Court filings regarding Little Rock School District's (LRSD's) preliminary evaluation report for Compass Learning, Reading Recovery, and SMART/THRIVE, LRSD's reply to Joshua's response to Court's order, and Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) project management tool.

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<dcterms_description>Court filings: District Court, order; District Court, notice of filing, Little Rock School District (LRSD) preliminary evaluation report for Compass Learning; District Court, Little Rock School District's (LRSD's) reply to Joshua's response to Court's order of November 8, 2005; District Court, notice of filing, Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) project management tool; District Court, notice of filing, Little Rock School District (LRSD) preliminary evaluation report for Reading Recovery; District Court, notice of filing, Little Rock School District (LRSD) preliminary evaluation report for SMART/THRIVE This transcript was create using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and may contain some errors. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT V. No. 4:82CV00866 WRW/JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL. ORDER RECEIVED DEC 2 O 2005 OFACEOF DESEGREGATION MONITORING PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTER VEN ORS INTERVENORS Pending is LRSD's Motion for Extension of Time (Doc. No. 3989) to file and serve Dr. Catterall' s preliminary evaluation report on Year-Round Education. The motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, LRSD must filed the preliminary evaluation on Year-Round Education by 5 p.m., Friday, January 13, 2006. IT IS SO ORDERED this 17th day of December, 2005. /s/ Wm. R.Wilson Jr. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3992 Filed 12/20/2005 ~~EIVED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICTOF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION JAN 3 2006 OFACEOF DBEBREBATION MONITORING LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF V. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF FILING LRSD hereby gives notice of the filing of the preliminary evaluation report for Compass Learning in accordance with the Court's Order of November 29, 2005. Respectfully submitted, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT FRIDAY, ELDREDGE &amp; CLARK 400 West Capitol Avenue, #2000 Little Rock, AR 72201 501/376-2011 Isl Christopher Heller Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3992 Filed 12/20/2005 Page 2 of 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on December 20, 2005, I have electronically filed the foregoing Notice with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which shall send notification of such filing to the following: mark.ha2:emeier@ag.state.ar.us sjones@mwsgw.com sjones@ilj.com iohnwalkeratty@aol.com and mailed by U.S. regular mail to the following addresses: Gene Jones Office of Desegregation Monitoring 1 Union National Plaza 124 W. Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Clayton Blackstock Mr. Mark Burnett 1010 W. Third Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Judge J. Thomas Ray U. S. District Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Christopher Heller 2 --------- ---------------' ' -,. CREP Cttntu for Reseord, in EducotionolPolicy I , n.i i 0,J! 1 '; ,-: i, eh!:1.:.-:f:;,,t1' .. ,) 1:: ., ~ ~-::v ~ ),-:~4~ '_ihle ~c:r.:~; ::cri--o: t:1;5ff,c t ~ RECEIVED JAN 5 2006 OFACEOF DESEGREGATION MONITORING ~ Con1pc1)'.:&gt;Learning DRAFT REPORT FOR REVIEW BY Little Rock School District Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3995 Filed 12/22/2005R te ~VED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. Case No. 4:82CV866WRW /JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL., KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, JAN 3 2006 OFflCEOf DESEGREGATION MONITORING PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT INTER VEN ORS INTER VEN ORS LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REPLY TO JOSHUA'S RESPONSE TO COURT'S ORDER OF NOVEMBER 8, 2005 Little Rock School District ("LRSD"), for its reply to Joshua's response to the Court's Order of November 8, 2005, states: The proposed Magnet Review Committee ("MRC") budget currently before the Court for approval, is the culmination of a months long collaboration of each of the MRC 's members, including the Joshua Intervenors, which began in February 2005. On Tuesday, September 20, 2005, the MRC, by a unanimous vote of 5-0, approved the final budget for the 2004-2005 school year as well as the proposed budget for 2005-2006. The Joshua Intervenors' representative was absent for the vote. The MRC requested the Court's approval of the final figures for the 2004-2005 school year and the proposed budget for the 2005-2006 school year on or about September 22, 2005. On November 14, 2005, Joshua filed objections to the proposed budget for the MRC for the 2005- 2006 school year, seeking explanations for the increases in three areas in the proposed budg~t for 2005-2006 as compared to the interdistrict magnet school's actual expenditures for the 2004- Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3995 Filed 12/22/2005 Page 2 of 4 - 2005 school year. The LRSD will respond to each of Joshua's objections in the order listed in their November 14, 2005, filing to the Court: 1. The $114,676.00 increase in special education costs from actual 2004-2005 expenses as compared to and 2005-2006 is explained by the following: (a) a half-time teaching position is recommended to increase to a full-time position at Parkview High School at a projected increase of approximately $17,000.00; (b) the LRSD salary scale is designed to reward educational advancement. Due to the efforts of certain employees, a projected increase of approximately $16,000.00 in salaries will occur during the 2005-2006 school year; (c) the MRC proposed line item budget for special education expenses also includes approximately $76,000.00, to replace employees who departed the LRSD with more senior and better educated - employees; (d) finally, of the $114,676.00 proposed increase for special education costs, $5,000.00 is proposed for incremental salary increases for current employees remaining with the LRSD, thus earning an additional year of experience. 2. The $239,855.00 increase in material and supply costs, is directly related to the LRSD' s adoption of new reading, language arts, English and journalism textbooks throughout the District, for all LRSD schools including the six stipulation magnets schools. While an additional $281,792.00 was added to the proposed MRC budget for 2005-2006 for the purchase of new textbooks for students, classroom material and supplies decreased by $41,937.00, creating the net increase of $239,855.00. Likewise, LRSD' s operating budget incurred the same cost increase for textbook adoptions and its budget includes an additional $1 ,588,852.00 while other material and supply - costs decreased by $234,617.00. Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3995 Filed 12/22/2005 Page 3 of 4 3. The $258,640 increase in indirect costs relates to the administrative fee that the LRSD is authorized to charge to the magnet budget for administration of the magnet schools as outlined in the March1989 Pulaski County School desegregation case settlement agreement. The administration fee is determined using the restricted program indirect cost rate calculated periodically by the Arkansas Department of Education. Prior to June 29, 2005, the LRSD Statecalculated restricted program rate was 7.08%. On June 29, 2005, the State released new calculations for use in the 2004-2005 school year and future years changing the rate to 8.25%. Although, the State increased the rate to 8.25%, the $2,194,000.00 in the 2005-2006 proposed budget for indirect costs represents a revised rate of approximately 8.23%. 4. The closures of the Mitchell and Rightsell facilities are unrelated to the MRC' s proposed budget. The two schools were closed as a result of low enrollment and outdated - physical structures, making their continued use operationally and fiscally inefficient. The proposed MRC budget will not reduce the provision of services and educational programs to LRSD students in non-magnet or majority black schools. Moreover, because the State, PCSSD and NLRSD contribute financially to the operation of the six stipulation magnet schools, Joshua's argument that the proposed MRC budget tends to disfavor students in majority black schools is incorrect. LRSD spends less to operate its stipulation magnet schools due to the contributions from the State and the two other school districts. WHEREFORE, for the above stated reasons, Little Rock School District requests that the proposed MRC budget be approved as submitted. Respectfully submitted, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT ' . Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3995 Filed 1212212005 Page 4 of 4 FRIDAY, ELDREDGE &amp; CLARK 2000 Regions Bank Bldg. 400 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201 501/376-2011 Isl Khayyam M. Eddings CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on December 22, 2005, I have electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/EC. system, which will send notification of such filing to the following: mark. ha!!emeier@ag.s tate.ar.us sjones@mwsQ:w.com sjones@ jlj .com johnwalkerattv@aol.com and mailed by U.S. regular mail to the following addresses: Gene Jones Office of Desegregation Monitoring 1 Union National Plaza 124 W. Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Clayton Blackstock Mr. Mark Burnett 1010 W. Third Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Judge J. Thomas Ray U. S. District Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Khayyam M. Eddings Arkansas DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4SfATECAPITOLMALL LITLEROCK,ARKANSAS 72201-1071 (501)682-4475 http://arkedu.stnte.ar.us Dr. Kenneth James, Commissioner of Education December 22, 2005 Mr. Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 400 West Capitol, Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mr. John W. Walker John Walker, P.A. 1 723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 Mr. Mark Burnette Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Ivers &amp; Sneddon P. 0. Box 1510 Little Rock, AR 72203,.1510 Office of Desegregation Monitoring One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Stephen W. Jones Jack, Lyon &amp; Jones 425 West Capitol, Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. M. Samuel Jones III RECEIVED JAN 3 2006 OFFICE OF DESEGREGATION MONITORING Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201 RE: Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, et al. U.S. District Court No. 4:82-CV-866 WRW Dear Gentlemen: Per an agreement with the Attorney General's Office, I am filing the Arkansas Department of Education's Project Management Tool for the month of December 2005 in the above-referenced case. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. Sincerely, J~~ General Counsel Arkansas Department of Education SS:law cc: Mark Hagemeier STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: Chair - Dr. Jeanna Westmoreland, Arkadelphia, Vice Chair - Diane Tatum, Pine Bluff Members: *Sherry Burrow, Jonesboro *Shelby Hillman, Carlisle* Dr: Calvin King, Marianna *Randy Lawson, Bentonville *MaryJane Rebick, Little Rock *Dr. Naccaman Williams, Springdale An Equal Opportunity Employer -- - - - - --- - - UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DNISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF V. No. LR-C-82-866 WRW PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF FILING In accordance with the Court's Order of December 10, 1993, the Arkansas Department of Education hereby gives notice of the filing of the AD E's Project Management Tool for December 2005. Respectfully Submitted, S~li~ 92251 General Counsel, Arkansas Department of Education #4 Capitol Mall, Room 404-A Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-4227 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Scott Smith, certify that on December 22, 2005, I caused the foregoing document to be served by depositing a copy in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each of the following: Mr. Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 400 West Capitol, Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mr. John W. Walker John Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 Mr. Mark Burnette Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes Wagoner, Ivers &amp; Sneddon P. 0. Box 1510 Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 Office of Desegregation Monitoring One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Stephen W. Jones Jack, Lyon &amp; Jones 425 West Capitol, Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr.M. SamuelJones,m Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard 425 West Capitol, Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL PLAINTIFFS V. NO. LR-C-82-866 WRW PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL DEFENDANTS MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL INTERVENOR$ KA THERINE W. KNIGHT, ET AL INTERVENORS ADE'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL In compliance with the Court's Order of December 10, 1993, the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) submits the following Project Management Tool to the parties and the Court. This document describes the progress the ADE has made since March 15, 1994, in complying with provisions of the Implementation Plan and itemizes the ADE's progress against timelines presented in the Plan. IMPLEMENTATION PHASE ACTIVITY I. FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS A. Use the previous year's three quarter average daily membership to calculate MFPA . (State Equalization) for the current school year. 1. Projected Ending Date Last day of each month, August - June. 2. Actual as of December 31, 2005 8. Include all Magnet students in the resident District's average daily membership for calculation. 1. Projected Ending Date Last day of each month, August - June. Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3994 Filed 12/22/2005R ~e ~i\tE D IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION JAN 3 2006 OFFICEOF DESEGREGATION MONITORING LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF V. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COlJNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF FILING LRSD hereby gives notice of the filing of the preliminary evaluation report for Reading Recovery in accordance with the Court's Order of November 29, 2005. Respectfully submitted, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT FRIDAY, ELDREDGE &amp; CLARK 400 West Capitol Avenue, #2000 Little Rock, AR 72201 5011376-2011 Isl Christopher Heller Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3994 Filed 12/22/2005 Page 2 of 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on December 22, 2005, I have electronically filed the foregoing Notice with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which shall send notification- of such filing to the following: mark.hae-emeier@ag .state. ar. us siones@mwsgw.com sjones@j1j .com iohnwalkerattv@ao1.com and mailed by U.S. regular mail to the following addresses: Gene Jones Office of Desegregation Monitoring 1 Union National Plaza 124 W. Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Clayton Blackstock Mr. Mark Burnett 1010 W. Third Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Judge J. Thomas Ray U. S. District Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 149 Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Christopher-Heller 2 CREP Center for Research in d11cational Policy Center tor Researd1 in Edumtiorml P,~i,;y Thr, UniV&lt;-&gt;..rsily of V,emphis 325 Browning H,~! Memp-his. Tennessee 38152 Toil Free 1-B6o-37C-G14i REt;l:IVED JAN 5 2006 OFACE OF DESEGREGATION MONITORING Evaluation of Reading Recovery In the Little Rock School District 2005 Aggregate Report DRAFT REPORT FOR REVIEW BY Little Rock School District Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3996-1 Filed 12/27/2005 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION RECEIVED JAN 3 2006 OFFICE OF DESEGREGATION MONITORING LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF V. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF FILING LRSD hereby gives notice of the filing of the preliminary evaluation report for SMART / THRIVE in accordance with the Court's Order of November 29, 2005 . Respectfully submitted, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT FRIDAY, ELDREDGE &amp; CLARK 400 West Capitol A venue, #2000 Little Rock, AR 72201 501/376-2011 /s/ Christopher Heller Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3996-1 Filed 12/27/2005 Page 2 of 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on December 27, 2005, I have electronically filed the foregoing Notice with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which shall send notification of such filing to the following: mark. hagemeier@ag.state.ar. us sjones@mwsgw.com sjones@jlj.com johnwalkeratty@aol.com and mailed by U.S. regular mail to the following addresses: Gene Jones Office of Desegregation Monitoring 1 Union National Plaza 124 W. Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 - Mr. Clayton Blackstock Mr. Mark Burnett 1010 W. Third Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Judge J. Thomas Ray U. S. District Courthouse 600 West Capitol A venue, Suite 149 Little Rock, AR 72201 /s/ Christopher Heller 2 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW-JTR Document 3996-2 Filed 12/27/2005 Page 1 of 69 CREP Ctnttr for RtJtarclt in Educational Policy Center for Research in Educational Policy The University oi f/emphis 325 Br011ming Hall Memphis, Tennessee 38152 Toll Free: 1-866-670-6147 - Evaluation of SMART/THRIVE In the Little Rock School District Research Report 2004-2005 DRAFT REPORT FOR REVIEW BY Little Rock School District This project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Council on Library and Information Resources.</dcterms_description>

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