Court filings: District Court, Joshua intervenors' preliminary exhibit list regarding January 28, 2002, hearings; District Court, three orders; District Court, District Court, notice of filing, Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) project management tool

This transcript was create using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and may contain some errors. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION CEIVED 2 2001, OFFICE OF DESEGREGATION M0NITOR!NQ LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF V CASE NO. 4:82CV00866 SWW PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. DEFENDANT INTER VENO RS INTER VENO RS l\llRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, ET AL. JOSHUA INTERVENORS' PRELIMINARY EXHIBIT LIST REGARDING JANUARY 28. 2002 HEARINGS The Joshua Intervenors plan to use the following documents during the January 28, 2002 hearings: 1. E-mail dated July 2, 200 l from Virginia Johnson to Bonnie Lesley (page 182) 2. E-mail dated October 19, 2000 from Gary Smith to Bonnie Lesley ( page 290) 3. E-mail dated June 29, 2001 from Sueellen Vann to Gail Hester and subsequent dated July 2, 2001 (page 167) 4. E-mail dated January 18, 2001 from Junious Babbs to Kathy Lease (page 12) 5. E-mail dated July 2, 2001 from Mona Briggs to Bonnie Lesley ( page 191) 6. E-mail dated November 16, 2000 from Les Carnine to Bonnie Lesley 7. E-mail dated November 21, 2000 from Ken Savage to Kathy Lease (page 38) 8 E-mail dated March 7, 2001 from Kathy Lease to T Rose and subsequent dated March 7, 2001 at 12:44 p.m. (page 7) 9. E-mail dated July 15, 2001 from Bonnie Lesley to Lionel Ward and subsequent dated July 16, 2001 (page 88) 10. E-mail dated July 14, 2001 , July 15, 2001 and July 16, 2001 from Bonnie Lesley to Ken James (page 96) 11 . E-mail dated July 15, 2001 from Bonnie Lesley to Chris Heller (page 102) 12. E-mail dated April 18, 2001 from Bonnie Lesley to Kathy Lease and subsequent response (pages 708 and 709) 13 . E-mails dated October 25, 2001 from Bonnie to Irma Truett and Kathy Lease re: Benchmark scores (pages 16 and 1 7) 14. E-mail dated June 28, 2001 8:00 p.m from Mona Briggs to Bonnie Lesley (page 192 15. E-mail dated June 28, 2001 9:08 a.m from Bonnie Lesley to members of her staff (Page 192 and 193) 16. E-mails dated September 29, 2000 between Bonnie Lesley and Kathy Lease re: Priorities 2000-01 (Page 51) 17. E-mail dated October 3, 2000 between Les Carnine. Bonnie Lesley and Kathy Lease Re: ALT Check-in (Page 50) 18. E-mail dated June 20, 2001 from Bonnie Lesley to Beverly Griffin re: semester test Exemption (Page 3 51) 19. E-mail dated June 25, 2001 from Bonnie Lesley to Clay Fendley (page 297) 20. E-mails dated June 29, 2001 between Sadie Mitchell, Deanna Eggeston and Bonnie Lesley (page 219) 21. E-mails dated February 12 and 13, 2001 Lesley, Ruffins, Lease and Carnine (page 19) 22. Email dated February 13m 2001 from Kathy Lease to Les Carnine (Pages 17 and 18) 23. Memo dated November 17, 2000 from Dr. Faucette to Mrs. Hargis re: exclusion of Regular English students fro Jennie Calder lecture 24. Email dated September 27, 2000 from Saie Mitchell to Junious Babbs (Page 1) 25. Letter dated December 16, 1998 to Les Carnine from Joy Springer 26. Letter dated February 18, 1999 to Sadie Mitchell from Joy Springer - 27. Letter dated March 17, 1999 to Rudolph Howard from Joy Springer 28. Letter dated October 14, 1999 to James Washington from Joy Springer 29. Letter dated Februa1y 28, 2000 to James Washington from Joy Springer 30. Letter dated February 28, 2000 to James Washington from Joy Springer re: Scouts 31. Letter dated August 28, 2000 to Ray Gillespie from Joy Springer "') .)~. Letter dated September 12, 2000 to Les Carnine from Joy Springer "_)".) . Letter dated October l 0, 2000 to Les Carnine from Joy Springer 34. Letter dated September 13 , 2000 to James Washington from Joy Springer 35 . E-mail dated June 6, 2000 to Les Carnine from Don Stewart (Pages 100-01) 36. E-mail dated April 19, 200 l from Deanna Eggeston to Don Stewart ( Page 3 7) 37. E-mail dated April 25, 200 l from Kathy Lease to Mark Millhollen - 38. E-mail dated May 25 , 200 l from Bonnie Lesley to Debbie Berry (Page 3 58) 39. E-mail dated .June 7, '.?.000 from Clay Fendley to Bonnie Lesley 40 E-mail dated June 7, 2000 from Bonnie Lesley to Mary Paa! (Page 136) 4l . E-mail dated April 17-18, 2001 to Don Stewart from Bonnie Lesley 42. E-mail dated July 12, 2001 to Bonnie Lesley from Don Stewart (240) 43 . E-mail dated February 28, 200 I to Bonnie Lesley from Don Stewart 44. Memo dated February 24, 1999 to Gayle Bradford from James Washington 45 . Memo dated March 11 , l999 to Les Carnine from James Washington 46. Letter dated April 12, 1999 to Gayle Bradford from James Washington 47. Letter dated March 22, 1999 to Gayle Bradford from James Washington 48 . Letter dated April 26, 1999 to John Walker from Les Carnine - 49. Memo dated tvJay 3, 1999 regarding visit to Pupil Services & Administration buildings Joshua reserves the right to utilize exhibits listed by Little Rock School District and further reserves the right to sup plement this list after additional discovery. Respectfully submitted, John W. Walker, P A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 501-374-3758 501-374-4187 fax Byf)4W~ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do hereby state that a copy of the foregoing exhibit list and exhibits have been hand carried to counsel for the Little Rock School District and the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on this 2nd day of Janaury, 2002. LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:24 PM To: 'heller@fec.net' Subject: Latest Fax I had Anita fax over to you the latest--a bunch of stuff on our literacy plan. 1. He already has a copy of the PreK-3 Literacy Plan. Other information is in the Interim and Final Compliance Reports. 2. He also has the test results for SAT9, Grade 4 Benchmark, and DRA--so those are the results. 3. I don't know what he means by monitoring reports. 4. The assessment program is outlined in several pages in the Compliance Report. 5. I can copy those policies and regs for him. Want me to go ahead and send? Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for I nstruction Little Rock School District 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501/324-2131 501/ 324-0567 (fax) - LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1 :44 PM To: JOHNSON, VIRGINIA Subject: RE: Needed Information-Important! Do you have dates for those three times? - Original Message- From: JOHNSON, VIRGINIA Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1 :15 PM To: LESLEY. BONNIE Subject: RE: Needed Information-Important! Three times I sat in on sessions with Steve Ross along with other PRE staff. At no time did we review anv NSF documents. The sessions focused on document review of the ESL and Pre-K Literacy reports. I have never "consulted" with him. I have never consulted with Dr. Roberts either. -Original Message- From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:07 PM To: __ ADAMS, LEON; ARNOLD, LAURA BETH; AUSTIN, LINDA; BRANDON, BARBARA; BRIGGS, MONA R.; BROADNAX, KAREN; BUSBEA, PAT; CARR, MARCELLINE; CARSON, RENE'; CLEAVER, VANESSA; CLIFFORD, ELIZABETH; CRAWFORD, PAMELA; DAVIS, SUZI; DEBBIE MILAM; DILLINGHAM, YVETTE; DONALDSON, MABLE; FINNEY, ANTONETTE; FLETCHER, DANNY; FREEMAN, ANN; GILLIAM, ANITA; GLASGOW, DENNIS; HARDING, CASSANDRA; HUFFMAN, KRIS; JACKSON, MARION; JOHNSON, VIRGINIA; JONES, DOCIA; JONES, STEPHANIE; KIILSGAARD, SHARON; KILLINGSWORTH, PATRICIA; KOVACH, RENEE; LAJUANA RAINEY; LOYA, STELLA; MARION BALDWIN; MARTIN, PAULETTE; McCOY, EDDIE; McNEAL, MARIE; MILA.M, JUDY; NEAL, LUCY; PAAL, MARY M.; PAUL. ANNITA; PERRITT, YORIKO U.; PRICE, PATRICIA; RYNDERS, PAULA; SMITH, GARY; SMITH, PAULA; TE::TER, JUDY; WALLS, COLLEEN; WARD, LIONEL; WILLIAMS, BARBARA; WILLIAMS, ED; WILSON, LEVANNA; WOODS, MARION Subject: Needed Information-Important! 182 smmitch@lrsdadm.lrsd.k12.ar.us -Original Message- From: CARNINE, LESLIE V. Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1 :59 PM To: MITCHELL, SADIE Cc: NEAL, LUCY: LESLEY, BONNIE; LEASE, KATHY R.; SMITH, GARY Subject: RE: Will we have the software available by 2nd Semester? What system(s) are being looked at? -Original Message- From: MITCHELL, SADIE Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:33 AM To: CARNINE, LESLIE V. Subject: FW: Sadie Mitchell smmitch@lrsdadm.lrsd.k12.ar.us -Original Message-' From: SMITH, GARY Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:25 AM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Cc: WARD, LIONEL: GADBERRY, BRADY L.; NEAL, LUCY; MITCHELL, SADIE: CAWTHON, FRANCES H.; LACEY, MARIAN G.: Subject: Dr. Lesley, ADAMS, LEON; AUSTIN, LINDA; BRADFORD, GAYLE; BRIGGS, MONA; BROADNAX, KAREN; CLEAVER, VANESSA; COLFORD, SUSAN: DAVIS, SUZI: DONALDSON, MABLE: Eddie McCoy; ELSTON, JO; FULLERTON, JAMES; GLASGOW, DENNIS; HAWKS, EVERETT; KEOWN, ADA: MARION BALDWIN; NORMAN, CASSANDRA R.; PRICE, PATRICIA; TATUM, KATHY; WYATT-ROSS, JANICE The consensus recommendation of the SAIP committee is for a SAIP be created for students at all grade levels who are not proficient based state mandated benchmark tests and/or District mandated Achievement Level Tests (ALT) - Our specific recommendations to implement this are; obtain/create the software necessary to identify students not proficient on state benchmarks/district assessment that will also generate/print the adopted SAIP form with student information and test scores printed on the SAIP form obtain/create the software that will generate/print specific strategies (along with and printed checklists for those who wish not to use computer) developed by a committee made up of teachers and curriculum specialists as a resource available for teachers to use (especially secondary teachers) - this can be attached to the SAIP form as needed develop an "instructional" sheet for the SAIP form that will explain in more detail the information to documented and procedures to follow provide training on the use of SAIP form directly to teachers (the exact training may have to be determined at a future date based on the development of software noted above) - delivery of training would need to be coordinated with staff development for most effective and comprehensive presentation to all teachers to all of you in Cyber Land - is there anything e!se I forgot? - thanks Gary 290 LESLEY, BONNIE From: BABBS, JUNIOUS Sent: To : Monday, July 02, 2001 8:08 AM ELSTON, JO Cc: Subject: NEWBURN, LINDA; LESLEY, BONNIE RE: Counseling Program Kit Message Flag: Follow up Due By: Flag Status: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:00 PM Flagged It is positive to see that things are moving forward on this "01 - 02 priority. Prior to coming to closure, I ask that your look to set up a time to fill me in on the "buy in" of players called upon (committee members) to develop districtwide literature to be distributed. The connection to Curriculum and Instruction is a biggee that should be run through Dr. Lesley. I will look to give you a call a bit later regarding B/W high school scholarship information and the 3 - 4 year comparisons. To date, this information has not been provided. Junious C Babbs, Jr ' jcbabbs@stuasn.lrsd.kl 2. ar. us Little Rock School District -Original Message- From: VANN, SUELLEN Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11 :08 AM To: HESTER, GAIL Cc: ELSTON, JO; BABBS, JUNIOUS Subject: Counseling Program Kit Jo Evelyn Elston is in my office, and we're working on a counseling program kit with insert sheets. Mr. Babbs will pay for this out of his budget. I'm going to talk with Kristy Black about the design of the kit and sheets, but I figured we'd better give you the info for the quote since it looks like a pretty good-sized job. The kit will be one-pocket on right side with a business card slot; the kit will print front and back with one pocket. There won't be a separate "wing" like the recruitment kit had. Quantity: 25,000 Jo Evelyn likes the paper we used for the recruitment kit and insert sheets, so we could just go with those. The insert sheets: 1. JOB BS sheet - print front only; quantity 30 ,000 2. Early college planning sheet - print front only; quantity 20,000 3. PCEP sheet - print front only; quantity 20,000 4. What Does Counselor Do? sheet - print front only; quantity 30,000 5. Counseling program sheet - print front and back; quantity 30,000 6. Couseling fact sheet - print front only; quantity 30,000 The kit and insert sheets would print 4-color. Have I forgotten anything? No bleeds. THANKS! (Mr. Babbs, you might want to set up a lemonade stand on Sherman to pay for this!!!!!) Suellen 5. Vann, APR Director of Communications Little Rock School District (501) 324-2020 167 LESLEY, BONNIE A,From: LEASE, KATHY R. W,Sent: To: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:06 PM BABBS, JUNIOUS Subject: RE: Seciion 2 Thanks for the input! We have been with the program evaluation consultant all day, so I just finished editing the report to send to Bonnie. I will incorporate your changes and suggestions, and send it to her again. Do you want the Power Point as an Appendix or the outline for it incorporated into the body of the report? I'm so sorry I am just getting around to my email, but I'll take the heat for sending another correction. Not enough hours in the day!! Kathy PS--Thanks for the encouragement! ----Original Message----- From: BABBS, JUNIOUS Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 10:53 AM To: LEASE, KATHY R. Cc: GADBERRY, BRADY L. Subject: FW: Section 2 Good information. Working with timelines and specific report information submissions for this division, I have not been able to dissect in great detail but my original thinking touches upon 2 - 3 items that may warrant some review. You will note that Brady is also being forwarded who can provide his thinking as well. Future compliance sessions will toss this about for further revision. 1. Inclusion of the power point presentation. 2. When touching upon Or. Ross - It may be advantageous to refer to "looks to build or acknowledges" specific district A.efforts as opposed to "praising". W,3. It would be appropriate to list current data that is available. Be reminded that when writing materials for our report submission, we wi ll include "districtwide" not be there yet but this will help to serve as an indicator of established base Ine information from which we will jump off of. - Keep your ch in up . . Junious C Babbs, Jr jcbabbs@stuasn.lrsd.kl2.ar.us Little Rock School District --Original Message- From: LEASE, KATHY R. Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 6:14 PM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Cc: BABBS, JUNIOUS; DILLINGHAM, YVETTE; HUFFMAN, MAC; JOHNSON, VIRGINIA; McCOY, EDDIE; SUMMERVILLE, ROSALYN P.; TRUETT, IRMA; WILLIAMS, ED Subject: Section 2 File: Deseg Report (2. 7.1 ).doc Bonnie, Here is the first draft of Section 2.7.1. Please let me know what additions or revisions you want made. Thanks, Kathy PS--PRE folks--Look to see what I left out, what typos I have, and what needs to be edited. Thanks 12 Chris, I am in LR this week-end and you can reach me at 868-4289. I can come to your office to help, or I can work from my office. Call if you need me. - Are we having fun yet? Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction Little Rock School District 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501/ 324-2131 501/ 324-0567 (fax) LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: To: Monday, July 02, 2001 8: 16 AM BRIGGS, MONA R. Subject: RE: Thank you, my friend. I "vegged" all week-end, seriously "vegged." I know this will be a HARD week. Yes, I hear Kathy is on his witness list It'll be interesting. --Original Message- F rom: BRIGGS, MONA R. Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 6:53 AM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Subject: RE: I have been thinking a lot about you. You can't let this bring on a stroke or something. You don't need this kind of pressure all by your self!! It is not worth it-no job is worth it . And you can't take on the woes of a district that has been screwing up for a decade or more. I hope Kathy does get called to testify. She needs to have to answer to John Walker and if it bodes ill for the district so be it! She and Carnine just waltzes out of here and leaves everyone else holding the rope. You make time for sleep and food!! Mona R. Br iggs Middle Level Specialist Little Rock School District 501-324- 2412 "Seek rirst to Unders tand; then to be understood" (Covey) - - - --Original Message--- -- - From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent : Friday, June 29, 2001 7:55 AM To: BRIGGS, MONA R. 191 STEWARr;oo~ALD M~ . From: CARNINE, LESLIE V. Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:23 PM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Cc: BABBS, JUNIOUS; Mitchell, Sadie; GADBERRY, BRADY L.; STEWART, DONALD M. Subject: Upper Division Classes and African Americans Were you able to pull together the numbers--last year and this year's enrollment? John Walker also has called and is questioning his non involvement in the policy development(IKF). I told him I thought the evidence was so strong for Black kids and that I would send him the information . When was the first time he would have received the policy for comment? He is raising much the same issue--impact on black kids as Katherine ... lKF Cc: Subject: LESLEY, BONNIE; CARNINE, LESLIE V. RE: Chart Revisions Ken, Thanks so much for this explanation of what happened. The important thing about making a mistake is finding a way not to make it again. I think you have done this, and we will all profit from it. I know you feel really badly about this, but the most important thing is to correct the process. We all make mistakes. We are committed to quality in PRE and that includes continuous improvement and continuous learning. This experience has provided us with both. What a bonus!! Thanks for helping with the corrections. I will take care of getting them to the appropriate Cabinet people and getting them redistributed to the Board. - OriginalMessage- From: SAVAGE, KEN Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:31 AM To: LEASE, KATHY R. Subject: Chart Revisions Dr Lease, I have reviewed the charts that I created from the benchmark data. When I created the charts originally I had encountered a problem similar to the one described by Dr. Lesley, but I specifically remember correcting the error prior to sending the charts to you. Needless to say, I was more than a little alarmed that the charts you received contained errors because the charts I have appear to coincide with the data I have. I went on further to investigate by looking at the email I sent you. And there, big as day, the error had reappeared. So the charts I had sent you were incorrect because they were never updated in the manner that I expected. Here is what I believe happened based on what I remember and what I learned th is morning: I created the charts in an Excel document that contained the data. I copied the charts only out into another document, creating what is called a linked object. I printed and reviewed the charts and this is when I found the error. I corrected the error and reopened the "linked" charts. They appear to have accepted the corrections. I emailed the file with the linked charts to you rather than the file containing the charts and data. Here's where the problem arose and information that I have just become aware of this morning. First, when using linked objects, each time you open the file you are given a choice to update the information. Unfortunately, I only sent you the charts and not the data that drives them. So regard less, you could not have updated the charts. Second, and more importantly, even though a chart has been updated previously, it will always revert back to the original chart that was corrected no matter how many times the data has been updated. Third, if the file with the original data is already open, when the "linked" item is opened it automatically updates without intervention. I believe that the second option above is what occurred. The charts were created, an error was encountered and corrected, the link was updated but the chart reverted back to its original when the file was closed. What I propose to do to prevent th is kind of fiasco in the future is: 1. Only send charts embedded in files which contain the data--no linking. 2. Only create the "linked" charts after ALL data has been proofed and corrected. " The erroneous data was only last year's data for black students in the comparison between this year and last'year for both) Math and Literacy. I am printing and will send ten revised copies of the charts. Ken. 38 LESLEY, BONNIE From: LEASE, KATHY R. Sent: To: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:44 PM BABBS, JUNIOLJS - Subject: RE: Research Committee Meeting Bonnie said that the evaluations weren't part of the court submission. Is that still correct? If so, then it looks like we shou ld slow down a bit and do it ngm. Are you In agreement? ._ KL -----Original Message----- From: BABBS, JUNIOUS Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:36 PM To: LEASE, KATHY R. Subject: RE: Research Committee Meeting Original thinking was to get another date scheduled prior to the March 15th court submission but with information you have noted, consideration of a later date is necessary. I don't see major conflict. Junious C Babbs, Jr jcbabbs@stuasn.lrsd.kl2.ar.us Little Rock School District -Original Message- From: LEASE, KATHY R. Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:27 PM To: 'trrose@ualr.edu'; BABBS, JUNIOUS Subject: Research Committee Meeting Importance: High We have had another committee member who will not be able to come to the meeting on the 13th. We now have agenda meeting at 5:00, and Steve can only be with us by phone. What do you all think about postponing the meeting until after spring break? That would give John plenty of time to make revisions, and we can schedule a meeting when Steve can be with us. I hope to have the template/program evaluation guidelines completed by then as well. Let me know what you think! Kathy Kathy Lease, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent Planning, Research, and Evaluation 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, AR 72206 501-324-2122 (VM) 501-324-2126 (Fax) krlease@irc.lrsd. kl2.a r. us 7 LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 7:2'1 PM To: MITCHELL, SADIE Subject: RE: Documents yes, thanks. I need asap. - Original Message- From: MITCHELL, SADIE Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:51 PM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Cc: WASHINGTON, CHARLOTTE Subject: Documents We got the list of documents on file done but I forgot to remind Charlotte to send it to you. She is gone for the day and it is on her computer. You will have it first th ing in the morning. Sadie Sadie Mitchell smmitch@lrsdadm.lrsd.kl2.a r. us LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 7:24 PM A To: WARD, LIONEL W subject: RE: SAIP He requested info from me. I to ld him I had given him all I had but that you are the administrator on this issue. I was following up to see if he had contacted you. -Original Message- From: WARD, LIONEL Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:29 PM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Subject: RE: SAIP Are you trying to tell me something? I have not received any such request from Mr. Walker. If he talks with me, I will talk to you about a proper response first. One basic problem with implementation is in the thought some might harbor which explains why their efforts started late in the game. I am sure some folks faced more struggles than others. Clearly, schools must satisfy the requ irements with wise, careful and timely deliberations this year. ( -----------O- riginal MeSSoge--- ' From: LESlc--Y, BONNIE Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 3:49 PM To: WARD, UONEL Subject: SAIP - Lionel, has Mr. Walker requ ested anything from you about the implementation of SAIPs? If so, what did you send to him? Thanks. v- Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction Little Rock School District 88 501/324-0567 (fax) - LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE . Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 8: 16 AM To: JAMES, KENNETH Subj ect: RE: Work in Progress Absolutely! -Original Message- From: JAMES, KENNETH Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 7:54 AM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Subject: RE: Work in Progress Bonnie: I agree. The work and time that you have invested in this will indeed pay off, as the testimony unfolds. It will be interesting to see how the judge handles all of this information and to observe her thought process. Ken ---Original Message----- From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent : Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:<l.2 PM To: JAMES, KENNETH Subject: RE: Work in Progress When I left today, I left a lot still un-done, but I left feeling more and more certain that we have strong evidence that we did the plan. This is going to be helpful to me in remembering all the efforts-even if Chris decides not to use some of it as evidence. I think it will particularly be strong when we combine what Sadie has with ours in this Division. -Original Message- From: JAMES, KENNETH Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:34 PM To: LESLEY, BONNIE Subject: RE: Work in Progress Bonnie: I have reviewed both documents and they are excellent at showing what has been accomplished in the areas of evaluation and assessment. Great job! We will touch base tomorrow. Ken - --Original Message----- From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:24 PM To: 'heller@fec.net'; JAMES, KENNETH; MITCHELL, SADIE .. Subject: Work in Progress I've worked today on getting the ideas laid out about assessment/program evaluation. That includes collecting and organizing stacks of paper that document our work and processes. In addition, please see the attached documents to determine if this is where we want to go. I welcome your feedback. File: 1 Program Evaluation.doc >> File: 1 Assessment Grid.doc 96 Uttle Rock, Arkansas 72206 501/324-2131 501/ 324-0567 (fax) LESLEY, BONNIE From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: LESLEY, BONNIE Sunday, July 15, 2001 3:41 PM 'heller@fec.net' JAMES, KENNETH SAIPs Mr. Walker requested on June 20 the follow: "Please advise whether you have information regarding the District's implementation of STudent Academic Improvement Plan (SAIP} as required by the State. If so, please share with this this office." I replied: "You will find that information in the March 2001 Compliance Report in Section 2.7. I do not have any information beyond what you will find there since the implementation is done at the school level. Leonel Ward is in charge of implementation." When I searched everything for the documents I needed from you, I found several memos in Learn ing Links that I had fo rgotten about--about the philosophy in implementing SAIP, sample SAIPs done by Price, Glasgow, and Davis, the memo establishing the committee to develop the program, the memo to the board, etc. Should I forward those to Mr. Walker as well? . Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction Little Rock School District 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 6 501;324-2131 W 501/324-0567 (fax) LESLEY, BONNIE From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:24 PM To: Subject: 'heller@fec.net'; JAMES, KENNETH; MITCHELL, SADIE Work in Progress I've worked today on getting the ideas laid out about assessmenUprogram evaluation. That includes coJlecting and organizing stacks of paper that document our work and processes. In addition, please see the attached documents to determine if this is where we want to go. I welcome your feedback. 1 Program E.va!uation.ooc 1 Assessment Grid.doc Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction Little Rock School -District 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501/ 324-2131 - 0l/ 324-0S67 (fax) 102 LESLEY, BONNIE A From: W sent: To: Cc: Subject: Don Crary [dcrary@newfuturesforyouth.org] Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1 :33 PM LESLEY, BONNIE mopierce@newfuturesforyouth.org Re: Computer with Access Great. We can pay for it. I'm sure it will be cheaper if it is purchased through the'district contract. The district can invoice us and we will reimburse them for the cost. Don -----Original Message--- From: LESLEY, BONNIE <BALESLE@IRC.LRSD.K12.AR.US> To: 'dcrary@newfuturesforyouth.org' <dcrary@newfutu resforyouth .org> Cc: BRIGGS, MONA R. <MRBRIGG@ANNEX.LRSD.K12.AR.US>; PAAL, MARY M. <MMPAAL@ANNEX.LRSD.K12.AR.US> Date: 04/18/2001 12:50 PM Subject: Computer with Access >I talked with Mona about your need for a dedicated computer somewhere in the >district so that your evaluator can come work on direct access to the data >base. She is arranging for an additional computer drop in the office that >Mary Paal will have at Garland. Can you all purchase the computer out of >your budget? > - Dr. Bonnie A Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction >Little Rock School District >3001 S. Pulaski >Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 >501 /324-2131 >501 /324-0567 (fax) > > LESLEY, BONNIE From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Bonnie, LEASE, KATHY R. Wednesday, April 18, 200112: 32 PM LESLEY, BONNIE MITCHELL, SADIE; CAWTHON, FRANCES H. ; LACEY, MARIAN G. RE: ALT Results What group of principals did you meet with yesterday? Do I need to contact them? I explained to all of them when we did the testing calendar that we could get results back to everyone before school was out, if they followed the schedule. If there are some that we need to follow up with, please let me know who they are. We are returning ALT results as quickly as schools get them in. The whole purpose of setting up the schedule like it is centers around being able to get the results back to everyone before school is out. District results can't be calculated until all schools are in. That is why it is imperative that everyone stay on schedule. Both teachers and parents will get their results unless someone doesn't follow the schedule. A Second grade results have all been returned to the schools, along with two copies of the parent report. W High school preliminary results have been returned to Parkview and Fair. McClellan's results are here and are being scored. Central and Hall have not turned in their answer sheets yet. All make-ups were to have been completed by this past Monday. Retests for high schools are due back on Friday. The first page of the parent report can be printed, but we can't print the longitudinal report for parents unless all high schools are in. 708 Our elementary schools did a great job during 2nd grade testing; so if they keep that up, we will sail right through their scoring and printing. They have all of their results. We're still missing two of the middle schools' Algebra I / geometry resu lts as of this morning. We are having a scoring M robiem with the high school science tests, but NWEA is working on it. The subject specific math and science tests w equire no retests, so that shouldn't hold things up. Also, we have provided data on request any school who wants to know last fall's ALT scores for their rising grade students. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:37 AM To: LEASE, KATHY R. Subject: ALT Results I met with a group of principals yesterday who suggested to me that if they can't receive their ALT results before school is out that there is no use in sending them at all. Kids and parents need them quickly, and the school needs them quickly in order to plan for next school year. What our your chances of being able to do that? Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction Little Rock School District 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501/324-2131 501/324-0567 (fax) LESLEY, BONNIE From: .aient: w o: Subject: ~ ~ Rose.doc Paulette Mabry [pmabry@newfuturesforyouth.org] Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:59 AM Bonnie Lesley; Brady Gadberry; Junious Babbs; Linda Austin; Marian G. Lacey; Sadie Mitchell Words to encourage us Thought you might enjoy this today as a way to jumpstart the afternoon when things seem impossible. Paulette LESLEY, BONNIE From: Sent: To: Subject: Importance: BRIGGS, MONA R. Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:10 AM LESLEY, BONNIE Cost of Tools for Learn ing (Fred Jones); Parent Component High The discounted costs of books is: 500 books @-$18.00 (regula rly priced at 29.95) 300-499@ $18.50 200-299@ $18.95 0-199@ $19.95 Shipping for 500 is $546.75; it may be slightly less for fewer numbers but not significantly. RE: Parent involvement with train ing 709 From: LESLEY, BONNIE Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:44 AM To: TRUETT, IRMA Subject: Benchmark Scores I need copies of the state test results by school in my office asap. Board members and others are calling for information. Dr. Bonnie A. Lesley, Associate Superintendent for Instruction Little Rock School District 3001 S. Pulaski Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 501/324-2131 501/.324-0567 (fax) GADBERRY, BRADY L. From: Sent: To: Subject: Bonnie, LEASE, KATHY R. Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:17 PM LESLEY, BONNIE Benchmark Scores Irma forwarded your messages to her about the test scores. As I told you when we met with Suellen, I would have your curriculum copies ready by Friday. They are ready now. After learning that you were insistent on having the scores immediately, I s