systems in poor nations bringing clean water to the Earth's people. Word of the collection has gone home with all students this week in the PE letter from Coach Passini. PT A has been asked to get this information of the collection out on their email line. An additional flyer will be sent with each student next week ...... TO BRING YOUR DONATED FOOTWEAR TO OPEN HOUSE NEXT WEEK El Mundo ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th if you forget. At open house, shoes will be collected outside the entrances to the building. Collection boxes will be available on Friday inside the school entrances. The Voyager After School Students will count and bag the shoes for pickup. This is simple stewardship supporting the Earth's precious resource called \"water\". So Gibbs students, families, and staff, CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETS AND DONATE SHOES AT THE GIBBS OPEN HOUSE TO THE OZARK WATER PROJECT! IT'S WHAT WE DO AT -( Our first year with the project, Gibbs families donated a mountain of shoes!) FOR THE ARTS, PLAY, \u0026amp; RECREATION: CHILDREN'S THEATRE FROM LR CULTURE VULTURE Arkansas Arts Center has announced the 2013-2014 Children's Theatre season lineup. The season will open with Pinkalicious the Musical, running from September 20 through October 6. Based on a popular children's book by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann, LeMonde Die Welt this story is about a girl who turns pink. The songs are written by John Gregor. Next up will be The Sorcerer's Apprentice, just in time for Halloween. It will run from October 25 through November 10. Alan Keith Smith has adapted Johann Wolfgang van Goethe's poem of magic and imagination. In this version, a modem young girl is taken on a mystical journey where she meets a medieval sorcerer's apprentice. The holiday show at the Children's Theatre will involve a train filled with toys. From November 29 through December 15, The Engine That Thought It Could will take the stage. Alan Keith Smith has adapted Rev. Charles S. Wing's 1906 story to create this tale of hope and determination - with plenty of holiday fun thrown in. The winter blues will melt like butter with Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. From January 24 through February 7, this comical romp through the barnyard will be on stage. It involves Farmer Brown, typing cows, striking foul, and learning about compromise. It is adapted from Doreen Cronin's book with illustrations by Betsey Lewin. The familiar tale The Boy Who Cried Wolfwill premiere at the Children's Theatre from March 7 through 23. Based on Aesop's story, Alan Keith Smith has adapted this timeless classic about honesty. The 2013-14 season will conclude with Sleeping Beauty. The World Based on the Brothers Grimm folk tale, it will be on stage from April 25 through May 11, 2014. This classic tale of love, courage and the triumph of good over evil is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Bradley Anderson is the artistic director of the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre, and Dr. Todd Herman is the executive director of the Arkansas Arts Center. GIBBS PTA NEWS By President Johnson GIBBS OPEN HOUSESeptember 5th at 5:30 p.m. Check out your child's classroom. Catch up on what they're learning this year. There will be pizza \u0026amp; drinks for the kids and sweet treats and door prizes for the parents. Please donate cookies or other storebought desserts for the dessert table. Contact Open House Chair - Rokina Gibson - RokinaGibson@yahoo.com REMEMBER TO CHECK THE WISH LISTS FOR YOUR TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS! Grandparents Luncheon is Friday, September 6th  Grandparents, please come eat with your grandchild/ren on the 6th! Our PT A membership drive is ongoing! Please join the Gibbs PT A for only $5 per membership. Get grandparents to join as well. Our first PT A meeting will be Thursday, September 12. Working together can make all the difference in the world! El Mundo Gracias, Dr. Felicia Hobbs, Principal LeMonde Die Welt The World Recruitment Plan for Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies \u0026amp; Foreign Languages 2013-2014 1. Publicity in the local news media and LRSD website A. Gibbs has been in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper twice already this year: (1) First Day of School with Fathers Bringing Students to School  I . -- Arkansas DemocratGazette/ M ELISSA SUE GERRITS 08/19/13 - Amy Nicholas embraces daughter Avery Nicholas, 7, at Gibbs Magnet Elementary School August 19, 2013 while they wait to hear which classroom Avery will be in for her first year of school at Gibbs. (2) Ja anese Students at Gibbs B. Gibbs has been featured on local television three times this year: (1) Japanese Students at Gibbs (2) 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance with Firefighter Ceremony (3) Ozark Water Project C. Gibbs has been featured on LRSD website three times already: (1) Gibbs Educator at Global Conference in NYC Gibbs Educator Participates in Japan Society's Global Conference in NYC In May, Ms. Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet School, received a select invitation to participate in the Third Annual Going Global: International Student Social Networking Conference for Educators organized by the Japan Society. Gonterman, one of only ten US-based educators invited, attended the three day conference, August 7-9 in New York, with educators from Japan and Pakistan. The all-expenses paid conference was sponsored in part by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Toshiba International Foundation. The U.S.-Japan Foundation submitted Gonterman's name for inclusion in the conference as she was their 2006 Elgin Heinz Humanities Educator of the Year. Gonterman now has a Japanese \"Kamishibai\" lesson published online with the Japan Society on their educator's website! Click here to view the lesson. Also, as a result of participation in the conference, Gonterman is currently establishing a new partnership with an international elementary school in Japan. Photo: Gonterman is sitting on the far right of the first table with educators from Japan and Pakistan. (2) Two LRSD Teachers Win Competitive Study Opportunity at the Truman Library Chris Gonterman, Physical Education Teacher at Hall High School, and Vicki Stroud Gonterman, International Studies Specialist at Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School, have both been selected as winners of the Summer Teachers Seminar entitled, \"U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama,\" offered by the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri this July. The two will attend the weeklong conference, along with teachers selected from across the United States, attend lectures, and utilize the Truman Library's primary source documents on Presidential Policy Making in the Middle East to create lesson plans. The competitive application process included a personal essay explaining the content and pedagogy that would be utilized in their classroom along with an application and resume. (3)Reading Quiz Bowl Results Results for Gibbs Magnet's First Reading Bowl! Gibbs International Magnet School has just concluded its first Reading Bowl of the year! Students in grades 3-5 had an assigned book over the summer. Upon their return to school in August, the children anticipated involvement in a quiz bowl competition around their book. The competition was conducted in each classroom. The winning team in each classroom faced off against the winning team in the opposing grade level homeroom! Homeroom winners were: Third Grade - Mrs. Jennifer White's students\n4th Grade - Mrs. Julie Davis's students\nand Fifth Grade - Ms. Jennifer Gillespie's students! Each student on the winning teams received a certificate with their team photo. A trophy is also displayed outside each classroom! These children exhibited great sportsmanship! They are looking forward to the next Reading Quiz Bowl at Gibbs! Pictured above are (1) fourth graders and (2) third grade students competing in the first-ever Gibbs Reading Quiz Bowl! D. Gibbs is also featured on the LRSD Access Channel with our \"9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance\" which included First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, reading to a Kindergarten class and many other service volunteers reading in grades K-3. 2. 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If you need me to do any more research, let me know. Sandy -----Original Message----From: Donna Creer Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:15 PM To: Magnet Review Subject: FW: 11/16 MRC meeting Importance: High From: Joy Springer [jspringer@gabrielmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:51 AM To: 'Mitchell, Sadie' Cc: Donna Creer Subject: RE: 11/16 MRC meeting Good morning ... Will not be able to make the committee meeting this morning are the research questions that I believe need to be addressed(the first question is a standard part of the Board approved evaluation research questions: 1) Have magnet school been effective in improving and remediating the academic achievement of African American students\n2) What is the level of implementation of the magnet school programs? 3) What are the perceptions of teachers, staff, parents students regarding the magnet school program and the implementation of the magnet school program by its staff? Also their perceptions of the program strengths and weaknesses 4) What are the perceptions of parents who have withdrawn their students from magnet schools? 5) What are the reasons for the decline of white student enrollment in magnet schools and the increase of non-white students in magnet schools? 6) What is the reason for the higher achievement of African American students who attend magnet schools as compared to African American students who attend area elementary schools? 1 7) What is the reason for the decline of participation by the NLRSDa nd PCSSDi n LRSDm agnet schools? Please let me know if you have questions. return email. Have a good meeting. Thank you. Joy Springer, Joshua Representative -----Original Message----- Please forward the agenda for today's meeting by From: Mitchell, Sadie [mailto:Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 8:36 AM To: Joy Springer Cc: Donna Creer Subject: Re: 10/2 MRC meeting Thanks Joy. We appreciate your insight and for drafting the research questions. Sadie Mitchell, Ed.D, Associate Superintendent Little Rock School District Elementary Schools On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:01 AM, \"Joy Springer\" \u0026lt;jspringer@gabrielmail.com\u0026lt;mailto:jspringer@gabrielmail.com\u0026gt;\u0026gt; wrote: Good morning .. I had a personal emergency on yesterday and apologize that I was not able to attend the meeting. Dr. Dreyfus' report indicates a decline in nonwhite enrollment in the magnet schools. reported as% black and% nonblack. There an increase in \"other\" minority enrollment believe on the call you or Sadie indicated give the reasons why. We need to know why? white student enrollment and an increase in the For the magnet schools, the percentage is has been a decline in white student enrollment and in the magnet schools. The question is why? I that there is form that parents can complete to This data needs to be collected and analyzed. If the magnet schools are going to be majority minority in the days to come, I do not see that they are serving their purpose - to attract white students into the district schools. So why have them? Now that I thought about it some more. The magnet elementary schools', probably with the except of Booker and maybe Carver in one area, achievement gap is not 20 points, high double digit teens or more like in the secondary magnet schools. Why is this? What is going on in the magnet schools that can be transferred to the other elementary schools in the district to address African American student achievement? We need to know why African American students are performing better in magnet schools than they are in the regular elementary schools. If all schools are doing the same thing, there would not be a dispute about getting into a magnet school. I guess I am saying that all of the schools should be magnet schools. I guess than the achievement gap would eventually go away. Isn't that what we are striving to do? I will try to write out the research questions and bring them to our next meeting. Hopefully, these comments will help you understand my concerns. Thanks, Joy Springer, Joshua 2 From: Donna Creer [mailto:donnacreer@magnetschool.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:55 AM To: jspringer@gabrielmail.com\u0026lt;mailto:jspringer@gabrielmail.com\u0026gt; Subject: 10/2 MRC meeting We missed you at the meeting today. We approved the stipulation magnet schools budget, the purchase of a much needed light board at Parkview and the 2010-11 stipulation magnet schools evaluation. Sadie, Bobby and I tried to articulate most of the questions you mentioned during our conference call( with Dr Dreyfus) , however, we would prefer if you would take a moment to forward them via email and/or bring them to our November meeting, scheduled for FRIDAY, November 16th, 8:30 am at the MRC office. We asked all MRC members to contribute any research question they would like to see addressed in the next evaluation. I will bring your packet by your office later this week. Thanks for everything. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3209/6542 - Release Date: 08/01/13 3 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Magnet Review Thursday, August 08, 2013 917 AM 'Joy Springer' 'Mitchell, Sadie' FW: Information Per Dr. Mitchell's instructions, here is the contact information for Dr. Dreyfus: Jeanne P. Dreyfus, Ed.D 5118 Maytime Lane Culver City, CA 90230 310-559-9563 (home) 310-621-6029 (cell) Her e-mail address is jpdrey@aol.com. I am forwarding the list of your original questions you submitted under separate e-mail. Have a great day. Sandy From: Mitchell, Sadie [mailto:Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org l Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:08 AM To: Magnet Review Subject: Information Please send contact information for Dr. Dreyfus to Ms. Springer and send her a copy of the original questions that she drafted for us. Thanks No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3209/6557 - Release Date: 08/06/13 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: MitchellS, adie [Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Sunday, August 11, 2013 6:21 AM jpdrey@aol.com Magnet Review Re: MRC and Evaluation I do apologize that you had not received the questions. It was my understanding that they had been shared with you. Dr. Danyell Cummings, Testing and Evaluation, will continue to provide the necessary support that will be needed. I will discuss additional resources, if needed with the MRC members this this Tuesday. However, the support that you received in past years will not be interrupted. Sadie Mitchell, Ed.D, Associate Superintendent Little Rock School District Elementary Schools On Aug 9, 2013, at 4:02 PM, \"jpdrey@aol.com\u0026lt;mailto:jpdrey@aol.com\u0026gt;\" \u0026lt;ipdrey@aol.com\u0026lt;mailto:jpdrey@aol.com\u0026gt;\u0026gt; wrote: Dear Dr. Mitchell, I was thinking it may be helpful to the MRC committee members if I provide some input regarding the next research and evaluation work I have been asked to do an annual 2011-2012 report. For ease of reading, I am organizing my thoughts into a list. 1. First, a thank you to Sandy for sending me a copy of Ms Springer's research questions dated November 16, 2012. I realize that they may have been a work-in-progress, but it is the first time I have ever seen them. They are rich and valuable and the research and findings of an evaluation based on them would certainly deepen everyone's understanding of the issues they address. 2. However, to embark on answering all of those questions would constitute a full-blown research study, far beyond the $3000.00 budget that Ms Creer had always told me was the Committee's general budget for the annual report. One reason is that when one attempts, for example, to answer questions about \"reasons for\" or \"perceptions of,\" say, people and what their thinking is about something\nat a minimum, it entails either surveys or personal interviews, etc. All activities that are time intensive. In previous evaluations, if I wanted to learn more about why parents transferred their children out of a magnet school, the current data only provided me with \"what\" they did, not their perceptions or \"why\" they did what they did, e.g., \"moved out of state,\" \"transferred to a Charter School,\" etc. And, many didn't even provide that. 3. Thus, to reiterate, when I re-committed to the $3000.00 budget for this round, I had not seen Ms Springer's questions. My understanding was that the questions I would research were going to be similar to those that drove the 2010-2011 annual report and that anything else would be subject to discussion and, equally important, do-able within the budget. 4. Finally, it may help the MRC members to know that I could stay within the $3000.00 budget (or even a few thousand dollars more), when needed, because Ms. Creer and I always had an understanding that I could not do the work at that price unless PRE was able to provide me with all of the necessary data. That understanding/agreement still stands. Over the years, PRE, its director, and I have developed an efficient relationship. She understands what I need and when I get it, it is in final form. Time is not wasted and it is why I can concentrate entirely on reviewing, analyzing, reflecting, and summarizing what I receive. I hope this input helps and if you or the other members have any questions, I will be happy to answer them. Please know that I am so sorry for your loss and that I miss Donna deeply. 1 Respectfully, Jeanne Dreyfus (External Evaluator) No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6563 - Release Date: 08/09/13 2 Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Dear Dr. Mitchell, jpdrey@aol.com Monday, August 12, 2013 4:42 PM Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org Re: MRC and Evaluation MRC Letter081213.rtf August 12, 2013 It is always good to hear from you and I hope all is well. I appreciate your assurance that \"the support that you received in the past years will not be interrupted.\" However, without Dr. DeJarnette's help, I do not believe I can create a report that meets what I consider professional standards. A report for the MRC is the result of considerable research, data collection, analysis, and evaluation. Dr. DeJarnette is a seasoned researcher and evaluator with many years of experience in the District and her assistance has been invaluable, especially in the first two legs of the work. Regarding Dr. Cummings, it is generous of her to volunteer to assist me, but her plate looks more than full. In addition to being the district's Director of Testing, she is now in her second month as Director of Evaluation. As far as I can tell she has no long-term professional history in research and her work and leadership duties in evaluation have just begun. Please thank the MRC members for the privilege of working with them and the schools in past years, but I think it is best if you find another evaluator. I wish you well. Respectfully, Jeanne Dreyfus, Ed.D. External Evaluator MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA August 13, 2013 I. Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of July 10, 2013 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel -Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Preliminary Report for Stipulation Magnet Schools Budget - Kelsey Bailey, Chief Financial Officer-LRSD B. Discussion of Job Description and Selection Process for Executive Director Position C. Review and Discussion of Magnet Schools Evaluation Report D. Discussion of Mann Magnet's Discipline Program E. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment DRAFT MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES JULY 10, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, LRSD - Chairperson Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Micheal Stone, NLRSD Members Absent: Oliver Dillingham, ADE Guests: Bobby Acklin, Superintendent- Dollarway School District Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. Her introductory remarks included a tribute to Donna Grady Creer, who met an untimely death on June 12, 2013. Dr. Mitchell recalled special events during Donna's tenure with the MRC for the past 26 years. Dr. Mitchell also informed the Magnet Review Committee that Little Rock School District's Teacher of the Year will provide a dedication to Donna and honor her with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Donna spent several years working with Little Rock School District on the Teacher of the Year banquet. Dr. Mitchell acknowledged the achievements of Bobby Acklin during the time he served as an MRC representative from North Little Rock School District. A plaque DRAFT was then given to Mr. Acklin, and Dr. Mitchell thanked him for his dedicated service to the M RC. Micheal Stone will now be assuming Bobby Acklin's position on the MRC, representing North Little Rock School District. Dr. Mitchell welcomed Mr. Stone and told him the Committee was looking forward to working with him. Dr. Mitchell then called for a reading of the minutes of May 14, 2013. Ms. Springer brought a correction to the Committee's attention where a wrong date had been placed in the title. Joy Springer made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Mitchell provided a general report in the absence of an Executive Director. Copies of letters that were sent to the three districts and the ADE were given to MRC members. These letters requested that their share of funding to support the MRC Office for the 2013-14 fiscal year be forwarded to the MRC Office. No action was required on the part of the MRC. A letter was sent to Judge D. P. Marshall, apprising him of the status of the Stipulation magnet schools budget and the anticipated date for submission to the Court. Copies were given to MRC members but no action was required by MRC. Financial transactions in the amount of $1,055.83 were presented for payment. Danny Reed made a motion to pay the bills, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Mitchell asked if anyone had information to share with regard to a recruitment update. She also told the Committee that she has met with the magnet schools and the Student Registration Office about replacing Donna Grady Creer and how the office will operate. Cuts have been made at Booker and Carver because they are losing students. -2- Ms. Springer says she is concerned that Little Rock School District is allowing the new Roberts elementary to contribute to the loss of students at magnet schools, as well as the possible opening of a new middle school in west Little Rock. Ms. Springer feels that the erosion of the magnet schools is because the district is causing the problem. Dr. Mitchell responded that little Rock School District is hosting the magnet schools. North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special School Districts helped recruit students for the magnet schools. The purpose for building Roberts was to help relieve overcrowding in Fulbright and Terry elementaries. Ms. Springer said that decisions were made to accommodate the western Little Rock students and not try to get the students into the urban area. Dr. Mitchell said she could not answer for middle and high school. The capacity of southwest elementary schools is full. The same with western Little Rock elementary schools. Ms. Springer brought up the subject about the State wanting to end funding at the end of the year. Dr. Mitchell said that if the schools lose funding, the children in PCSSDa nd NLRSDa re going back to their districts. Dr. Mitchell stated that additional space would be made at all four elementary magnet schools. There are no plans to build a new elementary school. Ms. Springer replied that there are plans to build a new junior high and high school. Dr. Mitchell said she agrees that no school is going to be like Roberts because it is new. Ms. Springer stated that there is no school in the district like Roberts as far as technology is concerned. Dr. Mitchell said that every elementary school in the district has the same technology resources. The only schools in the district that are different are the Stipulation magnet schools. All area schools have Smart Boards in every classroom and computers based on the technology plan. To end the conversation, Dr. Mitchell and Ms. Springer agreed to visit Stephens and Roberts, and Ms. Springer will report back to the MRC. -3- With regard to vacancies and new hires in the district at this time, Dr. Mitchell reported that Dr. Cheryl Carson, Principal of Booker Magnet is interviewing for an Assistant Principal. Mann's Principal - Patricia Boykin - has been transferred to the alternative school. The new Principal at Mann is Keith McGee, who came from the district's Hamilton Learning Academy alternative school. Other changes will be the usual - teacher vacancies, etc. Ms. Springer said that one of the Assistant Superintendents said there is some kind of discipline program being brought to Mann. Dr. Mitchell said she will look into that. Ms. Springer asked that Dr. Mitchell report back to the MRC regarding this issue. Dr. Mitchell said that she would do so. Dr. Mitchell than brought the subject of office staffing and the MRC Office to the table. She noted that it is the responsibility of Little Rock School District to hire an Executive Director, with the help of the MRC. Ms. Springer says there is a need for it to happen. The schools need somebody to lead that effort. Danny Reed asked what will happen during the timeline, and how will the office operate. Ms. Springer asked why there is a timeline, and Dr. Mitchell replied that there is not. Dr. Mitchell said she worked collaboratively with Ms. Creer on a daily basis and is familiar enough with the office to continue with no disruption. Dr. Mitchell then discussed the annual SWAP meet that is held every year in July with the Student Assignment Office to fill as many seats as possible. She explained to MRC members about how it works, and said that any MRC member who would like to attend is welcome. Ms. Springer said she needs advance notice, and the MRC Office promised to let all MRC members know when the meeting is scheduled. Working numbers will be provided to all members after the SWAP meet is held. Dr. Mitchell asked MRC members if they would like to have an interview team to assist in the selection of a new Executive Director. Dr. Clowers said the Stipulation principals should be included. Dr. Mitchell said teachers should be included also. She then suggested that each district have a representative on the -4- interview team, as well as the Joshua lntervenors, Principal representatives, and teacher representatives. She will send a job description as soon as it is ready, and also provide a listing of recommendations for the interview team. Dr. Clowers asked about the element of the Court hearings to be held in December with regard to funding. Ms. Springer said that shouldn't make any difference. A copy of the Magnet Review Committee Office budget was given to MRC members for their review. After a brief discussion regarding some line items, Danny Reed made a motion to approve the budget as presented, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Ms. Springer requested that the Evaluation Report be placed as an agenda item for the next meeting. It was then decided to hold the next meeting on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, in the MRC Office, at 8:30 a.m. When no further business was brought before the Committee, Danny Reed made a motion to adjourn, and Joy Springer seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 a.m. -5- Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Sandy, CLOWERS ROBERT L. [RCLOWERS@pcssd.org] Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:37 PM Magnet Review WARREN JANICE PCSSD Equity and Pupil Services Dr. Janice Warren is our Interim Assistant Superintendent for Equity and Pupil Services. She also continues as our Director of Elementary Education. I visited with her briefly today about the MRC (Magnet Review Committee) meeting this morning. She will need to be kept in this loop. Any email that you would have normally sent to Dr. Bowles or Michelle Oliver (or I guess anyone in Equity and Pupil Services) needs to be copied to her also. I am copying Dr. Warren (jwarren@pcssd.org) on this so that you each have the other's email address. Also, the best phone number for Dr. Warren is 234-2021, should you need to contact her. Continue to contact me as you have been! Thanks in advance, Robert Dr. Robert L. Clowers Executive Director of Educational Accountability Pulaski County Special School District 925 East Dixon Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 Cell: 501-83 7-9067 /Telephone.501-234-2010/F AX: 501-490-1442 From: Magnet Review [mailto:maqnet@maqnetschool.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:21 PM To: Mitchell, Sadie\nCLOWERS ROBERT L.\nDanny Reed (ADE)\nJoy Springer\nstonem@nlrsd.org Cc: Margie Powell Subject: REMINDER.. .. Importance: High This is your friendly reminder that MRC meeting is TOMORROW MORNING, July 10, 2013, at 8:30 a.m., in the MRC Office. Looking forward to seeing you then. Sandy Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hello, everyone, Magnet Review Monday, July 22, 2013 2:55 PM 'bradfordb@nlrsd.org'\n'Click, Tonya'\n'Andreia.Crawford@lrsd.org'\n'Garcia, Maria'\n'OLIVER MICHELLE'\n'Price, Deborah'\n'Tameka White' 'CLOWERS ROBERT L.'\n'Frederick.Fields@lrsd.org'\n'Mitchell, Sadie'\n'Joy Springer'\n'stonem@nlrsd.org'\n'jwarren@pcssd.org'\n'Oliver Dillingham (ADE)'\n'Danny Reed (ADE)' ANNUAL SWAP MEET FOR MAGNET SEAT ASSIGNMENT The annual SWAP Meet with all three districts to fill as many magnet seats BEFORE school starts will be held on MONDAY, JULY 29TH, at 2:00 P.M. in the MRC Office. Please let me know ASAP if you will NOT be able to attend. Otherwise, I am looking forward to seeing you all then. I am sending this e-mail to MRC members as well, as some of you have expressed an interest in seeing how our SWAP meet works. Have a great week. Sandy Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Mitchell, Sadie [Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Friday, August 09, 2013 11 :49 AM 'khawkins@fandm.edu' Fields, Frederick\nGreen, Cassandra\nSmith, Eunice\nSteele, Cassandra\nHalford, Barbara\nBurton, Marvin\nMagnet Review RE: Parkview Enrollment and IEP for Charlotte Hawkins At present, I am the Chairperson of the Magnet Review Committee. I regret to inform you that the Pulaski County schools assignment plan for Stipulation magnet schools {Mann, Parkview, Gibbs, Williams, Booker, Carver) is established on a lottery. I have been here for 20 years and I have not witnessed anyone being assigned a seat outside of those guidelines. I helped to develop the original plan, continue to serve on the Magnet Review Committee, have testified in court and to the best of my ability will uphold the integrity of the process. As much as I wanted my own child to attend Parkview, it could NOT be done. My husband and I waited and unfortunately, she did not get placed. Nevertheless, I would not exchange her experiences at Central High School for anything. You have talked to Dr. Fields, Director of Student Registration, Sandy Lehers, secretary in the MRC Office and Debbie Price, SRO. The same process will be followed as it has been issued to all Pulaski County schools {North Little Rock, Pulaski County School District and Little Rock School District). We stand ready to provide a positive experience to you and your child at your present assignment and we will all go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that your child receives a quality education. You are a valued customer, patron and parent. We ask that you support us with this decision. Thank you From: Fields, Frederick Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 12:55 AM To: Karen Hawkins Cc: Mitchell, Sadie\nGreen, Cassandra\nSmith, Eunice\nSteele, Cassandra\nHalford, Barbara Subject: RE: Parkview Enrollment and IEP for Charlotte Hawkins Ms. Hawkins, I forwarded your email to Dr. Sadie Mitchell who is currently over the Magnet program. I have discussed your situation with her and at this time we cannot offer Charlotte a seat at Parkview. I talked with you at length last week and asked you to put in writing any concrete information you had that would warrant her being place in lieu of our court approved assignment process via conversations you had with Sandy. However, your email did not yield any information that would lend itself me or anyone else in my office violating the integrity of our assignment process. Again, I have forwarded your email to Dr. Sadie Mitchell and if she has not already talked with you, she will be contacting you and will provide further clarification in terms of what we can do to assist you. Please note, your wishes are not being ignored, that is why I had Dr. Price to call you as well when I received your aforementioned letter. I wanted you to know that we looked at every possible avenue to try to honor your request, however we were unsuccessful without undermining the integrity of the court ordered and approved assignment process. Finally, I am not sure what steps you have taken with the district to form/establish an IEP for Charlotte, That was never part of our conversation\nnor did you state in your previous email that you had made an attempt to do so with the district. However, I will forward your email to our SPED department and someone will be contacting you to identify any documented efforts per your email below. Dr. Fields From: Karen Hawkins [khawkins@fandm.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 8:53 PM To: Fields, Frederick Subject: Parkview Enrollment and IEP for Charlotte Hawkins Dear Dr. Fields, I am extremely disappointed that I haven't received a response to my email of a week ago regarding finding my daughter a place in the visual arts program at Parkview. I realize you are very busy this time of year, but I would think you would have five minutes to either phone or email me and let me know 1) that you received the email\nand 2) what the next steps are. Frankly, it is clear to me that the Little Rock School District simply does not care to help my daughter receive her education. Individual teachers and administrators have been helpful and caring, but as an institution LRSD is slow, disorganized, and confusing, not only about the magnet school placement process, but about Charlotte's IEP. I first contacted LRSD in January 2013 about establishing an IEP for Charlotte to help her be successful this fall. Thus far, I have had only 2 meetings with various staff, have obtained a private psycho-educational evaluation for Charlotte, and made several phone calls this summer asking what the next steps are, and yet at this time I have no information about how to move forward with the IEP. I am not an educational expert, nor a psychologist. I am just a parent trying to get the help that my daughter needs, and is legally entitled to, so that she can be successful at school. Not only have I not had the proactive help and suggestions I need from those in charge of the IEP process, I now do not even have the courtesy of a reply from you about Parkview. I am forced to conclude that the district simply hopes that I will go away and stop being a bother--or that, because my daughter is bright and talented, district staff believe she doesn't actually have a disability and so doesn't need an IEP. Regardless of whether my daughter attends Parkview or Central, I will continue to pursue her IEP. I will contact you again regarding the IEP if I do not have clear information about what the next steps are once the school year begins. In the meantime, I would appreciate any information you may have about whether you might be able to make room in the visual arts program at Parkview for 2 more students, so that my daughter, who is #2 on the waiting list, may attend. Sincerely, Karen Hawkins (501) 280-9696 (h) (501) 551-4730 (o) khawkins@fandm.edu No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3209/6559 - Release Date: 08/08/13 2 MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID AUGUST 13, 2013 1. Capital Business Machines (Monthly Billing for MRC's Copier Maintenance Contract) 2. CompSys (Services Rendered to Act as Host for MRC's Website) 3. CompSys (Services Rendered to Act as Host for MRC's Website) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 78.12 48.33 48.33 $174.78 Magnet Review From: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Gibbs, Leslie E. [leslie.welch-gibbs@hoganlovells.com] Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:30 PM Hogan Lovells US LLP Clients and Friends Memorandum 7-16-13 - Client Advisory - Fisher v University of Texas (2).pdf Attached is a memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed and David Ginn. If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the attorneys listed on the last page. If you have a new e-mail address or would like to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. About Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP. For more information, see www.hoganlovells.com. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email states it can be disclosed\nit may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. No virus found in this message. Checked by A VG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6492 - Release Date: 07/15/13 Hogan Lovells To FROM School District Clients and Friends Maree Sneed David Ginn DATE July 16, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Supreme Court Decides Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin On June 24, in a highly anticipated ruling, the Supreme Court held in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the University of Texas must affirmatively demonstrate that its consideration of race in admissions is necessary to achieve the educational benefits of diversity. The decision's impact on K-12 education is uncertain. The majority opinion is narrower than many had expected, and it leaves existing doctrine largely intact. At the same time, the Court's emphasis on defendants' burden of proof and searching judicial review signals that future defense of race-conscious policies will require a substantial evidentiary showing. The decision ultimately may lead to greater judicial scrutiny of race-conscious measures in both higher education and K-12 education. In Fisher, the Court elaborated on the requirements set forth in its 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger rulings concerning race-conscious admissions at the University of Michigan. The petitioner in Fisher, a white applicant denied admission to the University of Texas, challenged UT's consideration of race to attain additional diversity above that achieved by the Texas Ten Percent Law, which guarantees admission to students who graduate in the top ten percent of their high school class. The University asserted that it needed to consider race to achieve the \"critical mass\" of minority students that produces the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body. In an opinion by Justice Kennedy and joined by the Chief Justice and Justices Alito, Breyer, Scalia, Sotomayor, and Thomas, the Court considered the University of Texas's implementation of its race-conscious admissions policy. The Court began its inquiry by taking Grutter and Gratz \"as given,\" noting that the petitioner had not urged it to overrule those cases. It then asked whether the University was using race to pursue a compelling governmental interest. On this question, the Court deferred to the University's judgment that attainment of a diverse student body is essential to the University's educational mission. Diversity, in other words, remains a compelling interest for institutions of higher education. Moving to narrow tailoring, the Court underscored the burden of proof. The University bears the burden to demonstrate that the means used to attain diversity are narrowly tailored and \"receives no deference\" on this issue. Although a court may \"take account of a university's experience and expertise in adopting or rejecting certain admissions processes,\" it remains \"at all times the University's obligation to demonstrate, and the Judiciary's obligation to determine,\" that narrow tailoring is satisfied. While the Court noted that, under Grutter and Gratz, narrow tailoring demands that each applicant be \"evaluated as an individual and not in a way that makes an applicant's race or ethnicity the defining feature of his or her application,\" the Court did not discuss this aspect of the test. Instead, it focused on a second requirement: The use of race must be \"'necessary' to achieve the educational benefits of diversity.\" That component of narrow tailoring requires the institution to prove, and the court independently to \"verify,\" that \"sufficient diversity\" cannot be achieved without using racial classifications. Universities need not exhaust \"every conceivable race-neutral alternative.\" But they must give \"serious, good-faith consideration [to] workable race-neutral alternatives.\" Before sanctioning a race-conscious admissions policy, a court must be \"satisfied that no workable race-neutral alternatives would produce the educational benefits of diversity.\" On this question, the Court appears to have left some room for lower courts to exercise judgment. Courts comparing potential admissions processes must ask whether race-neutral means would achieve the educational benefits of diversity \"about as well\" as race-conscious means, at \"tolerable administrative expense.\" If so, then the university \"may not consider race.\" Strict scrutiny \"imposes on the university the ultimate burden of demonstrating, before turning to racial classifications, that available, race-neutral alternatives do not suffice.\" Rather than applying these principles to the facts before it, the Court vacated the judgment and remanded \"so that the admissions process can be considered and judged under a correct analysis.\" The lower courts, it said, had unduly deferred to the University of Texas's good faith. Instead of accepting the University's word that it uses race in a permissible way, the courts should have given \"close analysis to the evidence of how the process works in practice.\" That lapse, in the majority's view, undermined the court of appeals' judgment. Fisher focuses on higher education and does not directly address the obligations of school districts. The decision's impact on K-12 education therefore may not come into full focus for some time. A few preliminary observations are still possible. First, the Supreme Court's analysis in Fisher appears to be consistent with Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1,551 U.S. 701 (2007), and the federal government's 2011 Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools. The basic framework for judging the legality of race-conscious measures does not appear to have changed. Measures that were previously subject to strict scrutiny will likely continue to be subject to strict scrutiny\nand measures that were not subject to strict scrutiny will likely remain exempt. Second, the Supreme Court's close attention to burdens of proof suggests that universities must be prepared to offer evidence demonstrating that they considered the available race-neutral means of attaining the educational benefits of diversity, and that none of those alternative means would work \"about as well\" as race-conscious means. School districts that use race-based classifications may be subject to a similar burden. An institution that anticipates litigation over its policies should be prepared to submit enough documentary and testimonial evidence to satisfy a court that no available, workable race-neutral alternatives would achieve its goals \"about as well\" as race-conscious means. We are available to respond to questions. If you have any questions about the Fisher decision, please do not hesitate to contact Maree Sneed (maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com or 202-637-6416) or David Ginn (david.ginn@hoganlovells.com or 202- 637- 5797). Hogan Lovells To FROM School District Clients and Friends Maree Sneed Michelle Tellock Puja Patel1 DATE July 25, 2013 MEMORANDUM Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +l 202 637 5600 F +I 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com SUBJECT Office for Civil Rights Issues Dear Colleague Letter on Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students On June 25, the Office for Civil Rights (\"OCR\") at the United States Department of Education (the \"Department\") issued a Dear Colleague Letter (\"letter\") reminding school district administrators that it is unlawful under Title IX for schools to discriminate against students who have become pregnant or have children. 2 The letter also refers administrators to a pamphlet that provides additional guidance on retaining and engaging pregnant and parenting students (\"pamphlet\"). 3 OCR states that the letter and corresponding pamphlet are a response to numerous studies indicating that pregnant and parenting students exhibit much lower graduation rates than their peers. This memorandum summarizes the key points addressed by the June 2013 letter and pamphlet. Both the letter and pamphlet stress that it is illegal under Title IX for schools to exclude pregnant and parenting students from participating in any part of an educational program, including extracurricular activities. A school may implement special instructional programs or classes for pregnant students, so long as student participation is completely voluntary. A school may not pressure a pregnant student to attend an alternative program, and a pregnant student must be allowed to remain in her regular classes and school if she so chooses. If a school chooses to offer a voluntary alternative program, the program must provide academic, 1 Ms. Patel is a summer associate working under the supervision of licensed attorneys in our Washington, D.C. office. 2 See U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students, June 25, 20 I 3, available at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/I ist/ocr/letters/col league-201306-title-ix. pdf. 3 See U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Pamphlet: Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, June 2013, avai !able at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/l ist/ocr/docs/pregnancy. pdf. \\\\DC - 700999/000060  4898800 v1 extracurricular, and enrichment opportumt1es that are comparable to those provided in the regular program. For example, an alternative program that provides only vocational-track courses with no opportunity for advanced academic or college-preparatory classes would not be considered comparable. A school may not exclude a pregnant student from any part of its educational program, including extracurricular activities such as clubs, honors programs, homecoming court, or interscholastic sports. A pregnant student must also be eligible to hold leadership positions in these activities. In general, a school must treat pregnant students in the same way that it treats similarly situated students. For example, any special services provided to students who have temporary medical conditions, such as homebound instruction or tutoring, must also be provided to pregnant students. Likewise, a school may not require a medical certification from a pregnant student if it does not require the same from other students with medical conditions requiring the attention of a physician. This true even in the later stages of pregnancy. A school should not presume that a student is unable to attend school or participate in activities, including interscholastic sports. However, as needed, a school must adjust its program in ways that are reasonable and responsive to a pregnant student's temporary status. For example, as described in the pamphlet, a school may be required to provide a larger desk, allow frequent trips to the bathroom, and permit temporary access to elevators. The letter makes clear that schools must excuse a student's absence because of pregnancy or childbirth for as long as the student's physician deems medically necessary, and the pamphlet emphasizes that schools must ensure that the policies and procedures of individual teachers do not discriminate against pregnant students. Upon her return, the student must be allowed to return to the same academic and extracurricular status as before her medical leave began. The pamphlet identifies several options schools may offer student as alternatives to making up missed work, such as re-taking a semester, taking part in an online course credit recovery program, or allowing the student additional time in a program to continue at the same pace and finish at a later date. The pamphlet reminds schools that Title IX prohibits harassment of students based on sex. including harassment based on pregnancy or related conditions. Particular actions that could constitute prohibited harassment include making sexual comments or jokes about a student's pregnancy, calling a pregnant student names, spreading rumors about a student's sexual activity, or making sexual gestures. To comply with their obligations under Title IX, schools must take prompt and effective steps that are reasonably calculated to end harassment, prevent its recurrence, and eliminate any hostile environment. Finally, the pamphlet provides schools with some examples of possible strategies they may use to address the educational issues associated with pregnant and parenting students. These include:  Developing policies and procedures to address the needs of pregnant and parenting students\n Preparing guidance materials for teachers, school nurses, counselors and other staff to help them respond to the needs of pregnant and parenting students\n2 \\\\DC  700999/000060  4898600 v1  Providing workshops and training for teachers and staff directed by the school district attorney or Title IX coordinator\n Receiving feedback from pregnant and parenting students on ways to help them stay in school\n Designating private rooms for young mothers to breastfeed or pump milk\nand  Encouraging pregnant and parenting students to take online course work during an excused leave of absence. Overall, the Dear Colleague Letter does not set any new legal standards but it does make clear that the Department is poised to enforce the rights of pregnant and parenting students under Title IX. In light of this increased emphasis from the Department, it is imperative for schools to review their discrimination policies and procedures to ensure that pregnant and parenting students are provided with an education program equal to that provided to their peers. It should also be noted that while the letter and pamphlet focus on secondary schools, the principles laid out in both documents apply with equal force to post-secondary institutions that receive federal funds. * * * * * * We hope this information is useful to you as you consider your schools' discrimination policies and procedures. If you have questions about the guidance or Title IX more generally, please contact Maree Sneed at 202-63 7-6416 or maree.sneed@hoganlovells.com. 3 \\\\DC  7009991000060 - 4898800 v1 Art.. International Studie.s. .M ath.. . ~ Scienc.e.. a ndm ore!Y our /I childc ang ett he basics /rVJ~ PLUSm agnets chool  1n1 theme area courses. '\nCase 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4865 Filed 07/22/13 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. No. 4:82-cv-866-DPM PLAINTIFFS NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS ORDER The Court has received, and appreciates, the attached letter from the Magnet Review Committee. Budgets due 30 September 2013. The Court directs the Clerk to send a copy of this letter to Dr. Mitchell, the Committee's Chairperson. So Ordered. D.P. Marsli.all Jr. United States District Judge Case 4:82-cv-00866-DPM Document 4865 Filed 07/22/13 Page 2 of 2 Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} July 1, 2013 The Honorable D. P. Marshall, Jr. Judge, U. S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas 500 West Capitol Suite B-149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Judge Marshall: The Magnet Review Committee is in the process of working with the Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Pulaski County Special school districts, the state of Arkansas, and the Joshua Intervenors to complete the budget document process for the six Stipulation interdistrict magnet schools. The Magnet Review Committee submits finalized budgets from the previous school year and the projected budget information for the coming school year by June 30th . We are behind our self-imposed budget submission timeline, due to schedule conflicts, pressing district/state issues, and teacher salary negotiations. This year, we anticipate the completion of the budget process during the month of September. The Magnet Review Committee is committed to maintaining the existing quality of the Stipulation interdistrict magnet schools. We will continue to work with the host district as we exercise stringent oversight of the magnet schools' budget in an effort to achieve and ensure efficient management and cost containment to the greatest extent possible. ~~ Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl cc: Office of Desegregation Monitoring Magnet Review Committee  \"Pursue 1he Possibilities of Magnel School Enrol!me11t\" Magnet Review From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: MitchellS, adie [Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org] Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:26 AM Joy Springer Magnet Review\nC LOWERSR OBERTL .\njwarren@pcssd.org\nO liverD illingham(A DE)\nDannyR eed (ADE)j\ns pringer@gabrielmail.com Re: ANNUALS WAPM EETF OR MAGNETS EATA SSIGNMENT I am attending the 2014 back to school Administrator's Institute at Roberts Elementary. The District dedicated the Institute to Donna Creer. Donna served on the planning committee for the Institute for several years. She is gone but not forgotten and greatly missed by the staff, parents and patrons. As it relates to the progress with the job description, Sandy and I did some research and located a copy of the old job description. I have taken that copy and in the process of updating it. I should have a draft copy to you by the end of the week. We have also determined salaries for directors in each tri-district which will require some additional dialogue from the MRC members. We have about three weeks before school starts so please know that this is \"crunch time'' for me. I look forward to having some additional dialogue with you soon. Sadie Mitchell, Ed.D, Associate Superintendent Little Rock School District Elementary Schools On Jul 23, 2013, at 7: 16 AM, \"Joy Springer\" \u0026lt;jspringer@gabrielmail.com\u0026lt;mailto:jspringer@gabrielmail.com\u0026gt;\u0026gt; wrote: I have another appointment and will not attend. results of the SWAPm eet with specific numbers. However, I would like a full report of the Thanks! On another subject, Dr. Mitchell, what is the status of posting the Executive Director's position? Do we have the job description available for review? Joy Springer From: Magnet Review [mailto:magnet@magnetschool.com] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 2:55 PM To: bradfordb@nlrsd.org\u0026lt;mailto:bradfordb@nlrsd.org\u0026gt;\nClick, Tonya\nAndreia.Crawford@lrsd.org\u0026lt;mailto:Andreia.Crawford@lrsd.org\u0026gt;\nGarcia, Maria\nOLIVER MICHELLE\nPrice, Deborah\nTameka White Cc: CLOWERRSO BERTL .\nFrederick.Fields@lrsd.org\u0026lt;mailto:Frederick.Fields@lrsd.org\u0026gt;\nMitchell, Sadie\nJoy Springer\nstonem@nlrsd.org\u0026lt;mailto:stonem@nlrsd.org\u0026gt;\njwarren@pcssd.org\u0026lt;mailto:jwarren@pcssd.org\u0026gt;\nOliver Dillingham (ADE)\nDanny Reed (ADE) Subject: ANNUASLW APM EETF ORM AGNESTE ATA SSIGNMENT Hello, everyone, The annual SWAPM eet with all three districts to fill as many magnet seats BEFOREsc hool starts will be held on MONDAYJU, LY2 9TH, at 2:00 P.M. in the MRCO ffice. Please let me know ASAP if you will NOT be able to attend. Otherwise, I am looking forward to seeing you all then. I am sending this e-mail to MRC members as well, as some of you have expressed an interest in seeing how our SWAPm eet works. Have a great week. Sandy No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6513 - Release Date: 07/23/13 2 JOB GOAL: TITLE: TO PROMOTEH EM AGNESTC HOOLASN DA CTIVITIESIN THE PULASKCI OUNTAYR EA Executive Director of Magnet School Review Committee QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Master's Degree in Education or related field required. Terminal degree preferred. 2. Demonstrates commitment to school desegregation. 3. At least five years in a managerial position or ecuivalent experience. 4. Arkansas teacher's certification preferred. SKILLS REQUIRED: 1. Marketing magnet schools to groups and organizations in the community. 2. Management of fi seal, personnel resources, and of-Fi ce operations. 3. Long-range and strategic planning for magnet programs and Magnet Review Committee policy development. 4. Written and oral communications to articulate Magnet Review Committee policies and practices and prepare documents. 5. Human relations to facilitate effective group processes and interactions. KNOWLEDGE: The successful applicant will demonstrate know,edge in areas as fo 11 ows: 1. Appropriate research methodology 2. Evaluation analysis and measurement of student learning outcomes. 3. Promising practices pertaining to magnet schools. 4. Effective school research and practices. REPORTTO : Magnet Review Committee LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT 810 West Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 August 16, 2013 The Magnet Review Committee is now accepting applications for the following position for the 2013-2014 school year: POSITION: Executive Director of the Magnet Review Committee QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Master's Degree in Education preferred. 2. Demonstrates commitment to school desegregation. 3. At least five years in a managerial position or equivalent experience. 4. Arkansas teacher's certification preferred. 5. Evidence of organization skills and the commitment to magnet schools. 6. Knowledge of curriculum and program development preferred. 7. Demonstrates the conviction that all students can learn and will learn in the Pulaski County schools. 8. Evidence of ability to function as chairperson of the Magnet Review Committee. 9. Evidence of ability to become a competent educational leader with expertise in magnet schools. 10. Evidence of ability to maintain accurate inventories, records and reports. 11. Evidence of ability to disaggregate data and use it appropriately to successfully improve magnet schools. 12. Evidence of successful experience and recruitment with schools (students, parents, teachers and patrons). NOTE: THE APPLICANTS MUST BE PREPARED TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF THESE OUALIFICA TIONS IN THE INITIAL SCREENING INTERVIEW JOB GOAL: TO PROMOTE THE STIPULATION MAGNET SCHOOLS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PULASKI COUNTY AREA ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION: 1. Marketing magnet schools to groups and organizations in the community. 2. Management of fiscal, personnel resources, and office operations. 3. Long-range and strategic planning for magnet programs and Magnet Review Committee Policy development. 4. Written and oral communications to articulate Magnet Review Committee policies and practices and prepare documents. 5. Human relations to facilitate effective group processes and interactions. 6. Appropriate research methodology. 7. Evaluation analysis and measurement of student learning outcomes. 8. Promising practices pertaining to magnet schools. 9. Effective school research and practices. Assumes responsibility for the management and monitoring an office staff. 10. Implements the process whereby magnet school-level educational program needs are identified and alerts the Magnet Review Committee regarding needed logistical and consultative support in order to accomplish this task. 11. Works collaboratively with staff and patrons to determine educational program priorities and goals for magnet schools. 12. Oversees the development of educational programs and the plans for implementing them. 13. Seeks the necessary consultative and logistical support to assure effective educational program implementation. 14. Performs other duties as assigned. ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Reports to Magnet Review Committee SALARY AND TERMS: Precise placement within the salary range will be detennined by the Magnet Review Committee members based upon experience and education. EVALUATION: Perfonnance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Evaluation developed by the Magnet Review Committee. APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 30, 2013 or any time later until a satisfactory applicant is recommended and approved. SEND WRITTEN INQUIRIES/RESUMES: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Little Rock School District 810 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone 501-447-1100 Fax 501-447-1162 Little Rock School District Division of Special Programs Self-Contained Classroom at Mann Magnet The Self-Contained Behavior class at Mann Magnet school was placed at Mann during the 2012-2013 school year in an effort to meet the needs of the growing population of middle school students with special needs. The maximum number of students that can be enrolled in this class is 10, and there is a certified special education teacher and a full time paraprofessional with these students at all times. During the 2012-13 school year, the maximum enrollment was 5 students. This year the class is starting out with 8 students. These students are not included in the Magnet count and do not access Magnet programs. ANNUAL SWAP MEET Monday, July 29, 2013 2:00 p.m. Magnet Review Committee Office MINUTES The Annual SWAP Meet, attended by representatives of all three Pulaski County school districts, met in the Magnet Review Committee Office on Monday, July 29, 2013, for the purpose of filling as many Stipulation magnet school seats as possible before the 2013-14 school year begins. Members Present included: Brenda Miller-Anderson - LRSD Betty Bradford - NLRSD Sandy Luehrs - MRC Michelle Oliver- PCSSD Dr. Debbie Price - LRSD Micheal Stone - NLRSD Tameka White - NLRSD (former representative to SWAP Meet) Guests: Oliver Dillingham -ADE MRC Representative Dr. Sadie Mitchell - LRSD MRC Representative, MRC Chairperson The meeting opened with a welcome from Dr. Sadie Mitchell and introductions of new members, particularly NLRSD representatives, Betty Bradford and Micheal Stone, who both are new to the Meet. With regard to status reports from each district, Mr. Stone reported that for the first time, NLR high school is having a registration for ALL students from August 5th through August 9th . NLRSD also has a new Superintendent, Kelly Rodgers, and a new Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Beth Stewart. Little Rock reported that they also have a new Superintendent, Dr. Dexter Suggs, Sr. PCSSDis having their registration for all schools from August 5th through August 9th . PCSSDa lso has a new Interim Superintendent for Equity and Pupil Services - Dr. Janice Warren. A discussion regarding any new procedures for application and enrollment was brought to the table. Attendees were given a copy of the MRC Minutes of February 12, 2013, when the MRC voted to extend sibling preference to the middle school level. This would go into effect in the 2014-15 school year. LRSD requested that the MRC consider a phase-in process, starting at the 6th grade level only the first year, and then increasing it to the next grade level thereafter. Dr. Mitchell said it will be discussed by the MRC. Copies of all application forms were given to attendees, and all stated that everything went well the previous year. Therefore, no changes will be made, other than sibling preference consideration for middle school being noted on the new forms for the 2014-15 school year. The working session started with everyone receiving a format from LRSD with the number of seats available at each school and each grade level. It should be noted that there will no change in the actual number of seats assigned, but a shifting of the number of seats assigned to each district. The actual change in numbers at the schools will come after the 10-day count. When the working session ended, everyone gathered for individual discussions, and the SWAP Meet was adjourned at 4:00 p.m. -2- PARKVIEW MAGNET ALLOTMENTS FOR 2013- 2014 {SWAP} PARKVIEW # SEATS LRSD NLRSD UPDATED 7/28/13 B w T B w T SCIENCE 105 100 30 30 60 7 8 15  IA ,~ I \" 9 1 '!/ efi' 1 cj ~ 10 l\"',A \"\\/1 ~1!f\nl\" 11 '8...,1 '8, I 11 5 1 6 4 4 8 12 5 4 9 6 6 12 BAND 205 42 12 12 24 2 2 4 9 ~A 4\nf c.. }6\n{ Jf~ ft1tJ 10 1 4 5 J1 ~ 0 JYj... 11 0 3 3 /4 _\ni 2 ts 12 -1 3 3 1 1 2 DANCE 305 38 11 10 21 2 1 3 9 0 %..3 ~-~ 0 1 1 10 -1 -1.\u0026lt;!J .0 a -1 -7() 0 11 0 /f.o 0 0 1 1 12 2 3 5 0 1 1 DRAMA 405 54 16 16 32 3 3 6 9 -1 -7 0 0 0 11 jJ 10 1 .f/1 31 1\n\ni tj?.. 11 2 ,, t1 /\nI 7!2 :X.5 12 0 2 2 0 1 1 ORCHESTRA 13 4 3 7 1 1 2 9 0 1 1 0 1 1 10 0 -1 0 1 0 1 11 -1 -3 0 1 0 1 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 VISUAL ARTS 605 42 13 13 26 2 2 4 9 -2 0 0 1 0 1 10 3 -t~ 3 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 -f- 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 VOCAL MUSIC 705 36 10 10 20 2 2 4 9 0 4 4 0 1 1 10 2 i!S 7q 0 1 1 11\n,ff- ) t ,ff ..3 ft3 2 1 3 12 ~6 113 Jf3 -/o it J' I PCSSD B w 13 12 ,1: 3 ~ ~- \\B 4 9 7 8 7 7 $~ /5 L /, 4 71 4 0 4 6 8 0 /43 -3 Jf~ 0 ~'I- 0 3 8 8 2 2 -1 1\n(',g\nt:1_ 2 2 2 2 0 1 -1 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 2 1 1 ,K ..1 Pl 2 0 0 5 7 2 4 0 /I c~ )' I ,~ ti /,,z T~ (25 ) -n :J,j__ 'xJ 13 15 14\nf.r:. \\ ~~ f5 4 \\ 14 ff..~\nr~ Jf '-f v' v I- / 3 / 16 4 1 /! .\u0026amp;-- 4 4 1./. 1 ' 1 \\ 1 \\ V V V 0 ,/ 12 3 1 V :1~ Jj~ 0 ,!/ 12 6 V j,-:. ~ '(\nHorace Mann VACANT SEATS LRSD NLRSD PCSSD SCHOOL #VAC B w T B w T B w T Mann/SCIENCE 6 17 2 e5f 2 p 0 151 51 1 9 10 7 18 ?40 6 wr X /4. 1 l3 0 6 6 8 23 0 7 7 2 5 7 1 8 9 , V Mann/ARTS 6 30 0 !J{- tJ L/- 0 )-0 {\nm, 6 14 20 7 25 1 5 6 0 9 9 5 5 10 \" 8 39 $3 10 15/!. .., 0' I 6 $7 XJJ 18 }Bl STIPULATION MAGNET VACANT SEAT ALLOCATIONS '. SCHOOL #VACI I LRSD NLRSD I . PCSSD I I I B w T B ,w 1T 18 I w /T I I BOOKER I ! I I I I I K 14 0\nt I I 1/ jo 1 I 1 0 )2 2 J/4 :I 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 9 9 0 2 2 0 1 1 '\\, 3 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 I 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 I 5 20 0 18 18 0 1 1 0 1 1 . CARVER \\ K 7 0 9',l fi ~ 0 rj I ~ I 0 /f-3\n( -:t 1 4 0 \\ ..:..~ \"! ~ 0 'Q I IQ.' / 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I / V 4 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 V 5 18 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 1 1 ~/ GIBBS K 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 'v 1 9 1 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 \\, 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 lJ 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,I 5 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 vv ., WILLIAMS K 10 0 r/ L/- 0t/- 0 ,t' 7 }'7- 0 I+ 14- 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 / 2 8 1 4 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 ,1 3 4 /1 1 t 1 0 1 1 /J I 0 rt I 4 I 10 2 3 5 1 . 1 I 2 1 I 2 3 5 110 I 2 7 /9 0 I 1 I 1 0 lo 0 I ANNUAL SW AP MEET Monday, July 29, 2013 2:00 p.m. Magnet Review Committee Office AGENDA Welcome - Dr. Sadie Mitchell/Sandy Luehrs Status Reports from Each School District Discussion Regarding Any New Procedures for Application and Enrollment Suggestions or Recommended Changes to Current Procedures Review of Application Forms Working Session to Fill Vacant Stipulation Magnet Seats Adjournment MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES February 12, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held at Mann Magnet School, 1000 East Roosevelt, Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, LRSD - Chairperson Bobby Acklin, NLRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Guests: Patricia Boykin, Principal of Mann Magnet Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:50 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of January 15, 2013. Danny Reed made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The minutes were unanimously approved as presented. Donna Grady Creer provided the Executive Director's report. She called the Committee's attention to several items in correspondence. The letters and emails were thank you letters and memorandums to all personnel and associates who assisted to make Magnet Fair a success. Copies of the correspondence were given to all MRC members, but no action was required by the MRC. Bills in the amount of $8,034.67 were presented for payment. Ms. Creer provided a brief recap of the expenses and noted that most had to do with early enrollment and Magnet Fair costs. Danny Reed made a motion to pay the bills and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. A listing of all newspaper articles since the previous MRC meeting was given to all MRC members for their information. Ms. Creer provided a brief recap and reminded Committee members that copies are available upon request through the MRC Office. An article from Magnet Schools of America was also given to MRC members for their perusal. Ms. Creer noted that this article provided information about magnets still being a viable school choice. With regard to a recruitment update, information received from the Little Rock School District's Student Registration Office was given to all MRC members. This report provided a listing of students who have been assigned to the Stipulation magnet schools and the vacant seats still available. Joy Springer said she has to study the report and, if she has questions, she will let the MRC know. A copy of the letters sent to rising 5th and gth grade students from North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special School District students was given to MRC members for their information. The letter provided parents with the procedure for application for their student as they enter either the 6th or 9th grade. No action was required by the MRC. Magnet Fair was a success. Schools are reporting that several tours have been scheduled as a result. People applauded the larger stage at McCain Mall. All in all, the change of venue this year seems to be proving to be an asset. Dr. Mitchell described some of the activities going on at the school booths at Magnet Fair, and Oliver Dillingham observed how the schools tried to attract people to their booths. On Monday following Magnet Fair, Parkview Magnet did an \"Arts Night Out\" at their school. It was a good idea but not a lot of people participated. -2- Central is doing events for Black History Month and Chinese New Year. Ms. Creer is planning to attend the Chinese New Year activity. Patricia Boykin, Principal of Mann Magnet, will be doing the presentation for Mann Magnet before the Little Rock School District Board soon. She was not able to attend the meeting with the other Stipulation magnet principals in January, due to illness. Dr. Clowers asked if there is any information to support the fact that having the Magnet Fair at McCain Mall helped to recruit more students from PCSSDa nd NLRSD. Ms. Creer said we are looking into those numbers at present. Little Rock School District's Elementary Science Fair was held at the Metroplex. Overall, the top award went to a magnet school, and there were several winning entries from magnet schools. Dr. Mitchell informed the MRC that another activity in little Rock School District will be taking place during March. This activity is called Artistry in the Rock and will be a two-day'event. More details will follow. With regard to personnel vacancies and new hires in the Stipulation magnet schools, there are none to report at this time. When Ms. Creer made her report before the Little Rock School District Board, she reminded the School Board members that the MRC does an evaluation report for the Stipulation magnet schools. Dr. Karen DeJarnette is ready to start the next report cycle, and Ms. Creer will be working with her to provide her with our research questions for the new report. Ms. Springer asked that the MRC Office share with MRC members before the final evaluation is accepted. This data needs to be shared with MRC to see if the final report is on target. A discussion was held with regard to the MRC-generated policies. The option of adding sibling preference at the middle school level was the main topic of -3- discussion. Ms. Creer is doing research on this question. The trend is to continue the sibling preference in middle schools as they have in elementary schools. Many will be adding sibling preference because of declining enrollment. There are several ways of incorporating it. She has talked with the people at the Student Assignment Offices, and they all thought it would be a benefit. Danny Reed asked if it looked like it would increase the enrollment numbers. Ms. Creer said that because it is only three grades, she doesn't know. She has heard from other districts, and they say that the most important thing is to get the word out. Ms. Springer said she has no objection to it. After evaluation, we may need to go back and look at MRC policies. Danny Reed then made a motion to change the sibling preference policy by extending it to middle schools. Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously. Dr. Clowers asked if someone new comes into the district, and a seat is open, can they seat the child during semester. This cannot be done if someone is coming from one of the other districts in Pulaski County, but it can if they are new to the county of Pulaski. Mr. Dillingham said we need to look at a three-year period to see how many times this occurred, and then see if the other districts are being hurt by this. A listing of dates for the rest of the school year for MRC meetings was provided to all Committee members. Dr. Clowers informed the MRC that he will be unable to attend the meeting scheduled for March 12th . It was noted that the schedule for the annual report from magnet school principals needs to be scheduled. When no further business was brought before the Committee, Oliver Dillingham made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Bobby Acklin seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 9:37 a.m. -4- INTERDISTRICT MAGNET SCHOOL ENROLLMENT POLICY Adopted December 21, 1988 Revised December 12, 2000 Revised February 15, 2005 1. Vacant seats at entry levels (K, 61, and 9th ) ~ill be apportioned in accordance with percentages set forth in the Stipulation. 2. Preference will be given to PCSSD and NLRSD students for vacancies occurring in grades 1-5, 7-8, 10-11-12. If PCSSD and NLRSD are unable to fill their allocated seats, Little Rock School District students may be seated. 3. Students who apply for magnet school seats, and who have a sibling in the school for which they are applying, will be given priority on the waiting list. This will apply to the elementary level only. 4. Students will not be guaranteed placement from one organization level to the next. ............................................................................ Originally adopted in December, 1988, this policy governs enrollment. The content has been changed to include sibling preference provisions. The February 15, 2005 revision changed the grade levels to coincide with the reorganization which took place when middle schools and four-year high schools were established. INTERDISTRICT MAGNET SCHOOL APPLICATION OFFICEU SEO NLY Dater eceivebdy homed istrict (Please Print or Type) Time_: __ _ STUDENT'S NAME: _______________ Soc. Sec.#: _________ _ YOUR RESIDENT DISTRICT: NORTH LITTLE ROCK PULASKI COUNTY ____ _ GRADE LEVEL AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2013: _________________ _ SCHOOL ATTENDED DURING THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR: ____________ _ DATE OF BIRTH: _________ SEX: _______ RACE: ________ _ ** ADDRESS: __________________________________ _ (Street Address Only - No P.O. Box) City: _________________ State: ________ Zip Code: ______ _ PARENT OR PERSON HAVING CUSTODY OR CHARGE OF STUDENT: _________ _ **PARENT'SMAJLINGADDRESS(IfDifferentThanAbove): ____________________ _ City: _________________ State: ________ Zip Code: ______ _ **HOME PHONE: _________ ** BUSINESS PHONE: --,(,..In'\"\"d\"~',wc-\",'.h,atpt--:=,:-i-ec= la:=-,wr e-=:--:1:o1\"=\"-rn=k:tr: ::-su:=--m::a\"--'-b.--=---te r\") ** CELL NUMBER: ___________ _ ** MESSAGE NUMBER: __________ _ ** Please use current/ accurate information. Ifwe cannot reach you, we cannot process your application ORIGINAL MAGNET SCHOOL DESIRED: (Indicate I\", 2, and 3'' Choice) Elementary Booker Arts (K-5) Carver Basic Skills/ Math-Science (K-5) Gibbs International Studies (K-5) Williams Traditional (K-5) SIBLINGS ENROLLED IN ELEMENTARY MAGNETS: Student Name School !. ___________________ _ 2. -------------------- 3. -------------------- (For questions regarding sibling preference, contact your Student Registration Office or the Magnet Review Committee, 758-0156) DOES THIS STUDENT REQUIRE TRANSPORTATION? DOES THIS STUDENT RECEIVE SPECIAL SERVICES? IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE HOW SERVICES ARE RECEIVED: HEALTH PLAN SECTION 504 ACCOMMODATION PLAN Secondary Mann Arts ( 6-8)  Check box if you have a preference for orchestra Mann Science (6-8) Parkview Arts (9-12) Rank your special program preference in numerical order: *Band - Prerequisite one year band experience grades 7-11 Dance Drama Orchestra Visual Arts Vocal Music *ParkviewS cience( 9-12) - Prerequisite \"C\" or better in Pre-Algebra or Algebra f *Note Prereqnisite courses necessary YES NO --- ---- YES NO --- IEP/SPECIAL EDUCATION --- SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION ---- I give permission to the current school my child attends to release any information needed to complete processing of this application. PARENT'S SIGNATURE: _ -------,=-,---------,-------,::---...,---:------------=--------- \u0026lt;P1ease print - Then sign) Date Please return to your resident school district: North Little Rock School District Pulaski County Special School District Office of Desegregation Equity and Pupil Services 2700 Poplar, P.O. Box 687 925 E. Dixon Road, P.O. Box 8601 North Little Rock, AR 72115 Little Rock, AR 72216 771-8050 234-2020 For questions or additional information, call: Magnet Review Committee Office - 758-0156  If you wish to withdraw this application for any reason, you may do so prior to assignment of your child. Once assignment is made, your child is obligated to attend the interdistrict magnet school for the semester in which the assignment was made.  Magnet school seating is subject to racial guidelines and other conditions for placement.  You will be notified by letter if your child has been assigned to a magnet school or remains on the magnet school waiting list. PULASKI COUNTY STUDENT TRANSFER (M-TO-M) FORM Students may request to attend a school in another district within Pulaski County under the Majority-to-Minority Transfer Program if the student is in the racial majority in his/her resident school and district and will be in the racial minority in the school and district selected. STUDENT'S NAME: __________________ Social Security #: ________ _ STUDENT'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS:~~~___,_,-,----.--,,..,,....,,.-,----------------- (s1ree1 Address Only - No PO Box) City: ___________________ State: _______ Zip Code: ______ _ GRADE LEVEL AS OF SEPT., 2013: ____ DATE OF BIRTH: SEX: ____ RACE __ _ LAST SCHOOL ATTENDED DURING THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR: _____________ _ PARENT OR PERSON HAVING CUSTODY OR CHARGE OF THE STUDENT: * PARENT'S MAILING ADDRESS: ________________________ _ City: _________________ State: ________ Zip Code: ______ _ * PARENT'S HOME PHONE NUMBER: ----------------- * PARENT'S WORK PHONE NUMBER: ----------------- (Indicate which parent works at number) * OTHER NUMBER OR CELL PHONE WHERE PARENT CAN BE REACHED: ___________ _ MAJORITY-TO-MINORITY (M-TO-M) TRANSFER: ELEMENTARY ______ MIDDLE SCHOOL ______ HIGH SCHOOL ______ _ !st CHOICE: __________________________ _ 2nd CHOICE: -------------------------------- 3rd CHOICE: -------------------------------- DOES THIS STUDENT REQUIRE TRANSPORTATION? --- YES --- NO DOES THIS STUDENT RECEIVE SPECIAL SERVICES? --- YES --- NO IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE HOW SERVICES ARE RECEIVED: HEALTH PLAN --- IEP/SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION 504 ACCOMMODATION PLAN --- SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION I give permission to the school in which my child is currently enrolled to release or transfer any information or school records necessary to complete the requested transfer. I understand that if my transfer request is approved, my child must remain in the program for a minimum of the one (1) school semester in which the assignment was made. PARE T'S SIGNATURE: _________________ DATE: ________ _ THIS FORM SHOULD BE RETURNED TO YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDE T REGISTRATION OFFICE. PLEASE UST ANY SIBLINGS AND THE SCHOOL THEY ARE CURRENTLY ATTENDING: (For questions regarding sibling preference, contact your Student Registration Office or the Magnet Review Committee, 758-0156) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FOR OFFICE USE ONLY RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVAL (Signature of approving official) RECEIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVAL (Signature of approving official) TRANSFER APPROVED: _______ _ DA TES OF ATTENDANCE: ------- SCHOOL TO WHICH TRANSFER IS APPROVED: __________________ _  Please use current/ accurate information. lfwe cannot reach you, we cannot process your application DATE DATE INTERDISTRICT WITHDRAWAL FORM SECTIO I Request to Withdraw at (CHECK ONE)  End of First Semester  During Semester  End of Second Semester Resident District: (Student's Home District)  Little Rock o North Little Rock  Pulaski County Student's Name: --------------------- Sex:- ------ Race: ------ Parent or Guardian: ------------------------------------ Address: __________________________ Zip Code: _________ _ Home Phone: __________ Work Phone: _________ Cell Phone: ________ _ Student's Date of Birth ----------------- Soc. 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Call to Order II. Reading of the Minutes of April 14, 2013 Ill. General Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel -Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Discussion of MRC Office and Staffing B. Discussion and Approval of MRC Office Budget C. Set Next Meeting Date V. Adjournment MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 14, 2013 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Little Rock School District Board Room, 810 West Markham Street, on May 14, 2013. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, LRSD- Chairperson Bobby Acklin, NLRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Members Absent: Danny Reed, ADE Guests: Diane Barksdale, Principal - Carver Magnet Dr. Dexter Booth, Principal - Parkview Magnet Patricia Boykin, Principal - Mann Magnet Lori Brown, Principal - Williams Magnet Dr. Cheryl Carson, Principal - Booker Magnet Dr. Felicia Hobbs, Principal - Gibbs Magnet Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:15 a.m. by Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of April 9, 2013. Bobby Acklin made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Oliver Dillingham seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. f ,,, r,, -- \"=' I  J !,,, r Donna Grady Creer provided the Executive Director's report. She called the Committee's attention to an e-mail from a parent regarding her daughter's assignment to Central High School. Copies were given to MRC members, and a discussion was held with regard to this issue. No action was required by the MRC at this time. An e-mail was received from Diane Barksdale, Principal of Carver Magnet, regarding a grant that Carver received from the 3M Company. Copies were given to MRC members for their information. A memo was sent to all magnet school principals regarding the schedule for reports to the MRC on May 14, 2013. Copies were given to MRC members, but no action was required. No financial transactions were presented for payment, but Ms. Creer assured the MRC that all bills are paid. With regard to a recruitment update, Ms. Creer noted that several recruitment activities will be taking place even though the schools have entered their summer break time. The magnet principals then provided their presentations to the MRC for their annual reports. Each principal projected their PowerPoint presentation and then answered any questions from the MRC. Dr. Mitchell thanked each principal for their presentation. When no further business was brought before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m. -2- (\n.Fi:A r7:. I /ft-,r ... , ... r   J Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone} (501) 758-5366 {Fax} magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} June 11, 2013 Dr. Tom Kimbrell, Commissioner Arkansas Department of Education #4 State Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Dr. Kimbrell: As you are aware, the Magnet Review Committee is funded by the three Pulaski County school districts and the Arkansas Department of Education. Our fiscal year ends June 30, 2013. Please verify that the stipulated amount ($92,500.00) is in the process of being forwarded to the Magnet Review Committee, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114, to fund the State's portion for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. If you need any assistance or explanation for this transaction, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, ~fuJJJ Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl cc: Mr. Jerald Cleveland, Assistant Commissioner for Fiscal Services -ADE Greg Roger, Associate Director for Agency Finance - ADE Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment\" Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} June 11, 2013 Mr. Marvin Burton, Interim Superintendent Little Rock School District 810 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mr. Burton: As you are aware, the Magnet Review Committee is funded by the three Pulaski County school districts and the Arkansas Department of Education. Our fiscal year ends June 30, 2013. Please verify that the stipulated amount ($30,833.33) is in the process of being forwarded to the Magnet Review Committee, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114, to fund the Little Rock School District's portion for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. If you need any assistance or explanation for this transaction, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, ~ rwJ:JJ)J Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl cc: Dr. Dexter Suggs, LRSD Mr. Kelsey Bailey, LRSD Dr. Sadie Mitchell, LRSD \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment\" Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} June 11, 2013 Dr. Jerry Guess, Superintendent Pulaski County Special School District 925 E. Dixon Road P. 0. Box 8601 Little Rock, AR 72216 Dear Dr. Guess: As you are aware, the Magnet Review Committee is funded by the three Pulaski County school districts and the Arkansas Department of Education. Our fiscal year ends June 30, 2013. Please verify that the stipulated amount ($30,833.33) is in the process of being forwarded to the Magnet Review Committee, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114, to fund the Pulaski County Special School District's portion for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. If you need any assistance or explanation for this transaction, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your cooperation. s~ ru\nrJJJ/ Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl cc: Mr. Bill Goff, PCSSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment\" Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} June 11, 2013 Mr. Ken Kirspel, Superintendent North Little Rock School District P. 0. Box 687 North Little Rock, AR 72115 Dear Mr. Kirspel: As you are aware, the Magnet Review Committee is funded by the three Pulaski County school districts and the Arkansas Department of Education. Our fiscal year ends June 30, 2013. Please verify that the stipulated amount ($30,833.33) is in the process of being forwarded to the Magnet Review Committee, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114, to fund the North Little Rock School District's portion for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. If you need any assistance or explanation for this transaction, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your cooperation. Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl cc: Mr. Kelly Rodgers, NLRSD Denise Drennan, NLRSD Micheal Stone, NLRSD Bobby Acklin, NLRSD \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment\" Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01  North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone}  (501) 758-5366 {Fax}  magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} July 1, 2013 The Honorable D. P. Marshall, Jr. Judge, U. S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas 500 West Capitol Suite B-149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Judge Marshall: The Magnet Review Committee is in the process of working with the Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Pulaski County Special school districts, the state of Arkansas, and the Joshua Intervenors to complete the budget document process for the six Stipulation interdistrict magnet schools. The Magnet Review Committee submits finalized budgets from the previous school year and the projected budget information for the coming school year by June 30th . We are behind our self-imposed budget submission timeline, due to schedule conflicts, pressing district/state issues, and teacher salary negotiations. This year, we anticipate the completion of the budget process during the month of September. The Magnet Review Committee is committed to maintaining the existing quality of the Stipulation interdistrict magnet schools. We will continue to work with the host district as we exercise stringent oversight of the magnet schools' budget in an effort to achleve and ensure efficient management and cost containment to the greatest extent possible. Sincerely, Dr. Sadie Mitchell, Chairperson Magnet Review Committee SM/DGC:sl cc: Office of Desegregation Monitoring Magnet Review Committee \"Pursue the Possibilities of Magnel School Enrollment\" MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID 1. American Home Life (MRC's Rent for July, 2013) 2. American Home Life JULY 10, 2013 (MRC's Communication Expenses for June, 2013) 3. CompSys (Monthly Billing to Provide Services for Hosting MRC's Website) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 825.00 182.50 48.33 $1,055.83  FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013  5B PrincipaOlsK d' forH allM, cCellaMn, ann CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSASD EMOCRAT-GAZETI'E The Little Rock School Board approved the appointments of new principals for Hall High, McClellan High and Horace Mann Middle School at a special meeting Thursday night. Henry Anderson, currently the principal at Jacksonville High in the Pulaski County Special School District, will be the new principal at McClellan High. Anderson, a 1988 graduate of Little Rock Central, is a former high school principal in Crosssett and previously worked at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in that school's distance- learning program. His base salary will be $101,820. He replaces Clausey Myton, who has been the school's interim principal. Larry Schleicher will be the new principal at Hall High, replacing John Daniels, who was recently named the district's athletic director. Schleicher, who will earn a base salary of $93,096, is the former six-year principal of Stevens Middle School in downtown St. Louis. Before that, he was a physical-education teacher and football coach at Cleveland High in that city. Before his education career, he was in the U.S. Army for a dozen years. Introducing himself, Schleicher told the board that he led the middle school from being the worst-rated in Missouri to a point where it was the only middle school in the city in 2011 to meet its annual achievement goals as required to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. \"I'm very student-oriented,\" he said. \"I'm going to challenge students to do things that they have never done before, and I'm going to challenge teachers to do what they have never done before. I promise you every decision we make will be based on data. The answers are in the data, and that data has to be turned inside out and upside down. My goal is to make Hall the best school - period.\" Keith McGee will be the new principal at Horace Mann Middle School. The current coordinator of the district's Hamilton Learning Academy alternative school, McGee will replace Patricia Boykin, who has been the principal at Mann for seven years and was a Mann assistant principal before that. Boykin will become co-coordinator at Hamilton, according to district documents. The board made permanent some of the interim appointments made in the school year that just ended. Connie Green, interim principal at Forest Heights Middle School, will now hold the position for the long term at a base salary of $101,820. Shoutell Richardson, named interim supervisor for elementary education earlier this year, received a more permanent appointment to the job at a base salary of$98,568. Cassandra Norman, interim director of career and technical education, also will drop the \"interim\" from her title. Her base salary is $lll,360. Shameka Montgomery will be the administrator of the Metropolitan Career Technical Center at a salary of $82,404. She was, to date, the interim coordinator at the campus. School Board member Mike Nellums praised the selection of Anderson for the McClellan job, calling him a highly qualified, outstanding educator, but he abstained from voting as the vote went 5-0 for the appointments. He said in a later interview that he had questions about the high school principal selection process, including the criteria used to select applicants for interviews. Also Thursday, the board approved stipends of $10,000 each to Kelsey Bailey, chief financial officer, and Dennis Glasgow, associate superintendent for accountability, for their work on a three-member leadership transition team after the March resignation of Superintendent Morris Holmes. A $20,000 stipend was approved for the third member of that team, Marvin Burton, the district's associate superintendent for high schools. Burton has served as the district's interim superintendent, a job he will continue until July 1, when new Superintendent Dexter Suggs takes the position. DelayOK'd in ongoing school trial Report by July 26, judge orders sides CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSADSE MOCRAT-GAZETTE U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr., the presiding judge in the Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit, Monday \"reluctantly\" approved a request to delay court hearings on partial unitary status for the Pulaski County Special School District. Those hearings to determine whether the Pulaski County Special district has complied with its desegr_egation plan and is entitled to be released from some federal court monitoring were scheduled for Aug. 20, sept. 3, Sept. 17 and Oct. 1.  Attorneys for black students known as the Joshua intervenors requested delays, last week in light of t):i.eil lness of Rep. John Walker\nD-Litt:le Rock, the lead attorney for the ,intervenors. Walker had lung cancer surgery in January and is continu~g treatment. The Joshua intervenors are challenging the Pulaski County Special District's assertions that it has complied with its desegregation plan and is entitled to partial unitary status and release from' federal court supervision in certain areas of its operation. , , \"The Court is concerned - about counsel's health, and about addressing these issues promptly,\" Marshall wrote. \"They need attention.\" -..- The-judge..directed.attor-. neys for the school district, Joshua a11d the state to submit a report to hima.n d,propose, a new hearing. schedule by July 26.  iri the'same Monday' o~der but regarding a diff~rent aspect of the desegregation case, Marshall set a schedule for the Little Rock School District/ Joshua intervenors -and the Arkansas attorney general's office to trade repor.ts from the experts they intend to call to testify in a December court hearing. That Dec. 9-20 court hearing will center on whether the state should be relieved of commitments it made to the three Pulaski County districts 'and the Joshua intervenors in a 1989 settlement. Those commitments include the state's payment of desegregation aicl to the districts, which amounts to about $70 million a year.' , Marshall said state attorneys should have submitted the reports froiri the experts when they reporte'd the experts' names to the judge May 31. Attorneys for' Little 'Rock and Joshua should not have waited until their deadline for disclosing their own experts before complaining about the state submission\nMarshall . wrote. \"All parties .i:nust do better,\" Marshall said. \"Too much must b'e done between now and December for any more foot dragging. The Court admonishes counsel to turn square corners, redouble cooperation and notify the Court as soon as any problem aris-es.\" kJ\u0026lt; Schoolruling correctf,i ling advises court Charterst' ies to 1989d eal only tenuous, state argues CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSASD EMOCRAT-GAZETTE Attorneys for Arkansas and for independently run charter schools in Pulaski County are urging a federal appeals court to allow the charter schools to operate unfettered by a 1989 agreement in a 30-year-old desegregation lawsuit. Senior Assistant Attorney General Scott Richardson defended a lower-court decision to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. in January correctly rejected efforts by the Little Rock School District and black students who are known as the Joshua intervenors in the case \"to expand the desegregation remedies in this case.\" \"The remedies imposed by the federal courts must be tailored to curing the initial constitutional violations,\" Richardson wrote on behalf of the Arkansas Department of Education. \"Here, neither the Little Rock School District nor the Joshua intervenors have ever made any showing that their allegations about open-enrollment charter schools have anything at all to do with the initial constitutional violations in this case.\" A team of attorneys headed by Jess Askew III of Little Rock and former state Rep. Mike Wilson of Jacksonville represent the Pulaski County charter schools that were permitted to interven~ on a limited basis in the case to , protect their interests. The intervenors elaborated on the state's defense of Marshall's decision supporting charter schools but also asked that if the case is returned to the district court for further action that they be allowed to broaden their arguments to challenge the legality of desegregation efforts in Pulaski County. Those efforts include the use of \"unlawful racial quotas\" in the operation of magnet schools and majority-to-minority interdistrict student transfer programs, attorneys for the intervenors said. \"The false premises of LRSD's motion to enforce [the 1989 settlement] have their roots in the mists and myths of history and do not survive reasonable examination,\" the Askew and Wilson See SCHOOLPSa, ge 78 Schools  Continued from Page 1 B legal team wrote. \"The pendency of this case has retarded economic development in Pulaski County and rendered LRSD in many respects unaccountable to the state for the way it delivers education. It is time for a fresh voice to be heard to say, in effect, 'The emperor has no clothes.\"' Marshall ruled Jan. 17 that the establishment of nearly a dozen open-enrollment charter schools in Pulaski County does not violate the 1989 agreement between the state and the three Pulaski County school districts. That agreement committed the state to support desegregation efforts in the three Pulaski County school districts, largely in terms of providing to the districts special desegregation aid that now amounts to about $70 million a year. The judge concluded that the terms of the 1989 settlement did not address charter schools, that the charter- school enrollment in Pulaski County has had minimal effect on desegregation efforts - specifically the six original magnet schools and majority- to-minority interdistrict student transfer programs - and that the Little Rock district waited too long to challenge the charter schools, the first of which opened in 2001. The Little Rock district and the Joshua intervenors are appealing Marshall's decision to the appeals court. 1n documents sent to the court in May, attorneys for the school district argued that the lower court must protect desegregation efforts in the county by imposing conditions on charter schools so that they don't adversely affect the de-segregation and racial balance goals of magnet schools and majority-to-minority student transfer programs. 1n his response for the state that was made public this week by the appeals court, Richardson argued that the 1989 settlement is \"silent\" on charter schools and does not restrict the state's authority to create new schools in Pulaski County. While the language of the settlement protects the sovereignty of the Pulaski County Special and North Little Rock districts, it doesn't do that for Little Rock, Richardson said. The settlement actually \"contemplates that some other entity may be responsible for education in Little Rock.\" He also said that the Little Rock district case \"suffers from a failure of proof.\" in that only 324 students transferred from magnet schools to op~n enrollment charters over SlX years, or 54 students per year. Richardson urged the appeals court to que 7tion th_e Joshua intervenors oppo~1- tion to the charter schools m light of the number of black students who attend open-enrollment charter schools. Of Pulaski County's approximately 4,000 charter-school students in 2010-11a,b out 2,025 were black. \"The Joshua Internvenors have made no attempt to explain how their joinder in LRSD's motion to enforce serves the interests of these African-American students,\" Richardson wrote, adding that the courts have authority to take action when conflicts arise within a certified class in a lawsuit. That can include redefming the class, recogniz- ing a sub-class and appointing an attorney to represent that sub-class or even decertifying the class. \"African-American students and parents at open-enrollment charter schools are also entitled to representation fr?m the class representative,\" ~chardson said. \"The Joshua mtervenors should not take positions so clearly contrary to the interests of the African- American students, parents, and patrons of open-enrollment charter schools.\" Richardson said the enrollment of black students in the charter schools removes those students from the Little Rock district, \"and, therefore, may actually assist in providing greater racial balance in LR.SD schools.\" \"These schools also attempt to provide enhanced educational opportunities to students who would be ineligible to attend the stipulation magnet schools because of their race,\" Richardson wrote. The stipulation magnet schools are the six original magnet schools: Booker Carver, Gibbs and William\nelementary schools, Horace Mann Middle School and Parkview High School. The schools, all in Little Rock but open to students from all three Pulaski County districts, offer special academic programs to attract a 50-50 mix of black and white students to schools that would otherwise be difficult to desegregate because of their locations. More black students apply to the schools than do whites. The Little Rock district has said that without sufficient numbers of white students to fill available seats, not all seats for the black students can be filled if there is to be an equal racial mix. The state pays 50 percent of the cost of educating the students in the magnet schools and all of the transportation ':Ost_s - . a funding _system that is unique to just those six schools. The team of lawyers for the charter-school intervenors argued that the Little Rock district is basing its arguments in support of magnet schools on a 1987 magnet stipulation with the state and not the 1989 settlement. That 1989 settlement does not incorporate the earlier magnet stipulation. The 1989 agreement actually releases the state from all obligations and claims not in the settlement agreement. \"By virtue of this release, LRSD's bait and switch must fail,\" the legal team wrote in a 74-page brief. \"While its bait is the settlement agreement, it switches to the 1987 magnet stipulation to make its argument. But the state's obligations under the 1987 magnet stipulation, to the extent not set forth in the settlement agreement, were 'released, acquitted and discharged,' in the settlement agreement with the approval of this Court. \"It is hornbook law that a release and discharge of a party from a legal obligation, even a judicial decree ... is a complete defense and bar to later efforts to enforce the discharged obligations.\" Chris Heller, an attorney for the Little Rock School District, said in an e-mail Tuesday evening, \"I haven't sent anything to the Board and I haven't even finished reading the brief so I don't have anything to say at the moment. Our response is due August 1 but the Court is in recess and I don't expect that we will have oral arguments before October.\" MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE Projected Budget Information for 2013-2014 Expenditures Through June 30, 2013 Budgeted Ex2enditures Budgeted 2012-2013 2012-2013 2013-2014 CODE Salaries 99,064.59 99,064.59 99,064.59 Fringe Benefits 48,157.41 48,157.41 48,157.41 Total Salary 147,222.00 147,222.00 147,222.00 Prof \u0026amp; Tech Serv. 1,166.67 1,091.67 1,200.00 63900 Other Purchased Svc. Technology Related Repairs \u0026amp; Maintenance 1,500.00 1,217.21 1,500.00 64320 Rental - Building 9,900.00 9,900.00 9,900.00 64410 Rental - Equipment 887.76 887.76 888.00 64420 Travel Out of Dist. 0.00 -0- -0- 65860 Travel in District 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,500.00 65810 Postage 400.00 361.00 400.00 65320 Communications 2,190.00 2,190.00 2,190.00 65310 Advertising 9,995.57 9,488.10 15,000.00 65400 Printing 1,630.00 1,625.86 1,800.00 65500 Supplies 1,500.00 1,451.80 1,500.00 66100 Periodicals 250.00 239.00 400.00 66430 Dues \u0026amp; Fees 600.00 590.00 500.00 68100 Technology Related -0- -0- 1,000.00 67340 Equipment ( over $1,000) Totals 31,820.00 30,842.40 37,778.00 TOTAL SALARY 179,042.00 178,064.40 185,000.00 AND EXPENDITURES\nThis project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. 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