CLOVERDALE ELEMENTARY PROFILE I I I I Sadie Mitchell, Principal Presented to: Mr. Revllle, Metropolitan Supervisor Monday, September 25, 1989 /CLOVERDALE ELEMENTARY 1989-90 I i! 1 T Ml SCHOOL POPULATION School Cloverdale Elementary Grade. 01 02 03 04 Wh.lla 17 26 25 21 Black 53 44 38 58 Date September 22, 1989 Other. 1 0 0 1 Iota] 71 70 63 80 wH H I 05 06 Splf-Cnnt.fllnpd Suh-.Tntal Kinrierflarten. Grand Total Percentage 14 12 115 14 129 White 30 7. 33 39 265 26 291 Black 69 % 1 0 3 0 3 Other 1 % 48 51 383 40 423 I M STAFF COUNT i Black White Certified Staff Ml Percentage 46 Uncertified Staff Ml Percentage TOTAL 55 7. 45 M I * Name Mitchell, Sadie Epperson, Becky Finn, Arphia Buettner, Sally McCarther, Gerri Skelton, Donna Dovers, Linda McCullough, Joyce Stuart, Dorothy Brock, Anita Lloyd, Julia Vanecko, Alice Fields, Freddie Porter, Shelby Pounders, Beth Ellis, Eddie Mae Throneberry, Dorothy Jackson, Berdine Watson, Joyce Aimnel, Linda Betton, Ira Hunts, Toni Kordsmeier, Linda Lowder, Stevie Masters, Janis Nage, Diana Sims, Shirley Waters, Doris CERTIFIED STAFF Position Principal Kindergarten Kindergarten First Grade First Grade First Grade Second Grade Second Grade Second Grade Third Grade Third Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fourth Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Sixth Grade CERTIFIED SPECIALIST Counselor PAL Reading Gifted/Talented Media Specialist Nurse Speech Therpist PAL Math Music Special Education Race B V B W B W W B B B B W B B W B W B W W B W W w w w w B H Bf M Name UNCERTIFIED STAFF Position Race H Bd Higgins, Nettie Hood, Susie Lewis, Ocie Nichols, Pat Thomas, Barbara Secretary Computer Aide Inst. Aide Inst. Aide Mecia Clerk W B B B W H Crudup, Verda Jones, Glynnis Solee, Deborah Tyler, Felicia Supervision Aide Supervision Aide Supervision Aide Supervision Aide B B B B M I Bostic, Terri Hobbs, Barbara McConnell, Donald Custodian Cus todian-Head Custodian B B U Esaw, Erma Johnson, Darcus Palmer, Barbara Rowland, Millie Cafeteria Worker Cafeteria Manager Cafeteria Worker Cafeteria Worker B B W I I di Ml Ml Ml M Ilf Ilf IIIH 1 1 HI M PROGRAM OFFERINGS 1. Remediation M Hl A. Reading Pal Lab Total ^6 Black White 5b ?z2. T3'f. ^7/ HI H B. Math Pal Lab Total Tt Black White 5/ 727, 2-07. H C, Special Education Total 2* Black / 50 Z. HI White /O y^-'z C. Computer Lab Bl Total Black HI White HI *A11 students will attend the computer lab when it is prepared to be implemented. However, fourteen high risk students will be identified from each classroom to attend one extra day. 2. Enrichment/Gifted HI Total 37 Black 18 49 % White 19 51 % Hl HI HI III HI IIII STRENGTHS OF PROGRAM 1. Full time Music Specialist 2. Math PAL Lab 3. Reading PAL Lab 4. REACH Program (Reading Extension Activities for Children) 5. 6. Special Education Gifted Education 7. Full Time Counselor 8. Speech Therapist (2 days) 9. DARE - Officer Sheppard 10. Active Student Council 11. Fire Marshals 12. Partners in Education (Kroger) 13. Active PTA 14. Glee Club (Select Singers) 15. Journalism/Newspaper Club 16. Arkansas Museum of Science & History K-2 K-2 (Monthly programs utilizing live animals and artifacts) 17. Arkansas Museum of Science & History K-6 K-6 (Cultural artifacts, scientific specimes, and films are just a few of the materials that are available to help enhance our curriculum.) 18. Nifty Nutrition 19. Citizen of the Week (each grade) 20. Citizenship Lunch Table (Provided by businesses in the community) 21. Family Life (3rd week in each month) 22. Just Say No Club 23. Awards Assembly (End of each nine weeks) 24. 25. Ambassadors Club Grant Proposal for (MASE) Math and Science Enrichment. This will be an after-school program for high risk students to help improve science and math scores on the MPT and MAT-6 Written by: Karen Buchanan, Principal - Brady Elementary Eddie McCoy, Principal - Pulaski Heights Elementary Sadie Mitchell. Principal - Cloverdale Elementary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. *8. *9. 10. AREAS OF WEAKNESSES Inadequate Supplies and Materials (books) Open Ramps Playground Equipment Inadequate space for gifted classroom and counselor Student Desks need to be replaced Condensation leaks and noise level of the window units Paved parking lot for staff Ramp to the music trailer Full-time nurse Gifted Specialist will be in the building two days a week. This is not enough time to provide the appropriate educational needs for 37 students , CLOVERDALE ELEMENTARY Floor Plan n n X m z i o u i n} 33 L J I I Jt i T J I (/> I I T n 9 rH rut (S) uuja h t (X) 03 QOSJBdda (I) N iJ--------- y .(I) ^3 3dt{]3V33H e UOJXBOIS (T) u r (0 ! 3 9< eau339na (2) fl ?I n MUSIC Xi Sims n -ST s :sa U> MO o S *d O K o K o <s H 00 !T 5 Ui o s f r ft H n T H --------- Z-. -4 3- -1 13- 1 rt P* > s d I 09 Ut M --M n M o y-' taoC o s K !* sda a 1 I, Pt A. lA i 5* i-l a -LS-J fh 4 13- 4 m 1 9. wO 0 S' h o r> 3
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re: date: On site MEMORANDUM MR. JOHN W. WALKER MR. KIRK HERMAN MRS. JOY CHARLES-SPRINGER LR8D V. PCSSD LRSD MARCH 5, 1991 visits to four New Construction witbin the elementary schools (Geyer Springs, Cloverdale, Woodruff, and Western Hills) within the Little Rock District revealed substantial construction underway. Over 5.5 million dollars has been budgeted to effectuate changes in the present structures that were visited. Changes range from construction of additional classrooms, new playgrounds, parking I lots, and cafeterias. Construction at all sites has been tentatively set for completion by the beginning of the new school year. August, 1991. Mr. Herman visited Woodruff and Western Hills. I visited Cloverdale and Geyer Springs, as follows: Our findings at the locations were CLOVERDALE ELEMENTARY Principal: Sadie Mitchell (black female) Current Student capacity: 400 students 75% black 25% white Current number of classrooms
15 After construction the school will have 21 classrooms (3 sections each of K-6) The construction will consist of "5 additional classrooms, a new playground, office, nurse's station and a cafeteria to be shared with Cloverdale Jr. High School. Final students student capacity (after construction): 492 I 103^06/1991 11s3S FROM JOHN U.UflLKER P.O. TO 3710100 P. 03 i I PAGE TWO March 5, 1991 The only portable building at Cloverdale Elementary is the music room. Jr. High has several Cloverdale Jr, portables, The budget between Cloverdale Elementary and Jr, High is approximately 2 1/2 million dollars. GEYER BPRINGS ELEMSMTARY Principal! Eleanor Cox (black female) Current student capacity: 200 students 76% black 24% white Current number of classrooms: 9 After construction, the school will have 23'' classrooms. The construction will consist of "14" new classrooms, a new playground and a new parking lot. Final student capacity: 400 Anticipated capacity next school year: 326 There are currently 8 portable buildings that house the intermediate classes. There is also classroom sharing at Geyer Springs. The budget for Geyer Springs construction has been set at 1 1/2 million dollars. I i WESTERN HILLS ELEMENTARY i Principal: Margie Puckett (white female) Current student capacity: 336 students 63.7% black 35.8% white .5% other The construction will consist of "10" classrooms. additional03/06/1991 11:39 FROM JOHN W.WALKER P.P. TO 3710100 P. 04 PAGE THREE March 5, 1991 There are currently 6 portable buildings that house classes at Western Hills. The budget for Western Hills has been set at 1 million dollars. WOODRUPP ELEMENTARY Principal
Pat Higginbotham (white female) Current student capacity: unknown 80% black 20% white The construction will consist of 10' new classrooms and expansion of the cafeteria. There are no portable buildings that house classes at Woodruff. I The budget for Woodruff has been set between $800,000 and 1 million dollars. I Please let us know if additional information is needed. I I 1 I I I I i I I03x06/1991 11S37 FROM JOHN U.UfiLKER P.fi. TO 3710100 P. 01 JOHN w. Walker, P.a. Attorney At Law 1723 Broadway Little Rock, A.rkansas 72206 'li
i.EPHONE (501) 374-3758 FAX (501) :?74-4187 JOHN W. WALKEK RALPH WASHINGTON MARK BbRNETTE WILEY .A. BRANTON. JR. Alw aiimitwd to Prjctiw in (iooryia jt ths Dwtriot of Colunbi). FACSIMILE COVER I.AZAK M. PALNiCK LAW & FINANCE BLDG. SUITE 1002 129 roURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA 1.5219 (412) 288-9220 to: FAX NO.: PT^OVii B'jj hr) 71,!: date: I RE: MESSAGE: THIS FAX CONSISTS OF IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE PAGE(S}, INCLUDING THIS COVER PAGE. PkGSiS), Pl^kSE CALL UiSoi AT THE NUMBER LISTED ABOVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I I RECESWr^ FEB 2 3 1593 Office of Desegregation ing 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 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFENDANTS MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. INTERVENORS KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, ET AL. INTERVENORS The MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION Joshua Intervenors move the Court for a temporary restraining order and thereafter. a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining the Little Rock School District from refusing to admit class member. Perry Doe, from attending school in the Little Rock School District. The named class member is represented herein by his legal guardians and next friends, Robert and Linnie Storay. For cause, plaintiffs respectfully show the Court that: 1. Perry Doe IS a fifth grade student at Cloverdale Elementary during the current school term. He attended Cloverdale Elementary until on or about November 12, 1992. He is twelve years old. 2. On or about November 12, 1992, Minor Doe was charged and detained in the Juvenile Detention Center regarding an incident that occurred away from school premises and property. 3. On or about December 1, 1992, Minor Doe was released to custody of his uncle, Robert Storay by the Juvenile Court.4. Soon thereafter, Adult Storay contacted Minor Doe's school for readmission. Adult Storay was advised by school officials that Minor Doe could not return to school until after letters were sent to the parents of the students who attended the school. No further instruction nor written notice was given to Adult Storay by the school or district. 5. Several weeks later, Adult Storay contacted the school again and was advised by Principal Sadie Mitchell that Minor Doe had been dropped from the school's roster for nonattendance. 6. After further inquiry, on or about January 4, 1993, Adult Linnie Storay contacted the Student Assignment Office and was given specific instructions on getting Minor Doe readmitted to school. Adult Storay followed these instructions and had Minor Doe registered and ready to attend school at Brady Elementary on January 6, 1993. 7. At approximately 5:00 p.m. on January 5, 1993, after being told by Brady Elementary school officials that he could bring Minor Doe to school on Wednesday, January 6th for readmission. Adult Robert Storay was contacted by the District's Hearing Officer, Mr. Rudolph Howard, who held that Minor Doe could not attend school until a further hearing was held. 8. On or about January 11, 1993, Adult Doe held a conference with the District's Hearing Officer, Mr. Howard. At this conference Mr. Howard advised Adult Storay that Dr. Cloyde "Mac" Bernd, Superintendent of Schools, would make the final decision regarding Minor Doe's readmission to school. 9. Superintendent Bernd communicated to the Storays thatMinor Doe would not be considered for readmission until after the Juvenile Court adjudication hearing. 10. On or about January 29, 1993, the Juvenile Court made an adjudication hearing for Minor Doe which leaves Minor Doe in the custody of his guardian, herein. 11. Defendant LRSD has failed to give and refuses to give Joshua a reason, written or otherwise. for its denial of Minor Doe's readmission to school. 12. Plaintiffs can only surmise that Minor Doe is being denied admission to school because he is alleged to have been involved in a crime that occurred in November, 1992, away from school property which has no relation to his basic right to an education. 13. Plaintiffs respectfully show the Court that Defendant LRSD has unlawfully denied and continues to deny Minor Doe an education in violation of the equal treatment provisions of the desegregation plan. Minor Doe has been effectively deprived of equal protection and due process of the laws by his treatment herein including, inter alia: 1) a school district policy of summary suspension for accused criminal activity
2) improper notice of and delay in hearing charges
3) improper notice of and no notice of being dropped from school roster
and 4) a policy of emergency removal from school of anyone suspected of engaging in criminal activity away from school.WHEREFORE, Joshua prays that the Court issue an immediate order and injunction to require the defendant LRSD to allow the readmission of Minor Doe to Brady Elementary where he resides or, at his choice. school whereby he may receive equitable a educational opportunities. Moreover, Minor Doe prays that wherever he is assiqned he be "made whole" for the alleged deprivations herein and afforded full and effective remedial relief for the time that he was required to stay out of school. Joshua further pray that the Court grant alternative appropriate and reasonable attorney fees for this enforcement proceeding. Respectfully submitted. Jdhn W. Walker - Bar No. 64046 JOHN W. WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 (501) 374-3758CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing has been mailed, postage prepaid to the counsel of record listed below on this^^y^ day of October, 1992. Larry Vault, Esq. Pulaski County Attorney 201 So. Broadway, Suite 400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Steve Jones, Esq. Jack, Lyon & Jones, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Streets Little Rock, AR 72201 Christopher Heller, Esq. Friday, Eldredge & Clark 2000 First Commercial Building Little Rock, AR 72201 Sam Jones, Esq. Wright, Lindsey & Jennings 2200 Worthen Bank Building Little Rock, AR 72201 Richard Roachell, Esq. #15 Hickory Creek Drive Little Rock, AR 72212 Ann Brown, Monitor Office of Desegregation Monitoring 210 East Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 c:lrsd.motJOHN W. WALKER, P.A. Attorney At Law 1723 Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 7220(1 Telephone (501) 374-3758 FAX (501) 374-4187 RECEIVED FEB 2 3 1993 Office of Desegregafion Monitoring JOHN W. WALKER RALPH WASHINGTON MARK BURNETTE WILEY A. BRANTON, JR. AUSTIN PORTER, JR. ' Alsu admitted th Practice in (Iporgia & the District of Odumbia. February 22, 1993 Chris Heller, Esq. FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. Little Rock, AR 72201 Re: LRSD V. PCSSD USDC No. LR-C-82-866 Dear Chris: Enclosed please find a copy of Joshua's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary and Permanent Injunction which has been filed in the above matter. incerely, ohn W. Walker JWW:Ip Enclosure cc: All Counsel of Record6500 Hinkson Road Little Rock, AR 72209 Cloverdale Elementary School RECEIVED Telephone (501) 570-4055 Fax (501) 570-4060 SEP 1 4 1995 Office of Desegregation Monitoring September 13, 1995 Dear Mr. Smith & Ms. Powell: Please accept my compliments on a difficult job well done! When you undertook the Prejudice Reduction Inservice I looked at you with mixed feelings of admiration and sympathy. I admired your courage at attempting such a Herculean task. I also felt sympathetic since this had not been done here before and because this is such a unique staff. Your determination, optimism and organizational ability made last Wednesdays inservice the event of the decade. I marveled at the professional, efficient manner in which you went about your business. You were never ruffled and never lost your "cool. Your ability and expertise made this inservice the great success it was. On behalf of our staff and students I thank you for your tireless efforts. What a wonderful example you set for your own children and others in the area of community and school service! II Sincerely, Frederick Fields, Principal THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25,1993 SB 1 Judge asked to order pupils readmittance Guardians of a fifth-grader who was removed from Elementary Cloverdale School last November because of his arrest in an incident away from school asked a federal judge Monday to order the Little Rock School District to readmit the boy to school immediately. The pupil and his guardians, Roloert and Linnie Storay, are represented by Little Rock attorney John Walker. The complaint was filed as part of the 10-year-old Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright is presiding over that case. The pupil, referred to in the complaint as Perry Doe, is 12 years old. A juvenile court judge released the boy to his uncles custody following the childs arrest Nov. 12 IArkansas Democrat| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1995 CODVTifiM IIHI* RnrU Im a hero, tot acknowledges Boy, 4, sees smoke, alerts teacher to fire Democrat-Gazette Staff A 4-year-old saved the day Tuesday when he noticed smoke in a Cloverdale Elementary School classroom and called attention to a small fire in the schools ceiling. Little firefighters quickly extinguished the fire af- Rock ter CCooddyy McClendon, a preschool pupil, saw smoke and alerted his teacher at ll
03 a.m. "I was at the nurses station to get some medicine, Cody said Tuesday afternoon. I went into the room and saw the smoke. It was a lot of smoke. Cody then ran into the next room and told his teacher, Gloria Miller. There was a fire and I saved the day, Cody said. Im a hero. A short circuit in a light fixture caused the fire, which caused an estimated $1,000 damage to ceiling tiles and insulation, Little Rock firefighters said. LITTLE HERO Special to the Democrat-Gazefte/Glenn Russell .C---o--d- y -M---c--C---le ndon, a Hpr'MesWchIUoUol ppuuppiill dalt ULiltltilee PRIOoCcKk 'Ss Cloverdale Elementary, gives a thumbs up sign in front of a city firetruck Tuesday after saving his school from a fl... Rvuk nJ.* uuiumv extinguished the fire after Cody saw smoke and alerted his teacher. The fire* quickly brought under control, caused about $1,000 damage. fire. Little Rock firefighters quickly Aikaiisas DemocratI TUESDAY, MAY 9,1995 Boy, 14, arrested with gun at school : A 14-year-old boy was arrest-' ed for possession of a gun Monday at Cloverdale Elementary- School, Little Rock police saiA" After two people reported"- that a youth carried a gun into. the school, officers found the'.' youth carrying a Davis .380-cal,, iber automatic pistol. The youth dropped the gun- and tried to escape, but police' caught him. He was charged asr an adult with possession of a- gun on school property and fleeing. /"Arkansas Demcxrrat 'S? (gazette TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1995 Visitor to school arrested over gun 5 '^ A Little Rock man was arre'st-' ed Monday morning on a charger, of carrying a firearm on a school campus, police said. Jeffery Williams, 22, of 390, Wooddale Drive was arrested- about 920 a.m. at Cloverdale ETe*!-- mentary school at 6500 Hinkson Road, police said. A woman told police that.- Williams, her ex-boyfriend, had a gun in his pants waistband when he walked onto campus Monday, morning to talk to her. An officer confronted Williams and took a- .38-caliber handgun from him, police said. Williams was taken to policeheadquarters for questioning,*, then charged and taken to the Pulaski County jail. r LL John Hutchinson, a police-, spokesman, said Williams had recently been employed as a securi- . ty guard and was carrying a per^-. mit allowing him to carry a legal.
firearm while on duty.Classes to move in repair of school BY CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The elements have taken a toll on the metal joists and beams that support Little Rocks Cloverdale Elementary School. Portions of the school that houses 360 students are slowly sinking. The Little Rock School Board is expected to vote at a meeting at 6 p.m. tonight on a plan to move pupils and staff out of the school beginning with the 2005-06 school year so that more than half of the school building at 6500 Hinkson Road can be demolished and rebuilt. While there are visible cracks in walls and floors in parts of the school because of some deteriorated support bars, there are no plans to move students out of Cloverdale during the current school year, which ends in early June. They continue to monitor the building on a weekly basis, district spokesman Suellen Vann said Wednesday about officials in the districts plant services division. They are watching it very, very closely because they want to ensure that the building is sound. If something changed their opinion, I know they would immediately recommend action. Closing a school in midyear would not be unprecedented in the district. Mitchell Elementary School students were moved out of their building early in the 2003-04 school year after complaints of mold and poor ventilation. Mann Magnet Middle School closed three days before the end of the school year in 2001 when officials became alarmed over the growing instability of certain walls in the school. Much of that building was tom down and rebuilt before it re-opened in January 2004. Superintendent Roy Brooks and his staff developed several See REPAIRS, Page 8B &) 3 Q fl fl CL 3 cn fl S 2 S O fl I G. 75 3 g CT < _ ?rg 2 g^n. n u o 3 a o O 2-::
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11 r 3 3 S OQ in FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2005 Cloverdale pupils to be sent to Mabelvale BY CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Pupils assigned to Cloverdale Elementary School for the 2005-06 school year will attend classes on the Mabelvale Elementary campus so that structurally damaged parts of Cloverdale can be torn down, the Little Rock School Board decided Thursday. The School Board agreed to detect a shift of as little as one- the relocatignplan after learn- thousandth of an inch. ing that the metal structure that supports the 46-year-old, singlestory school at 5400 Hinkson Road is deteriorating because of ground moisture and poor drainage, Doug Eaton, the districts director of plant services, told the board that his staff monitors the Cloverdale building weekly with surveying equipment that can He said the school continues to be absolutely safe for the children and staff, but should there be movement of as much as a tenth of an inch, everyone would be moved out. Eaton said that Cloverdale Middle School, next door to the elementary, is not in the same kind of jeopardy
it was built on a concrete slab and not a metal structure. See CLOVERDALE, Page 10B Cloverdale Continued from Page 1B Board members made no immediate decision on whether to rebuild Cloverdale Elementary after it is demolished. Board member Katherine Mitchell questioned whether Mabelvale and Cloverdale schools could be combined permanently. Cloverdie was built in 1959 by the Pulaski County Special School District on farmland that consists of large expanses of clay and organic matter, making it less than ideal for construction. The floor of the school rests on a structure of metal bar joists and beams supported by drill piers. Parts of the metal structure have eroded and, in some places, joists have failed. Originally built 3 feet off the ground, two large wings of classrooms show signs of deterioration despite the addition of braces to shore up the building in 2001. District officials, in consultation with engineers, have concluded that demolition and replacement of those classroom wings will be necessary if the school is to remain open. The remaining wing of prekindergarten classrooms and the media center have more limited damage and may be salvageable without being tom down. Superintendent Roy Brooks and his staff developed several options for relocating the Cloverdale teachers and students for the coming school year before recommending to the School Board that the students and staff temporarily share the Mabelvale Elementary School campus, 9401 Mabelvale Cut-Off, The Cloverdale pupils and their teachers will be housed in as many as eight portable classroom buildings that will be put on the campus and in eight otherwise unused classrooms in the Mabelvale school The two schools will maintain their separate identities and operations despite temporarily sharing a campus. Other options considered but discarded included putting portable buildings on the Cloverdale campus, sharing classrooms with Cloverdale Middle School, or dividing the Cloverdale Elementary student body between Watson Elementary and portable buildings on the Cloverdale Elementary site. The recommended option of sharing a campus with Mabelvale Elementary will cost the district about $391,000 and is the least expensive of the options. SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2005 School staff preps for move i BY CYNTHIA HOWELL ' ' - ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Little Rocks Rightsell Elementary sent pupils home for the summer break Friday just as most Little Rock schools did, but the Rightsell students, teachers and principal wont be back at the school in August. Instead, they are being assigned to Washington Elementary for the time being. Rightsell and Cloverdale Elementary in the Little Rock School District wont reopen for the 2005-06 school year because the need for significant repairs and rebuilding have made it necessary to reassign staff and students to other locations. Rightsell Principal Eunice Thrasher said Friday that the move gives teachers an opportunity to clean and sort through years of accumulated materials , , / before they move to 12 class- ?Badgett rooms reserved for them at the 6900 Pecan Road, near Washington campus. We have boxes everywhere, Thrasher said, We are trying to make sure everything is packed and labeled. We have to take everything out of the building. The teachers have to be finished by Monday and we think that they will move us by the following Monday. Washington is at 2700 S. Main Street, not far from Rightsell, a fact that has eased the transition for parents and students, said Thrasher, who will continue to sought bids for the work and are now reviewing proposals. Initially, Rightsell pupils and staff were to be assigned to the Badgett school building, but district leaders recently concluded that Washington could accommodate the 262 students, freeing the Badgett building for Cloverdale pupils. Gwen Zeigler, principal of the 427-student Washington Elementary, will continue in that job. The Washington school will serve not only those children in the Washington attendance zone but also about 150 children in the old Mitchell Elementary attendance zone. The Little Rock School Board voted earlier this school year to permanently close Mitchell, which was in a state of disrepair, and assign pupils to Washington. Mitchell pupils this past year Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field. Badgett in 2005-06 will be a temporary home for Cloverdale Elementary staff and students. Cloverdale at 5400 Hinkson Road is one of the Little Rock districts few extended-year elementary schools. The Cloverdale students wont break for the summer until June 29. But during that break, equipment and supplies will be moved from the southwest Little Rock School District on a structure of metal bar joists and beams supported by drill piers. Parts of the metal structure have since eroded, and in some places the joists have failed despite new supports that were added in 2001. Two classroom wings are particularly affected, and engineers have advised school district officials that the wings will need to be tom down and rebuilt. The prekindergarten classrooms and the media center suffered less damage and are thought to be salvageable. The School Board has not made a decision yet on how or when Cloverdale might be replaced. The changes dont affect Cloverdale Middle School next door to the elementary on Hinkson Road. The middle school was built on a concrete slab and doesnt have the same structural problems. No one is losing a job, Sadie Mitchell, Little Rock associate superintendent for elementary education, said about the Rightsell and Cloverdale moves. And both schools have met with their teachers and with parent groups so they all know what is going on. It should be a smooth transition. Parents have been very rt Element^ rs a change _ " from an initial plan announced ceptive to the move as long as March to place several oor- we stay together as Rightsell table classrooms on the Mabel- ana ao long as we don t have to * go that far, she said. Possibly a few more children will have to ride buses to school next year as a result of the change, but not vale Elementary School campus to house the Cloverdale staff and students. Cloverdale Elementary, enroU- - ment 276, is being closed, pos- tnanymore. sibly temporarily, because of de- Rightsell has one of the teriorating metal underpinnings district s oldest buildings, and that will make it necessary to repairs have been planned for demolish most of the building, several years. school was built in 1959 District officials recently by the Pulaski County Special WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2005 Parents lobby to save schools from closure LR superintendent holds meetings to examine status of Rightsell, Cloverdale BY HEATHER WECSLER ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Scores of concerned Little Rock parents, teachers and other About 35 Rightsell commu- fates. But he also emphasized Massive repair needs at the i----------------------------, j. . _ two schools prompted the Little nity members met in Washing- that the district has limited fi- Rock School District to close ton Elementary Schools cafete- both facilities for the 2005-2006 ria, and an hour and a half later nances. What we have to do is sepa- school vear During the com- about 50 Cloverdale community rate the building from educa- STSSSdXffS- SloiyiI" -............................ students and its staff will share cafeteria in hopes that their mgs. Ana we nave to consiaer community members passion- borhood schools from closure at s ---------------------- ------------ , , , , - ,, two meetings Tuesday night. space at Washington Elementa- schools closures would not be- Little Rock School Superin- ry, 2700 S. Main St. Meanwhile, come permanent. tpndpnt Rnv Brooks held the Cloverdales staff and 321 stu- At both meetings, Brooks space whats prudent to do with taxtendent Roy Brooks held the Cloverdales staff and 321 stu- . J 1____1______ payer dollars. In the case of Rightsell, meetings to consider the sta- dents have been assigned to the meeiiiiKS lu coubiuci luc ----------o---------- , tus of two elementary schools Badgett school building, 6900 school board had not made a - RightseU and Cloverdale. Pecan Road. decision yet on the schools stressed repeatedly that the Brooks said renovating the - school might not be financially See SCHOOLS, Page 5B Schools Continued from Page 1B Rightsell, 911 W. 19th St., was built in 1906. Among its needed renovations, the dis- trict estimates, are roof repairs, waterproofing, mold remediation, a fire sprinkler suit. In March, the school board Rock survived when the dis- I decided to demolish the main trict considered shutting them i. building of the school, which is because each neighborhood 'Z structurally unsound. The de- banded together. sensible when Washington El- remediation, a fire sprinKler ementary has open classrooms system, electrical upgrades available to absorb Rightsell and improvements to its heatstudents and faculty. About 150 ing, ventilation and cooling students in the old Mitchell El- system. The school also needs molition will cost $200,000. Cloverdale isnt just a Brooks said the problem school, its a neighborhood, was completely unanticipated, Adcock said. And when the but could be a blessing in dis- school dies, so does the neigh- ementary attendance zone also will attend Washington. But Rightsell parents said Washington doesnt offer the same quality of education as their childrens school. Various parents mentioned that Washington was one of five elementary schools in the district whose Iowa Test of Basic Skills scores did not improve over the past year. In contrast. Rightsell has been consistently successful, said Tommy Dodson, a father of two children at the school. We dont need a new school, he said. Weve been doing good in the old school. Likewise, Tonya Courtney- Nichols said she wants her son, who will enter first grade this fall, to continue in the reading recovery program, which she said Washington Elementary doesnt offer. My concern is where will my children learn to read, she I told Brooks. to be brought into compliance with the Americans with Dis- abilities Act of 1990. Initially, the Little Rock School Board had earmarked $2.5 million for repairs. However, the low bid received in May puts the total projects cost at more than $4 inillion. The school district estimates renovating Rightsell would cost $109 per square foot. Were talking about money we dont have and a building thats nearly 100 years old, Brooks said. At Cloverdale, 6500 Hinkson Road, the structural foundation is deteriorating, causing the guise. borhood. Cloverdale is in a largely In deciding the future of _ Cloverdale, what we have to Hispanic area, and parents criti- consider is whether there are cized Brooks for not bringing schools within proximity to along a Spanish-speaking interCloverdale with the capacity prefer. Brooks apologized. to absorb its students, Brooks At both of Tuesdays meet- said. And if we do rebuild, ings. Brooks repeatedly declined where would be the best place to give a timeline of when the given the way the areas demo- school board would determine graphics are growing? the schools fates. Many parents interpreted Brooks comments to mean he had already decided to close the school. We dont have an answer here tonight, said Jacqueline Smith, a mother of two at the school. But when you talk about absorbing, it sounds like youre demolishing the idea of school to sink. The Pulaski County Special rebuilding the school.^ School District built the ele- J - mentary school in 1959 on soil city director who lives near engineers now deem poor for [Cloverdale, said four other Joan Adcock, a Little Rock construction. The Little Rock School District acquired Cloverdale in 1987, as part of a federal appeals court order during the long-running federal desegregation lawischools in southwest Little SUNDAY, AUGUST 30. 199B ' Uniforms help school Mark WALLPk ARKANSAS OfMOCRAr-fiAZirnE nf oinpty buses sit in front lto^eS?^7.'T..Scliool, keep their cliins up as Uiey walk I. 4 up dS ( Awww. they look Ihrough the cracks. They take shots at hoopless rims on opposite bas-kellMlI goals, one painted green - and the other vellow rpVOsr LnUrI pV Order I.^ shia
'k''!e''l '',W>Sill.iie.tl litcaslkidse ,wfililhth- gorathdeerr students about the unifoniis. She dismissed childi-,.,. , *l uniforms be- " rections, 'ig Ilf n'H' ^'''I'cy lave stopped some chillinn, .i.j, Ilic panned <lieii from dressins in mnonni,,... took so nice ^cinentary School n-- students passed lin/riV'. >c Painted .?.''t"\stands hU^-^Le e' Tnmn'* 1> liang. a no slionhnv Thre's - - wiv oluuej Dismissal proceeds in the shade of a wide cli^oardX'i-hand."'"''' PlRt-Krade teacher Gwendolyn The students are ouiet. Tl.v overhang, neck and no shouting. are quiet. They spring, when school s.. t'/pHvu {>ui(ie enn painted "*en from dressing in gang colois . ...... -I , "A lol of people don't call lliein- Toachcre'ha<'r'lo"sh,',ni , i, "J''''"'yraPi'e.'she said Heard above the La no................................... l ssaKsas
SS-=S= """0 causing <lon l have to woiiy about what olli-er people are wearing. She also said theres less fighting because of the uniforms , r--,-y "'"8 better," said 01 khaki -fifth-grader Ngozik.a Okekc "It's 4 4cufri( to move through the yig children who trouble. were This year, theres and calm. to be order, quiet Cloverdale Continued from Page 1B and white shirts. The school is more orderly tlian if tW>rfliCn II ncf 1IA*n^'_*_^_*^I 1o1. iuei. ly Ulan rpAA tflcm/T Mill....a n_d .1th e. stu.d.e.nts "" 'I''' studies, Click said. Click, the principal and some teachers, credit the u.X"s fin 1, 1 school on Hinfaon Road in southwest Lil- Ue Rock As much as 80 percent of C overdales student body comes f Fields has used part of the school budget to help children whose parents couldnt afford to dress them neatly. laenls fl-nm moblMM r..-<>uld stop students from making fun of pS h,n 'H "anie-bi and clothing. Click said. peids believes he sees that ef-feet already. 1 know problems I've had wiUi ? wearing cclloflfthhe/ics tJhhaotl zdIzo.mnI4t'P m_ae_sa_hs_au_mree du p otof the next person, Fields said The uniform.s seem to be bolstering sfutlents self esteem, he said. , v iidvjevaa floorr tuh e uni-lmonnnnss wwhneenn hhee wwaallkkeedd iinnttoo a Miami school two years ago and saw /'t, u,,l rl,r-f-.-n-- -.. .mmm.'mJ.Y. aia. rti,. Children wearing them I saw unity," he said. I saw a unified school. This year, the bovs wear uniforms blue c v-Snhdrsthi^
^ LuvtKOALE, Page 7B eveiyone looks real sood Pn/inin and girls good. People used to wear ridiculous things. was afimnoon Io le-enlor class alter tie Rock school started must wear shills witli collais Tliev havo In fimV ill Im
.. _i.-j_ . r^ vfier recess. Students at the Lit-wearing uniforms this year. Parents ^......... uy wiui collars. 1 nev have to tuck iii tlieir shiits. And if they re wearing pants with ' " Ir.r.*-... ZU.... I.__ . . yi'pate'l a comniit-tS Cloverdale Parent-leacher Association to study uni- Cloverdale parents asking whether they would agree with a uniform policy. About 95 percent of the spondenLs favored 11, he said .------y------________________ He called area clothing stores 7 expression. and asked what colors are easiest i ."wcver, .said that h Parent-re- nio i.sKed what coloi-s are ea.siesl to keep in stock. The school's colore are green and yellow, but Fields found It would be easier for par- Is t find clothes in blue and ^blehhi"'^ '"'i' ''- aole If blue isn t. Little Rock School P<"">l-Oazeesr?mEN "JhNTON EsSS' ****c Pcol Is more ordetralyu tshhang "il was last Hilfiger clothing, she said. iiieyre wearing pants wifb luiii ,.i she got a late .start loops, they have to wear belts ,^^'''s Fields said, , ^efore the unifoms we had it'XliX"."'"e s udents _th.it were enlertaininJ she /* * ., Uv.M,. J said. studcnUh.yrwereTeiSi
ing plmK?'h 'ifie assK'Ssas .asM. we had the right ciothes Sie 'l-rt^IllinK I. . I .... more on Fifth-grader Amanda Wayne likes ftrhiAe 1u1 Tni Ii forMmM.s 1. bIe.ca_use they niakp If Cum Umm 1^ .1 . S said. A common argument against .i public schools has been that they stifle childrens free-clothes for her chib dren this year. .I just went to Kmart, and there It is. she said. Cf ic her to decide what to wear in the morning '' Sixth-grader Robert McKenzie however, demonstrates that brand names are still an influence. He proudly shows off the black Polo lag attached to his khaki shorts . J ut I still have to wear this stupid T-shirt," he said. Sixth-grade teacher Marty Mills 1/1 Ilic cf t.ilni. _ ^... 1 cant ulue Rock School District iVSnT b ''eii Vann said 16 ^ins' T I uniforms. The Little Rock School District has no policy for mandatory uniforms id?, ''n'"* 'n schools cross the country have been adopting the practice lone popular III private schools, she said The trend started when officials ip - ebSS caS~">- sulweys that they felt the standardized dress would hinder their chil- Sissi'S a-SaS tributing to that. 'C'cc Gloria Miller said she was skeptical of the unifonii idea at first. But now she believes it is improving behavior. Some children, with food and din stains on tlieir white shirts complain that the clothes will have to be washed a lot. Otliei-s say their parents had already spent money on wardrobes and shouldnt have been made to buy uniforms. Fifth-grader Jermane White who wears a red-and-blue shirt' disagi ees with the uniform policy' u comfortable in what he s wearing and he does bet-ab* le^^ comfort- Brija Knight, a fourth-grader who wears the uniform because her parents make her, also opposes the policy. . n..e "'Plain. Ld^hel thEfld'"rS.'' iPl'ac Problcm.s afler requhing "" .......... children to dress alike IPPPPl'TO Elemeii-toiy School in Little Rock has had a uniform policy since 1993. Princi- Pf .said a commillee of the schools RfA .surveyed par- ^IncUtaaove^^ I tiraniatic decreases ti /I ic/i I n 1 m>i iMA 1.11... M isasss ssess 5=s&s5 dOVPr/Inln mi/ r. ___ .... Her son, who now weal's a uni fonn al Cloverdale Junior High ,.r JTih' eYy /p'la?y' bassk<eettbbaallll on a court of old blacktop with grass growing "I feel we should wear what we want to wear," she said. Third-grader Shatara Austin llaimmeZnitisj th. e ch. angHe,' oyYsorouu'rneu l oaonkding for your friends in the crowd y" can't see them because the,v all look the same." Sixth-grader Gerald Turner steps out into the sun to begin his walk home. He wears brown shorts and a brown shirt in defiance of the dress code. He said he has plenty of clothes, and he should be allowed to wear them. Turner As Gerald walks away. Les Taylor. flic school 's new assistant principal, reminds him, Hey, white shirts tomorrow. Blue shorts." Taylor said only about 30 of the schools more than 400 students didii t show up in iiiiifonn. Fields pulled them out of class to talk to them. to Fields wont punish students who don t conform, but he said he plans to reward students who wear partie?^ throwing them special
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