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Aerospace Education Center Today's Vision . .. orrow's Opportunities. Campaign Leadership Honorary Chairmen Herschel H. Friday Winthrop P. Rockefeller Jackson T. Stephens Little Rock School District Dr. Ruth S. Steele Superintendent Dr. Herben H. Cleek Deputy Superinte11de111 Campaign Leadership William H. Bowen Chairman Richard N. Holbert Vice Chairman Marion B. Burton President J. Dan Baker J. W. "Buddy" Benafield Wayne Bennett Henry A. Broach F. Taylor Brown Dr. Gerald P. Carr David M. Clark Fred K. Darragh, Jr. Dennis Davis David Eldridge Lee Frazier Sen. Jack Gibson Nathan Gordon Charles Harper Col. Alben Hart Ector R. "Buddy" Johnson E. Ray Kemp Frederick J. Menz Dr. William R. Pogue Louis Ramsay James Rodgers James L. "Skip" Rutherford Adj. Gen. James A. Ryan M. M. "Twig" Satterfield. Jr. Walter V. Smiley Lucien M. Taillac Charles M. Taylor Jim Guy Tucker R.s.v.p. Card Enclosed The Campaign Leadership The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society and the Little Rock School District Board of Education invite you to join The Honorable James 8. Busey, Administrator Federal Aviation Administration and the Arkansas Congressional Delegation al a luncheon announcing the Aerospace Education Center Friday, the Twelfth of April, Nineteen Hundred Ninety-One at Twelve O'Clock Noon Central Flying Service - Hangar Eight 1501 Bond Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Business Attire H3.LN()1VNOilVJfl AEROSPACE EnucArioNAL()NTER ational Advisory Board Col. Walter J. Boyne Lt. Gen. Benjamin 0. Davis Gen. Alfred G. Hansen Honorary Chairmen Herschel H. Friday Winthrop P. Rockefeller Jackson T. Stephen Campaign Leadership William H. Bowen, Chairman Richard N. Holbert, Vice Chainnan Ector R "Buddy" Johnson, President J. Dan Baker J. W. "Buddy" Benafield Wayne Bennett Henry A Broach F. Taylor Brown Marion B. Burton David M. Clark Fred K Darragh, Jr. Dennis Davis David Eldridge Lee Frazier Charles Harper E. Ray Kemp Frederick J. Menz James Rodgers James L. "Skip" Rutherford Walter V. Smiley Lucien M. Taillac Charles M. Taylor Jim Guy Tucker State Advisory Board Dr. Gerald P. Carr Sen. Jack Gibson Nathan Gordon Col. Albert Hart Dr. William R Pogue Louis Ramsay M. M. 'Twig" Satterfield, Jr. Development Counsel Catherine Johnson Name Dear Friend: The Aerospace Educational Center will serve as a beacon to visitors, of the dedication of our people to preserve Arkansas' rich aviation heritage and meet the needs of our young people for specialized, quality education for the jobs of tomorrow. Your investment in this premiere facility may be made in the form of cash or stock. Thank you for your gift to this educational resource for our state. ' ---- --- .,. William H. Bowen Richard N. Holbert AEROSPACE EoucATIONAL(ENTER ----------------------------------- Address ---------------------------------- City _______________ State ______ ZIP _______ _ Professional Affiliation ----------------------------- Amount of Pledge $ __________ Pledge Period: D Three Year D Five Year Contribution is: D Individual D Corporate D Foundation $ ____ now, and remainder to be paid on or before __________ _ Payments will be made: D Annually D Semi-Annually D Quarterly D Payment Enclosed D Payment to be sent ____ _ Signature _________________________________ _ OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE Historic Preservation, Education and Economic Development AEROSPACE EoucATION():NTER P. 0. Box 7332 Little Rock, Arkansas 72217 National Advisory Board Col. Walter J. Boyne Lt. Gen. Benjamin 0. Davis Gen. Alfred G. Hansen Honorary Chairmen Herschel H. Friday Winthrop P. Rockefeller Jackson T. Stephens Little Rock School District Dr. Ruth S. Steele Superintendent Dr. Herbert H. Cleek Deputy Superintendent Campaign Leadership William H. Bowen Chairman Richard N. Holbert Vice Chairman Ector R. ''Buddy" Johnson President J. Dan Baker J. W. "Buddy" Benafield Wayne Bennett Henry A Broach F. Taylor Brown Marion B. Burton David M. Clark Fred K. Darragh, Jr. Dewis Davis David Eldridge Lee Frazier Charles Harper E. Ray Kemp Frederick J. Menz James Rodgers James L "Skip" Ruthertord WalterV. Smiley Lucien M. Taillac Charles M. Taylor Jim Guy Tucker State Advisory Board Dr. Gerald P. Carr Sen.Jack Gibson Nathan Gordon Col. Albert Hart Dr. William R. Pogue Louis Ramsay M. 1\11. ''Twig" Satterfield, Jr. Development Counsel Catherine Johnson DUCATION{)NTER P. 0. Box 7332 Little Rock, Arkansas 72217 501. 371. 0331 Benefits of the Aerospace Education Center Expanded Opportunities for Students The Aerospace Education Center will provide exceptional skills in technology disciplines. and the ability to translate those skills into meaningful employment opportunities for students who otherwise would not have those opportunities. Increase Employment Opportunities for Blacks in Technology Skill Areas The Aerospace Education Center will make a significant positive impact to increase the number of black Arkansans employed in skilled positions in aerospace and high technology companies. Benefit to Industries The Aerospace Education Center will provide existing and future aerospace industries, as well as other technology companies, an institution that will provide a skilled labor force to meet employment needs. Industrial Development The Aerospace Education Center will symbolize the commitment of the community to create partnerships that will meet the needs of private enterprises, enabling them to locate and prosper in Arkansas. Improved Image for the Little Rock School District The Aerospace Education Center will establish a renewed commitment from the community and restore confidence in the Little Rock School District and its ability to provide a quality education for all students. Preservation of Aviation Heritage and Creation of Tourist Attraction The Aerospace Education Center will chronicle the people, places and events of Arkansas' rich aviation heritage, while providing an exciting attraction for visitors to central Arkansas. 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c-z:-k ~c:::.-ce :..n t.be incrQasi.!:gly hig~-~ec.~ vo:-:1::.eccr.c~y. Your conside_~tic~ o: b.is proposa: will ~e g:::.-~atly app::ecia~ed. " I,, ' I HERSCHEL H . F"R I OAY, P.A B 5 , CLARK ROBERT V. LIGHT, P . A. WILLIAM H. SUTTON, F'. A . GEORGE E. F'IK , JR ., P.A JAM ES W MOORE BYRON M EISEMAN, JR., PA JOE 0 . l!IELL, P. A M IC HAEL O THOMPSON, F'A JOH N C ECHOLS, PA J AMES A . 9UTTRY, 111'.A . FREDERICKS URSERY, PA, H . T LARZELERE, PA OSCAR DAVIS, JR JAMES C CLARK, JR., F'.A THOMAS P LEGGETT, F'. A JOHN DEWEY WATSON , P.A LEWIS MATHIS, PA PAUL B BENHAM Ill, P. A LARRY W BURKS, P . A A . WYCKLIF"F" NISBET, JR., P . A . J AMES EOWARO HARRIS, P.A J_ PH ILLI P MALCOM. P.A JAMES M SIMPSON. PA MEREDITH P CATLETT, PA J AM ES M. SAXTON , F' A . J. SHE PH ERO RUSSELL Ill OONALO H . BACON, P.A WILLIAM THOMAS 9AXTER, PA. WALTER A . PAULSON 11, P.A HAND DELIVERED F RIDA Y, ELDRE D GE & CLARK A PARTNERS HIP OF INDIVIDUALS ANO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ATTORNEYS AT LAW 2000 FIRST COMMERCIAL BUILOING 400 WEST CAPITOL LITTLE ROCK, AR KANSAS 7220 1-3493 TELEPHONE January 16, 1991 Honorable Susan Webber Wright United states District Judge U.S. Post Office & Courthouse 600 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 Re: Aerospace Technology Magnet Program Dear Judge Wright: BARRY COPLIN, F'. A. RIC HARO 0 . TAYLOR, F' A JOSEF'H B . HURST, JR., PA ELIZABETH J_ ROBBEN, rt A CHRISTOPHER HELLER . PA LAURA HENSLEY SMITH, PA ROBERTS. SHAF"ER, F' A WILL IAM M . GRIF",-IN Ill, PA THOMAS N ROSE, PA M I CHAELS. MOORE DIANE S MACKEY WALTER M. El!lL 111, F' A . KEVI N A . CRASS W ILLIAM A . WA.ODELL, JR., PA CLY0 .. TA9" TURNER CALVIN J . HALL SCOTTJ. LANCASTER JERRY L. MALONE M . GAYLE CORLEY ROBERT 1!1 BEACH , JR S. RANDOLPH LOONEY J LEE BROWN JAM ES C. SAKER, JR H CHARLES GSCHWEND, J R HARRY A. LIGHT SCOTT H TUCKER JOHN CLAYTON RANOOLF'H MARY L. Wt SEMAN GUY ALTON WAOE ?RICE. C. GARONER THOMAS F MEEKS J M ICHAEL F'ICKENS WILLIAM J SMITH W ILLIAM A ELOREOGE , J R ., PA WILLIAM L T ERRY WILLIAM L. PATTON, JR PA TELECOPIER (5011 3762147 TELECOPIER (SOIi 376-6369 370-1506 The Little Rock School District has filed with the U.S. Department of Education a grant application for funds to establish an Aerospace Technology Magnet Program within the Little Rock School District. A copy of Volume I of the grant application is enclosed. Volume II of the grant application is the LRSD Desegregatior. Plan which you already have . An Aerospace Technology Magnet located in the Little Rock School District is a component of the Tri-District Desegregation Plan found at page 13 of the section on Interdistrict Magnet Schools and Programs. LRSD believes that the Aerospace Technology Magnet, although not required by the Settlement Plans, would compliment those plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans. We hope to present to the court within the next week a stipulation of the parties in support of the Aerospace Technology Magnet. I thought it best to provide you a copy of the grant application now, however, because the application will remain viable only if the Aerospace Technology Magnet becomes a court approved component of the LRSD Desegregation Plan before February 4, 1991. Yours very truly ~~ Christopher eller CJH/k cc: Mr. John Walker JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Enc. Little Rock, AR 72206 Mr. Sam Jones WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. 400 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Steve Jones JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Streets Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Richard Roachell MITCHELL & ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third Little Rock, AR 72201 Ms. Sharon Streett Arkansas Department of Education #4 Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72205 Ms. Ann Brown Ms. Arma Hart Heritage West Bldg., Suite 510 201 East Markham Street Little Rock, AR72201 OFFICE OF DESEGREGATION MONITORING 201 EAST MARKHAM, SUITE 510 HERITAGE WEST BUILDING LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 Date: January 17, 1991 To: Ruth Steele, Superintendent of Schools From: Cfi,~n Brown, Associate Di rector of Monitoring Subject: Copy of the LRSD Aerospace Technology Magnet Grant Application At my direction, Polly Ramer contacted your office today to make a second request for a copy of the district's Aerospace Technology Magnet Grant Application. The first request had been made last Tuesday, January 15. Today Polly was told that the request had been referred to Dr. Cleek's office. After talking with Dr. Cleek's secretary, Polly was told that a copy of the Aerospace Grant was not available and that it would be one week to ten days before the district would be able to provide a copy of the grant. I would like to request that a copy of the Areospace Grant be forwarded to this office at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Date ______ _ FORM 48 - - IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT V. NO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER REGARDING LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be amended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnet School as described in Exhibit "A" to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns expressed by the Court and some of the parties. The parties further stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed and operated if the Little Rock School District receives approval of first-year funding of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contributes at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. -- The purpose of this stipulation between the Joshua Intervenors and the Little Rock School District is to insure by specific outcome expectations that black youth will be at least as well served in educational outcomes, process, treatment, retention, promotion, rewards, awards and opportunities as white youth in the proposed Aerospace Magnet School. The underlying prem~se of Joshua is that students from higher socio-economic backgrounds, based upon past and present treatment by Little Rock School District, are being and will be well served by the district. The outcome expectations shall be measured.by objective, education related criteria. The results will be subject to further analysis by the Districtwide Biracial Committee and the Office of Desegregation Monitoring. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School is being integrated into and engrafted upon the Settlement Desegregation Plans of the parties ("the Settlement Plans"). The parties stipulate that the Aerospace Technology Magnet School Plans shall be consistent with the objectives of the Settlement Plans. The school shall be planned, opened and hereafter operate on a fully and thoroughly integrated basis in all aspects of its operations and outreach. The district shall accomplish this racially inclusive educational environment by whatever means necessary within federal law and by appropriate state law as well so long as state law does not diminish the remedial and desegregation objectives of the Settlement Plan. The district commits that it will maintain this facility on a racially integrated basis into perpetuity. 2 . a
-__ --- - The Aerospace Magnet School shall effectively be a joint venture between the school district and the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society in certain operational and financing respects. The school district, however, shall have full and final authority for all decisions and conduct of the school including but not limited to its staff, students, programs and activities. The local aerospace community consists of those aerospace technical business enterprises which are located around the Little Rock Regional Airport. It includes the Little Rock Airport Commission, a public enterprise, which operates the Little Rock Regional Airport. The Littl~ Rock Airport Commission and the following private aerospace technical business enterprises hereby make the commitments contained in the statement of support attached to this page and the reasonable inferences which flow therefrom regarding the level and duration of said support. A. Companies 1. Central Flying Service 2. Falcon Jet Corporation 3. Arkansas Modification Center 4. Midcoast Aviation 5. Air Transport International 6. Little Rock Regional Airport B. General Commitment (see attachment to this page) The Court shall be provided affidavits of support from representatives of the local aerospace community, not later than February 19, 1991. These affidavits of support will describe each 3 -- Statement in Support of the Aerospace Education Center As exerntives of Little Rock's aviation industries and the Little Rock Airport C.ommission, we endorse and lend our commitment to the planned Aerospace Education Center, combining an Aerospace Magnet High Sc.:hool with the Arkansas Museum of Aviacion History at Adams Field. The Aerospace Magnet High School will provide the educutionul base in math and science that our companies are looking for in new employees, making it possible for these studcnt_s to pursue careers here in Central Arkansas in our companies as well as other high technology iinus. Our companies are willing to provide adjunct faculty to both the high school and to the museum's educational outreach program, and will provide guest instrnctors, as needed, to enhunt:e curriculum nfferings. In addition, we will sponsor and encourage our employees to participate in a mentor progrum, working with students who wish to specialize in specific areas of expertise. While we anticipate the school's graduates becoming a soun:e of our permanent employees, we also plan to consider, whenever possible, opportunities for purt-time and :mmmer employment of students in aviation-related jobs. We wholeheanedly endorse Governor Clinton's initiative to develop industry apprenticeship programs, and pledge our cooperation to affect such a program in our industry here in Little Rock where it mny apply. We feel that apprenticeship progrum:
in aviation-related skills, developed through what will be the excellent facilities of the Aerospace Education Center, could eventually hecome a significant soiirce of skilled workers for our companies. Little Rock's Aerospace Magnet High School will provide new opportunities for disadvantaged ttnd minority students, many of whom would have few other opportunities to gain the requisite skills to emer aerospace or other technology careers. We pledge to recruit disadvantaged and minority graduates from the Aerospace Magnet High School, in conjunction with our companies' respective uftin11ative nction pluns. The aviation industries of Central Arkansas have enjoyed phenomenal growth over the pust several years, offering economic benefits for not only our employees, but for the entire community. for this positive trend co cominue, we must work together with our schools to provide the skilled people needed for our industry. Therefore, we offer our unqualified endorsement of the Aerospu<.:e Education Center and pledge the support of our respective companies to ensure its success. r. Taylor Brown Senior Vice President Falcon Jet Corporation Senior Vice President and General Manager Midcoast Aviation - Little Rock James R. Rodgers ~anager Dennis D. Davis President Arkansas Modification Center k~~ President Central Flying Service President . . ~-- . - --- company's present commitments and future voluntary efforts in the following areas: (a) specific employment, hiring and promotion commitments for each of the employers and affect all future employment opportunities
(b) summer training and employment opportunities for the black pupils who will attend the Aerospace Magnet Technology School
( c) year round mentoring and support programs for black pupils at the school
(d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprenticeship programs and employment within these enterprises
(e) creation of racially inclusive, nondiscriminatory work environments
and (f) broad based racial and gender representation on appropriate advisory and governing boards of each of the business enterprises. In the event that it is necessary to modify these commitments, notice shall be provided to the parties and efforts will be made to continue the spirit of these commitments. EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 1. Student Education Plans (SEP's) shall be developed for each pupil who elects to attend the Aerospace Technology Magnet School. The plans shall be developed and then implemented in such a way as to insure that all pupils therein shall be "mainstreamed" into regular classes. If additional, out of class work is required in order to promote remediation to pupils to meet classroom work, the district shall offer it as needed at district expense either after school or on Saturdays. A principal objective of the SEP's is to allow the progress of each pupil to be measured periodically. It will also assist in determining individual teacher performance 4 - for evaluation purposes. 2. The school shall employ a sufficient number of teacher assistants to insure that the serious teaching and learning objectives of the Aerospace Magnet School shall be achieved. 3. It is expected that all pupils who enroll in this school shall be promoted each year and graduate from high school on time and with appropriate educational credentials for further study and/or entry into college type programs. The only possible exceptions to this expectation are those pupils who, by objective standards, considered after sufficient time has expired for the SEP' s to work, demonstrate that they do not have either the capacity or interest for the required school work. 4. There shall be no "tracking" in the Aerospace Magnet School. Those teachers or other staff who either allow or engage in the practice shall be subject to formal discipline. Any discipline of teachers shall be in accordance with the Professional Negotiations Agreement (PNA). 5. The racial balance of the student body of the Aerospace Magnet School shall bear a reasonable relationship to the racial balance of the other high schools. It initially shall be sixty percent (60%) bl:ack and forty percent (40%) white. The racial balance goal of the faculty shall be in reverse ratio due to the acknowledged shortage of black staff members. The district is committed, however, through the Settlement Plans, to increasing black staff by aggressive recruitment and by financial support for teacher aides who commit to obtain college training while on the 5 -- - job and a period of employment thereafter for the district. 6. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be operated and supported by the district in those ways which do not diminish the status, faculty or student bodies of the other high schools. 7. All students at the Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be privileged to participate in all school activities at all times provided their sch~ol work is first addressed to the level of their respective capacities and is otherwise acceptable. By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit "A" is modified as follows: PAGE AMENDMENTS Page 19 (Substitute first paragraph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS 11 ) In 1986, the Federal District Court approved an interdistrict plan of desegregation between the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County School Districts. That plan provided interdistrict remedies of magnet schools and majority to minority transfers. The percentage of black students in North Little Rock is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is approximately thirty (30). Page 26 During the period of construction of the Aerospace Technology Magnet School, it will be sited at the Metropolitan Vocational School located near Interstate Highway Thirty (30) in Southwest 6 --- Little Rock. Architectural Plans are being developed and it is hoped that the school will be opened in the fall of 1992 or soon thereafter. (As a footnote, the architects who are working on these plans have committed to make a biracial effort of their further work on this project.) Page 23 SIBLING PREFERENCE There is and shall be no sibling preference for Magnet School assignment. Thus item six (6) on Page 23 is deleted. Page 27 Program Objective II (substituted) The District plan to open the Aerospace Technology Magnet School at Metropolitan High School on September, 1991, provided this grant application is timely approved, with the further expectancy that in September, 1992 or sooner thereafter the new school will be opened. The racial balance of the school shall be a range of black students within fifty-five to sixty-five percent and a range of white students between thirty-five and forty-five percent. Those rigures are comparable to the other senior high school enrollments. Page 29 (Last sentence on the page) Central High School has been successful in attracting white students from the Pulaski County and North Little Rock School 7 ' Districts. --- - Page 32 (Supplement) Other standardized tests confirm the above disparities in test results between at least black and white students. The district is committed to fully addre~sing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be formulated and implemented for students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace program. If those are not met, however, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. Page 36 (substitute) The Aerospace Technology Program will require students to have a firm grasp of basic skills. Those skills will be effectively taught to all students so that they will meet the high school standards in the areas of Algebra, Physical Science and Earth Science. The District will provide special support to underachieving pupils in order that those students may be equally successful in their classwork as the more advanced pupils. Page 52 (New paragraph 2) 8 -- The planning process was not successful in including black citizens to the extent that it included white citizens as set out in paragraph one, supra. Nor did it include the LRSD Biracial Committee in the process. These unintentional omissions will be corrected forthwith and will not be repeated. The Biracial Committee and Joshua shall be fully represented in the Magnet School Planning Committe~ described in the next paragraph and shall otherwise be utilized to insure that this school meets its goals and expectations. Page 58 (a new last sentence on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental assistance to achievement. This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school. Page 59 (supplementary language) A program of teacher developed incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation of students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) 9 ---- outreach programs will be provided for all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for their students, and programmatic expectations for students' achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. Page 70 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staff is disproportionately white. The district is sensitive to this fact and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegregated and integrated. Paga 77 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts from math and science such as velocity, vectors, and kinesthetics. Page 91 (new first paragraph) Student Education Plans (SEP' s) will be developed for all students. These SEP's will vary according to past student achievement. Appropriate intensive counseling will provide assistance and direction to students to insure that their 10 potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 106 (last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to insre summer jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, apprenticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it. Page 10a (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, and guest speakers for students. Seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. Page 111 (addition to end of second paragraph) The figure $278 which is included in the discussion of Magnet program costs refers to the eventual cost of Magnet components only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which the 11 -- - district expends, which is $2,165 on average at non-magnet, nonincentive schools. Page 116 (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation industry by race and gender number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace technology by race and gender decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program Page 119 (final paragraph) The evaluatOr(s) will work closely with the school staff and be both sensitive and responsive to inquiries raised by the Joshua Intervenors, the district and/or school biracial committee(s) and the Office of Desegregation Monitor(ing). Page 146 (new paragraph three) 12 --- There shall be a collaborative effort between the school district, Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Arrangements will be sought with these colleges for college credit to be given for certain work completed at the Aerospace Magnet School and for the institutions to assist the magnet graduates with educational career planning. The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that a modification of the Little Rock School District desegregation plan to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit 11A" as modified above, subject to the contingencies described above, would largely complement their settlement plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans, although the parties understand that this program might have a negative impact upon the further desegregation of Fuller Jr. High and Mills High School. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District's desegregation plan is modified to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A", as modified by this Stipulation and Consent Order, subject to the following contingencies: 1. The Little Rock School District must receive the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and 2. The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society must contribute 13 at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. If either of these contingencies does not happen, the Little Rock School District will have no obligation to build the school or implement the Aerospace Technology program described in Exhibit "A". JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 sy,Qu,~ ~ , - WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 MIT L & ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third :::n ~=:<~~l Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. 400 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 ~ BY,~ Ch=~ JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 BY~Wh -rl SO ORDERED THIS // - DAY OF FEBRl.lARY, 1991. fl 1 11 ~ ,r )1 / ' ( /,, // 44,, I . , ,0s:. t/,, ' ,' Zi. A-- SUSAN WEBBER \'ffi!GHT <.:, 1 1 - ) ' UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUCGE 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT V. NO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET A'L. , - KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER REGARDING LITTLE ROCX SCHOOL DISTRICT AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be amended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnet School as described in Exhibit "A" to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns expressed by the Court and some of the parties. The parties further stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed and operated if the Little Rock School District receives approval of first-year funding of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contributes at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. -- The purpose of this stipulation between the Joshua Intervenors and the Little Rock School District is to insure by specific outcome expectations that black youth will be at least as well served in educational outcomes, process, treatment, retention, promotion, rewards, awards and opportunities as white youth in the proposed Aerospace Magnet School. The underlying prem} se of Joshua is that students from higher socio-economic backgrounds, based upon past and present treatment by Littl e Rock School District, are being and will be well served by the district. The outcome expectations shall be measured . by objective, education related criteria. The results will be subject to further analysis by the Districtwide Biracial Committee and the Office of Desegregation Monitoring. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School is being integrated into and engrafted upon the Settlement Desegregation Plans of the parties ("the Settlement Plans"). The parties stipulate that the Aerospace Technology Magnet School Plans shall be consistent with the objectives of the Settlement Plans. The school shall be planned, opened and hereafter operate on a fully and thoroughly integrated basis in all aspects of its operations and outreach. The district shall accomplish this racially inclusive educational environment by whatever means necessary within federal law and by appropriate state law as well so long as state law does not diminish the remedial and desegregation objectives of the Settlement Plan. The district commits that it will maintain this facility on a racially integrated basis into perpetuity. 2 The Aerospace Magnet School shall effectively be a joint venture between the school district and the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society in certain operational and financing respects. The school district, however, shall have full and final authority for all decisions and conduct of the school including but not limited to its staff, students, programs and activities. The local aerospace community consists of those aerospace technical business enterprises which are located around the Little Rock Regional Airport. it includes the Little Rock Airport Commission, a public enterprise, which operates the Little Rock Regional Airport. The Little Rock Airport Commission and the following private aerospace technical business enterprises hereby make the commitments contained in the statement of support attached to this page and the reasonable inferences which flow therefrom regarding the level and duration of said support. A. Companies 1. Central Flying Service 2. Falcon Jet Corporation 3. Arkansas Modification Center 4. Midcoast Aviation 5. Air Transport International 6. Little Rock Regional Airport B. General Commitment (see attachment to this page) The Court shall be provided affidavits of support from representatives of the local aerospace community, not later than February 19, 1991. These affidavits of support will describe each 3 -- - Statement in Support of the Aerospace Education Center As exerntives of Little Rock's aviation industries and 1he Little Rock Airport Commission, we endorse and lend our commitment to the planned Aerospace Education Center, combining an Acrosp:ice Magner lligh Sc.:hool with the Arkansas Museum of Aviation History at Adams Field. The Aerospace Magnet High School will provide the edu<.:utionul base in math and science 1har our companies are looking for in new employees, making it possible for these students to pursue careers here in Central Arkansas in our companies as well as other high technology iir1us. Our companies are willing to provide adjunct faculty to both the high school and to 1he museum's t!ducationa.l Olltreach program, and will provide guest instrncrors, as needed, to enhunc.:e currkulum nfferings. In addition, we will sponsor and encourage our employees to panicipate in a mentor progrum, working with students who wish to specialize in specific areas of expertise. While we anticipate the school's graduates becoming a sourt:e of our permanent employees, we also plan to consider, whenever possible, opportunities for purt-time and :
ummer employment of studems in aviation-related jobs. We wholeheanedly endorse Governor Clinton's initiative to develop industry appremiceship programs, and pledge our cooperation to affect such a program in our industry here in Li1tle Rocle where it mny apply. We feel that apprenticeship programs in aviation-related skills, developed through what will be the excellent facilities of the Aerospace Education Center. could eventually become a significant source of skilled workers for our companies. Little Rock's Aerospace Magnet High School will provide new opportunities for disadvantaged 11nd minority srudents, many of whom would have few other opportunities to gain the requisite skills to enter aerospace or other technology careers. We pledge to recruit disadvantaged and minority graduates from the Aerospace Magnet High School, in conjllncrion with our companies' respective uffinnative action pluns. The aviation industries of Central Arkansas have enjoyed phenomenal srowth over the pust several years, offering economic benefits for not only our employees, but for the entire community. for this positive trend ro cominue, we must work together with our schools to provide the skilled people needed for our industry. Therefore, we offer our unqualified endorsement of the Aerospace Education Center and pledge the support of our respective companies to ensure its success. fi. Taylor Brown Senior Vice President Falcon Jet Corporation Senior Vice President and General Manager Midcoast Aviation - Little Rock James R. Rodgers Dennis D. Davis President Arkansas Modification Center ~~~~ President Central Flying Service -- company's present commitments and future voluntary efforts in the following areas: (a) specific employment, hiring and promotion commitments for each of the employers and affect all future employment opportunities
(b) summer training and employment opportunities for the black pupils who will attend the Aerospace Magnet Technology School
(c) year round mentoring and support programs for black pupils at the school
(d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprenticeship programs and employment within these enterprises
(e) creation of racially inclusive, nondiscriminatory work environments
and (f) broad based racial and gender representation on appropriate advisory and governing boards of each of the business enterprises. In the event that it is necessary to modify these commitments, notice shall be provided to the parties and efforts will be made to continue the spirit of these commitments. EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 1. Student Education Plans (SEP's) shall be developed for each pupil who elects to attend the Aerospace Technology Magnet School. The plans shall be developed and then implemented in such a way as to insure that all pupils therein shall be "mainstreamed" into regular classes. If additional, out of class work is required in order to promote remediation to pupils to meet classroom work, the district shall offer it as needed at district expense either after school or on Saturdays. A principal objective of the SEP's is to allow the progress of each pupil to be measured periodically. It will also assist in determining individual teacher performance 4 --- for evaluation purposes. 2. The school shall employ a sufficient number of teacher assistants to insure that the serious teaching and learning objectives of the Aerospace Magnet School shall be achieved. 3. It is expected that all pupils who enroll in this school shall be promoted each year and graduate from high school on time and with appropriate e~ucational credentials for further study and/or entry into college type programs. The only possible exceptions to this expectation are those pupils who, by objective standards, considered after sufficient time has expired for the SEP' s to work, demonstrate that they do not have either the capacity or interest for the required school work . 4. There shall be no "tracking" in the Aerospace Magnet School. Those teachers or other staff who either allow or engage in the practice shall be subject to formal discipline. Any discipline of teachers shall be in accordance with the Professional Negotiations Agreement (PNA). 5. The racial balance of the student body of the Aerospace Magnet School shall bear a reasonable relationship to the racial balance of the other high schools. It initially shall be sixty percent (60%) bl:"ack and forty percent (40%) white. The racial balance goal of the faculty shall be in reverse ratio due to the acknowledged shortage of black staff members. The district is committed, however, through the Settlement Plans, to increasing black staff by aggressive recruitment and by financial support for teacher aides who commit to obtain college training while on the 5 - job and a period of employment thereafter for the district. 6. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be operated and supported by the district in those ways which do not diminish the status, faculty or student bodies of the other high schools. 7. All students at the Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be privileged to participate in all school activities at all times provided their sch~ol work is first addressed to the level of their respective capacities and is otherwise acceptable. By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit "A" is modified as follows: PAGE AMENDMENTS Page 19 (Substitute first paragraph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS") In 1986, the Federal District Court approved an interdistrict plan of desegregation between the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County School Districts. That plan provided interdistrict remedies of magnet schools and majority to minority transfers. The percentage of black students in North Little Rock is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is approximately thirty (30). Page 26 During the period of construction of the Aerospace Technology Magnet School, it will be sited at the Metropolitan Vocational School located near Interstate Highway Thirty (30) in Southwest 6 --- Little Rock. Architectural Plans are being developed and it is hoped that the school will be opened in the fall of 1992 or soon thereafter. (As a footnote, the architects who are working on these plans have committed to make a biracial effort of their further work on this project.) Page 23 SIBLING PREFERENCE There is and shall be no sibling preference for Magnet School assignment. Thus item six (6) on Page 23 is deleted. Page 27 Program Objective II (substituted) The District plan to open the Aerospace Technology Magnet School at Metropolitan High School on September, 1991, provided this grant application is timely approved, with the further expectancy that in September, 1992 or sooner thereafter the new school will be opened. The racial balance of the school shall be a range of black students within fifty-five to sixty-five percent and a range of white students between thirty-five and forty-five percent. Those -figures are comparable to the other senior high school enrollments. Page 29 (Last sentence on the page) Central High School has been successful in attracting white students from the Pulaski County and North Little Rock School 7 Districts. -- Page 32 (Supplement) Other standardized tests confirm the above disparities in test results between at least black and white students. The district is committed to fully addre~sing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be formulated and implemented for students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace program. If those are not met, however, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. Page 36 (substitute) The Aerospace Technology Program will require students to have a firm grasp of basic skills. Those skills will be effectively taught to all students so that they will meet the high school standards in the areas of Algebra, Physical Science and Earth Science. The District will provide special support to underachieving pupils in order that those students may be equally successful in their classwork as the more advanced pupils. Page 52 (New paragraph 2) 8 The planning process was not successful in including black citizens to the extent that it included white citizens as set out in paragraph one, supra. Nor did it include the LRSD Biracial Committee in the process. These unintentional omissions will be corrected forthwith and will not be repeated. The Biracial Committee and Joshua shall be fully represented in the Magnet School Planning Committee described in the next paragraph and shall otherwise be utilized to insure that this school meets its goals and expectations. Page 58 (a new last sentence on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental assistance to achievement. This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school. Page 59 (supplementary language) A program of teacher developed incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation of students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) 9 outreach programs will be provided for all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for their students, and programmatic expectations for students' achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. Page 70 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staff is disproportionately white. The district is sensitive to this fact and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegregated and integrated. Page 77 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts from math and science such as velocity, vectors, and kinesthetics. Page 91 (new first paragraph) Student Education Plans (SEP' s) will be developed for all students. These SEP' s will vary according to past student achievement. Appropriate intensive counseling will provide assistance and direction to students to insure that their 10 potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 106 (last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to ins-re summer jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, apprenticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it. Page 108 (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, and guest speakers for students. Seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. Page 111 (addition to end of second paragraph) The figure $278 which is included in the discussion of Magnet program costs refers to the eventual cost of Magnet components only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which the 11 district expends, which is $2,165 on average at non-magnet, nonincentive schools. Page 116 (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation industry by race and gender number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace technology by race and gender decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program Page 119 (final paragraph) The evaluatOr(s) will work closely with the school staff and be both sensitive and responsive to inquiries raised by the Joshua Intervenors, the district and/or school biracial committee(s) and the Office of Desegregation Monitor(ing). Page 146 (new paragraph three) 12 --- There shall be a collaborative effort between the school district, Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Arrangements will be sought with these colleges for college credit to be given for certain work completed at the Aerospace Magnet School and for the institutions to assist the magnet graduates with educational career planning. The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that a modification of the Little Rock School District desegregation plan to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A" as modified above, subject to the contingencies described above, would largely complement their settlement plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans, although the parties understand that this program might have a negative impact upon the further desegregation of Fuller Jr. High and Mills High School. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District's desegregation plan is modified to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A", as modified by this Stipulation and Consent Order, subject to the following contingencies: 1. The Little Rock School District must receive the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and 2. The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society must contribute 13 -- at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. If either of these contingencies does not happen, the Little Rock School District will have no obligation to build the school or implement the Aerospace T~?hnology program described in Exhibit "A". JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 BY: Qu.9/utJ ~ WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 MIT L & ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third :::cr::ti~~l Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. 400 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 ~ BY:~ Ch=~ JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 BY~w~ -rl SO ORDEaill THIS J/ - DAY OF FEBRUARY, H91. I} . -vi,,,--, ,! ) 1 /" ~ .' ,,,1122I ,.,, I I. , ~/ /) . 1./. , .. 1 -11,, 4-- suSAN WEBBER ~,'RIGHI' '---- 1 1 ) ' UNITED STATES DISI'RICT Jl]X
E 14 TO: FROM: Little Rock School District February 1, 1991 The Office of Desegregation Monitoring ~Dr. Ruth Steele, Superintendent Ff.n 1 \99i SUBJECT: Update on the Status of the Proposed Aerospace Technology Magnet The Little Rock School District has been in the process of discussions with several of the parties to the case during the past four days in order to arrive at agreement with regard to the proposed Aerospace Technology Magnet. The attached materials reflect the agreements made as of 8 a.m. this morning and are for your information. We will send you a copy of the final stipulation when it is forwarded to the Court. AS/laj Attachment 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)374-3361 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION ~~...: -7 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. / LR-C-82-856___,. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER REGARDING LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL ... PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS Tha undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be amended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnet School as described in E:ichibit 11A11 to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns expressed by the court and so:ne of the parties. The parties further stipulate and agree tta~ the L~ttla Rec~ School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed '3/f_ro/J e( f,,-d-ye.1.r f:.,,,cl.-~
.:,f-and operated i! tha Little Rock School District receive\ the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its ,
, -fc.__, application, in ~ amount of Four Million Dollars ( $4, ooo, ooo. 00) /4r 1~P -13
(d /e11d- N11- t"1.- 1,,-J. "and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contr1but0s 1 Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospaca Education Center which will house both the. Aerospace Technology MagnE\,t School and the Aerospace Museum, I-'. 3 By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit 11A11 is modified as follows: v Page 19, (paragraph 2 after sentence 11 . add) .The 1986 court approved plan provided the first intardistrict remedi~s in the Little Rock case, i.e., majority to minority transfers and interdistrict magnet schools. v Paga 23. (paragr.aph 1 delete #6) sibling preference which was part of the Tri-District Plan is not part of the settlement Plan and is therefore deleted from the grant proposal. v Page 2 6, (paragraph 1, sentence 2) The phrase 11under construction" should be clarified to read that planning is underway !or the school. Ar chi t~ctural renderings and site analysis are in progress. ~
\ .,,.. Paga 27. ~Program objective II) Tha school's racial balance shall have a target ratio of 60% Black and 40% White with possible range of 65% Black and 351 White to 55% Black and 45% White, _ Page 29. The last sentence on the page should read: 11Central 's program has succeeded in attracting white students from the North Little Rock and Pulaski County School Districts. ,_,. Page 32. outcome objectives shall be formulated and implemented for students at all grade levels such that students will have tr.eir remedial and learning needs met prior to the 9th to 10th gre.da transition i.nto the aerospaca program. '-. . ,._ Page 3 6, (paragraph 1, sentence 5) The term II school standards" refers to specific course work which shall be completed by students in the school. These courses include algebra, physical science, and earth science . . Page 59. (paragraph 1, sentence 3) A program of teacher ._ daveloped incentives will be put into placa to assist with the motivation of students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60, (paragraph 2, sentence 4) outreach programs will be provided for all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities r:or their students, and programmatic expectations for students' achievement, Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and sooio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program, 2 J~I 3 1 ' 9 1 15 =2 1 Page 77. (paragraph 2, sentence 6) The theme and focus shall pQrmeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts from ma th and science such as velocity, vectors, and kines
thetics. Page 91, (paragraph 1, sentence 2) Appropriate intenshre counseling will provide. assistance and direction to students to ensure that their potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Spacial efforts will be made to ensure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. ,..,.. Page 106. (paragraph 2 1 sentence 3) Tha District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aarospace/aviation industry to ensure summer jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, apprenticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it . ....., Page 108, (paragraph 1, sentence 2) Adjunct.$taff will include mentors, role model,
, and guest speakers !or students, Seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in sciQnca, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. '-" Page 111. (paragraph 2, sentence 4) The figure $278 which is included in the discussion of Magnet program costs refers to tha eventual cost of Magnet components only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which ths district expends, which is $2165 on average at non-magnet, non-incentive schools, .........- Page 116. (paragraph 1, sentence 6) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics .related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation industry by race and gender number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace technology by race and gender 3 P .---1 --.-.
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. . ---- - decreas8 in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivaient to the perc~ntage of black st.1,J~ents .. enrolled in the program Page 146. (paragraph 3 1 sentence 4) A collaborative effort shall also be pursued with the university of Arkansas at Pina Bluff, This 117 year-old institution has been a major educator of black students in the fields of higher education. The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that a modification of the Little Rock_ School District desegregation plan to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in E:xhibi t 11A11 as modified above, subject to the contingencies described above, would compliment their settla~ent plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District's desegregation plan is modified to include the Aerospace Tachnology Magnet School described in Exhibit 11A11 , as mcdif ied by this Stipulation and Consent order, contingQncias: subject to the following 1, The Little Rock School District must receiva the Magnet Schools Assistance Progratn grant, !or which Exhibit "A" is its ~h~ r application, in~ amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000, ooo. 00) ,'llr fif/- 7 i,,.,,.J Jqt/3
and - J,..., 2. Tha Arkansas Aviation Historical Society must contribute r /t,AS1 Four Million Fiva Hundred Thousand Dollars ($,4,SOO,OOO,OO) as its /\ share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and 4 JAN 31 '91 15=22 F'.b the Aerospace Museum. I! either of these contingenciQ9 dOQS not _happen, the Little Rock School District will have no obligation t~ builq_tha school or 1mpla~ant t~e Aerospaca Technology program described in Exhibit II A". JOHN WALKER, P,A, 1723 Broadway Littla Rock, AR 72206 BY
___________ _ John Walker WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg, 200 Wast Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 BY: ____________ _ Sam Jones MITCHELL & ROACHELL, P,A, 1014 West Third -. ., .. Little Rock, AR 72201 BY: ___________ _ Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg, 400 west capitol Littla Rock, AR 72201 BY:_-,-___________ _ Christopher Heller JACK, LYON & JONES., .. P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 BY: _____________ _ Stave Jones .. IS SO ORDERED this _____ day of February, 1991, Susan Webber Wright United States District Judge 5 Knight Intervenor Concerns and Recommendations ,..-..,.._ ~ to the LRSD Aerospace. . /, \ ) Technology Magnet Grant Appllcatiop1 : } 1 . j ' \ ~-: References to Teacher Compensation and Salaries (Pg. 5,9, 11) r------
--~ -- /_) . =:i I : I .J Knight Intervenor's Position - All compensation for teachers and support personnel including stipends for inservice, additional pay for extended days, or WQrk outside the contracted year should be allocated in accordance with existing contract agreements. Where contract provisions are inapplicable or new pay schemes are contemplated negotiations should occur with the Association to insure appropriate compensation for the employees involved. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Relevant provisions - PNA Article I Sec B, Sec D. I Sec E. Article II Sec A Article VII Article VIII Article IX Sec. A Relevant Provisions - ESP Agreement Article I Article III Sec I Article XII Article XIII '\ References to staffing of teachers and support personnel in Aerospace Magnet. (Pgs. 52-53) Knight Intervenor's Position All staffing of teachers and support peisonnel shall be done in accordance with the relevant provisions of the PNA and ESP Agreement. Relevant Provisions PNA \ Article XV Article XVI Article XVII Article XVIII Relevant Provisions ESP Agreement Article XV ~~lection of teachers and support personnel to serve on Aerospace Magnet planning committees should be done in accordance with the relevant provisions of existing contract agreements. Relevant Provision PNA Article XXV Article XXVI Sec K Relevant Provisions ESP Agreement Article XIX \ . l.'l"t:.~~ . ,.,.,.,, .... -...-....... ,.,. ...".....'. . ..'..." , 1 ."." .,,. ""l llr, ..-. -~- .,, ...... , ............... . 40 a. 4h.i... -..._ ., 11 .... , ......... - .... . ~ c ........ t ... . - ,-.,n, coc,c w ,A, ,., " -..-.1ci.c 19.. oac .. v "" 1111Ca Cl. .iiA,. A. ,-.a 'ltt"" .11111 ., ,.011111 . ...... ,.,., .... ,,.1,, ..... lllH, I , 1eM111 ll t, "- i..A c ....n 'w .. , ,., ,.. . ..llto ... . 4 & ,. , ..... . .J, l .. i. l ~"-C.1111, .... , "--'& " -.~ ...o.... . ,. ..,,, ..,. A, -c l6&Tdlt, -- ti, tt ttUac ... Ill ....... ,~. .. ,11111 o .........., .,. . u,. ... ft w1rr. 1t1 At1 14\HII, A 1e ,,.,."",. .,.._ .iaae11v ""'" ,. .., .... . 11.l&Altf <4 A .... . c
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~ a /"")o FOR. OF!'IC!: O'S! ONLY:--~--' ------~2=--~~=--- ( CLIENT N"OMBER) ( MAT'l'!R N'CJMBD.} IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. NO, LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTt SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL, MRS, LORENE JOSHUA, ET Ali, KATHERINE KNIGHT, ~T AL, P. 2 PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS STIPULATION .lND CONSENT ORDBR fUIOllDIHG LITTL! ROCI SCHOOL DISTRICT ABBQSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be amended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnet School as described in Exhibit "A" to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns e~pressed 'by the Court and some of the parties. The parties turther stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed and operated if the Little Rock School District receives approval of first-year funding o! the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit 11A11 is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93: and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contributes at least Four Million Five Hundred Dollars ($4,S00,ooo.oo) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. P. 3 The purpose of this stipulation between the Joshua Intervenors and the Little Rock School District is to insure by specifie outcome expectations that blaek youth will be at least as well served in educational outcomes, process, treatment, retention, promotion, rewards, awards and opportunities as white youth in the proposed Aerospace Magnet School. The underlying premise of Joshua is that student from higher socio-economic backgrounds, based upon past and present treatment by Little Rock School District, are being and will be well served by the district. The outcome expectations shall be measured by objective, education related criteria. The results will be subject to further analysis by the District-wide Bi-racial Committee and the Office of the Monitor. The Aerospace Teehnology Magnet School is being integrated into and angrafted upon the settlement Desegregation Plans of the parties {"the Settlement Plans11 ). The parties stipulate that the Aerospace Technology Magnet School Plans shall be consistent with the objectives of the Settlement Plans. The sehool shall be planned, opened and hereafter operate on a fully and thoroughly integrated basis in all aspects of its operations and outreach. The district shall accomplish this racially inclusive educational environment by whatever means necessary within federal law and by appropriate state law as well so long as state law does not diminish the remedial and desegregation objectives of the Settlement Plan. The district commits that it will maintain this facility on a racially integrated basis into perpetuity. 2 I FEB 01 '91 14=24 P.4 The Aerospace Magnet School shall effectively be a joint venture between the school district and the local community's aerospace industry in certain operational and financing respects. The school district, however, shall have full and final authority for all decisions and conduct of the school including but not limited to its staff, students, programs and activities, The loeal . aerospace community referre~ to herein consists of those aerospace .technical business enterprises which are located around the Little Rock Regional Airport. It includes the Little Rock Airport Commission, a public enterprise, which operates the Little Rock Regional Airport. The Little Rock Airport commission and the following private aerospace technical business enterprises hereby make the following commitments to the Court with the further representation that the commitments shall become, with elaboration, contractual Colllll\itments between these parties and the school district to whieh affected pupils become third party beneficiaries. A. Companies 1, Central Flying service 2. Falcon Jet Corporation 3. Arkansas Modification Center 4. Midcoast Aviation s. Air Transport International 6. Little Rook Regional Airport B, General Commitment (see statement attached to this page) 3 FEB 01 '91 14 :25 P. 5 The Court shall be provided affidavits of support, with the promised elaboration set out above, not later than February 19, 1991. These elaborations will commit to (a) specific employment, hiring and promotion commitments for each of the employers and affect all future employment opportunities
(b) summer training and employment opportunities for the black pupils who will attend the , Aerospace Magnet Technology School
(c) year round mentoring and , - support programs for black pupils at the school
(d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprenticeship programs and employment within these enterprises
(e) creation of racially inclusive, nondiscriminatory work environments
and (f) broad based racial and gender representation on appropriate advisory and governing boards of each of the business enterprises. These commitments will be permanent and binding upon these employers or enterprises as well as their successors. EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 1, Student Education Plans (SEP's) shall be developed tor each pupil who elects to attend the Aerospace Technology Magnt School, The plans shall be developed and then implemented in such a way as to insure that all pupils therein shall be "mainstreamed'' into regular classes. If additional, out of class work is required in order to promote remediation to pupils to meet classroom work, the district shall offer it as needed at district expense either after school or on Saturdays. A principal objective ot the S'EP 1s is to allow the progress of each pupil to be ~easured periodically. It will also assist in determining individual teacher performance 4 FEB 01 '91 1~ =25 P . 6 for evaluation purposes. 2, The school shall employ a fsufficient number of teaeher assistants to insure that the serious teaching and learning objectivas of the Aerospace Magnet School shall be achieved. 3. It is expected that all pupils who enroll in this school shall be promoted each year and graduate from high school on time and with appropriate educational credentials for further study , - and/ or entry into college type programs, Th only possible exceptions to this expectation are those pupils who, by objective standards, considered after sufficient time has expired for th 6EP 1 s to work, demonstrate that they do not . have either the capacity or interest tor the required school work, 4. There shall be no "tracking" in the Aerospace Magnet School. Those teachers or other staff who either allow or engage in the practice shall be subject to formal discipline. Any discipline of teachers shall be in accordance with the Professional Negotiations Agreement (PNA). s. The racial balance of the student body of the Aerospace ' Magnet School shall bear a reasonable relationship to the raeial ) balance of the other high schools. It initially shall be sixty percent (60%) black and forty percent (40%) white, The racial balance goal of the faculty shall be in reverse ratio due to the acknowledged shortage of black staff members. The district is committed, however, through the Settlement Plans, to increasing black staff by aggressive recruitment and by financial support for teacher aides who commit to obtain college training while on the 5 rEB 81 ' '31 1-1: 26 P.7 job and a period of employment thereafter for the district. 6. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be operated and supported by the district in those ways which do not diminish the status, faculty or student bodies of the other high schools. 7, All students at the Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be privileged to participate in all school activities at all times provided their school work is first addressed to the level o:f their respective capacities and is otherwise acceptable, By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit "A" is modified as follows: PAGI AMENDMENTS 'Paqe 19 (Substitute :first paragraph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS") In 1986, the Federal District court approved an interdistrict plan of desegregation between the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County School Districts. That plan provided interdistrict re~edies of magnet schools and majority to minority transfers. The percentage of black students in North Little Rook is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is approximately thirty (30) . Page at During the period of construction of the Aerospace Technology Magnet School, it will be sited at the Metropolitan Vocational School located near Interstate Highway Thirty (30) in southwest 6 P.8 Little Rock. Architectural Plans are being developed and it is hoped that the school will be opened in the tall ot 1992 or aeon thereafter. (As a footnote, the architeets who are working on these plans have conuni tted to make a biracial effort of their turther work on this project.) Paqe 23 SIBLING PREFERENCE There is and shall be no sibling preference for Magnet School assignment. Thus item i~ (6) on Page 23 is deleted. Page 27 Program Objective II (substituted) The District plan to open the Aerospace Technology Magnet School at Metropolitan High School on September, 1991, provided this grant application is timely approved, with the further expectancy that in September, 1992 or sooner thereafter the new school will be opened. Th racial balance of the school shall be a range of black students within tifty-five to sixty-five percent and a range of white students between thirty-five and forty-five percent. Those figures are comparable to the other senior high school enrollments. Page 2t (Last sentence on the page) Central High School has been successful in attracting white stuclents !rom the Pulaski County and North Little Rock School 7 FEB 01 '91 14 =27 Districts. Page 32 (Supplement) P.9 Other standardized tests confirm the above disparities in teat rsults between at least black and white students. The dietrict is committed to fully addressing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be tormulated and implemented for students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace progra~. If those are not met, howevr, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. Paga 3f {substitute) The Aerospace Technology Program will require students to have a firm grasp of basic skills. Those skills will be effectively taught to all students so that they will meet the high aehool standards in the areas of Algebra, Physical Science and Earth Science. lJ The District will provide\ peoial support to underachieving pupils in order that those students may be equally auoeeGstul in their classwork as the more advanced pupils. Paqa 52 {Nw paragraph 2) 8 F-EB 01 '91 14=28 P.10 Th planning process was not successful in including black citizens to the extent that it included white citizens as set out in paragraph one, supra. Nor did it include the LRSD Biracial Committee in the ~~oeess, These unintentional omissions will be corrected forthwith and will not be repeated. The lHracial Committee and Joshua shall be fully represented in the Magnet School Planning Committee described in the next paragraph and shall , - otherwise be utilized to insure that this aehool meets its goals and expectations. Paqe 58 (a new last sentenee on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental assistance to achievement. This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school. Paqe 59 (supplementary language) A program of teacher developed incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation of students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) 9 II I FEB 01 '91 1~=28 P. 11 Outreach programs will be provided tor all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for their students, and programmatic expectations tor students achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. ) I' __!i 7 0 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staft is disproportionately white. The district is sensitive to this tact and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegregated and integrated. Page 77 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts t'rom math and science such as velocity, vectors, and kinesthetics. Page tl. (new first paragraph) student Education Plans (SEP I s) will be developed for all students. achievement. These SEP's will vary according to past student Appropriate intensive counseling will provide assistance and direction to students to insure that their 10 FEB 01 '91 1~ =29 P. 12 potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 10, {last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to insure summer jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, appranticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it. Paqe 108 (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, and guest speakers tor students. Seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. Page 111 (addition to end of second paragraph) The figure $278 which is ineluded in the diseussion of Magnet program costs refers to the eventual east of Magnet component only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which the 11 FEB 01 '91 14 :30 P. 13 district expenda, which is $2,165 on average at non-magnet, nonineentive schools. Paqe 111 (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation indu$try by race and gender number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace teehnolo9y by race and gender decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program Paqa 119 (final paragraph) The avaluator(s) will work closely with the sehool staff and be both sensitive and responsive to inquiries raised by the Joshua Intervenors, the district and/or school biracial committee(s) and the Office of Oasegregation Monitor(ing). Page 1,, (new paragraph three) 12 FEB 01 '91 1~:30 P.14 There shall be a collaborative effort between the school district, Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluft. Arrangements will be ought with these colleges for college eredit to be given for certain work completed at the Aerospace Magnet School and for the institutions to assist the _magnet graduates with educational career planning. The undersigned partie stipulate and agree that a modification ot the Little Rock Sehool District desegregation plan to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A" as modified above, subject to the contingencie described above, would largely complement their settlement plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans, although the parties understand that this program might have a negative impact upon the further desegregation ot Fuller Jr. High and Mills High School. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District' desegregation pl~n is modified to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A", as modified by this Stipulation and Consent Order, subject to the following contingencies: l, The Little Rock School Oistrict must receive the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" ia its application, in a total amount ot Four Million Dollars ($4,0oo,ooo.oo) tor 1991-92 and 1993: and 2. The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society must contribute 13 FEB 01 ' 91 14=31 P. 15 at Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 4 1 500,000,00) as its share ot the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. If either of these contingencies does not happen, the Little Rock School District will have no obligation to build the school or implement the Aerospace Technology program described in Exhibit "A", JOHN WALKER, P,A, 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 BY,W.~ tohnWalker WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthan Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 BY: ___________ _ Sam Jones MITCHELL & ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third Little Rock, AR 72201 .J\: _ ..(LL_ Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First commercial Bldg. 400 West capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 BY:_~------------ Christopher Heller JACK, LYON & JONES, P,A, 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Little Rock, AR 7220l BY: _____________ _ Steve Jones SO ORDERED THIS r:AY OF F'EBRtJ1I.RY, 1,91, SUS.?\N WEBBER WRIGH!' 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.. _, _ _________: t.....__=-~~--- ( Cl.I!NT Ni.."M.B E:R l ( MATTER Nt.T?GD.) FEB 81 '91 lJ:23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. NO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. l, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET A.:f.-. KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL. P.2 PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENOM INTERVENORS STIPULATION .lND CONSENT ORD!~ R!GllDING LITTLZ ROCI SCHOOL DISTRICT AERQSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNJIT SCHOOL The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be a~ended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnt School as described in Exhibit "A" to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns expressed l:iy the Court and some of the parties. The parties turthar stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed and operated if the Little Rock School Oistrict receives approval of first-year funding of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which E)l!hibit 11A11 is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contributes at least Four Million Five Hundred Dollars ($4,!500,ooo.oo) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. FEB 01 '91 1~: 23 P ... , , .
, The purpose of this stipulation between the Joshua Intervanors and the Little Rock School District is to insure by specific outcome expectations that black youth will be at least as well s~rved in educational outcomes, process, treatment, retention, promotion, rewards, awards and opportunities as white youth in the proposed Aerospace Magnet School. Th underlying premise of Joshua is that student from higher soeio-economic backgrounds, based upon past and present treatment by Little Rock School District, are being and will be well served by tha district, The outcome expectations shall be measured by objective, education related criteria, The results will be subject to further analysis by the District-wide Bi-racial Committee and the Office of the Monitor. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School is being integrated into and engrafted upon the Settlement Ogregation Plans ot the parties ("the Settlement Plans"), The parties stipulate that the Aerospace Technology Magnet School Plans shall be consistent with the objectives of the Settlement Plans. The school shall be planned, opened and hereafter operate on a tully and thoroughly integrated basis in all aspects of its operations and outreach. The district shall accomplish this racially inclusive educational environment by whatever means necessary within federal law and by appropriate state law as well so long aa state law does not diminish the remedial and desegregation objectives of the Settlamcn~ Plan. The district commits that it will maintain this facility on a racially integrated basis into perpetuity. 2 Paq sa (a new last sentance on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental asaistance to achievement. This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school. Pag 59 (supplementary language) A program of teach~r develop&d incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation of studants at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) outreach programs will be provided tor all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for th$ir students, and programmatic expectations tor studonta' achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. Page 70 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staff is disproportionately white. The district is sensitive to this !act and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegrogated and integrated. Page ?7 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology s~all include concepts !rorn math and science such as veloci_ty, vectors, and kinesthetics, Page 91 (new first paragraph) student Education Plans (SEP I s) will be developd for all students. These SEP I s will vary according to achievement. Appropriate intensive counseling assistance and direction to students to insure past student will provide that their potentialities are devaloped to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 10& ~- ( last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to insure summ$r jo~s, part-time employment, rnentorships, appr~nticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it. Pe.ge 108 (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, and guest speakers for students. seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. Paqe 11~ (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation indu$try by race and gender - number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace t~chnology by race and gender - decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black studonts in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program , ,' Page 119 (final paragraph) The avaluator(s) will ~ark closely with the school staff and be both sensitiV8 and responsive to inquiries raised by th Joshua Intervanors, the district and/or school biraeial committae(s) and the Office o! Desegregation Monitor(ing). Pag 1-te (new paragraph three) There shall bie a collaborative effort betwoen the school district, Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Arrangements will be sought with these colleges for college credit to be given for ortain work completed at the Aarospaca Magnt School and for th institutions to assist the _magnet graduates with edq9ational career planning. 5. The racial balance of the student body cf Magnet School shall bear a reasonable relationship to th racial balance of the ether high schools. It initially shall be sixty percent (60%) black and forty percent (40%) white. The racial balance goal of the faculty shall be in reverse ratio due to the acknowledged shortage cf black staff members. The district is committed, however, through the Settlement Plans, to increasing black staff oy aggressive recruitment and by financial support for teacher aides who commit to ootain college training while on the 5 FEB 01 '91 1~ :25 P .6 for evaluation purposas. 2. The school shall employ a sufficient number ct teacher assistants to insure that the serious teaching and learning objectiVQS of the Aerospace Magnet School shall be achieved. 3. It is expected that all pupils who enroll in this school shall be promoted each year and graduate from high school on time and with appropriata educational credentials fo:r further study ... - and/or entry into college type programs. Th only possible exceptions to this expectation are those pupils who, by objective standards, considered after sufficient time has expired fer th $EP 1 s to \tlork, demonstrate that they do not . have either the capacity or interest for the required school work. PAGE AMENQMENTS 'Page 19 ( Substitute ! irst paragraph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS") In 1986, the Fedaral District court approved an interdistrict plan of d8sagregation betWQGn the Little Rook, North Little Rock and Fulaski County School Districts. That plan provided interdistrict remedies o! magnQt schools and majority to minority tr~nsfera, The percentage of black students in North Little Rock is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is appro~imataly thirty (30). Page 32 (Supplement) Other standardizgd tests confirm the above disparities in test results between at least black and whit students. The district is committad to fully addres~ing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be tormulated and implemented for students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to~have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace program, If those are not met, however, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. i 11 The Little Rock Airport commission and the following private aerospace technical business enterprises hereby make the following commitments to the Court with the further representation that the commitments shall become, with elaboration, contractual Commitments between these parties and the school district to which affected pupils become third party beneficiaries. A. Companies 1. Central Flying service 2. Falcon Jet Corporation 3 . Arkansas Modification Center 4 . Midcoast Aviation 5. Air Transport International 6. Little Rock Regional Airport B. General Commitment (see statement attached to this paga) 3 FEB 01 '91 1~=25 P.5 The Court shall be provided affidavits of support, with the promised elaboration set out above, not later than February 19, 1991. These elaborations will commit to (a) specific employment, hiring and promotion commi trnents for each of the employers and affect all future employment opportunities
(b) summer training and employment opportunities for the black pupils who will attend the -Aerospace Magnet Technology School
(c) year round mentoring and , - support programs for black pupils at the school
(d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprenticeship programs and employment within these enterprises
(e) creation of racially inclusive, nondiscriminatory work environments
and (f) broad based racial and gender representation on appropriate advisory and governing boards of each ot the business enterprises. These commitmnts will be permanent and binding upon these employers or enterprises as well as their successors. EOUCATION~L INITIATIVES 1. Student Education Plans (SEP's) shall be developed for each pupil who elects to attend the Aerospace Technology Magnet School. The plans shall be developed and then implemented in such a way as to insure that all pupils therein shall be "mainstreamed" into regular classes. If additional, out of class work is required in order to promot remediation to pupils to meet classroom work, the district shall offer it as needed at district expense either after school or on Saturdays. A principal objective of the S'EP 1s is to allow the progress of each pupil to be measured periodically. It will also assist in determining individual teacher performance 4 FEB 01 ' 91 l J: 26 P.7 job and a period of employment thereafter for the district. 6. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be operated and supported by the district in those ways which do not diminish the status, faculty or student bodies of the other high schools. 7, All students at the Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be privileged to participate in all school activities at all times provided their school work is !irst addressed to the level ot their respective capacities and is otherwise acceptable, By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit A" is modified as follows: PAGJ AMENDMENTS 'Paga 1, (Substitute first parag:-aph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS 11 ) In 1986, the Federal District Court approved an interdistrict plan of desegregation between the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County School Districts. That plan provided interdistrict remedies o! magnet schools and majority to minority transfers, The percentage ot black students in North Little Rock is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is appro~imately thirty (30). Page 20 During the period of construction o! the Aerospace Technology Magnet School, it will be sited at the Metropolitan Vocational School located near Interstate Highway Thirty (30) in Southwest 6 P.8 Little Rock. Architectural Plans are being developed and it is hoped that the school will be opened in the tall ot 1992 or soon thereafter. (As a footnote, the architects who are working on these plans have committed to make a biraeial effort of their turther work on this project.) Paqe 23 SIBLING PREFERENCE There is and shall be no sibling preference for Magnet School assignment. Thus item six (6) on Page 23 is deleted, Page 27 Program Objective II (substituted) The Oistrict plan to open the Aerospace Technology Magnet School a~ Metropolitan High School on September, 1991, provided this grant application is timely approved, with the further expectancy that in September, 1992 or sooner thereafter the new school will be opened. The racial balance of the school shall be a range of black students within fifty-five to sixty-five percent and a range of white students between thirty-five and forty-five percent. Those figures are comparable to the other senior high school enrollments, Page 29 (Last sentence on th page) Central High School has been successful in attraeting white students !rom the Pulaski County and North Little Rock School 7 FEB 01 ''31 1_.:27 Districts. Page 32 (Supplement) P.'3 Other standardized tests confirm the above disparities in test rsults between at least black and white atudents. The district is committed to fully addres~ing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be tormulated and implemented tor students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace program. If those are not met, however, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. Page 31 (substitute) The Aerospace Technology Program will require students to have a firm grasp of basic skills. Those kills will be effectively taught to all students so that they will meet the high aehool standards in the areas of Algebra, Physical Scienee and Earth Science. The District will provide special support to underachieving pupils in order that those students may be equally successful in their classwork as the more advanced pupils. Paqe 52 (NQW paragraph 2) 8 i : , FEE 01 '91 lJ :28 P. 10 Th planning process was not successful in including black citizens to the extent that it included white citizens as set out in paragraph one, supra. Nor did it include the LRSD Biracial Cornmitte& in the ~~oeess. These unintentional omi5sions will be corrected forthwith and will not be repeated. The Biracial Committee and Joshua shall be fully represented in the Magnet School Planning Committee 'described in the next paragraph and shall ~- otherwise be utilized to insure that this school meets its goals and expectations. Paga SI (a new last sentence on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental assistance to achievement, This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school, Page 59 (supplementary language) A program of teacher developed incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation ot students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) 9 P.11 Outreach programs will be provided tor all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for their students, and prograltll'llatic expectations tor students' achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-eeonomieally deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. Page 10 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staft is disproportionately white, The district is sensitive to this tact and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegrgated and integrated, Page 77 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts !rom math and science such as velocity, vectors, and kinesthetics. Page tl (new first paragraph) student Education Plans (SEP I s) will be developed for all students. These SEP' s will vary according to achievement. Appropriate intensive counseling assistance and direction to students to insure 10 past student will provide that their FEB Gl '91 !J:29 P.12 potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 101 , - (last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to insure summr jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, apprQnticeships, and employment attar graduation for those students who seek it. Pcqe 108 (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, and guest speakers tor students, seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, rnath, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program, Page lll (addition to end of second paragraph) The figure $278 which is included in the discussion of Magnet program costs refers to the eventual cost of Magnet components only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which the 11 FEB 01 '91 14:30 P.13 district expends, which is $2,1gs on average at non-magnet, nonincentive schools. Page 111 (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation indu$try by race and gender number cf program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace technoloqy by race and gender decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program Page 119 (final paragraph) The evaluator(s) will work closely with the school staff and be both sensitive and responsive to inquiries raised by the Joshua Intervanors, the district and/or school biracial conunittee(s) and the Office ot Cesegregation Monitor(ing). Page 1.u (new paragraph three) 12 P. 14 There shall be a collaborative effort between the school district, Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluft. Arrangements will be sought with these colleges for college credit to l:> given for certain work completed at the Aerospace Magnet School and for the institutions to assist the _magnet graduates with edqcational career planning. The undersigned pirties stipulate and agree that a modification of the Little Rock School District desegregation plan to inclucle the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit 11A11 as modified above, subject to the contingencie described above, would largely complement their settlement plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans, although the parties understand that this program might he.ve a negative impact upon the further desegregation ot Fuller Jr, High and Mills High School. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District 1 desegregation plan is modified to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A", as moditied by this Stipulation and Consent Order, subject to the following contingencies: l, The Little Rock School Cistrict must receive the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount ot Four Million Dollars ($4,0oo,ooo.oo) tor 1991-92 and 1993
and 2, The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society must contribute 1.3 FEB 01 '91 1~ : 31 P.15 at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 4,500,000,00) aa its share 0t the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Canter which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. If either of these contingencies does not happen, the Little Rock School District will have no obligation to build the school or implement the Aerospace Technology program described in Exhibit "A", JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthan Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 BY: ___________ _ Sam Jones MITCHELL ROACH!LL, P.A. 1014 West Third Little Rock, AR 72201 BY:n , _ _,..,Cl..A__ Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First commercial Bldg. 400 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 BY=-~--~---:~----- Christopher Heller JACK, LYON & JONES, P,A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & !roadway Little Rock, AR 72201 BY: _____________ _ Steve Jones so ORDERED THIS ~ OF FEB..~, 1!'91. SUS.ZI.J.'J WEEBER WRIGHT UNITED S"'..ATES DISTRICI' ..ru::x
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---- ( Cl.I ENT NTJlG ER) ( MATTU NtJMlS D) P.2 l",12 Th Aeroepaoe Magnet Sch0ol dhlilll ettectively be a joint venture betwn the school diatriot and. th Arkana Aviati0n Historical soeiety in certain ~perational and tinanoing respects. The school distri~t, however, hall have tull and tinal uthority tor all cleeiaiona and conduct of the aeho01 including ~ut not limit~ to its tatt, studenta, program. and activities. The looal aerospace eo1'11Jl\unity consists ot those aerospace technical ~usineas enterpri which are located around the Little Rock Regional Airport. It includes the tittle Rook Airport COJlmlisaion, a public nterpr1se, which operates the Little Rock Regional Airport. Th Littl Rock Airport Commia ion and the following private aeroapao technical businee entet"Prises herel:ir make the commitmnts contained in the atatement of support attached to this pag#d the reaonabl inference which tlow threfrom regarding the lvel and duration of aaid support. A. Companies 1. Central Flying Service 2. Falcon Jt Corporation 3. Arkan Moditic:ation Center 4. Midooa t Aviation s. Air Tranaport International ~. Little Rock Regicnal Airport B. Genetel Commitment ( attachment to this Pge) The Court shall ba provided affidavit ct aupport from repreeentativea of the local aeropaca ooimnunity, not later than February 19, 19il. Th attidavits ot aupport will deaorib each 3 FEB 04 '91 10 : 5._i P .3 G2104/!HI 10119 FROM JOHN W, WA K~R l",A, TO ,,noRY FIRM P,03 company's present c~mmitments and future voluntary ettorts in th following ara 1 (a) specific emploY'Jllant, hiring an~ promotion commitmnts for each ct the employers and a~tect all futuro employment opportunities, (b) suuer training and ~plQyment opportuniti for the ~laek pupil who will attend the Aerospace Magnet. Technology Sohool 7 (o) year ro-und mentoring and support prog~ame for black pupil at the eohoolr (d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprentichip programs and employment within th anterpri, (e) ereation of racially inclusive, nondiscriminatory work environment
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ender reprnt~tion on approp~iate advisory and governing ~oard ot each of the busin entrpriaes. In th avent that it is neciessary to modity theae oonunitments, notice ahall be ~rovided to the partiea and efforts will be made to continue the spirit of theae collll!litmenta. ~UCATlONAw INIT?ATIVZS 1. student Education Plan (SEP's) shall be develo~ed tor each pupil who elects to attend th Aerospace TechncloiY Magnet School, The plan shall be developed and then implemented in sudh a t,tay aa to insure that all pui:,ils therein hall be "mainatreamad" intc regul1r classes. It additionl, out ot olasa work i required in order to promote rmdiation to pupils to meet classroom work, th district shall otter it a needd at district expen either atter school or on Saturday. A principal objective of th SEP's is to allow the progress of each pupil to be l'!lea11ured periodically. Ddqtm,iJ111J_5:1t:- tN01v'1Dl)A./ -to-...ch~e hf_J::-,:.f,,...A.i:)e~ /} 0-10-C,1 fl~~: (J') .. )r= J,,_ / .. r wori oJ w-:J~ .A.,,J l~l.J- )lJ we..~ ){. j,=r- .fi~ L._,) .,M) C ,._, ,A.-.J J 7/D)._ J)r' L --"ti r L'-.! ~ JJ, ./)1~r... dl,., /o= l.vo--V. j),. /,.,,,J /J,.lc!, f }_,.,) )L L LJJ --4 r,._ _,uo.,,I L <'N,
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_ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 RESOLUTION NO. 8,488 A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE AEROSPACE EDUCATION CENTER FOR ITS CREATION OF THIS COOPERATIVE VENTURE FOR THE BETI'ERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS, the Arkansas Aviation Historical aviation industries of our state, the Little Commission, and the Little Rock School District Society, the Rock Airport have joined hands to create the Aerospace Education Center, a unique institution which will combine an Aerospace Technology Magnet High School with the Arkansas Museum of Aviatio
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