ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OCT 2 8 1'991 School Building: (Name, Address, Zip) Hall High School 6700 "H" Street Little Rock, AR 72205 Telephone (501) - 671-6200 VERIFICATION FORM 1991-1992 Office of Desegregation Monitoring Pulaski______ County 60-02-001 LEA Number School District: (Name, Address, Zip) Little Rock School District 810 West Markham St. Little Rock, AR 72201 Telephone: (501) - 324-2000 October, 1991 Date Please submit one copy of the Annual School the district by October 15, 1991.. Improvement Plan for each school in Victor Anderson Pri nci pal J Dr. Ruth S. Steele Superintendent Signature of Principal Signature of Superintendent School Building Task Force Entire Hall High School Facu1ty Please send to: Associate Director Instructional Services Arkansas Department of Education 4 Capitol Mall Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 RECEIVED{ HALL HIGH SCHOOL PHTI nSflPHY We the faculty, students, and patrons of Hall High School - . ,, - ----- believe In a vital, d,ao.ic,ll, Stroctorci l,aclg center whose c.rrU.,. organlc.tien respond to changes tn the need, and interests of both one stndents and the world 1 .l.lch the, most function. We believe in the Inherent worth of the indl.idnnl and in the sibillty of the school to of both our students We believe in the Inherent provide respon- appropriate opportunities for each student's total srct. - Utellcct.l, .esthotic, mor.l, social, e.otlonal, sad physical. sponslbllity Includes fostering each That restudent's Innate desire for and love of learning while providing hi,,, .uh the .hiM. and shill, hich the basis of should be offered on essential and well-rounded secondary education. comprise it possible for them to global society as well
a sound education in all those Hall High students aspects of learning which will make satisfy their obligations to an ever-expanding. as their Diverse educational processes obligations to themselves. increasingly correlated if and approaches must be a truly dynamic and constantly evaluated and sirable to continue the use of responsive structure is to be maintained. for different or more proven, effective methods. successful teaching techniques while Innovation is enrich all students. necessary to create an educational A balance of sound traditi environment which will It Is desearching on and meaningful stimulate and I I IDistrict Goals 1. To increase educational achievement for all students with specific emphasis on closing disparities in achievement. 2. To establish climates of educational excellence in all schools through: a) b) providing equitable educational opportunities for all students in a desegregated learning environment enabling all students to develop a lifelong capacity and love for learning 3. c) leading all students to be productive contributors in the school, the community and the workplace d) . providing a disciplined, structured learning environment for all students To enhance human relations skills for principals, teachers, and central office administrators. I 'i I 1LITTLE KOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE
AOA MISSION STATEMENT of the LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT The mission of the Little Rock School District is to provide on educational To 1) a program of program that enables each child to achieve his/her highest potential, that end, the Little Rock School District will provide
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basic education for all students
(2) programs that 'address the special needs of students (emotional, physical, and mental)
and (3) enrichment opportunities such as art, music, and,athletics. Through an organized program of studies, each student will experience academic success and will learn and appreciate responsibility and productive citizenship. I Adopted 1-26-8'1 IPR NCE VOCAB 59 54.5 LRSD - Spring nth PR 56 NCE 52.9 ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS OF HALL HIGH SCHOOL GRADE 11 MAT - 6 SPRING -91 READ COMP T READ MATH SPEL T LANG LANG BASIC BATT SCI SS COMP BATT RESEARCH 58 59 63 60 65 65 63 54 58 61 58 54.3 54.8 56.9 55.5 58.1 58.0 57.1 52.2 54.3 55.7 54.4 I '91 56 57 59 59 61 61 60 52 56 58 56 53.2 53.6 55.0 54.5 56.1 56.1 55.2 50.8 53.4 54.9 52.9 Hall - Spring '90 10th PR 54 61 58 59 62 68 68 64 58 57 63 59 NCE 51.9 56.0 54.3 54.8 56.3 59.9 59.7 57.4 54.3 53.9 56.8 55.0 HALL HIGH SCHOOL GRADE 10 MAT - 6 SPRING ' 91 PR NCE VOCAB READ COMP T READ MATH SPEL LANG T LANG BASIC BATT SCI SS COMP BATT RESEARCH 47 55 51 50 58 61 61 55 52 50 54 52 48.6 52.4 50.5 50.0 54.3 55.6 55.7 52.8 51.2 49.8 52.3 51.1 DISPARITY IN ACHIEVEMENT SPRING '91 GRADE 11 COMPLETE BATTERY NCE B-45.6/ W-64.6 DIFFERENCE 19% GRADE 10 B-44.4/ W-63.3 Difference 18.9%I CT r SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ?_AN LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DI STRI CT HALL HIGH SCHOOL DATE INCREASE MA7-6 SCORES OF ALL STUDENTS AND DECREASE THE DISPARITY O 1 U L/ Li 11 I , Disc'icc Goc'i ci ss/A: civicies PAGE 1 Or 2 JUNE 7, 1991 IN SCORES BETWEEN WHITE AND NON WHITE : Goal 1 TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL DISPARITIES IN ACHIEVEMENT. STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS OR CLOSIN 0 i i Person Resoonsible ConiDiscion DcC' nni' Lines Re i 5tec- Staff Develooment A 1 vicies Mscnoc 07 -Vo 10 Provide individual copies of MAT-6 scores for each teacher. (7 copies) Present preschool workshop for ci on Administration , - ' ( Committee implementing goal which includes^ information on presentation of scores to class and conferences with individual students. .
Each content area will design a Departments form which meets the needs of that subject. i Preschool Workshop j Preschool Workshop I None (Committee provide (sample forms and workshop on score jinterpretation. I I (Preschool Departmental: (Meetings. i None Copies provided Workship questionnaire. Teachers in core curriculum Classes will have conferences with individual students and 1 Teachers and I Students 11 w I V I wu u I OCUUCIlUi dliu j help each to identify strenaths i and weaknesses and set one or I I I No later than 6th iwppk five- + IPreschool workshop Completed individual student ^week of firsi quarter, jon score interpret- subject area improvement ' iation. t plan. two goals for the year. Teachers will include results I _ of conferences into lesson plans
, considering various learning i styles offering individual students opportunites to succeed. i Teacher I ! I i All Year Preschool Workshop Administrative Evaluation I I I I I 1 IARKANSAS DEPARTMENT 0- EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PAGE 2 OF 2 _ i IG1 r. - n-i 6. SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRI CT HALL HIGH SCHOOL 1) TO INCREASE MAT-6 SCORES OF ALL STUDENTS AND DECREASE THE STUDENTS. ri CT. GOci : i viTies DATE JUNE 7, 1991 DISPARITY IN SCORES BETWEEN WHITE AND NON WHITE Goal 1 TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS WIHT DISPARITIES IN ACHIEVEMENT. SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON CLOSING I rerscn Responsible i I Completion Dace/ Time Lines I I I I kei T Q LqTT Development Acti VI ti es i I M: r.oc of XVcIUcTlon Emphasize research skills and vocabulary. Include information on test caking skills in lesson plans for each subject area.' All Teachers All year I Teacher All year I I Administrative Evaluation I Administrative Evaluation. I i i I I i I I I I I I01 101nc a SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL Goa i : c Di Siri ct Goal: ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Little Rock School District i Hall High School 1 (A) To increase achievement for all students Show a reduction in achievement disparity Goal 1 DATE June 1991 nn a " closing disparities in achievement on Spring 1992 standardized tests from Spring 1991 levels. To increase educational achievement for all students with in achievement. specific emphasis on closing disparities Strategies/Activities Person Responsible Completion Date/ Time Lines 1. Encourage faculty to participate in TESA 2. Develop recruitment plan for upper level and AP courses for Principal August Pre School Workshop I Teachers of AP and i upper level courses' May 1992 I stuoents in the target population, counselors, I Project Promotion I mentors 2. Develop counseling plan to retain target population in upper level and AP courses. I I A. Operate recruitment plan to Beta Club, NHS, and other academic clubs for target population. 5. Continue Project Promoti mentoring experience. on, a Project Promotion I mentors, counselorsj, September 15, 1991 teachers of upper level AP courses Club Sponsors Counselors, Project I Promotion mentors Club sponsors. May 1992 I 1 counselors, Project October 1991 Promotion mentors I i I All costs for this goal will be rrom. the Academic progress incentive grant. Related Staff Development Acti viti es TESA None None None None Method of Eval ueti on Number completing the course Completed recruitment pier. Compare enrollment amonc ___J. _ _ -i target population w/ 1991-92 levels. Completed and working pier, of retention. Lower course drops than 1990-91 levels Increased membership 1990-91 levels over Evaluation of Project Promotion activities, academic gain in course work three nine weeks for participants overImplementation of Goal lA is on hold pending funding of the Academic Progress Grant as of September 5, 1991. I1991 - 92 HALL HIGH ACADEMIC PROGRESS GRANT PROPOSED BUDGET 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. JUNE I 1991 TESA for four individuals O $240.00 each Materials and Supplies Equipment Project Promotion, a mentoring experience Mentors 0 $15.00 an hour $ 960.00 540.00 500.00 12,200.00 Transportation-3 busses 0 $40.00 daily= $120.00 X 90 sessions 10,800.00 Total $25,000.001 SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ' Disi-i ARKANSAS DZPARTMEMT 0= 1DUCAI ION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRI CT HALL HIGH SCHOO! p r P I MATE BY DECREASING TARDIES AND REDUCING HALL TRAFFIC DA 11 JUNE 7, 1991 Goal
Goal 2 TO. ^TABLLSH CLIMATES OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ALL SCH00LS-PR0VIDIN6 A DISCIPLINED STRUCTURED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT T O les/ i viT es . Tardy procedures should be followed. Person Responsible I lAdminisirators Slips should be sent in on time, i IStaff ComoleLTon Daie/ Ra i oL< LQ I . I Lines I Development Activi ties i Should start August i 19, 1991. Slips should be completed with proper information. Consistency in punishment and procedure should be~pra-cticed- by administrators and staff. t j I I 2. Add personnel needed to handle paper work for detention hall. I (Principal , September, 1991 3. Teachers should lock all doors when tardy bell rings. Students in hall should be sent i { August, 1991 A. to designatediplace and assigned to detention hall. I I i I I Change penaltj' for tardiness to reflect changes. i August, 1991 I ilnstructions for (completing tardy (forms. (Review Policy I I I I I Review Policy Method of EvaluTior iRecords I I i I (Personnel assigned i Teachers follow policy. 1 i j Penalities are enforced. ISCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROV: LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT HALL HIGH SCHOO! TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL CLIMATE oOc!: 3 BY IMPROVING BEHAVIOR AND SEATING ARRANGEMENTS : Di riCT Goc!
Goal 2 TO ESTABLISH CLIMATES Or EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ALL SCHOOLS 1 o /Aeti vi-r-ies 1. All teachers will be assigned specific number of students or area to supervise. a 2. EDUCATION NT PLAN DATE JUNE 7, 1991 IN THE AUDITORIUM. I I I I i Person Responsible IPrincipal I I Teacher attendance at assemblies (Principal should be mandatory. - PROVIDING A DISCIPLINED STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT, Comoletion Da Time Lines U' ReislSC Slott Deve'ioDmeri* vines Mstnod of Eval uatior (August, 1991 I f I i f (August, 1991 I [o5is A. Auditorium seati I I ng will be with a[Administrator r kirsxA __J i regular class teacher with grade J level seating arranged. I [August, 1991 I 5. Scan sheets will be provided for (Administrator assemblies to record absences and' citizenship. ! I I I Classroom Discipline Observation iClassroom Management Observati as'sembl ies on, roll check a*. } I j Evaluation of I (Seating charts provided I I (August, I I I 1991 Scan Sheets provided I I I i I I I i ) Ii. SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL re ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT DF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT HALL HIGH SCHOOI TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL CLIMATE________ ' 4) TO DECREASE AMOUNT OF LITTER AT LUNCH PERIODS. T5S/, V I DA 11 JUNE 7, 1991 Goc I
1 cr Goal 2 TO ESTABLISH CLIMATES OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENC" STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT. I i Administrators, security personnel and teachers should be on duty ini courtyard, cafeteria, and hallways during lunch period to encourage students to place trash in proper receptacles. 2. Additional trash receptacles will be placed in courtyard, cafeteria' and hallways.
3. An ad campaign will be implemented LO increase student awareness of the litter problem, environmental concerns, and to encourage school pride. A, The main hall bulletin board willi display free government posters, i student posters, slogans, and daily bulletin announcements, stressing school pride and cleanliness. Intercom announcements. Video announcements will also be used. I IN ALL SCHOOLS - PROVIDING A DISCIPLINED Person Responsible Principal Principal and Comoletion Dat' Time Lines August, 1991 Ke i a tec I I I CC I , Deveiooment Acti vTcies None i Metnoc Evaluc -1 or Decrease in amount of litte*- at lunch periods I i I I I August, 1991 Custodial staff, i , None I I Principal i Teacher committee Principal Teacher Commi May, 1992 i I , None I I 'August, 1991 ttee i ~ i Increase in number of tras" i receptacles i i Completed ads I Observation I ISCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ARKANSAS DEPART.MENT OF EDU ANNUA. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DI STRI CT HALL HIGH SCHOOL ATI ON PLAN DATE JUNE 7, 1991 - ~' I c 1 n c iiOa TO ESTABLISH A MANAGEABLE HOMEROOM PERIOD. 1 : Dis'ric7 Gos'! : Goal 2 TO ESTABLISH CLIMATES OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ALL SCHOOLS THROUGH (D)PROVIDING A DISCIPLINED, STRUCTURED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS. 1. 2. jies/Aooivities I Homeroom should be a continuation of period 2. j i Period 2 ends with the beginning
of Channel One. I Homeroom continues five' minutes ' with: j Daily Bulletin . i Necessary Survey Forms, etc. ' Homeroom should be extended for | video taped programs. I i I 1 I I I I I Person Resoonsibie Principal I com.D I Time ion Da Lines ! i Kc i 0 Deve'iooment Kzzf VI ri es Mernoc of Eval usrior j August, 1991 None I Change in bell schedule i I i I j i t I i I I i 1 1 I I I 1 j i I I f I I I I1. 2. -5 4. I cm SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL .02 1 c Dism ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT 0" EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DI STRI CT HALL HIGH SCHOCH
6) IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTER COMMUNICATION DATE JUNE 7, 1991 AMONG THE STAFF AT HALL. Gool. TO ENHANCE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRINCIPAL, TEACHERS AND CENTRAL OFFICE PERSONNEL. eci es/Acti vities Form an adult Heritage Panel I composed of faculty and admin- i istration. ! Sponsor Multi-cultura-1 .Fair . Person Resoonsible Marvin Burton Ron Lanoue Sue Maddison Comol' T1 m. ion Da Lines I i ReioLsc Slctt Development. OLIvici ss A ' I i End of first nine I weeks. iCoordinator of IForeign Language iand Social Studies.' I j(Zones 2,4,6,8)
{Dept. Coordinators { 1 Continuing Of optional secret {Barbara Hope pal program. I Metnoc' of Eyal ucLi on Third nine weeks ! bex^ond semester ( I I End of each serneste r I Be trai ned and j participate I None I ! None i ! None I I Survey prepared by Ron Lano-j with input from faculty If people are trained, these people would train others. IParticipation and attendance I I I (Increased participation anc I attendance I Number of participants I ( ISCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Little Rock School District DATE July, 1991 HALL HIGH SCHOOI PAGE # 1 of 2 Building Goal
7) To involve parents in the education of their children. Related District Goal: Goal 2 To establish climates of educational excellence in all schools -providing a disciplined structured learning environment. Strategi es/Acti vi ti es 1. Actively encourage increased parental contact by faculty 2. Encourage parent conferences on . parent conference day and at other
times 3. Hold Sophomore Parents Orientation 4. Develop and implement College Information Night for parents 3. Invite parents to help sponsor parade activities during home- corni ng. 3. Hold Booster Club Pre Game Activity Central Hall Football Game . Hold Open House Person Responsible Principal Principal, Asst. Principal Counselors, Administrators Counselors Principal, PTA Board Principal, Coaches Booster Club Officers Principal and Faculty Completion Date/ Time Lines Related Staff Development Activities Method of Evaluation August, 1991 August 1991, October 1991, January 1991, April 1992. September 5, 1991 October 31, 1991 October, 1991 October, 1991 October 23, 1991 Feed back from parents in informal survey View parent conference schedule forms on parent conference days. In- formal survey of faculty in conferences. Review sign im sheet at event for participation Evaluate level of participation Evaluate level of participation Review participation levels after event. ISCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Little Rock School District DATE page 2 of 2 July 1991 Hall High School Building Goal: 7) To involve parents in the education of their children. Related District Goal :Goal 2 To establish climates of educational excellence in all schools-providing a disciplined structured learning environment. Strategi es/Acti vi ti es Person Resoonsible Completion Date/ Time Lines Related Staff Development Activities Method of Evaluati on 8. Assist with development of districi Counselors wide College Night November 1991 Evaluate Attendance 9. Develop and produce Project Promotion Parent Night Principal, Project Promotion Staff May 1992 Evaluate level of participation. 10. Develop and produce a series of cultural seminars throughout Principal, Cultura Seminar Committee May 1992 11. 12. the school year. Involve and invite parents in the development of the seminars and the viewing of them Send copy of newspaper to parents who request it as part of PTA membership Send informational newsletter to Partners in Education Newspaper staff May 1992 Newspaper Staff Key Communicator Each Quarter Evaluate the level of participation by parents after each seminar Mailing lists evlauated Completed and mailed newsletter1. SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Little Rock School District Hall High School To implement LRSD security measures and emergency intervention activities. Building Goal: 8) DATE September 10, 1991 Related District Goal: 2 d) Providing a disciplined, structured learning environment for all students. Strategi es/Acti vi ti es Conduct reverse fire drills and bullet drill Person Responsible Asst. Principals Completion Date/ Time Lines Related Staff Development Activities Method of Evaluation 10/7/91 Instruction during homeroom L 2.- Secure all exterior doors except front entrance 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Campus Security officers & custodians Ongoing Inservice meetings including security officers Administration observation of instruction and drill activities Frequent administrative moni tori ng Lock classroom doors after tardy bell Teachers and remove obstructions from classroom doors Visitors sign in/out, wear visitor's badge and be escorted to destination Erect No Trespassing signs around campus and Pass Required signs on building Hall sweeps Review attendance policy and notify parents of attendance problems for students 5 through 17 years of age Ongoing Inservice meetings Administrative monitoring Campus security offi cers District Security Dept. & Plant Serv: Asst. Principals Asst. Principals, Attendance secretary, teachers Ongoing 10/1/91. Periodically Ongoing Training for securi- Check sign in/out ty officers. Inservice form against visitor: to encourage teachc to challenge visitc w/o passes Inservice meetings Inservice on (lock doors, recording attendance Direct teachers to place attendance on interim reports rs rs observed in badges Administrative monitoring Hall sweep log Observe counselor's copy of interim reports1. SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Little Rock School District Hall High School To implement LRSD security measures and school emergency plan Building Goal:8} Related District Goal: Strategi es/Acti vi ties Conduct tornado drills DATE September 10, 1991 2 d) Providing a disciplined, structured learning environment for all students. Person Responsible J. Powell 2. .Conduct fire drills, implement fire 3. 'marshall program, check for fire hazards regularly Conduct earthquake drill J. Powell J. Powell 4. Implement school emergency plan. Administration Completion Date/ Time Lines January 1992 By the 9th day of each month December 1991' Ongoing Related Staff Development Activities Inservice with information from U.S. Dept, of Commerce Inservice meeting Inservice Review school emer- Method of Evaluation Observation of drills Recording time Moni tori ng gency plan with staff. Supply each with ccpy Monitoring for handbook JSCHOOL EMERGENCY PLAN 1. 2. 3. Designated School Site Emergency Coordinator: Dr. Victor Anderson Designated Alternate School Site Emergency Coordinator: Mr. James E. Powell Designated School Crisis Management Emergency Team Members: Dr. Victor Anderson, Principal James E. Powell, Assistant Principal Mr. James L. Washington, Assistant Principal Mrs. Marilyn Brewster, Assistant Principal Mr. Larry Bynum, Building Engineer Mr. Ronald Forte, Head Custodian Mrs. Kay Gunter, Principal's Secretary Mr. Roy Wade, Coach Mr. E. McGee, Coach Mrs. Janice Yeatman, Nurse Mr. Marvin Burton, teacher Mrs. Pat Bona, teacher Mrs. Kay Dietz, teacher 4. Dates Emergency Drill conducted Fall Winter Spring Bomb Threat November 1991 Tornado - Jan., 1992 Earthquake - Dec,1991 (May want to consider having drills on in-service days or during faculty meetings.) 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Designated persons to establish emergency kit and prepare contents: Mrs. Marilyn Brewster Mrs. Janice Yeatman Designated person to keep Central Office informed: Kay Gunter, Principal's secretary Barbara Hope, Bookkeeper Designated persons to notify parents and spouses of injured: Janice Yeatman, Nurse Christine Green, teacher Designated staff to identify injured and fatalities: Janice Yeatman, Nurse Marilyn Brewster, Assistant Principal Designated school personnel to report to the hospital to coordinate information from hospital to school and central office: Sam Dace, Counselor Charlene Carpenter, Counselor James L. Washington, Assistant Principal10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Designated staff members to handle telephones: Kay Gunter, Principal's secretary Barbara Hope, Bookkeeper Designated staff members to update parents and public: Dr. Victor Anderson, Principal James E. Powell, Assistant Principal Location of school's news media area: Auditorium Designated school news media spokesperson: Marilyn Brewster Location of school's reception area for parents and public: Gym Designated persons responsible for compiling a roster of students absent from school at time of crisis: James. L. Washington, Assistant Principal Hartense Mitchell, Attendance Secretary Wanda Banks, Guidance Secretary Designated persons responsible for releasing students to parents and nonparent adults: Hartense Mitchell, Attendance Secretary Wanda Banks, Guidance Secretary Designated persons responsible for development of updated information sheets for parents, teachers, and others: (Give facts as to who, what, when, where, and how) Marilyn Brewster, Assistant Principal Phillis Chitman, Journalism Teacher Staff members trained in CPR: Kay Dietz, teacher Janice Yeatman, Nurse Marvin Burton, teacher Barbara Mathis, Health teacher Barbara Hope, Bookkeeper 19. Designated persons responsible for letter to notify parents of post-crisis intervention: / 20. 21. Kay Gunter, Wanda Banks, Barbara Hope Designated persons to coordinate with Central Office and community forum on emergency, and identify follow-up activity
Linda Porter, Counselor Eloise Fitzpatrick, Counselor Designated staff members responsible for arranging plan of transportation for students, faculty, and parents to home, hospital, emergency shelter, etc.: James. E. PowellI 22. Name of maintenace director/head custodian who will meet the crisis agencies' staff to identify and assist in securing any potentially dangerous utility system(s): Larry Bynum, Building Engineer Ronald Forte, Custodian 23. List alternate available means of coinmiinication: 1. Walkie-talkie 2- Bull Horn 24. 25. Designated food service staff members responsible for acquiring and distributing food to emergancy personnel: Lauri ne Harrison, cafeteria manager Designated staff members to direct traffic: Roy Wade, coach Oliver Elders, Coach Earnest McGee', Coach 26. Name of school insurance clerk who checks student's insurance needs: Barbara Hope 27. Designated name(s) and telephone numbers of professional counselors
28. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AGENCIES: Agency Person in Charge Telephone A. 6. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. 29: Did faculty assist in developing the Emergency Pfocedures Plan? yes No 30. Method used to inform parents of Emergency Preparedness Plan and revisions: 1 P.T.S.A. Newsletter and P.T.S.A. Meetings31. 32. Identify student carriers: Cedric Casey Lawrence Russell Gregory Doster Designated person to print identification badges for school and emergency personnel: Marilyn Brewster (REVERSE Fl UE URI LI, 'Illis drill is intended to facilitate movement of students .into the building when they are outside dui'ing noon and recess breaks. before and after school and/or A pre-arranged signal (one that is unique to other bell signals that are s tudents. commonly used should be taught to The purpose of this s i gnal is to alert students to move quickly to the inside of the building and into their next classroom. This signal also alerts your supervision personnel stationed outside that there an emergency that requires their help in moving students and staff inside for protection. 1 s Bullet Drill (also called by different names) STUDENTS During a bullet drill or at the first sign of gunfire, students should: 1 . Drop and covei liiiinediately take cover under desks tables (inside) or behind trees, etc., (outside), your han<ls to cover your head. 2 . or Use Turn away from windows. 3 . Stay under the shelter until the gunfire stops or an adult gives different instructions. 4 . Remain silent. 5 . Listen for instructions. TEACHERS During a bullet drill, teachers should: 1 . Drop and cover. 2. Turn away from windows. 3. Stay under the shelter until the gunfire stops or the drill is over. 4. Talk calmly to students. 5 . Prepare l.o evacuate the area if necessary.TO: FROM: Hall High School Faculty and Staff James E. Powell, Assistant Principal SUBJECT: Procedures to Take in the Event of an Earthquake (1) All persons in the building are to sit on the floor under their desks or tables until the tremors subside. (2) If evacuation is possible, the normal practical evacuation procedure should be followed. An alternate route may be taken if the primary route cannot be used. practice field will be used as a holding area. The football (3) Notify the main office about any irregularities or building damage. (4) If students are indoors, they should remain there away from windows, bookcases, mirrors, and other heavy furnishings until the shaking stops. (5) If students are outdoors, they should go into the open away from buildings, walls, trees, and power lines. Move to football practice field. (6) Teachers will make sure that he/she has possession of the class roster and gradebook during evacuation. (7) All personnel will assume their respective assigned roles as specified in the attached School Emergency Plan. fTORNADO DRILL The National Weather Service and the State of Arkansas have designated the week of March 4-8 as Severe Weathfer Awareness Week In Arkansas. Severe weather from thunderstorms can happen at any time of the year in Arkansas. However, Sprjng is our peak time for such events, so we strongly urge all school personnel to review and practice severe weather drills .during this week. The annual statewide tornado drill will be held on Wednesday, March 6i\1991, sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Teachers are to review the procedures indicated below on Tuesday, March 5, 1991, so that students may be familiar with the procedures. ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE. TORNADO REGULATIONS Notification of a tornado drill will be by the intercom or by ringing of the tornado alarm. The following procedures should be followed: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Stop all work at once. If you are in a classroom with outside windows, move immediately to an inside corridor nearest your i*-oom. If you are in the gym, cafeteria or media center, exacuate these rooms at once. Gym to the 500 corridor Cajteria to the 400 corridor Media Center to 100 and 200 corridors. If you are in Sn inside classroom in zones one or two, move your students to the corridor side of the room. Once you have arrived at the locations indicated above, have your students get down on the floor, face the wall, cover their face with their hands, and lower their heads. If a heavy table is available in your assigned area, get under the table, event, get as far away from plass windows as possible. In anyLRSD SUPPORT SERVICES Fax:1-501-324-2032 Mar 29 95 12:38 P. 01/02 JKCBBB i Little Rock School District Office of Communications FAX Date: To: From: Subject: Special Instructions: Number of pages (including cover page)
Fax phone number: Speed dial: Communications telephone: (501) 324-2020 Fax: (501)324-2032 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 <501)824-2000LRSD SUPPORT SERVICES Pax 1-501-324-2032 Mar 29 95 , Eng Liitle Rock School District Media Advisn 12:38 P. 02/02 March 29,1995 more information
Dina Teague, 324-2020 Students from Hall HJoU c u 1 T- . * the Heifer Project n*day, Nlarch 30 from 8:30 until 9-15 , m Th h O, n educational field tri y e otary Club and is part of their Career qh a r Lareer Shadowing Proeran, i^S Program. International on hip is sponsored them a tour of the facility, the Heifer project. Students will also Perryville, Arkansas tour the International vvith Mr. Jack Rorex from Learning and Livestock Center in 10:00 a. rn. to 2:30 p.m. ### 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 73301 (501)334-3000a Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 376-6200 Fax (501 >371-0100 December 12, 1995 Mrs. Sue Maddison 6503 Cantrell Road Little Rock, AR 72207 Dear Sue: 1 was delighted to read the article in last weeks Arkansas Democrat Gazette that featured you and your adventures in Russia. Youve always been an ambassador of good will for Little Rock schools
now youre a fine emissary for all of Arkansas too. Charlie joins me in saluting your many contributions to education and communities not just here at home, but internationally as well. You never fail to bring your unique (and wonderful!) sense of humor, enthusiasm, and empathy to all you undertake and to all you meet. What deliciously wicked genius to teach the Russian Rotarians the hog call. Only you would have thought of it. Were all very proud of you and your many accomplishments. Sue. Congratulations. Sincerely yours, Ann S. Brown Enc.Arkansas Democrat TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1995 ' [iW ^W-, -4 .?l Russia > teaches .S. Sli* - # t teacher n .'ic << I . Working vacation imparts life lessons BY CYMTHIA HOWELL . Democrai-GMete Education Witter I Hall High School teacher Sue, iMaddison is back, from ah ex-
tended field trip. ' Maddison spent October in Russia, teaching students about ^.American literature, the judicial system and life in the United ' States. It was an experience in which . the 23-year English T 4 ,) '^1 1 >^^feacher said she learned fttir [fmore than she was able to teachi. . raraocrarnd tn death beforeF aore inan sne waa ame w leatuc [
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*^But after a couple of days hi: class, it ,was like being here" ar Hall."^?/T-^V . <':* .^The: trip' resulted from: a?' I *'. i'tlfriend^ip Maddison developed J last year with Tanya Tmehunna^, -aRussianteacherofEnglishwho S spent the 1994-95 school year ^Working at Hall. Tinchurina and itwo other Russian educators M J \l: if _ - __ - - __________ tai^t in Little Rock as part of ar . Ulla------- - See TOSSW, Page 3B Sian UiUMI ii jfeiJiSMiii (oolsif a j V' Teacher Continued from Page IB program that the U.S. Information /\gency and the American Council of Teachers of Russian sponsored. Two new Russian teachers are teaching this year at Dunbar Magnet and Cloverdale junior high schools. This summer. Tinchurina returned to Russia with stories of her Arkansas experiences, a new computer system and loads of materials about the United States to share with students In Kazan. But what better way to tell Russian youngsters about the United States than to have an American do the talking? At Tinchurina's urging. School 39 in Kazan Invited Maddison for a visit Maddison spent 254 weeks teaching Reginald Roses play Twelve Angry Men" to 250 students at a public school that .specializes in teaching English. The play one that Maddison routinely leaches Hall students Is about the deliberations of a jury in a murder trial. Study of the play prompted discussions about the American and Russian judicial systems. ,"Thcy wanted to discuss the ideas of the judicial system and freedom." she said. "'They were intrigued that I wa.s a child of the late 60s and early 70s. That was kind of fascinating to tliem because they wanted to talk about that hippie erau. Maddison described her students
who were in grades eight throu^ 11 and attended classes six days a week, as delightfill, fluent in English and respectful. 'They always stood up when she entered the room, and they always did their homework, of which they had plenty. Their knowledge of history and literature impressed her. A resurgence in religion in Russia prompt- edxseveral students to ask her whether American students believe in Uod. ^ey also wanted to know whether life In America is like the soap opera "Santa Barbara." "Vve never seen Santa Barbara," but I told them no. " Maddison said. The students I met really gave me such hope for Russias future." she added. They all knew that their country was going through a time of change, and they honestly wanted to help contribute to that change." In Kazan, a university city of more than 1 million people about 500 miles east of Moscow on the Volga River. Maddison lived in a government-owned apartment with the family of one of her students. Zhenya Sokolova. 14. It was while visiting in the homes of students that Maddison said she really got to see another side of the country where the government even controls the thermostat settings in the apailment houses. I realized that the things I think are necessities are really conveniences. she said. What I found is that Russia is a paradox. It is the Russia you see in pictures: the buildings are gray, the streets are dark, the buses are filthy and the city is noisy. But people seem to fill their lives with other people instead of things. I dont know whether they know they will never have things or they are not interested in things, but I've never been around people who were more hospitable. "Id be tired of fighting to get on buses and tired of fighting to get into the stores. But once I got home. I was surrounded by generous. delightful people who were full of life and loved music. They all sit around at night and play guitars or the piano and sing Russian songs." The country is bitterly cold in the winter, and the salaries low. Maddisons counterparts in the schools earned the equivalent of $60 to $70 a month, she said. Most Russian families grow and store their own vegetables and buy only meat Even her fruit juice was made from home-grown berries, she said. She said the food was wonderful but she had to grow accustomed to the Russian breakfast. She had cabbage rolls for breakfast on her first day in the country. On another day, she had fried shrimp, mash potatoes and green beans. She never ate in a restaurant. "I think I saw one in Kazan." she said. Maddison did attend the ballet and concerts and visited Moscow for five days, Maddisons trip was sponsored in part by Little Rocks Downtown Rotary Club 99. While visiting In the industrial city of Togliatti, Maddison addressed that citys Rotary Club and taught the members to call the Hogs in preparation for a delegation of Texas Rotarians who were expected to visit the following week. Maddison said she hopes to return to Russia in a couple of years once she learns a little more of the Russian language.. 04/28/1998 12:51 501-324-2023 LRSD COMMUNICATIONS PAGE 0: 02 Little Rock School District For Immediate Release April 28, 1998 For more information: Suellen Vann, 324-2020 Christine Green, teacher Claire Nelson, student 671-6200 Constitutional Scholars from Hall High Head to Washington for Competition More than 20 students from Hall High School will travel to Washington D.C. later this week to share their knowledge of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Teacher Christine Green will accompany her advanced placement American History class, composed of one sophomore and 20 juniors, to the nations capital on Friday for the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution competition. Students will appear before a panel of judges on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3, while representing Arkansas in the national finals of the event, sponsored by the Center for Civic Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Students have been studying for this competition for several weeks, Mrs. Green said, and each team has specialized in a particular area of the Constitution. Judges for the competition are Constitutional scholars, lawyers and government leaders. During their stay in Washington, the students will tour historical sites and museums. On Tuesday, May 5, the Hall team will visit with Senator Tim Hutchinson and Congressman Vic Snyder prior to returning to Little Rock that evening. 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)324-2000./less V:51 501-324-2023 LRSD COMMUNICATIONS PACE 02/02 Little Rock School District For immediate Release April 28, 1998 For more information
Suellen \'ann, 32^-2020 CTiristine Green, teacher Claire Nelson, student 671-6200 Constitutional Scholars from Hall High Head to Washington for Competition More than 20 students from Hall High School will travel to Washington D.C. later this week to share their knowledge of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Teache: hristine Green will accompany her advanced placement .American History class, composed of one sophomore and 20 juniors, to the nations capital on Friday for the We the People.. .The Citizen and the Constitation competition. Students will appear before a panel of judges on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3, while representing Arkansas in the national finals of the e^'ent, sponsored by the Center for Civic Education and funded by the C.S. Department of Education. Students nave been studying for this competition for several weeks, Mrs. Green said, and each team has specialized in a particular area of the Constitution. Judges for the competition are Constitutional scholars, lawyers and govemment leaders. During their stay in 'X ashin.gton, the students will tour historical sites and museums. On Tuesday, May he Hall team will visit with Senator Iim Hutchinson and Congressman Vic Snyder prior to returning to Little Rock tiiat evening. aiO West Markham Street Little RocR, Aihansas 72201 (501)024-200035/01/I998 03
43 501-324-2023 LRSD COMMUNICATIONS c: PAGE 01/01 Little Kock School District SOURCE/CONTACT: Suellen Varm L.ittle Rock School Distric (501) 324-2020 MEDIA ALERT! Hail High School Celebrates Its 40'^ Birthday For Immecliate Release .\4ay 1. 1998 For more information. Suellen Vann. .324-2020 V.'liat: Haii High Schools 40* "Birthday Celebration Who: Hail High snidents, faculty, alumni, staff and friends When/Where: Friday, May 1,1998 12:09 p.m. -2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Hail High Cafeteria 6700 H Street Scott Field Behind Forest Heights J.r. High 5901 Evergreen Note. Seniors wid be at Scott Field all day for Senior Field Day. Juniors and sophomores will celebrate tlte schools arLTiversai")' during their lunch hours. 44* 810 West Markham Street * Little Rock Arkansas 72201 (501)324-2000 July hall high school 6700 "H" Street 671-6200 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 July 21, 1998 RECEIVED TO: Board of Directors JUL 2 3 1998 FROM: Gayle B. Bradford, Principal THROUGH: Dr. Leslie OmCEOF DESEGOTiONMOmiG mine. Superintendent SUBJECT: UALR Partnership with Hall High for a University School We believe that I am requesting approval of the planning and implementation of a university school at Hall High School in partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). U_ L_li__ providing challenging options to our high school students at Hall and in the process aiding them in the transition from high school to the post secondary arena would be greatly beneficial. this joint effort with UALR, university school" In this Hall High would become a which would enable Hall students to enroll in college credit courses taught by both Hall teachers as adjunct UALR faculty and regular UALR faculty members. Course credit would be awarded both toward high school graduation and credit on the UALR It is conceivable that upon graduation from Hall, students involved in this program would have accumulated enough hours of college credit to enter the college or university of their choice as a sophomore or junior. Acquiring college credits in this manner potentially reduces both the time and expense of obtaining a college degree. transcript. This "university school" - . program would involve a year of planning and a three-year implementation schedule. The planning year would commence in August, 1998, and the program would go into operation It is expected that Advanced Placement school year 1999-2000. courses would be among the courses to be taught in the beginning of the program with additional courses added as the program expands. the following have During the planning phase (school year 199899), the following have been noted as necessary activities prior to full implementation for school year 1999-2000: work with university department heads to choose classes to be offeredBoard of Directors July 21, 1998 Page 2 work with high school faculty to have them teach concurrent and UALR qualified to courses
maintain documentation for Hall faculty^^ high school faculty and university develop staff training sessions for high school faculty and university faculty for initial program implementation and follow-up sessions on a monthly/quarterly basis develop concurrent courses course schedules and location of determine in cooperation with UALR deans which instructors and Hall instructors would teach courses UALR concurrent devise methods for informing counselors, LRSD/Hall students, LRSD/Hall parents, and the city of Little Rock public as a whole of the opportunities of the university school's concurrent enrollment program devise Director enrollment the procedure in cooperation of Admissions for students with the to apply UALR for devise the procedure in cooperation with the Director of Admissions and deans of all determining courses to be offered UALR UALR colleges for determine in cooperation with UALR/Hall team the criteria for concurrent enrollment eligibility entrance determine methods for informing interested students, parents, counselors of the application process set up and maintain responsibility for enrollment of students in the courses continue to research and obtain information regardinci other concurrent enrollment programs around the country
visit any which may offer credible in better planning for our program assistance provide necessary logistics for the instructors to operate smoothly on the Hall logistics university campusBoard of Directors July 21, 1998 Page 3 provide orientation/assistance for university instructors in high school regimen notify all colleges and universities in region where most Hall graduates have chosen to attend and submit course descriptions to determine acceptance of transfer from UALR credit assemble a noceoooK of materials from colleges universities for reference as to courses which accepted as transfer credit from UALR notebook of materials from and will be set informational meetings for students and pa^ Hall High School to promote concurrent enrollment parents of program set up informational meetings with local organizations to provide awareness of concurrent enrollment opportuniti at Hall High es determine means of providing students and parents currently enrolled in private and parochial schools with information as to concurrent enrollment opportunities at Hall High studentsreervi July BJ. /^encfc, hall high school 6700 "H" Street 671-6200 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 July 21, 1998 RECEIVED TO: FROM: Board of Directors Gayle B. Bradford, Principal JUL 2 3 1998 .iy OmCEOF DESEGREGATION MOKITORIKG THROUGH: Dr. Leslie' mine, Superintendent SUBJECT: UALR Partnership with Hall High for a University School a We believe that I am requesting approval of the planning and implementation of university school at Hall High School in partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). _ providing challenging options to our high school students at Hall and in the process aiding them in the transition from high school to the post secondary arena would be greatly beneficial. In this joint "university school" effort with UALR, Hall High would become which would enable Hall students to enroll in college credit courses taught by both Hall teachers as adjunct UALR faculty and regular UALR faculty members. Course credit would be awarded both toward high school graduation and credit on the UALR It is conceivable that upon graduation from Hall, students involved in this program would have accumulated enough hours of college credit to enter the college or university of their choice as a sophomore or junior. Acquiring college credits in this manner potentially reduces both the time and expense of obtaining a college degree. transcript. a This II university school" program would involve a year of planning and a three-year implementation schedule. The planning year would commence in August, 1998, and the program would go into operation school year 1999-2000. It is expected that Advanced Placement courses would be among the courses to be taught in the beginning of the program with additional courses added as the program expands. During the planning phase (school year 1998-99), the following have been noted as necessary activities prior to full implementation for school year 1999-2000: work with university department heads to choose classes to be offeredi Board of Directors July 21, 1998 Page 2 work with high school faculty to have them qualified to teach concurrent and UALR courses
maintain documentation for Hall establish pairings of high school faculty and university develop staff training sessions for high school facultv and university faculty for initial program implementation and follow-up sessions on a monthly/quarterly basis develop concurrent course schedules courses and location of determine in cooperation with UALR deans which instructors and Hall instructors would teach UALR courses concurrent devise methods for informing counselors students, LRSD/Hall parents LRSD/Hall stuaents, LRSD/Hall parents, and the city of Little Rock public as a whole of the opportunities of the universitv school's concurrent enrollment program devise Director the procedure enrollment of Admissions in cooperation for students with to the UALR apply for devise the procedure in cooperation with the UALR Director of Admissions and deans of all UALR colleges determining courses to be offered for determine in cooperation with UALR/Hall team the entrance criteria for concurrent enrollment eligibility determine methods for informing interested students, parents, counselors of the application process set up and maintain responsibility for students in the courses enrollment of continue to research and obtain information other concurrent enrollment programs country
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Proposal for Hall High Cisco Academy Communities in Schools, (CIS) is a national non-profit organization committed, for more than 25 years, to championing the connections of needed community resources to children in order for Inc. them to successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life. Communities in Schools of Arkansas (CISA) is the state affiliate that is charged with replicating CIS initiatives and providing training and technical assistance to communities improving the outcomes of children. committed to CISA offers a comprehensive, consistent and holistic approach to community issues by bringing together, through collaboration, the agencies, businesses, schools and concerned citizens that are determined to work together in solving the most vexing concerns facing their young people. believes that many of these needs can and should be offered and CISA received at the school sites. These services should include mentoring, tutoring, mental health and agency referrals as well as positive and creative activities and opportunities for community service through the schools. The basic philosophy of Communities in Schools of Arkansas is that every child needs and deserves at least four basic resources to be successful. They are: A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult, A safe place to learn and grow, A marketable skill upon graduation, and A chance to give back to the community through community service. Board of Directors July 22, 1998 Page 2 is the world's leading networking company. Cisco systems Inc. . . . _ Currently, Cisco is involved in partnerships with school districts in 39 states totaling 517 Cisco Academies which prepare students for the demands and enormous opportunities of the information economy while creating a qualified talent pool for building and maintaining education networks. In a lab setting that closely corresponds to the real world, students get their hands on the building blocks of today's global information networks, learning by they design and bring to life local and wide-area doing as networks. Ill Cisco Systems is also committed to America's Promise and in doing so has decided to expand its networking academies through the Communities in Schools initiative. communities in Schools and the American Association of School Administrators have partnered to develop Schools of Promise as America's Promise. Since Hall High School part of their commitment to is interested in becoming a School of Promise, it's a natural tie-in for Hall to be a Cisco Academy. Cisco believes that the benefits of their academies are two-fold. First, the students involved in the academy become a workforce which is prepared to handle the technological skills required for jobs in today's companies. support in terms of technological resources. Second, the school is provided the For an overview of the academies and the Cisco Networking Academies Curriculum, attached information. see a The goal for both Communities in Schools, Inc. and Hall High School is to provide the best foundation for all students, especially those in need, to be successfully prepared for what lies ahead of them. Therefore, with the integration of the Cisco Academies curriculum and its technological resources with the curriculum offered at Hall High School, Hall will be able to respond to the needs of all its studentsas a school-to-work initiative and a school-to-university initiative. CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMIES, http.//www.CISCO.com.edu/academies. VIMviCkUAi^ jiup
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How exciting! The cost of the trip is $1200 per student. I thought you might want to make a donation to help this dream come true for some of our city's kids. Checks can be made to the Hall High School Choral Department and mailed to 6700 H Street, 72205. Names of all who donate $25 or more will be printed on the back of T-shirts the students will wear. Debbie Milam Volunteers in Public Schools Little Rock School District 447-2967 447-2966 fax 2/18/2003Arkansas Democrat (gazette SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1992, Two LR teens assaulted Friday at bus stops Two Little Rock teen-agers were assaulted Friday at two school bus stops, police said. A Hall High School student, 15, told police he was standing at the bus stop at 14th and Pine streets when a youth in the back of a 1989 Oldsmobile pointed a handgun at him and snapped the trigger several times. The gun did not fire, police said. At least three other students were standing at the bus stop. All of the students scattered when the youth showed the gun, police said. The car then drove around the block and again passed the bus stop. The car chased the 15-year- old into an alley. The student eluded the car by running across a yard, police said. In the second assault, a pupil, 13, told police-that a man in his 20s followed her to her bus stop at 11th and Peyton streets. The man asked repeatedly if she knew a boy named Terry, police said. After the girl said she didnt talk to strangers, the man pulled a knife and said: Youre going to talk to this stranger. The man forced her to walk south on Peyton Street, police said. The girl then ran to a house and knocked on the door, and the man ran north on Peyton Street.i Arkansas Demcxzraf^C^azcttc . \ SATURDAY, JUNE12,1993 ? Copyright O 1993, Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. Uncouth crowd at Hall graduation Every young person dreams of the day when he or she will walk across the stage to receive that long-awaited high school diploma. Its exciting. Its special. Its honorable. Unfortunately, however, some folks dont have the slightest notion as to how to behave at such an event. I refer to all the shouting, screaming, jeering and whistling at Hall Highs graduation ceremony June 2. How uncouth can you get? Please, folks, this was commencement, not a circus or a wrestling match! If you see yourself in the above lines, you owe every graduate, faculty member and administrator an apology. TONI T. TACKETT Little Rock^ikansas Democrat ^(i^azettc SATURDAY, JUNE 26. 1993 Copyright C 1993. UWa Rock Newspapata. Inc. Beating victim has come back J Vi Arkanaaa Oamocral-Gazatie/Steva Keasae GOING HOME Paul D. Kelly Jr.. 20. walks out of Arkansas Childrens Hospital on Friday afternoon after being hospitalized more than two months including 12 days in a coma for injuries he suffered when a gang of teenagers beat him on the University of Colorado campus at Boulder. Hall grad, 20, goes home from hospital BY JERRY DEAN Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer Paul D. Kelly Jr., a popular, athletic and artistic 1991 graduate of Little Rock Hall High School, came home Friday from Arkansas Childrens Hospital. In a sense, the 20-year-old may not be all the way home yet. But no one who knows of his ordeal doubts that Kelly,' an aspiring University of Colorado art student, has come back a long way since April 16. Thats when a half-dozen Boulder, Colo., teen-agers beat Kelly on the university cam-, pus. At Arkansas Childrens Hospital, Kelly has endured two. months of what could become,' for him, a lifelong ordeal. Fob now, he will recuperate at his j paternal grandparents Little'' Rock home. But another year must pass before its certain whether' Kelly will have permanent brain damage, Kellys parents and Dr. Kerstin Sobus, a hos-. pital physiatrist, said. Experts then may better assess sensory losses. 7 Sobus, one of a team of doc-' tors and therapists working with Kelly, said Kelly later, may live on his own, tend his,' See KELLY, Page 13A. Kelly Continued from Page 1A affairs, perhaps return to college. But that latter goal depends on recovery of higher intellectual dencits. Sobus added, however, that Paul was always, unfortunately, not going to be what he was. Theres always going to be a deficit. How great a deficit was difficult to predict, she said. But then if one had seen Paul's initial reports, no one would have anticipated this recovery, she added. He really beat the statistics. Kellys mother, Margaret Holcomb of Little Rock, said her son will live temporarily in his grandparents home, well equipped for his needs, while undergoing outpatient occupational and speech therapy. Were so thankful, Holcomb told a news conference. Hes made miraculous progress. Pauls been through an ordeal, she added. And hell continue struggling at least another year. . Kellys father, Paul Kelly Sr., 45, of Tampa, Fla., said his son still must contend with a stomach tube, audiovisual problems and cognitive defects. But for now, he grinned, were going to make sure he gets rest, Kelly, who wore an ear-to-ear grin and an Oakland As baseball cap at his release Friday, was a CU student April 16 when he and four friends, en route to a party, crossed a busy street near campus. Kelly stopped to speak to a friend in a passing car. When that delayed traffic, Kelly argued with teen-agers not CU students whose 1987 Firebird was among cars delayed. The teen agers parked, followed Kelly on campus and attacked him. When friends looked back, they saw Kelly beaten and kicked as 30 or more horrified young witnesses looked on. Kellys grandfather, former state Republican Party chairman William T. Bill Kelly of Little Rock, said brain surgery saved his grandsons life. Surgeons at nearby Boulder Community Hospital, he said, were experts at handling head injuries because of their experience with mountain-related accidents among skiers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts. Physicians put young Kelly in a drug-induced coma to reduce brain swelling. After a 12-day coma, chances for recovery seemed slim. He lay in critical condition with damage to frontal brain lobes that control breathing and heart rate. But young Kelly returned May 17 to Little Rock for therapy at Childrens progressive care unit after a Colorado neurosurgeon said that support from his family here might itself prove good medicine. Holcomb worried about her son when she saw no smile for a month. , , , But since, Paul Sr. added, Paul Jr. had found both the smile and that weird sense of humor. Once, he said, his son joked of shaving his head or dying his hair red, once surgical scars healed. Hes got that great smile, Paul Sr. said. But he has trouble with cognitive things. Things are cloudy for him at times. He doesnt recall much about Boulder, Holcomb said. But he wants to go back to school. And he recognizes people hes known awhile. , Key to Kellys recovery has been a close relationship with his brother and roommate Matthew, 19. Holcomb said, Matthew always thought Paul would come back 100 percent. Its wonderful to see them together. Early on, Kellys stepfather, Dr. Tim Holcomb, had written on a tablet to ask Paul Jr. What do _ you want? The youth wrote I want to win. And the family knew Kelly would fight back. Boulder authorities have charged three teen-agers there Justin Graber, 18, and two unnamed 17-year-olds with first-degree assault. Since the younger suspects have prior records, all are charged as adults. A judge has set an Aug. 3 court date to hear the cases. The assailants, if convicted, could receive maximum 16-year prison sentences. Holcomb said Friday that neither she nor Paul Sr. sought to avenge Kellys beating. But she added
Wed both feel badly if (attackers) served no time at all. Theyre young, and, if they can be rehabilitated, they deserve that chance. Paul Sr., a former director of Stepping Stone emergency youth shelter in Little Rock, has worked with troubled youth. But he called the attack on his son "brutal. At least, Holcomb said, her son can now walk, read and write. He also speaks haltingly, she said, but may have permanent hearing loss. Kellys parents both were grateful Friday for outpourings of sympathy and support from Arkansas and Colorado. Paul Sr. said: Believe me, that makes it much easier to bear. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1993 Hall High bus driver did right thing I commend the driver of the Hall High School bus with the out-of-control students for taking them to the police station. They needed a graphic consequence for their reckless and dangerous behavior. Better this short detour on the way home than a longer one to the hospital or to the morgue. I think that the suspension with pay for a few days for the driver was reasonable, since she did leave the students and the bus at the police station. However, she had taken a stand in the name of safety and self-discipline in a way the students could understand. Thanks to her for teaching this lesson to our self-centered society. As for the rest of the students lesson, that administered by the principal, will it be forsaken? Will it be a stem look and a warning, since it was so hot and the kids were so terribly upset about those 20 extra minutes of school time? Will it be written apologies minus insults and innuendos? Will it be participation in a dialogue with the bus driver to iron out bus problems? How about the same number of days suspension that the driver received, but in school, so that they can enjoy those extra 20 minutes in silence? Maybe call in the Hon. Bill Watt to consult? He might create an ingenious, natural and effective consequence that could result in community awareness over selfishness. As a concerned parent and taxpayer, I hope someone can. IArkansas Democrat (gazette WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1993J Pupil who had gun on campus arrested Little Rock police arrested a 15-year-old Hall High School student about noon Tuesday after they found the boy with a pellet gun on the Southwest Junior High School campus at 3301 S. Bryant St. A school employee saw the boy with two other teen-agers on the campus and realized they were not students at the junior high school. The employee called police, who stored the pellet gun at police headquarters. All three teen-agers were issued juvenile citations. The boy with the gun was cited for carrying a weapon and criminal trespass. The two other boys, ages 14 and 15, were cited for criminal trespass. Police notified the boys parents, into whose custody the youths were released Tuesday afternoon.Arkansas Democrat gazette SlIlSll CfOWd TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1993 hears pitch for LR taxes Supporters equal interested citizens ' BY JAKE SANDLIN *' Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer ' About 30 people, split evenly between interested citizens and representatives of Future- Little Rock and the city, spent almost 90 minutes Monday night at Hall High School discussing the two sales tax proposals before Little Rock voters Dec. 14. The two tax issues a halfcent, permanent tax to go into the citys general revenue fund and a 1-cent, two-year tax aimed at spurring economic growth would finance recommendations from the Future-Little Rock steering committee. Future-Little Rock was an 18- month study aimed at recommending changes for the city and how to pay for them. It involved about 400 volunteers on 13 task forces. Future-Little Rock officials and city directors are spending much of the next three weeks attending neighborhood association and civic club meetings and community forums, such as Monday nights session. The next forum is at 7 p.m. today at Dunbar Recreation Center, 1101W. 16th St. Weve hit a lot of neighborhood meetings and they are usually well-attended, said Pam Marshall of the Future-Little Rock Implementation Committee. While forums such as the one at Hall are useful, she said, she acknowledged that they havent drawn much response. These forums are sort of a catch-all for those who want additional information, Marshall said. A slide presentation said that 85 percent of the half-cent sales tax would go to crime- and public safety-related programs including adding 135 police officers over three years to help offset the citys 65 percent increase in violent crime since 1988. The bulk of the 1-cent tax would go toward building a 16,000-seat arena downtown.Arkansas Democrat (gazette THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2^ 1993 Ruling in abuse of retarded student upheld The Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis has upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright against the mother of a mentally retarded student who was sexually abused by another mentally retarded student at Little Rock Hall High School in October 1989. The suit, filed by a person identified only as Dorothy J., alleged that the Little Rock School District, the Centers for Youth and Families and four employees in the state Department of Human Services were at fault for the abuse. The two boys were students in Halls Community Based Instruction program, which teaches living and work skills to handicapped children. One boy was sexually assaulted and raped by the other student, who was a ward of the state and was in the custody of the Centers for Youth and Families. The parent of the abused boy said in the lawsuit that her son was deprived of his constitutional rights to personal integrity and security. The parent said the defendants, as actors of the state, failed to protect her son. The three-judge panel of the appeals court quoted a U.S. Supreme Court decision in another case that said, A states failure to protect an individual against private violence simply does not constitute a violation of the due process clause. The Sth Circuit found that the Little Rock abuse case was not an exception to that earlier decision.V V -I sssaWf* HF 676-1551 A FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1994 .4 z 1 f I 1 '. ft i* 'is up, UP AND AWAY Casey Pieretti jumps over barrels Thursday morning during a news conference for Prom Arkansas Demociai GazeRa/Morns Rtchaidson II Promise at Hall High School. Pieretti. who lost a leg Io a drunken driver, is a speaker for the national program. Prom Promise elicits teen pledges to stay| off drugs and alcohol nv QUiDcccc UAon, n among junior and senior high school students has int creased or remained unBY SHAREESE HAROLD Demcx:ra<-Gazene Staff Writer Erin Calvin lost a friend who died after iidialing fumes from an aerosol carpet cleaner last year. This year, the Hall High School senior has intensified her commitment to persuade her friends and anyone else wholl listen to stay clean of drugs and alcohol, especially during prom season. "We have so many students drinking and doing drugs here its a shame," Calvin said LICdSCtI UI i C 111 d 1 It C U Ull-i changed over the past year. Although Prom Promise has Thursday at a statewide high school pep rally inaugurating Arkansas second annual Prom Promise. ' Prom Promise is a peer pressure pledge catnpaign geared to sway teen agers from using drugs and alcoliol during prom season. It is sponsored nationally by Nationwide Insurance Co. Local sponsors include KAHK-TV, Channel 4, and radio station KIPR EM, 92, both of Little Kock. About 100 student.s from 29 Arkansas high schools acknowledged the programs mission Thursday and agreed to solicit signatures from fellow students committing to spend prom night substance free. Last year, more than 3 million students in 22 states par ticipated in Prom Promise. In Arkansas, more than half the students from 13 high schools signed pledge forms. A University of Michigan study released earlier this week shows more teen-agers are using drugs and alcohol after a decade of decline. Prom Promise planners released figures showing: .' 35 percent of high school seniors questioned nationwide admitted having five or more drinks in a row in the past two weeks. Alcohol is the countrys primary drug problem among teen-agers. Led by increases in rnari-juaiin and hallucinogens, drug been taking place nationwide] for five years, last year was the first time Hall High School and' Little Rock area students took part. Calvin said shes unsure whether this just say no" pledge helps alter certain students behavior. Such programs dont stop teen-agers from drinking on weekends or after school each day at area parks or at friends houses, she said. We have people here smoking marijuana in the bathrooms and coming to school drunk every day," said Calvin, a member of Halls TRIBE, a 52-stu dent anti-drug and alcohol peer counseling group. That kind of stuff isn't reported, but I think if this type of program changes one person's mind about drinking and taking drugs, it's working to help save a life 1 heard of those pledge forms going around. said Adrian Williams, a 19 year old Central High School senior. But by the time prom comes around, nobody even thinks about that. Williams said he drinks on weekends mostly and has his older friends buy alcohol for him. From the time he started high school, he said, hes noticed more students drink ing. He hasnt seen anyone drinking in school bathrooms so far tills year but suspects students still smuggle alcohol to school. Students from 10 schools in northeastern Arkansas counties signed Prom Promise pledge forms in 1992, and state statistics show a deciine in the number of 15 to l9-year-olds killed in alcohol-related crashes between 1991 and 1992. During prom season 1991,11 teen agers died
in 1992, two died. Arkansas Democrat "SP(gazette WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994 Schools Was reporting tainted? Re the Oct. 3 article by Jim Ko- rdsmeier. Hall, not Central, is champ of police incidents: trouble spills over into junior hi^s. I. too, am disturbed by the amount of violence our schools are experiencing. Statistically, perhaps it appears that Central has received a bum rap. Perhaps parents do look at the surrounding area when looking at Central, which is unfair. It is equally unfair to have an article and not give equal time or interview space to administrators and students at the champ school. Current figures as to incidents comparing Hall to other high schools were not provided. How can one know where Hall stands? As Mr. Washington, former assistant principal at Hall, stated. Hall dealt directly with many SlHLcQ. Hdll Ucdll ClIIcLLiy wiui uicuiy discipline problems in the past rather i than using e in-school suspension I policy that Central uses. What statis- tical data does Kordsmeier have as to ! the number of additional incidents dealt with by Central in this manner and not reported? It does not serve our schools to report that any school wins" in violent incidents. All schools that have been targeted should ei^ect that our news- reporting institutions would provide equal response coverage for adminis- I trators and students. Central is not the only school where you will find enlightened students and faculty who have a realistic view of the school environment. It is also not the only school to have the support of parents who believe in the quality of education being received and hold in high regard the administration that maintains an environment where a student can feel safe and continue to
learn. 1 Perhaps Kordsmeier has tainted | his reporting in an eagerness to continue to foster an attitude about Central. All of our hi^ schools and junior highs need positive support from our community. I ANGELA R. WOOLEY Little Rock I__r AAansasDemocraI^$a^*tcJ Students locker yields gun, pager Police arrested a student at Little Rocks Hall High School after a handgun was found in his locker Monday morning. An ofilciai at the school, at 6700 H St., was checking lockers about 10:50 a.m. when he noticed the gun in a jacket belonging to Charles Russey, 19, of 625 S. Elm St., No. 8, police said. The official also found a pager in Russeys locker. Russey told police the pager was his, but said he didnt know how the gun got into his locker. Russey was charged with possession of a gun and a pager on school property. He was being held in the Pulaski County jail Monday night without bond. Little Rock School District spokesman Dina Teague said Russey will be recommended for expulsion.Arkansas Democrat ^(Ipazettc TUESDAY, MAY 16,1995 Hall High schedules commencement rite Commencement ceremonies for the 296 graduates of Hall High School will be May 24 at 6 p.m. at Barton Coliseum. Valedictorian Kay Patel, 17, has a 4.196 grade-point average and is the daughter of Usman and Jackie Patel. Kay Patel has been active in student council, has been president of the National Honor Society and vice president of the Spanish Club. She plans to attend the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and major in premed. Salutatorian Anandi N. Sheth. 18, ha.s a 4.188 grand- point average and is the daughter of Nayan and Nita Sheth. She was a National Merit Scholar, vice president of student council, ran track and was a member of the National Honor Society. Anandi Sheth plans to major in biology at Rice University in Houston..Arkansas Democrat (gazette THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1995 LRSD sets classes for student drivers The Little Rock School District will offer driver education classes to students who are at least 15 years old or have completed the ninth grade. Applicants for the program, which begins June 13 and ends July 5 at Hall High School, must have a driver's permit The program fee is $165 for Little Rock School District students and $175 for other enrollees. Classes will be filled on a first-come, first- served bases. Half of the fee is due upon application. Applications should be made to the business office in the districts administration building, 810 W. Markham St For more information, call 324-2070.Arkansas Democrat (gazette J THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16.1995 Hall High students walk out to protest school vandalism BY CYNTHIA HOWELL Democrat-Gazette Education Writer As many as 100 Hall High School students walked out of the Little Rock school Wednesday to protest what they said was the principals failure to discipline two other students accused of vandalizing Catholic High. The students participating in the walkout after lunch stood in front of Hall for less than 20 minUtes before returning without incident to their fifth-period classes. ' Suellen Vann, district a spokesman, said two Hall students were accused of using orange paint on a religious statue at Catholic High and writing Hall on the statues base. Hall Principal Gayle Bradford was investigating the incident and talking with district administrators about how to punish the students when the walkout occurred Wednesday. Disciplining the two students accused of vandalism was complicated because the incident occurred away from the Hall campus, after school hours and not during a school activity, Vann said. Bradford also had been in contact with Catholic Highs principal to determine what restitution should be made for the statue, Vann said. We couldnt get any understanding about why those students werent punished, said a Hall High senior who called the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette after participating in the walkout. The. incident happened two weekends ago, she said, and she and other students felt enough time had lapsed for the vandals to be punished. Vann was unsure when the vandalism occurred, and Bradford couldnt be reached for comment Wednesday evening. The students accused of the vandalism hold class offices and are involved in other activities as well, the caller said, adding that she believed the alleged vandals were getting preferential treatment because of their standing in the class.rkansas Democrat SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19.199& Group : targets police Racial panel says blacks need respect BY SHAREESE HAROLD
i- Oemocrat-Gazene Staff Writer . - Little Rocks Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission plans to focus on what members call racism in the citys Police Department and other institutions
We really need to help straighten out the problems in the Police Department, Barbara Douglas, who sits on the commission committee that targets racism in institutions, said Saturday. Black police officers are not respected in the department. Little Rock Police Chief Louie Caudell said he welcomes tfie commissions involvement in reducing racial tension on his force though the commissions plm werent spelled out in detail. ((1Weve worked with them ^Q the past with sensitivity trainii^ workshops, Caudell said. Thejr purpose is to reduce racial te^ Sion of all sorts. I don't think, them getting more involved with this matter is cause for alarm.
The commission will also target institutional discrimination in the city's public schools, job. market and media. Members set priorities during a two-day retreat that ended Saturday. .
'The city formed the commission in 19^ two years after Little Rock voters raised the citys sales tax by 1Z2 cent 'The tax money covers salaries for the commission's five-member staff and costs for its programs and projects. Seventeen community leaders serve on the commission. But other than sponsoring its first multicultural event World- See RACE, Page 38 I J Jim-Lynch (left), chairman of the Little Rock Racial & Cultural Diversity Commission, states a view as Vice Chair- AiKansas Damocrai-aazena/STATON BREIDENTHAL man Pat McGraw listens during a meeting Saturday morning in Femcliff. Race Continued from Page 1B fest, last Labor Day weekend, an^ holding monthly sessions, the commissions role has re-cewed little attention from the coihmunity. . Thats why the commission spent this weekend studying its policies, identifying goals and rededicating themselves to the ret^on they chose to serve.
*It looks like youre on track with what you were formed to do. said Judith Faust, who moderated the retreat Your purpose is to ensure all Little Rock residents equal freedom to purser their aspirations without discrimination because of race, ethnicity, color or national origin. It looks to me like youve done well selecting these priorities. "These priorities are going to ftelij me do my job better, said Gathy.Collins, executive director of the. commission, because at meetings if we get sidetracked I cam always ask if were on target with:our priorities. Collins said she was hired six months ago without a clear set of guidelines to do her job. Two recent events have highlighted racial tensions in the police department and schools. On Nov. 3. Ralph Jackson, president of the citys Black Police Officers .Association, asked the mayor to fire Caudell for failing to promote more black officers. Blacks have accounted for six of the approximately 65 promotions Caudell has made since becoming chief in 1988. according to Jackson. If the commission wants to get involved as an objective body and conduct its own investigation into what's happening inside the police department, theyve got their work cut out for them.' Jackson said Saturday. Last week, a group of Hall High School black students walked out of class to protest the principals failure to discipline two white students who vandalized property at nearby Catholic High School. Some commissioners will attend a forum Hall High School Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Arkansas Democrat (Gazette TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1995 ' Russia teaches teacheh'1 -Working vacation ? imparts life lessons BY CYNTHIA HOWELL -i-l - [>mocntt<3fteetoEdi<aito Fall High- School teacher Sue
J sMaddison is baci from an ex- '' t tended field trip- Maddison spent October.in ^' Russia, teaching students about ^American literature, the judicial J* system and life in the Unit^ .<^1 States. It was an experience ui>i^ ''iMMtuinchh. A tthhe 7^!yl.veAaflrr EPnngffhlisAhh?f '^cher said she^ learned &r F ^moie than she was able to teadUv Twas scan^ to death befbreF ' ^irent, Maddison said-,*! couldnt j believe I was going bn my , flBut after a couple oCwys, ^class, it .was like ^ing here aif Hau. T '4: 41' . * .The: trip\ resulted from. i^lftiend^p tfaddison developed ! 5^ 7.} 12^1.1 H'i Lr-5i
a I I ^-la^ year with Tanya Tinchurina^ . a Russian teacher of English who y spent the 1994-95 school year ____________________________ ^Working at Halt Tinchurina and x aap^lrtofl uw. Rock Han Hlgli NtekHaw afa^.o*
l Teacher Continued from Page 1B program that the U.S. Information Agency and the American Council of Teachers of Russian sponsored. Two new Russian teachers are teaching this year at Dunbar Magnet and Cloverdale junior hi^ schools. This summer. Tinchurina returned to Russia with stories of her Arkansas experiences, a new computer system and loads of materials about the United States to share with students in Kazan. But what better way to tell Russian youngsters about the United States than to have an American do the talking? AtTinchurina's urging, School 39 in Kazan invited Maddison for a visit. Maddison spent 214 weeks teaching Reginald Roses play Twelve Angry Men to 250 students at a public school that specializes in teaching English. The play one that Maddison routinely teaches Hall students is about the deliberations of a jury in a murder trial. Study of the play prompted discussions about the American and Russian judicial systems. .They wanted to discuss the ideas of the judicial system and freedom, she said. They were intrigued that I was a child of the late 60s
and early 70s. That was kind of fascinating to them because they wanted to talk about that hippie era,. 'Maddison described her students
who were in grades eight through 11 and attended classes six da
^ a week, as delightfill, fluent in English and respectful. They always stood up when she entered the room, and they always did their homework, of which they had plenty. ..Their knowledge of history and literature impressed her. A resurgence in religion in Russia prompt-ed< several students to ask her whether American students believe in God. ^ey also wanted to know whether life in America is like the soap opera Santa Barbara. Ive never seen Santa Barbara, but I told them no, Maddison said. The students I met really gave me such hope for Russias future, she added. They all knew that their country was going through a time of change, and they honestly wanted to help contribute to that change." In Kazan, a university city of more than 1 million people about 500 miles east of Moscow on the Volga River. Maddison lived in a government-owned apartment with the family of one of her students. Zhenya Sokolova, 14. It was while visiting in the homes of students that Maddison said she really got to see another side of the country where the government even controls the thermostat settings in the apartment houses. I realized that the things I think are necessities are really conveniences, she said. What I found is that Russia is a paradox. It is the Russia you see in pictures: the buildings are gray, the streets are dark, the buses are filthy and the city is noisy. But people seem to fill their lives with other people instead of things. I dont know whether they know they will never have things or they are not interest-ed in things, but Ive never been around people who were more hospitable. Id be tired of fighting to get on buses and tired of fighting to get into the stores. But once I got home. I was surrounded by generous. delightful people who were full of life and loved music. They all sit around at night and play guitars or the piano and sing Russian songs. The country is bitterly cold in the winter, and the salaries low. Maddisons counterparts in the schools earned the equivalent of $60 to $70 a month, she said. Most Russian families grow and store their own vegetables and buy only meat Even her fruit juice was made from home-grown berries, she said. She said the food was wonderfUl but she had to grow accustomed to the Russian breakfast She had cabbage rolls for breakfast on her first day in the country. On another day, she had fried shrimp, mash potatoes and green beans. She never ate in a restaurant I think I saw one in Kazan. she said. Maddison did attend the ballet and concerts and visited Moscow for five days. Maddison's trip was sponsored in part by Little Rocks Downtown Rotary Club 99. While visiting in the industrial city of Togliatti, Maddison addressed that citys Rotary Club and tau^t the members to call the Hogs in preparation for a delegation of Texas Rotarians who were expected to visit the following week Maddison said she hopes to return to Russia in a couple of years once she learns a little more of the Russian language. Aikansas Democrat ^(Cazette TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1997T Arkansas Oeniocrai-Gazetle/STEVE KEESEE Uio Volufilary diug-losling piogiain for stiictonls. Lrlllo Rock r, . . ---- if ........................ OlUUVIHO. UtlllO nOCK &ripoiiiilGnrJent Uoii Roberts (left) spoke dur trig the event as riifl Inhri I. f. iil^ -M----_ i- . _u_u iiiiy ui.e ev Old John Ostner, Liltle Rock Rotary Club 99 president. Crystal Holman, flail High School sludoni body president displays her teens Resisting Unhealihy Choices Eveiyday but ton during a news conference at the school Monday to stall New program rewarding LR teens for staying clean -'VS to have dents mid , Little Rock Rotaiy Club 99 ami 19 Sl" local businesses have olFered dis-counts to high .school .studenLs who choo.se not to use illegal drugs. Delail.s of the new Incentive program, Teens ResLsting Unhealihy Choices Everyday, were iiresented Monday to studenLs at Hall and McClellan high schools and Mount .St Mary Academy, Similar presentations will be made today and Wednesday at the citys other public high schools, at Rulaski Heights Junior High and at Pulaski Academy. More than 6.000 studenLs are eligible to participate in the TItUCE program this year. We are spending millions of dol-not to be good, said John Ostner. Club 99 spokesman. From this day foiward, w(? would like to reward young people for staying clean. We know it is a tough, daily decision. Helping promote the program at eacli of the schools this week is Kevin Wanzer, an Indianapolis comedian who uses humor to encour-age a drug-free lifestyle. sssssSE iiall students, -iou know thats a portedtopolice.fncnlfvnrnihorei,,. I Ik^ii the coinediaii, once a guest on the David Lellernian Show. used his higf-i lv1p il\c ihiveMd giggle, a pctL laccooii, and a faiiid-l'ne delivery slyle to enleilain students with zany stories of his own teen years and the pranks he played. Little Rock students who participate in TRUCE will voluntarily undergo a di*ug screen. Those who pass the test will be given photo identification cards entitling them to discounts of 10 to 20 percent at restaurants, car-care places, eye care centers, (hy cleaning esfablishments, recreation centers, and clothing and sludenLs with 'riilKIE cards. PI darteentntss rnrisit ttrroonnsseennlt. lfoorr their children to jiarliciiiate in the pro-grain, which includes an initial uii-nalysis and later random ilrug tests. n-.rr..r tt. nr pivsiuviii in l arKview iwagnet tes tingr at the sclioolJs' '-i n mid-Febru- ' >' won t bene-aiy The test will be for opiates, niar- PCP. ItesulLs will be reported to their parents. Results wont be ported to police, faculty or other stu-won't become pail of a students permanent record, according to the parental consent Ibnn. Counseling will he olfered to stu-deiils with posilive dnig tcsis. Raplist Hoallh will absorb $11 of (he $17 cost of each drug lest, Merritt Finney, TRLICE coordinator at Parkview Magnet High, said Monday. The remaining $6 will be paid by Club 99, which is seeking donations. Liberty Parks, .a junior at Hall, said she doesn't use drugs and intends to (larticipale in the progiani She',s looking fonvard to a 10 percent discount from lYecisioii Tune. M.v car i.s in the sho|) a lot." she said. But Parks also said some students are hesitant about the program. primarily because thev fear ' the ding screening will delect alcohol use. i Thaddeus Leopoulos. student I body president at Parkview Magnet nt much from the discounts. But when the program is expanded to l-W^clmols, sludents will be able Io Lake advanlage of discounis for up to six yeais. That is really awesome, he said. Arkansas Democrat (gazette FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1997 Volunteer jobs focus of fair at Hall High The United Way Volunteer Center and the Little Rock School District will sponsor a Service Learning Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Hall High School, 6700 H Street The fair will inform youth about agencies with volunteer positions. The fair was previously planned at Pulaski Heights Junior High School. More information is available at 3764567.Aricansas Democrat ^azcttc FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1998 High school fight injures student, 15 A fight Thursday at Hall High School ended with one student cut and bruised and the other charged with third-degree battery, police said. A 17-year-old student told police that when he was hit with a paper wad, he exchanged words with a 15-year-old student I The younger student reportedly told the other to apologize, and the 17-year-old .. sponded with profanity and racial slurs. re- The 15-year-old said the older student grabbed his arm and began stabbing him with a pen. ' The older student said the younger tried to strike him, and the fight started. He admitted, though, stabbing the younger student with a pen, police said. \ The older student, who was not injured, was removed from school after being charged with the misdemeanor. The younger student suffered a small facial cut and bruises.Arkansas Democrat WOazcttc FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1998 | Hall High plans to team with UALR on dual credit University school, technology programs outlined BY CYNTHIA HOWELL tional campaign by Communities Lloyd Sain, an assistant principal at ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE jj^ Schools luc. and Other organiza- Pulaski Heights Junior High School, The principal at Little, Rock tions to provide community re- was promoted to director of the dis- Hall High School on Thursday un- sources to about 4.000 schools by tricts Alternative Teaming Center, veiled preliminary plans to part- 2000 to help 2 million youths be- which is generally for students who ner with the University of come successful learners. have been removed from other, Arkansas at Little Rock so students Cisco Systems Inc., which al- schools for misbehavior. can simultaneously earn high ready has networking academies Other personnel changes adopt- school diplomas and college credit in schools in 39 states, is seeking to ed by the board included the as- Gayle Bradford also described expand to still more schools in- signment of: for the Little Rock School Board the eluding the possibility of Hall Michael Martello, assistant diefforts to add to Hall a sophisticated through the Communities in rector of transportation in the Pu- technology ^stem and curriculum Schools initiative. laski County Special School Dis- offered by Cisco Systems Inc., an in- Ann Kamps, who works with tricL to transportation director in temational networking company. Communities in Schools, told the Little Rock. With both of these partner- board that the Cisco program could John Kelley, longtime Parkview ships, we feel we will be able to mean the installation of as much as Magnet High School coach and sci- I cover the gamut to meet the needs $50,000 in computer equipment at ' of our students, Bradford said. " " " ' I . . ence teacher, to assistant principal Hall, as well as a curriculum, staff at Central High School. The university school pro- training and computer software Randy Rutherford, a J.A. Fair gram will be planned during the all at no cost to the district High School coach and teacher, to coming school year and phased in In other board business Thurs- assistant principal at Pulaski over the following three years, day. Athletic Director Ray Gille- Heights Junior High. Bradford said. spie accepted on behalf of the dis- Aleecia Starkey, a speech lan- Issues to be decided include trict a check for $30,000 from busi- guage pathology consultant for the courses to be offered for dual nessmen Marcus Elliott and Mil- Arkansas Easter Seal Society, to credit, college admission criteria ton Fields. Elliott and Fields, both speech therapy coordinator for the for high school students, qualifica- former high school and college district tions for high school faculty to athletes, raised the money from Joyce Willingham, teacher at teach both college-level and high businesses and individuals to out- Wilson Elementary, to assistant school-level students, class sites, fit Little Rock student-athletes principal at Booker Magnet Ele- possible tuition charges, and pub- with letter jackets. The jackets will mentary. licity efforts. serve not only as rewards but as Susan Caldwell, Central High As for the technology program, incentives to students to partici-....................................................... Bradford said Hall is seeking to pate in athletics, Elliott said. teacher, to assistant principal at become an American School of Promise, which is a part of a na- Central. The board also made several per- Ella Walker, Hall High teacher, sonnel changes for the coming year, to assistant principal at Hall.Arkansas Democrat azcttc FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1998 I Hall High plans to team with UALR on dual credit University school, technology programs outlined BY CYNTHIA HOWELL tional campaign by Communities Lloyd Sain, an assistant principal at ARKANSAS DEMocR-ATc.AZETTE jjj gchools luc. and Other organize- Pulaski Heights Junior High School, The principal at Little, Rock tions to provide communit}' re- was promoted to director of the dis- Hall High School on Thursday xui- sources to about 4.000 schools by tricfs Alternative Learning Center, veiled preliminary pl^ to part- 2000 to help 2 million youths be- which is generally for students who ner with the University of come successful learners. have been removed from other, Arkansas at Little Rock so students Cisco Systems Inc., which al- schools for misbehavior. can simultaneously earn high ready has networking academies Other personnel changes adopt- school diplomas and college credit in schools in 39 states, is seeking to ed by the board included the as- Gayle Bradford also described expand to still more schools in- signment of: for the Little Rock School Board the eluding the possibility of Hall Michael Martello, assistant diefforts to add to Hall a sophisticated through the Communities in rector of transportation in the Pu- technology system and curriculum Schools initiative. laski County Special School Dis- offered by Cisco Systems Inc., an international networking company. Ann Kamps, who works with trict, to transportation director in Communities in Schools, told the Little Rock. With both of these partner- board that the Cisco program could John Kelley, longtime Parkview ships, we feel we will be able to mean the installation of as much as Magnet High School coach and sci- cover the gamut to meet the needs $50,000 in computer equipment at ! of our students, Bradford said. F" '<' '"H ! . . i ence teacher, to assistant principal Hall, as well as a curriculum, staff at Central High School. The university school pro- training and computer software Randy Rutherford, a J.A. Fair gram will be planned during the all at no cost to the district High School coach and teacher, to coming school year and phased in In other board business Thurs- assistant principal at Pulaski over the following three years, day. Athletic Director Ray Gille- Heights Junior High. Bradford said. spie accepted on behalf of the dis- Aleecia Starkey, a speech lan- Issues to be decided include trict a check for $30,000 from busi- guage pathology consultant for the courses to be offered for dual nessmen Marcus Elliott and Mil- Arkansas Easter Seal Society, to credit, college admission criteria ton Fields, Elliott and Fields, both speech therapy coordinator for the for high school students, qualifica- former high school and college district. tions for high school faculty to athletes, raised the money from I Joyce Willingham, teacher at teach both college-level and high businesses and individuals to out- Wilson Elementary, to assistant school-level students, class sites, fit Little Rock student-athletes principal at Booker Magnet Ele- possible tuition charges, and pub- with letter jackets. The jackets will mentary. licity efforts. serve not only as rewards but as Susan Caldwell, Central High As for the technology program, incentives to students to partici- teacher, to assistant principal at Bradford said Hall is seeking to pate in athletics, Elliott said. Central. become an American School of Promise, which is a part of a na- The board also made several per- I Ella Walker, Hall High teacher, sonnel changes for the coming year, to assistant principal at Hall.'Arkansas Democrat (gazette j FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 r LR district weighs adding before-, after-school format > BY CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAr OAZEriE Little Rock School District officials plan to survey parents of fifth- and sixth-graders later this year to determine whether before- and after-school child-care programs should be included in the districts new middle schools. The district is converting its eight junior highs for grades seven through nine into middle schools for grades six through , , .j, eight. Ninth-grade classes will be TOOmS CRFl bcm3(lC With moved to the citys high schools next August. Linda Young, who is coordinating the districts planning for middle schools, told parents Thursday at a middle school information session that the childcare survey will be distributed sometime after Thanksgiving vacation. dating ninth-graders at the five The survey was prompted in high schools. pail by child-care questions from parents at an earlier public forum. Parents said they were con- cerned about lack of child care ing demand for classroom space for sixth-graders and that private may cause some teachers to give providers were uncertain that up their classrooms during their they would have the staff to pick planning periods to other teach- up children from the middle ers who do not have assigned schools in addition to elementary classrooms and have to float schools. The districts from room to room during the elementary day. Gayle Bradford, principal at Hall High School, told parents that during any one class period at her school there Are 16 VACAnt clA^qrnnmq parent said her childs for- aic lU VULdllL UdbMUOIIlb teacher feared moving and that better use of the good scheduling. schools offer child-care pro- grams, but the junior high schools do not. Also Thursday, parents at a brown bag lunch session objected to district plans for accommo- The enrollment at the high schools will expand because of the additional grade. The resultParents told Young that lack of permanent classrooms for teachers could detract from the quality of instruction offered by a teacher. The floating teacher would be limited in the resources that could be offered to students in terms of supplies, maps, reference books and wall displays. desks in a borrowed classroom. As a result, he taught to the backs of his students. Another parent told of visiting a French teacher only to discover that all the display material in the classroom was for a Spanish class. In response to questions. Young said the district has no plans to build a new high school but will accommodate the nirith-^ graders by more efficient use of
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scheduling. p/jArkansas Democrat Ty (!5azcttc FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1999 LR senior semifinalist in science competition ARKANSAS DF.MOCRAT-G.VETTE March to attend a week of activiClaire Nelson, 17, a senior at t--i-e-s- --t-h-a--t- -i-n- -c-l-u--d-e-- -f-i-n al .j udg_ing of Little Rocks Hall High School, projects and the announcement of was recentlv named one of 300 $330,000 in awards. The top prize sseemmiiffiinnaalliissttss iinn tthhee IInntteell SScciieennccee is a $50,000 four-year scholarship. Talent Search, a 58-year-old na- _______ tional competition previously tition later won prestigious inter- PreAdous winners of the compe-llUUal vuiiipctiuiwii uLiuii lattx vu ^,/x . i sponsored by the Westinghouse national honors, including Nobel Electric Corp. prizes and the National Medal of Nelson, the only semifinalist Science. from Arkansas, named her project, Food for Thought: Are Chemicals from Plastic Wrap Migrating Into Your Foods?" In 1998. Nelson won a trip to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Fort Worth for her research on the effect microwave heating has on foods that are covered with plastic VTap. A total of 1.470 high school seniors from. 49 states. Puerto Rico and an international school in Egypt entered the Intel science competition. The semifinalists are from 184 high schools in 39 states. Nearly half of the semifinalists 145 students are from New- York. Twenty-one are from Virginia and 20 are from California. Monday, judges will announce the names of 40 finalists who will get a trip to Washington, D.C., in Arkansas Democrat '.^(^zizettc | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1999 Shots near bus stop lead to youths arrest A Hall High School student was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of unlawful discharge of a weapon from a car after another student told police the youth fired two shots into the air at a bus stop in Little Rock. Police said several students were waiting for a bus at 28th and Harrison streets when the 16-year- old youth and another boy drove up in a car. The youths- said something to one of the students waiting for the bus and fired two shots into the air. police said. Students told police that the shots had something to do with a fight Tuesday on a school bus. Police arrested the two students when they arrived at Hall High in the suspects car. The youth with the gun was held, andu A rkansas Democrat ) ' WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1,2000 70s football star, teaching in LR district, held in sex case i! tv? -W BY JIM BROOKS Tuesday afteniooii. Little Rock ARKANSAS UEMOCRAi OAZ.n 11- pollcc aiTCsted Tolbeil, who for a Emanuel Tolbert once shined year and a half has been a substi- under the gridiron spotlight snar- tute teacher in the Little Rock ing touchdown passes from quar- Poiinni nictript nn w.arT.ants allee-' terback Houston Nutt during Tol- School District, on warrants alleg- ing that he had sexual contact berts glory days at Little Rock witli girl students. , RiS Central High. Three girls, ages 14,15 and 17, | gT After high school, Tolbert have told police that Tolbert took
smashed school records in an All- them to his home and engaged in.
American career at Southern sexual acts with tliem. Police affi- . Methodist University and spent 11 davits said two of the girls attend- years in the Canadian Football cd Hall High Scliool and the third League. attended Forest Heights Junior But now the 41-year-old is the Higli Scliool. subject of attention for all the ^School District spokesman wrong reasons. See TOLBERT, Page 11A fia*'? S! Emanuel Tolbert Tolbert (Continued from Page 1A Suellen Vann said Tolbert's last viprkday was Feb. 18, and he will not be used as a substitute in the future. Tolbert had substituted at Horace Mann Magnet School and Hall High School, and most frequently worked as an in-school suspension teacher at Hall High. ,i,.The spokesman said the allegations of inappropriate sexual contact were first reported by the Hall High School principal to the School Districts Safety and Security Department, which quickly the W' the lock Police Department Tuesday, police detective dra Williams, the lead in- tor in the case, obtained its charging Tolbert with le count of rape and two counts ' ' first-degree violation of a minor. In an affidavit in support of the arrants, Williams outlined the in- istigation. The 17-year-old Hall High stu- mt told Williams that in mid-No- miber, Tolbert called her to his 3sk and began small talk. IThe student] advised that Mr. Albert told her that when she rst walked in he thought that she rd a nice ass, Williams wrote. The girl] said that at the end of Ke day, he asked her to stay after Hass. B During a conversation after Bass, Tolbert asked the girl if she Bas up to having sex with him, &d the student agreed, the affi- vit continued. The next day, the ri and Tolbert passed notes dur- Kg class, and at one point, the 41- ftar-old exposed himself to the B
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