'North Little Rock School District Status Report Regarding North Little Rock Plan Implementation in 1990-91''

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JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 3400TCBYTOWER 425 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201-3472 (501) 375-1122 TELECOPIER (501) 375-1027 April 23, 1991 Christopher J. Heller, Esq. FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. Ann Brown OFFICE OF DESEGREGATION MONITORING -Offlco 111 MuolcC lt'ClSoO uth NulMlo,-37203 (S15)~M8&< Telocople,(:S 15)~ - Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building M. Samuel Jones, Esquire WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 200 West Capitol Avenue 2200 Worthen Bank Building Little Rock, AR 72201 John W. Walker, Esquire JOHN W. WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Richard W. Roachell, Esq. MITCHELL & ROACHELL 1014 West Third Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Sharon Streett ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUC. Education Building Four Capitol Mall Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 RE: NLRSD March 1991 Status Report Dear Mses. Streett, Brown and Counsel: Please find enclosed the North Little Rock School District's March 1991 Status Report. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. SWJ/kam Enclosure V~ry_.......trul ours, // - - ~-Stephen W. Jones IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION FILED i
.,$lF.~NJ~/ffJ\.if~l\~f 1sA~ APR 2 3 1991 ,v. ...../- \- 1i:,'I 'I. .. I NTS1'QLERY-. MG'E ' By: 1 L O A .Nl,...., DEP.Clc:RX LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF VS. NO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. DEFENDANTS LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KATHERINE KNIGHT, et al. NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT STATUS REPORT REGARDING NORTH LITTLE ROCK PLAN IMPLEMENTATION -IN 19 9 0-91 Attached hereto are reports from "Lhe North Little Rock administrators responsible for implementing the North Little Rock School District's desegregation plan as approved by this Court and the Court of Appeals. The purpose of the report is to make the Court and parties familiar with the actions taken to March, 1991 relevant to implementing the North Little Rock Plan. The report is not intended to describe every feature of the Plan, but rather to describe the actions that have occurred in 1990-91. Previous status reports have discussed numerous actions taken in earlier years and will not be restated here. As new actions occur affecting other aspects of the Plan they will be described in - subsequent reports. Respectfully submitted, JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. 425 West Capitol Avenue 3400 TCBY Tower Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 ( 50 375-1122 ~(,j/~ STEtjfNw. JONEV I.D.# 78083 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this 23rd day of April, 1991 sent one copy of the foregoing North Little Rock School District Status Report, postage prepaid via United States Postal Service to ~he following: Christopher J. Heller, Esq. FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. Little Rock
Arkansas 72201 M. Samuel Jones, Esquire WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 200 West Capitol Avenue 2200 Worthen Bank Building Little Rock, AR 72201 John W. Walker, Esquire JOHN W. WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 2 Ann Brown OFFICE OF DESEGREGATION MONITORING 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building _Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Richard W. Roachell, Esq. MITCHELL & ROACHELL 1014 West Third Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Sharon Street ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUC. Education Building Four Capitol Mall Litt . Rock, Arkansas 72201 MARCH 1991 STATUS REPORT NORTH LITILE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTENTS Section I Equity Section II Student Affairs Section III Personnel Section IV Instruction Section V Public Relations Section VI Monitoring SECTION I EQUITY TlHDEN OR.TH lfITlE R.OCKP UBlKC OCHOOl ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 2700 POPLAR STREET March 19, 1991 MEMO TO: Mr. James R. Smith, Superintendent of Schools FROM: Mable W. Bynum, Assistant Superintendent for Desegregation SUBJECT: Progress Report of Deseqre~ation Plan Activities to the Federal Court EDUCATION AND EQUITY ISSUES Elimination of One-Race Classes. Teachers and guidance counselors make special efforts to recruit and register black students into college-prep and honors courses. All 1990-91 secondary classes were scheduled by the District's Computer Services Department using recently purchased software designed to racially balance classes, and Elementary Principals made special efforts to assign students to classes where interactions between races would occur. As a result, only a limited number of one-race classes exist. Principals have completed an assessment of classes to identify such sections and taken steps to eliminate them. District and school administrators, as well as guidance counselors have been advised of areas of concerns and strategies are being developed to increase the number of black students in upper-level courses to ensure fewer possibilities for one-race classes. Districtwide at the secondary school level there are seven regular education classes of one-race, out of 1,326 regular classes. Five of the classes are second year elective courses: Auto Mechanics II, Drafting, Painting, Sculpture and Creative Writing II, III and IV (all white). One class is a beginning level elective Journalism course (all white). Another class is an Honors Chemistry section (all white.) This section is offered opposite Athletics and all of the black students electing to participate in Honors Chemistry are athletes, therefore, are assigned to the P.O. BOX 687, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72115/0687 so1n71-8000 only other Honors Chemistry section. At the elementary level there is one Kindergarten class of one-race (all black), out of 48 classes. 'Kindergarten students are exempt from the court approved student assignment plan. Out of a total of 258 sections of special education classes there are 40 one race special education classes where students are assigned in accordance with individual educational plans. These classes vary in size from two to eight. Individualized speech therapy classes are not included. Assist school biracial and human relations teams to assess racial climate. All vacancies on school human relations teams have been filled. A committee is being established to develop an instrument for assessing the racial climate. The committee is composed of the Assistant Superintendent for Desegregation, Director of Computer Services, Coordinator of Informational Services, one building administrator, one elementary teacher, two parents and one secondary student. Four of these individuals will be black and four white. Conduct staff development activities consistent with desegregation plan to include prejudice reduction and discipline. Pre-school staff development programs included these activities consistent with the desegregation plan: 1. Cross-Cultural Interaction 2. Teaching "At Risk Students" 3. Monitoring The Desegregation Plan 4. Multicultural Information and Book Fair 5. Teaching in a Desegregated Setting. (See attachments I-A, I-B, and I-C.) All District personnel who interact with students and their parents were required to attend various sessions designed to improve cross-cultural interaction. Noncertified employees (clerical, cafeteria, custodial, lunchroom aides and substitute teachers) participated in one-half day sessions. Transportation Department employees (bus drivers and crossing guards) participated in safety training sessions in addition to those designed to address prejudice reduction. October 22 and November 5 were designated as days for desegregreation training for all instructional staff. Activities were specificaly planned to address the matter of teaching in the desegregated school sP~ting. Topics addr~ssed included: (See attach!rents 1-Dl & I-D2) 1. 4 Mat System (Learning Styles) ' 2. Working With Parents Effectively 3. Flexible Grouping for Reading (to include the entire class) 4. Monitoring Special Education Student Assignments 5. TESA (an overview) for Secondary Staff 6. Cooperative Learning Overview. 7. Community Awareness Assign Activity Directors in all secondary schools. The following individuals are 1990-91 secondary school Activity Directors: North Little Rock High School-West Campus North Little Rock High School-East Campus Lakewood Middle School Ridgeroad Middle School Rose City Middle School - Anita Cameron - Jeff Huddleston - Rickey Jones - Brian Breeding - Sherry Ratliff Activity Directors have been given release time to fulfill responsibilities. Activity Directors attended a workshop conducted by Mr. Horace Smith of the Arkansas Department of Education Equity Center on September 5. Activity Directors scheduled building staff meetings for Horace Smith to discuss teachers' roles in developing a quality activity program that includes all students. Monitor student participation in extracurricular activities. Secondary Activity Directors and Assistant Superintendents for Student Affairs and Desegregation have developed a reporting form for club sponsors to periodically report participation. (See attachment I-E.) Monitor the extra-curricular selection process. Regular Reports are required from sponsors. All clubs and activities must develop bylaws to be filed with school Activity Directors who must approve all regulations relating to membership. Ensure that all selection committees are biracial. All sponsors must secure Activity Directors' approval of selection committees prior to selection of membership. Publicize the extracurricular selection process. Activity Directors will prepare information to be included in building announcements, school newspapers and newsletters to parents regarding selection of students for extracurricular activities. Design activities to increase minority student participation in Extracurricular Activities. Activity Directors are working with administrators, sponsors and students to increase minority student participation. Activities already implemented include an activity period during the school day, an "Activity Fair" at the West Campus, an incentive card program designed to increase participation and reward those who are active, and an advisor/advisee program at the middle school level. Monitor activities to ensure that activities such as pageants and homecoming courts are not separated by race. A committee composed of District and building administrators, Activity Directors, parents, club sponsors and students planned homecoming activities. Activity Directors and Principals monitored homecoming court elections to avoid the separation of races. Election results were six Freshman Maids (4 white, 2 black), Six Sophomore Maids (3 white, 3 black), Six Junior Maids (4 white, 2 black), and eight Senior Maids (5 white, 3 black). One white Senior was crowned Queen, one black Senior was crowned Maid of Honor. Prepare school activity reports to be presented to the Superintendent, School Board and Biracial Committee. Activity Directors are collecting data on a continuous basis to prepare an annual report for presentation during May, 1991. Conduct in-district summer camps for cheerleaders, drill teams and pep club members. Clinics were conducted the week of August 6 for all spirit group members grades 7-11. The clinics were planned and conducted by varsity team members who attended out-ofdistrict clinics. (See attachment I-F.) MONITORING Form a District Biracial Committee. Individuals have been appointed to fill two vacancies existing on the twenty-two member committee. Parent/ patron member was selected by School Board Member and the educator was chosen by professional peers. The committee has met every month except July, to revi~w and discuss information supplied by District administrators. (See attachments I-01 thru I-011) Form'biracial committees to assist with monitoring and evaluation of school programs. School monitoring teams have been re-established for 1990-91 due to staff reassignments and parent changes as the result of student transfers, promotions or reassignment. (See attachment I-G.) Provide training for biracial monitoring teams. Mr. Bradley Scott, Coordinator of Region VI Desegregation Assistance Center, San Antonio, Texas, conducted training sessions for school monitoring teams on September 26 and 27. The sessions were three hours in length and one of the five sessions was scheduled for night in order to accommodate parents unable to attend morning or afternoon sessions. (See attachment I-H.) Assist school biracial teams with site-based monitoring. District Administrators continue to collaborate with Little Rock and Pulaski County School District Administrators on the development of an instrument for monitoring teams to use. The Assistant Superintendent for Desegregation continues to meet with school monitoring teams to expand training in the monitoring process. The Assistant Superintendent for Desegregation developed a tenative schedule for monitoring team visits. (See attachment I-I) Selected Central Office Administrators will be assigned as school team advisors, available to assist teams on visit days. The administrators attended the team training sessions conducted by Mr. Bradley Scott. Collect and share critical information with School Board and Districtwide Biracial Committee. Results of secondary schools extracurricular activities reports were communicated to School Board and Biracial Committee. (See attachments I-J and I-K.) Analysis of staff reflecting minority recruitment, employment, retention and assignment was supplied to School Board and Biracial Committee. (See attachment I-L.) Mr. Bradley Scott, Coordinator of Region IV Desegregation Assistance Center conducted an informal workshop for School Board Members regarding their responsibilities for readership in a desegregated school setting. (See attachment I-M.) District Administrative Desegregation Team will assist with monitoring process. The administrative team has met monthly to review data, identify areas of concern, and develop plans to address all concerns. The team has been expanded to include the Director of Personnel. (See attachments I-Nl through I-Nll.) SECTION I Attachments I-A through I-011 OBJECTIVES l. To expand multicultural awareness 2. 3. 4. 5. To provide an opportunity for staff to better understand the importance of good human relations skills in a desegregated school seeting. To help staff better understand the needs of all students enrolled in a desegregated school setting. To increase staff's awareness of the District's Desegregation Plan and the monitoring process. To increase awareness of multicultural teaching materials. O<OUPA C.!OUP B C.PUP C c
OUP 0 NORTLHI TTLER OCKS CHOODLI STRICTS TAFFo tlloPMENTEACHINIGN A DESEGREGASTEETDT ING Auyust 22, 1990 8 a.in. - 4 p.m. North Little Rock High School - East Campus Stuff is divided into four groups All groups will rotate to each session GROUAP = LASTN AMEAS - D GROUBP LASTN AMEES - J GROUCP LASTN AMEKS - R GROUDP = LASTN AMESS - Z rOPICS: 14 AN OVERVIEW AUDITORIUM 8:00 9:00 Aud Aud Aud Aud Presenters: James Smith, Superintendent of Schools Hable Bynum, Asst. Supt. for Deseg Bradley Scott, Coordinator !ORA 15 CROSSC ULTURAINLT ERACTION CAFETERIA Pre~id1ny: Gloria Snti th Presenter: Brudley Scott 16 TEACHIN"GA TR ISK" STUDENTMSI NI-AUDITORIUM Presiding: Esther Crawford Elementary Presenter: SJnford Tollette Pres 1d1ng: Dana Chadwick Secondary Presenter: Carol Carlon 17 MONITORITNHGE D ESEGREGATPILOANN ROOM11 8 Presiding: Jim Morris Presenter: Mable Bynum IB MULTICULTUIRNAFLO /FAIR Presiding: Jo Stewart Presenter: Nova Staggs AUDITORIUM t.00 9 25 10:JS 10:45 11 :55 l:lO 2:40 9:25 10 JS 10:45 11: 55 I: JO Z:40 2:~ lruk C1fe Break Aud Lunch lhnl Bruk C1fe Bruk Aud Break C1fe Lunch 118 Bruk C1fe Bruk Mini Bruk 118 Lunch Aud Bruk C1fe Bruk 118 Break M1n1 Lunch (1ft Bruk C f e 2:50 4:00 118 Nini C1f Aud ):> r+ r+ PJ n :::,- 3 (1) :::, r+ ...... I ):> Please ma.is eva.ion fonn and leave with the presenter of session CROSSC ULTURAINLT ERACTION Low I. Were the obJectives of the presentation clearly stated? 1 2 3 2. Were the objectives met? 2 3 3. Did you learn something which you can effectively use7 2 3 4. Did you learn something that you can share with others? 2 3 5. COlll!lentso r Suggestions: TEACHIN"GA T RISK" STUDENTS Low I. Were the objectives of the presentation clearly stated? 1 2 3 2. Were the objectives met? 2 3 3. Did you learn something which you can effectively use? 2 3 4. Did you learn something that you can share with others? 2 3 5. C01T111eonrt s Suggestions: MONITORTINHGED ESEGREGATPIOLN4N I. Were the objectives of the presentation clearly Low stated? 1 2 3 2. Were the objectives met 7 2 3 3. Did you learn something which you can effectively use? 2 3 4. Did you learn something that you can share with others? 2 3 5. C01T111eonrt s Suggestions: MULTICULTUIRNAFLO [F41R 1. Were the objectives of the presentation clearly Low stated? 1 2 3 2. Were the objectives 111et? 1 2 3 3. Did you learn something which you can effectively use? 2 3 4. Did you learn something that you can share with others? 2 3 5. C011111enotrs Suggestions: 18. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - Higi 5 5 5 5 High 5 5 5 5 High 5 5 5 5 High 5 5 5 5 Date: TIIE NORTII L_ITTLE - l'UDLIC .OOLS STAFF OEVELOl'HENT 1990-1 Soc. Sec. Number N.-.me SESSION l: SESSION 2: SESSION ) : SESSION 4: SESSION 5: Signature OBJECTIVES 1. To expand multicultural awareness 2. To provide an opportunity for staff to better understand the importance of good human relations skills in a desegregated school seeting. 3. To help staff better understand the needs of all students enrolled in a desegregated school setting. 4. To increase staff's.awareness of the District's Desegregation Plan and the monitoring process. 5. To increase awareness of multicultural teaching materials. NORTIL-1I TTLE ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT STAFF DEVELOENT rt rt cu n ::r El (1)
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August 21, 1990 8 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. H I to North Little Roe~ High School - East Campus 8 a.m. Presiding: Opening Remarks: Greetings: General Information: An Overvie,, Auditorium Mable Bynum Asst. Superintendent for Desegregation Janes Smith Superintendent of Schools Reverend J.W. Johnson President of Board of Education Mable Bynum BREAK 8:40 a.m. Cross Cultural Interaction Auditorium Presenter: BREAK Bradley Scott Coordinator of Region VI Federal Desegregation Assistance Center San Antonio, Texas 10:00 a.m. Interacting with "At RisJ.." Students Auditorium Presenter: Bradley Scott EVALUATIOFNO RN ~le4se mark t111s ev4luation fonn and leave witn the presenter CROSSC ULTURAILN TERACTION I. Were the OOJeCtlVes of the presentation clearly stated? Were the OOJectives met? ). Did you learn something which you can effectively use? 4. 01d you learn something that you can share with others? C011111enotsr Suggestions: of session ,s. Low l 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 High 5 5 5 5 Date: Soc. Sec. Nwn.b~r SESSION 1: SESSION 2: SESSION 3: SESSION : SESSION 5: TIIE NORTII LITTLE ROCK l'U0LIC SCHOOLS STAFF OEVELOl'MENT 1990-1991 OBJECTIVES 1. To expand multicultural awareness 2. To provide an opportunity for staff to better understand the importance of good human relations skills in a desegregated school seeting. 3. To help staff better understand the needs of all students enrolled in a desegregated school setting. 4. To increase staff's.awareness of the District's Desegregation Plan and the monitoring process. 5. To increase awareness of multicultural teaching materials. NORIBL ITTLE ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICTS TAFFD E\IELOPMENr ~RKI!'K
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RffiATSECDH OOSLE TTIOO August 21 , 1990 12:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Noroth Little Rock High School East Campus 12:45 p.m. Presiding: Opening Remarks: Greetings: General Information: An Overview Auditorium Mable Bynum Asst. Superintendent for Desegregation James Smith Superintendent of Schools Reverend J.W. Johnson President of Board of Edu~tion Mabl.e Bynum BREAK 1:25 p.m. Cross Cultural Interaction Auditorium Presenter: BREAK Bradley Scott Coordinator of Region VI Federal Desegregation Assistance Center San Antonio, Texas 2:50 p.m. Interacting with "At Risk" Students Auditorium Presenter: Bradley Scott > rt rt Ill n 1 lb ::, rt H I (") EVALUATIOFONR M Ple1se Mrk this tvluation fo,,. ind le1ve with tht prtstnttr of CROSSC ULTURAINLT ERACTION I. Wtre the ObJectives of tht prtstnttion clerly Low Stiled? l 2. Wtrt the objectives inet? l. Otd you lurn SOlltthing which you cn effectively use? 4. Did you learn soinething tht you cn shre with others? s. C~nts or Suggestions: session ,e. 2 l 4 2 3 4 2 l 4 2 3 4 High 5 5 5 5 Date: TIit NORTII LITTLE -K rUDLI.OOLS STAFF OEVELOrHENT 1990-1991 Soc. Sec. Nwnbl!r N&111e SESSION 1: l..,'._
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m~c,Ari::r- "i':-ll}'j,:t~ ,~i: \ :1 l"! !'~\-TF :l, SESSION 2: SESSION): SESSION 4: SESSION 5: NORTH LITTLE ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHING IN A DESEGREGATED SETTING Staff Development, October 22, 1990 Attachment I-0 I Kindergarten, Elementary Media Specialists/Clerks and Instructional Aides 8:00 - 11: 00 - 12:15 - 1:30 - 1:45 - 11: 00 12:15 1:30 1:45 3: 30 4 Mat System (Learning Styles) Cafeteria Lunch Working with Parents Effectively Auditorium Break Make and Take Annex (Aides will report to Room 504 from 1:45-3:30) Grades One, Two, and Three Teachers 8:00 - 11: 00 4 Mat System (Learning Style) Cafeteria 11:00 - 12: 15 Lunch 12:15 - 1:30 Working with Parents Effectively Auditorium 1: 30 - 1:45 Break 1:45 - 3: 30 Flexible Grouping for Reading Mini-Auditorium ~des Four, Five, Six Teachers, Elementary Special Education/Gifted Teachers and Elementary Counselors I 8:00 - 9:15 9:15 - 9:30 9:30 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:30 12:30 - 3:30 Secondary Staff 8:00 - 9:15 9:15 - 9:30 9:30 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:30 12:30 - 3:30 9: 30 - 11: 15 tJ:ondary Staff 8:00 - 11: 00 - ~:15 - w-:3o 1:45 11: 00 12:15 1:30 1:45 3:30 Working with Parents Effectively Auditorium Break Flexible Grouping for Reading Mini-Auditorium (Special education teachers and counselors will report to Room 501 and Gifted teachers will report to Room 502 from 9:30 - 11:15) Lunch 4 Mat System (Learning Style) Cafeteria A-K (Alphabetical by last name) Working with Parents Effectively Auditorium Break TESA Overview Room 118 (Band Room) Lunch 4 Mat System (Learning Styles) Cafeteria Cooperative Learning Overview Room 106 L-Z (Alphabetical by last name) 4 Mat System (Learning Styles) Cafeteria Lunch Working with Parents Effectively Auditorium Break TESA Overview Room 118 (Band Room) NORTH LITTLE ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS November 1, 1990 MEMO TO: All Principals FROM: Gene Jones, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction SUBJECT: Desegregation Training - November 5, 1990 Monday, November 5, has been designated a desegregation training day. The attachments to this memorandum indicate the day's assignments for each instructional staff member on your campus. All employees will participate in a community tour for one-half day and one workshop for one-half day. Those in the morning workshops will participate in the afternoon tour and vice versa. The three hour tour will begin at NLRHS West campus and will include those sections of town often overlooked by staff members. Tour stops will provide inform~tion about the students who are our charge. a.The workshop assignments are consistent with the preferences ~xpressed by teachers on the survey taken October 22. Participants will receive notice from the coordinators of their respective workshops but this notice can be used for determining each person's assignment for the day. Pleilse see that each has access to the attached information. r NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Desegregation Training November 5, 1990 Workshop TESA - Elementary TESA - Secondary a.m. ~ESA - Secondary p.m. Cooperative Learning - Elem Cooperative Learning - Sec. Math Manipulatives 1-3 Math Manipulatives 4-6 Crisis Intervention a.m. Crisis Intervention p.m. Classroom Management 4-Mat a.m. 4-MAT p.m. School Based Teams Gifted Teachers Chapter 1 Aides Community Tour a.m. Community Tour p.m. Kindergarten Teachers Media Specialists & Aides Compensatory Ed. Aides Cultural At~reness Place Board Room East Library East Library Indian Hills Elem. Indian Hills Elem. Annex Annex East Mini-Audit. East Mini-Audit. Rose City Middle Lakewood Middle Lakewood Middle West Activity Ctr. Annex, Mini Audit. Annex, Library West-22nd St. Parking Lot West-22nd St. Parking Lot Board Room Annex Annex, Mini Audit. East Band Room Time 8:30 - 8:30 - 12:30 - 8:15 - 12:45 - 8: 30 - 12:30 - 8:00 - 12:30 - 8:30 - 8:30 - 12:30 - 8: 30 - 8: 30 - 8:30 - 8: 30 - 12:30 - 12:30 - 12:30 - 12:30 - 12:30 - 11: 30 11:30 3:30 11: 15 3: 4 5 11: 30 3:30 11:30 4:00 11: 30 11: 30 3:30 11:30 11: 30 11:30 11: 30 3:30 3: 30 3:30 3: 30 3:30 Group One COMMUNITY TOUR ITINERARY Objectives of the Community Tour 1. To orient neighborhoods District personnel within the to the communities and North Little Rock School 2. To acquaint personnel with the diversity of cultural and socioeconomic groups within the school district 3. To increase sensitivity to the needs of our diverse population 4. To increase awareness of the role of the district's Transportation Department Belwood (Belwood Elementary) North Heights (North Heights Elementary) Ridgeroad (Pikeview Elementary and Ridgeroad Middle School) Indian Hills (Indian Hills Elementary) Overbrook (Crestwood Elementary) Lakewood Village/McCain Mall Meadow Park (Meadow Park Elementary) Glenview (Glenview Elementary) Stop at New llope Baptist Church Tie Plant Rose City (Rose City Middle School, Lynch Drive Elementary, Rose City Elementary) Dixie Hemlock Courts (Redwood Elementary) East Washington Avenue Shorter Gardens/Sherman Park (Seventh Street Elementary) Downtown North Little Rock/West 4th Street Baring Cross (Baring Cross School) Vestal Park (Boone Park Elementary) Rest stop at Boone Park Elementary Windamere Silver City Courts Argenta Elementary Eastgate Terrace (Pine Elementary) NORTH LITTLE ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS STAFF DEVELOPMENT - FEBRUARY 25, 1991 12:30 - 3:30 PM. SMALL GROUPS 1.EA.QEB LOCATION TESA (ELEMENTARY) TESA (SECONDARY 1) TESA (SECONDARY -2) COOPERATIVE LEARNING MATH MANIPULATIVES CRISIS INTERVENTION t.EOIA SPECIALISTS SECONDARY COUNSELORS SCHOOL BASED TEAMS CHAPTER I AIDES SECTION 50-4 HANDICAPPED DUE PROCESS CRITICAL THINKING 1 CRITICAL THINKING 2 CRITICAL THINKING 3 CRITICAL THINKING CRITICAL THINKING 5 CRITICAL THINKING 6 CRITICAL THINKING 7 ESTHER CRAWFORD RELLIA DILLINGER GLORIA SMITH LETITIA MARTIN. NOVA STAGGS JESS WALKER NANCY MOORE JO STEWART DANA CHADWICK, MARGIE POWELL SHARON WILLIAMS JIM OYER JANN PHARO STEVE PHAUP SUSIE NELSON BOARD ROOM ANNEX ANNEX WEST CAMPUS, ACTIVITY CENTER LIBRARY, CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH BUILDING EAST CAMPUS, MINI AUDITORIUM LAMAN LIBRARY, LECTURE HALL RIOGEROAO MIDDLE SCHOOL. t.EOIA CENTER ROSE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA LAKEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. ROOM 103 ANNEX. AUDITORIUM ANNEX. SPECIAL SERVICES CONFERENCE ROOM SUSAN FENDLEY. WEST CAMPUS, ROOM 111 KIM CALDER, SANORA HENSON CHRISTINE MCRAE. ANN KINCL MAURI DOUGLAS. BETH COUSINS KAREN CHAPPELL, TAMMY FRELIGH CRICKET HICKS, GARY WILSON MARY C. EAST, MANDY WARE SUZV SHAUNFIELO. LINDA BENNETT WEST CAMPUS, ROOM 112 WEST CAMPUS. ROOM 113 WEST CAMPUS, ROOM 11 WEST CAMPUS, ROOM 115 WEST CAMPUS, ROOM 116 WEST CAMPUS, ROOM 117 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR DESEGREGATION FEBRUARY 25, 1991 NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL-WEST CAMPUS JAMES R. SMITH, SUPERINTENDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION LYNN HAMIL TON, PRESIDENT MABLE MITCHELL PAT BLACKSTONE PRENTICE DUPINS DIXIE HARRISON EMILY DENTON J.W. JOHNSON :> rt rt Ill n ::r E3 (I) ::, rt H t::I I N DISCIPLINE IN A DESEGREGATED SETTING NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WEST CAMPUS AUDITORIUM 8:00-8:15 8:15 - 9:45 9:45 - 10:00 10:00-11:15 11:15 - 12:30 12:30 - 3:30 INTRODUCTION AND ORGANIZATION MABLE BYNUM, ASSIST ANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR DESEGREGATION GENE JONES, ASSIST ANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR INSTRUCTION "REVISITING OUR VALUES: POSITIVE DISCIPLINE FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS" DR. JOAHN BROWN-NASH, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOSTEN'$ LEARNING CORPORATION COMMENTS - MR. JAMES R. SMITH, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS BREAK "SUCCESSFUL DISCIPLINE IN A DESEGREGATED SETTING" (SMALL GROUPS FACILITATED BY NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF, SEE OPPOSITE PAGE FOR ALPHABETIC ROOM ASSIGNMENTS) LUNCH, ON YOUR OWN CONTINUATION OF TRAINING BEGUN IN PREVIOUS DESEGREGATION WORKSHOP AS COMMUNICATED IN MEMO TO STAFF (SEE BACK PAGE FOR LOCATIONS) SMALL GROUP ROOM ASSIGNMENTS SECONDARY STAFF ~ flXJd LOCATION ALEXANDER, R. BRADSHAW, G. 16 BASEMENT LEVEL-MAIN BUILDING BRANCH, B. CASTEEL M. 101 1ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING CHRISTIAN, R. DAVIS, M. 111 1 ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING DAWSON,C.-GARRETT,G. 112 1 ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING GARRISON, J. HAVER, G. 113 1 ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING HAYNES, G. JORDAN, M. 114 1ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING JOYNER, V. LYMAN, J. 115 1 ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING MANZ, A. MOORE, M. 117 1ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING MORLEDGE, K. -QUATTLEBAUM, J. 118 1 ST FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING RAMEY, K. SICKS, L. MEDIA CENTER BASEMENT LEVEL-MAIN BUILDING SLATTON. T.- THOMPSON,M. 220 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING TILLER, L. WETHERINGTON, E. 201 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING WHALEN, Y. YOUNG, I. 203 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING ELEMENTARY STAFF ~ flXJd LQCATl()N ACKLIN, A. BOLT, J. 204 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING BONA, R. CLARK, L. 212 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING CLARK, S. DEVORE, R. 213 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING OIFFY, 0. EVANS, 0. 214 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING EVANS, M. GRIFFIN, B. 215 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING GRIFFITH, S. HOGAN, K. 217 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING HOKE, C. JENKINS, M. 218 2ND FLOOR-MAIN BUILDING JERROD, E. LATTING, L. 400 TOP LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING LAWHON,J.-MAYERHOFF,C. 406 TOP LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING MCCLINTON, J. NELSON, N. 407 TOP LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING NEUMEIER, S. POWELL, H. 409 TOP LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING POWELL, M. SERIO, S. 410 TOP LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING SETZLER, N. STOLL, S. 411 TOP LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING STORY, A. WEGHORST, M. 414 LOWER LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING WELCH, B. ZIEGLER, J. 417 LOWER LEVEL-SCIENCE BUILDING TO: NORTHLI TTLER OCKS CHOODLI STRICT EXTRACURRICUALCATRIV ITYR EPORT SCHOOL: Attachment I-E All Club and Activity Sponsors ---------------- 9M DATE: =--A~c=T=v-=I I=rv~RD=~-I= E=c=ro=-=R,------ ----------------- SUBJECT: Club/Activity Information ~ease provide information relevant Return by 1. Name of Club or activity: to the club or activity you sponsor. -------------------------- 2. Meeting Time and Place ____________ (Advise Activity Director of Change) 3. Name(s) of sponsors ----------------------------- 4. Is this club/activity governed by charter(s) from parent organizations: If yes, please attach copy of charter(s). ___ Yes_ __ No 5. Does club/activity have written by-laws or regulations? --- Yes-- - No If yes, please attach a copy including tryout procedures. 6. Does this club/activity use a selection committee (judges)? ___ Yes_ __ No If yes, please provide the following information: A. Number of Judges ___ ~-- Bl ack (Male __ Female White (Male __ Female 7. Does this club/activity have specific recruitment activities? .,--__ Yes ___ No If yes, please list activities and attach copies of any information sheets. 8. Number of current members: Black ___ White - Current Officers: Black ___ White __ _ 10. Have club/activity members been selected for 1990/91? ___ Yes_ __ No If yes, please provide the following information: A. Number seeking membership: Black White Grade Male Female Male Female B. Number selected for membership: Black White Grade Male Female Male Female Officers: Black White Grade Male Female Male Female SPONSORRE SPONSIBILITIES The success of the extra-curricular activity program at North Little Rock High School will depend qreatly on the attitude and dedication of the sponsors. Great care was given to the selection of sponsors for the various organizations. We hope that you will make a concentrated effort to assist us in establishing an activity proyra111th at enhances the curriculu111 and provides positive experiences for our students. We hope that the involvement of students in extra-curricular activities will serve as a catalyst in our efforts to make NLRHSa place where students and teachers work cooperatively to achieve a cooonong oal----TO MAKNEO RTHLI TTLER OCK HIGHS CHOOTLH EB ESTH IGHS CHOOILN ARKANSAS!!! Your responsibilities as a sponsor include: (l} keep records of m~nbership--by race, by qender, by qrade. (2) complete ACTIVITYR EQUESrT-O RMpr ior to scheduling. (COMPLETEFDO RMS HOULD BE RETURNETDO THEA CTIVITYO FFICEF ORA PPROVAL.) (3) complete FUNDR AISINGF ORMp rior to scheduling fund raisers. (COMPLETEFDO RM SHOULBDE RETURNETDO THEA CTIVITYO FFICEF ORA PPROVAL.) (4) provide a copy of constitution/bylaws of your organization. (ALL ORGANIZATIONS A MUSTH AVET HIS INFORMATIONF ILE IN THEA CTIVITYO FFICE. ASSISTANCWE ILLB E PROVIDEDI,F NEEDED.) (5) notify the Activity Office of any awards/recognition received by the organization and/or it's members. (6) develop ways to encourage participation by representatives from ALL segments of the school population. ( 7} develop selection processes that do NOT dissuade student involvement. (8) develop ways for your organization to promote NORTHLI TTLER OCKH IGHS CHOOL throuqh conununtiy involvement (9) attend all meetings and activities sponsored by your organization iiIID~ ~@m 1rIJJ=,
I l?]l1~ m@~~ ADMINlS .ATIVl ..)FF ICES June 19, 1990 MEMO TO: Secondary Principals Spirit Group Sponsors Spirit Group Members and JtJ/arents of Spirit Group Members Attachment I-F : ~IT~ ~~IMJ@@l1~
, :.if-'LARS TREET FROM:~obby Acklin, Assistant Superintendent for Student Affairs SUBJECT: Summer Camp The District will only endorse out-of-district summer camp attendance by varsity (12th grade) and junior varsity (11th grade) squads. There are two major reasons why the District is not endorsing summer camps for 7-8 and q-10 squads. First, the District intends to ensure equal access to a1 1 school programs and activities for every student. Second, the Tri-Di,,crict Desegregation Plan approved by the Federal Court specifically requires the District to eliminate factors that negatively impact student participation. In an effort to comply with court requirements, the District established a committee of parents, teachers, administrators and students to address all concerns and make recommendations for spirit groups. The committee's recommendations were accepted by the administration and approved for use by 1990-91 squads. Every student interested in trying out for spirit groups received a copy of those regulations and parents/guardians were required to grant permission to tryout
as well as express intent to abide by the regulations. Page six of the information packet specifically addressed summer camps and this information is being forwarded to you for review. The District is making efforts to absorb some of the cost of spirit group participation by providing uniforms and some transportation. To eliminate even more of the cost, the District is providing in-district clinics planned and conducted by the high school varsity and junior varsity squads following completion of their out-of-district clinics. These clinics are scheduled for the week of August 6. Detailed clinic information will be forwarded later. AR 72115/0687 SV 1758-1760 ., .I. CAMPS AND CUM~~TlTIONS: lh~ tallowing r~guldtions shdll be tollowed regarding Cdmps dnd competitions: A. Elt=-vPnth ~ ~h qr \d, ~"l~~~ a'lt,-
Dd ~'>---.
.r r~u on the .approv .,.1 or the co,,ch ,,nd the princip~._1. It t1-,1: squad e 1 ec ts Lo c1 l lend d L:dn,p, .Lt wi 11 not bt> mand" tory bLt t highly encour~ged tor dll members. 8. All expense,s to dttend a summer Cdmp and/or compet1t.Lon will be the responsibility of the members themselves. Fund ra1.sing pr OJ ec ts or dona ti n'=> 11,ay be, an option to at tse t the cost. C. -~ v . .,,~} ty ~ anti .Jc. V~y ~ sq~s w..u.,. spcr -or ..i!.~ r cl 1n 1c av,~1 ldhle to students in grades 7 throuqh 10. _,_ ------------.,.,,. __.. ---- D. Each squad may participdte in the following competitions as outlined below: 1. Varsity (1~) and Jr. Varisty (11) squads may participate in a competitition which is a regular part of their SL1mmer camp. lf, as a result of this competition, a squad qualifies for an ddditional level of competition that is sanctioned by the Ar~ansas Activities Association, the squad may do so at their own e::pense upon approval from the principal. ln add.Ltion to the above summer c0mpetitions, the squad~ mdy pdrt1cipate in the following number of competitions once the season begins. a) Varsity squad--2 bl Jr. Varsity, Sophomores, Freshman--1 4. The above commpetitions must not interfere with a game scht>duled
follow guid~lines Ec>stablished by the Ark. Activities Association
and be approved by the coach and the r,rincipal. These competitions and their possible advancements must take place within a oO-mile radius of the North Little Rock School District. E. Personal expenses incurred by the coach for either a camp or competition shall be the responsibility of the North Little Rock School District. 6. EDUCATORS l. Cynthia Hampton t3 2. Tom Hudson W 1. Glenn Branche 2. Doug Hall W 1. Susan Fendley W 2. Larry Griffo f
i 1. 2. Carolyn Hays v,/ C. W. Dawson B 1. Curtis Scott/} 2. Sherry Ratliff r./ 1. 2. Carolyn Allen W Darlene Kelley d 1. Annette Rogers W 2. Opal Goldsby 8 1. 2. Eva Allen B Susie Faith W Attachment I-G MONITORINGTE AMS NORTHL ITTLE ROCKH IGH SCHOOL-WESCTA MPUS STUDENTS PARENTS/ADDRESSES 1. Jenny Watson 8 l. Pattie Abbott, 4413 Dawson Dr., NLR 72116 W 2. Brian Nichoalds W 2. Phyllis Stokes, 5704 Sorenson, Apt. C, NLR~2118- 3. 4. Bill Lowe, 6605 Allwood, NLR 72118 )IV" Donna Ballard, 36 Heritage Circle, NLR 72116 B NORTHL ITTLE ROCKH IGH SCHOOL-EASCT AMPUS 1. J. T. ZakrezewskiW'l. Pat Brewer, 5225 S. Woodland, NLR 72117 8 Billy Watson, 416 West 25th, NLR 72114 ~ Lee Tedford, 5213 Nelson, NLR 72118 w' 2. Linda Ellis 6 2. 3. 4. Mrs. Robert Davidson, 10 Oak Tree Circle, NLRw 72116 LAKEWOOMDI DDLES CHOOL 1. Erika Ross 8 1. Kathy Barry, 3409 North Hills Blvd, NLR 72116W 2. Deidre Allen 6 2. James Brooks, 1721 N. Magnolia, NLR 72114 /J 3. Kevin Ballany W 4. Nathan Powell W 3. Dwain Ellison, 2017 Cedar Creek, NLR 72116 W 1. 2. 1. 2. 4. Lillian Ross, 102 Fork River, NLR 72116 8 RIDGEROAMD IDDLES CHOOL Tiffany Robinson 8 1. Brittney Gref W 2. 3. 4. Michael Alexander, 21 Valerie Court, NLR 72118 \'\' James Berry, 1611 Poplar, NLR 72114 f, Kathryn Dillard, 814 West 23rd, NLR 72114 8 W Cathy Gaskins, 6601 Rolling Hills, NLR 72118 ROSE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL Christopher Hic~nl. Cortney Squires W 2. 3. 4. Estella Brown, 5123 Po.erline Dr., NLR 72117 /3 Patsy Caldwell, 302 Kay St., NLR 72117 W Deotis Hickman, 5013 N. Wocdland Dr., NLR 72117~ Chuck Johnson, 4511 Haywood St., NLR 72117 W AMBOYE LEMENTARY 1. Christine Brown, 2206 Coors, NLR 72118 ~ 2. Becky Foster, 805 Valerie, NLR 72118 w' 3. Mary Johnson, 1912 Arrowhead, NLR 72118 W 4. Eugene Tyree, 1808 Arrowhead, NLR 72118 B ARGENTAE LEMENTARY 1. Nina Dallas, 220 West 22nd., NLR 72114 HIS~ 2. Alice Jefferson, 1505 Poplar, Apt. B, NLR 72114 b 3. Ivory Reis, 5521 Kari Hill Place, NLR 72118 W 4. Larry Rich, 2022 Romine, Little Rock, AR 72205 ~ BELWOOEDL EMENTARY 1. 2. 3. 4. Jim Caton, 3523 Frank, NLR 72118 Kim Johnston, 2500 Willshire, NLR 72118 Mrs. Jerry Bishop, 2209 N. B~rkley, NLR (
!oria LeJ, 2208 Wut 3Sth, Nl.ll. 72116 BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY w VI 721188 s - 1. Autreana Battles & 2. Deborah Whitehurst W 1. Evelyn Hicks, 1505 Nona, NLR 72114 8 2. Mildred Thomason, 1312 Frank, NLR 72114 W 3. Lou Thomas, 1810 West Short 17th, NLR 72115 W 4. Jacqueline Dotson, 2600 John Ashley Dr., , ~ Apt. Fl05, NLR 72116 EDUCATORS STUDENTS - 1. Karen Chappell 2. Maria Bryant ~ - 1. Shanon Neumeier w 2. Sheryll Smith 6 1. Valencia Powers 6 2. Jan Robertson W 1. Annie Morgan 8 2. Michael Wilkerson W - 1. Norma Nelson S 2. Paula Mace W 1. Brenda Martin W 2. Erma Jerrod e 1. Liz Jorgenson W 2. Deedra Bynum t\ 1. Shirley Kelly & 2. Margaret Hardcastley/ 1. Janie McClinton vJ 2. Esther Watson ~ CRESTWOOEDL EMENTARY PARENTS/ADDRESSES 1. Angeline Rollins, 65 Eastgate, NLR 72114 8 2. Jim Brown, 3505 Dunkeld, NLR 72116 W 3. Teresa Burns, 1700 N. Olive, NLR 72114 8 _ 4. Phil Shupe, 28 Sugar Creek, NLR 72116 W 5. Jane Bell, 4917 Hampton, NLR 72116 W 6. Curtis Sykes, 704 East 15th, NLR 72114 8 GLENVIEWEL EMENTARY 1. Christine Hickman, 5013 N. Woodland, NLR 72117k 2. Lewis Pruitt, 5104 N. Woodland, NLR 72117 d 3. Pat Hunter, 349 Goshen, NLR 72116 w 4. Carol Morris, 143 Plainview Cr., NLR 72116 W INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY 1. James Rhoades, 1909 Osage Dr., NLR 72116 W' 2. Christy Furcron, 2200 Ozark, NLR 72116 W 3. Laverne Price, S. G. Bldg. 78, #7, NLR 72114 ~ 4. James Hall, 5712 Cadron Creek, NLR 72116 fi LAKEWOOEDL EMENTARY 1. Andrietta Bonner, 1225 Geyer St., Apt. 611,6 2. Sheila Fortner, 4504 Little Rock, 72202 W Randolph, NLR 72116 3. 4. (~Gf'/Le,~~ will he. ,<J~d) LYNCHD RIVE ELEMENTARY 1. Lynn Floyd, 405 Healy, NLR 72117 w 2. Mary Jenkins, 1116 Healy, NLR 72117 3 3. Myrtle Borders, 6505 Farmstead, NLR 72117 W 4. Deborah McJunkins, 917 Greenlea, NLR 72117 8 MEADOPWA RKE LEMENTARY 1. Kathy Arman, 412 Meadow Park, NLR 72117 W' 2. Joyce Brewer, 319 Emily, NLR 72117 8 3. Kathleen Martin, 5016 Alpha, NLR 72117 ,- 4. James Smith, 704 Ellen, NLR 72117 NORTHH EIGHTSE LEMENTARY 1. Rosemary Frame, 1411 W. 49th, NLR 72118 W 2. Steve Arnold, 2619 East Second, NLR 72114 6 3. Judy Pettus, 5605 Crescent Dr., NLR 72118 I!.\ 4. Barbara Carpenter, 509 Libby Lane, NLR 72118W PARK HILL ELEMENTARY 1. 2. 3. 4. Deborah Rhodes, 1921 Crutcher, NLR 72118 6 Arlene Stephenson, 2736 John Ashley Dr., NLR 8 72114 canger Wortham, 324 Belmont, NLR 7 2116 '!Ii 1::lizabeth Ward, 38H Olive, NLR 72116 W PIKE VIEW ELEMENTARY 1. Krista Geran, 6600 Greenbank, NLR 72116 "!f1 2. Pat Wonn, 6113 Greenbank, NLR 72116 vv 3. Barbara Evans, 6613 Rustic Lane, NLR 72116 e 4. Ira Evans, 6613 Rustic Lane, NLR 72116 e EDUCATORS STUDENTS 1. 2. Bettianne Matthews W Loletha Wilkins 0 1. 2. Arthur Robinson Anne Shadle 1. Rosie Coleman 8 2. Karla Johnson W 1. Ruth Chandler f> 2. Jane Ploszay W 1. JoEllen McPherson W 2. Geneva Jordan f> PINE ELEMENTARY PARENTS/ADDRESSES 1. Ruby Campbell, 1513 W. 12th, NLR 72114 8 2. Peggy Mandrick, 4100 Bunker Hill, NLR 72116 W 3. Letitia Martin, 7907 Pinto Trail, NLR 72116 W 4. Faye Cooksey, 13 Eastgate, NLR 72114 A REDWOOEDL EMENTARY 1. 2. 3. 4. Quinzella Stacey, 101 Hemlock Ct. Apts., NLRD" ... 72114 Jan Parker, 2906 E. 4th, NLR 72114 W Robbie Fowler, 105 Hemlock Ct. Apts. ! NLR 721 l~ Tina Lofton, 306 North Palm, NLR 72114 W ROSE CITY ELEMENTARY 1. Lawrence Nelson, 716 Blossom, NLR 72117 /j 2. Lillie Green, 20C S. Clover, NLR 72114 Si 3. Kathy Harris, 709 Blossom, NLR 72117 W 4. Angela Cavalier, 535 Water St., NLR 72117 W SEVENTHS TREETE LEMENTARY 1. Joseph Jordan, 814 Cedar, NLR 22114 8 2. Helen Stegall, 600 Silverwood Trail, NLR 72llb, 3. Nathaniel Brown, 8912 Landers Rd., NLR 22117 d 4. Susan Robinson, 904 Valerie Dr., NLR 22118 W BARING CROSS 1. Dorothy Williams, 2616 Lansbrook Dr.!NLR 7211, 2. Michelle Poole, 617 Chandler, NLR 72115 W 3. Pat Judd, 4908 Page Hill, NLR 72115 W 4. Pat Crosslin, 4415 Lynn Lane, NLR 72118 8 Attachment I-H NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCIOOL DISTRICT MONITORINGT EAMT RAINING SESSIONS BOARDR OOMO F TIIE ADMINISTRATIONB UILDING WEDNESDAYS,E PTEMBER2 6, 1990 8:30-11:30 a.m. Amboy Elementary Argenta Elementary Belwood Elementary Boone Park Elementary Crestwood Elementary Glenview Elementary 1:00-4:00 p.m. Indian Hills Elementary Lakewood Elementary Lynch Drive Elementary Meadow Park Elementary North Heights Elementary Park Hill Elementary 5:30 p.m. School Board Desegregation Workshop THURSDAY,S EPTEMBER2 7, 1990 8:30-11:30 a.m. Pike View Element,1ry Pinc Elementary Redwood Elementary Rose City Elementary Seventh Street Elementary Baring Cross Center 1:00-4:00 p.m. Lakewood Middle School Ridgeroad Middle School Rose City Middle School North Little Rock High School-East North Little Rock lligh School-West 5:30-8:30 p.m. Any team member unable to attend an earlier session. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER2 8, 1990 8:30-11:30 a.m. Human Relations Training for Central Office Clerical Staff Attachment I-I SUC",GESTED SCI 1oor, MON f'l'OlnNG TEAM TIMELfNES ny Septcmb:r 12, 1990 Oy October 1, 1990 ny November 10, 1990 By November 20, 1990 fly 11<:cC?mrl x, 2 0, I 990 ny Jc1nuary 4, 1991 January 7, 1991 Jc1nuary 8, 1991 January 22, 1991 Pr.incipLlls identify team mcmr
('rs T0c1m training completC?d Principc1ls complotc School rrofi lP
:inrl forwilrd to L<"'am Ct1il i nn,,n Initial buildinq meeting to orqaniw and pli:in site visits. (ScllerlulP. with the Desc-:i Office <111d,J n ildviscr \/ill attend) Consider ilftc>r school m:'0.tinqs. Inform Pr
1H'i!>:1l of visit <late. M,ll<c> si t-p visits ,111d meet to mc1kc2 combined r0rort (i11rormation rc>c0ived from i-111 team members) CompletC?d rerorts are due in the Descg Office Reports to the Superintendent Rrports to the DistricL11icle Biracial '!'cam Reports to th2 Metror,ol i Urn Supcrvisor 's Office and the E(Jui ty Assistance C2nter of the Arlwnsc1s l::>cp,:.irtmcnt of Edurntion, as well as the NLRSD Board of Education Attachment I-J ADMINISTRATIVEO FFICES 2700 POPLARS TREET May 16, 2990 MEMO TO: James R. Smith, Superinter.dent of Schools FROM: ~ Mable W. Bynum, Assistant Superintendent for Desegregation SUBJECT: Secondary School Extracurricular Activities Report Attached you will find the 1989-90 Secondary School Extracurricular Activities R~ports. These reports were prepared by recently designated Extracurricular Activity Directors. In the future, the directors will coordinate and schedule activities, compile data required for reporting, and work with activity sponsors to develop and implement strategies to recruit students. Most extracurricular activities are sanction~d by the Arkansas Activities Association, which establishes guidelines for participation. Some are regulated by national charters and a few are local organizations operating under guidelines developed and approved locally. aw P.O. BOX 687, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72115/0687 501 /758-1760 N-1 ~ORTHL lTiL ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT t.XTRAC\.'Rf.iC\.'LAACRT IVlTlES RE!'ORT ~chool ___ N_O_R_T_H____E__ A_S__T TOTAL : 707>.L A..'-IZATlON ~e:!IERSHIP ~'.~BERSHIP OH I CERS .. en VITY Black l.'h 1 te s:ack l.h1te Black l.'hi te Band 14 67 17 Rl l 4 Basketball-Boys 32 4 89 l l --- ----- Basketball-Girls 8 6 57 41 1 1 CCECA 47 76 64 "\/
6 1 COE s 26 15 84 2 6 Caring Committee l 11 8 gz -- --- Cheerleaders 2 12 14 86 0 7 Choir 9 29 24 76 --- --- Close-Up l 6 14 86 0 4 DECA 1 L.1 7 93 l 6 Drill Team s 22 22 78 0 6 ~ 3 42 7 93 I r FHA 15 0 100 0 6 () Football 32 36 47 53 --- --- - French Club s 31 14 86 () 4 German Club 2 41 c
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0 3 Golf 0 6 0 100 --- --- Honor Society l so 2 QR n 1 Interact 6 24 20 RO n c
Just Sav No 1 4 ?n RO --- --- IKey Club 3 60 5 95 n 4 Life Preservers 3 27 10 90 0 I, Mu Alpha Theta 2 74 3 97 0 s N-2 ... OF'f'l CERS Bl.ck l.'h 1 t e 20 80 ---- ---- 'iO 'iO 86 14 25 75 --- --- 0 100 ---- --- 0 100 14 A/
() lnfl 1" 86 I 00 () ---- --- () I 00 0 1 nn ---- --- n tnn 0 1nn --- --- 0 1nn 0 1nn 0 1 nn == :r. C -. I ?lease check if yes I I I I I X \ X X X X V X X X X X X X r I X = National o-: Local Bylaws_. Charter ~ORTHL IT,~~ ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT EXTRAC~Rr.lC~LAACRT IVITIESR EPO~T -~chool Northeast (continued) TOTAL ~ :-OTAL CA.'
lZATION ~ntBERSHlP '.'.!:~BERSH IP OFF! CERS ,:.CT I VITY Slack 1.'h l t e e lack l.'hl te Black l.'h 1 t Paper Wings 1 16 6 94 0 5 SADD 0 20 /) 1 /)/) " 4 SAFE 0 1A /) 1 (1(\ 0 6 Science Club 0 20 0 1 /)/) (\ 4 Senior Cabinet 9 36 ?O RI) 0 1 Spanish Club 9 73 11 89 1 6 Student Council 9 41 18 R? (\ ,. Tennis 0 19 0 100 --- --- Track-Bovs 26 14 65 1'i --- --- Track-Cross Ctrv 1 6 43 57 --- ---- Track-Girls 10 2 83 1 7 --- --- ::: OHICC:i'lS BlHk ',
h 1 t 0 1 /)() /) I(\() (\ 1 (\(1 0 1 /)/) /) 101) 20 80 0 1 /) /) --- --- --- --- ---- ----- --- --- I I I X c:: '< C Jl Please -: check if yes X X V X National or Local By laws, Charters N-3 NORTHL ITTLE ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT c:: '< ' ,- EXTRACURRICUALACRTI VITIESR EPORT i:., - (J) {: (J) '< ::i Ole Main ,- ::J School c.. l: ..., V: ~ -:tZATION ~ C: TOTAL ~ TOTAL % !'iEMBERSHIP ~!E:-IBERSHIP OFFICERS OFFICERS Please check ACTIVITY Black l.'h ite 8 lack White Black White Black White if yes Art Club 12 48 20 80 l 7 12 88 Band 26 36 62 58 1 2 33 66 Baseball 7 13 35 65 0 0 0 0 Basketball-Boys 19 0 100 -- 0 0 0 0 Basketball-Girls 9 3 75 25 0 0 0 0 Catettes 6 14 )0 70 0 s 0 100 lrri:-r.i. 21 14 62 38 ') l,. 11 (-,7 X :< Cheerleaders 4 9 31 69 -- 2 - 100 Choir 21 24 47 53 0 0 0 0 COE 3 4 43 57 3 3 so so .. X Deca 3 18 14 86 1 3 25 75 11:very 80 20 80 20 3 l 75 25 Electronics VICA 2 11 15 85 0 0 0 0 X FBLA 15 11 58 42 3 s 37.S 62.5 X .. FHA 11 12 47 60 3 5 37. 5 62.5 X !Football 27 25 52 48 0 0 0 0 !Foreign Language 15 27 36 64 0 5 0 100 ~olf 1 4 20 80 0 0 0 0 Graphic Arts VICP 5 5 so so 2 4 33 67 .. X l/o L. 17. Mu Alpha Theta 7 17 29 70/0r 0 2/0rie :-t,O <
O/OriPnt- X X ~at'l Honor Socie lty 4 20 17 83 1 2 67 33 ., X Senior Cabinet 12 21 36 64 1 1 50 so { X Student Council 10 30 25 75 2 ? c
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n ~ . X = National or< Local Bylaws/ Charters -N-4 NORTHL ITTLE ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT c:c, '< ci" ,..... EXTRACURRICULAACRT IVITIES REPORT Cl - "' C 0:, "' '<,- 0 ::, > l OJ e 2.19Q 2 Cl '1J i C a C ...., "' ... ,..... (".) TOTAL % TOTAL % !IZATION MEMBERSHIP ~IE~BERSHIP OFFICERS OFFICERS Please check llTY Black White Black \Jhite Black White Black \Jh i te if yes nnis 0 4 0 100 0 0 0 0 .:ick-Boys 22 6 79 21 0 0 0 0 ack-Girls 22 4 73 21 0 0 0 0 CA(Auto/Machi1 e) l 9 10 90 1 4 20 80 X X :A (Drafting) 0 6 0 100 0 4 0 100 X X Lleyball 16 2 89 11 2 0 100 0 y Club l 21 4 95 l J 25 75 X X \ . X = National or Local bylaws/ Charter - N-5 NORTHL ITTLE ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT ::::: '< . , - .... EXTRACURRICULAACRT IVITIES REPORT ::., ::., - (/) ~ :r. :::, ~ 0 . Central Jr. Hi~h ~ ::> School ~ ..,, './'. ,... ~ TOTAL 7. ,OTAL .._, % GA.I~ Z AT I ON :-IEMBERSH!P ~IE~BERSH!P OFFICERS OFFICERS Please check ~CTIVlTY Black Wh 1 te Black l,lhite Black \,lhite Black l,lh1te if yes Student Council 7 14 33 67 2 3 40 60 X X Art Club 4 13 24 76 0 3 : 0 100 X X Band 64 111 37 63 l 3 25 75 X X Cheerleaders 12 63 16 84 X :< Science Club 16 53 23 77 0 3 0 100 X X Volleyball 67 40 63 37 Girls' Basketbal so 57 47 53 Girls' Track 52 29 64 36 Football 98 109 47 53 Boys' B_asketball 55 77 42 58 Boys' Track 50 52 49 51 ~ I - . .
. (- X = National or Local Bylaws/ Charters - N-6 ~ORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EXTRACURICULARA CTIVITIES REPORT -:.: :n .... ::., 0 ~L: LAKEWOODJU NIOR HIGH SCHOOL t: :l (/l !e I ORGANIZATION ACTIVITY I I I BAND BOYS' BASKETBALL GIRLS' BASKETBALL I FOOTBALL : BOYS' TRACK GIRLS' TRACK CHOIR I FHA 1 NAT JR HONOR SOC ~PAPER STAFF CHEERLEADERS I PEP CLUB PRE-VOCATIONAL CLUB STUDENT COUNCIL I GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL I I FCA (BOYS') FCA (GIRLS') SERENDIPITY LIBRARY MEDIA ASSOC I I A I TOTAL I % TOTAL I I CHECK I !-iE!-fBERSHIPHl EHBERSHIP OFFICERS i % OFFICERS ! IF YESi I I I I I I I ! I iBLACKiWHITElBLACKIWHITEIBLACKIWHITEIBLACKi~HITEi I 44 I 80 I 35 I 65 0 I I ! I I i 9 I 15 i 31. 5 I 62. 5 I 0 I I' : I I 4 I 14 22 l 78 i 0 I 15 I 52 'I 2 2. 4 j 7 7. 6 I 0 I I I I I 4 ! 11 I 27. 71 7 3. 3 I 0 I I I II I I 4 I 10 I 29 I 71 I 0 I I I I 39 I 26 I 60 I 40 I 0 I I I I I I I 9 l 6 I 60 I 40 I 4 I I 0 'I 36 0 I 100 0 I' I l I I 1 11 8 92 u 0 10 I 0 100 0 11 42 21 79 1 17 3 ' 85 15 3 I 6 18 25 75 0 7 7 50 50 0 I 10 25 29 71 1 2 4 33 67 0 13 73 15 85 1 1 17 6 94 0 I 2 I 28 7 93 1 I I I I 0 I 0 ! 0 ! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80 4 0 2 0 2 0 14 7 1 75 4 0 0 0 3 25 0 0 8 11 0 0 3 25 '' l '' II 0 ! ! ! ' I ' I I I I 0 I I : I 0 ! I I I 0 I I I i I 0 I ' I I 0 'I i 0 i : ' ' 20 X X I J 100 X X I ! I i 100 I ! 100 i 93 ! I I 25 X X 100 X X 0 i5 X X I 0 X X 89 0 I X X 75 X X X = National or N-7 Local Bylaws/ NOiTNL lTtLt loel SCHOODLl STilCT. ca '< ' ::: ,... t:XTiACURllCUW.ACTlVlTiUtSP OIT Ill Ill CA C. 1989-1990 Ul. ca '< 0 ~-1 ,... Ridgeroad Junior ::l ~ School Ill C "l CA .... TOTAL % ~ TOTAL % Please check ~ URCA.'.
I Z.A TlON 11E~I8ERSHtP ~IE~IIERSHIP OHICERS OFYICERS !TY bl.1ck White 81.ck Whit~ Bl.cl< White 81.Ac k White if yes Young Astronauts 2 12 14 86 f'I 3 /) 100 Band 42 73 34 63 2 2 so 50 Boys' Con. Choir 3 2 60 40 2 l 66 33 Girls' C. Choir 8 24 22 78 2 4 33 66 FBLA 2 5 28 71 2 4 33 66 X No FHA 18 13 -58 42 4 3 57 43 X X Honor Society 10 35 22 88 0 5 0 100 X X P~o club 5 16 24 76 l l 50 50 X X Student Council 18 21 48 52 3 1 so 50 X X Ch~erleaders 4 6 40 60 0 0 0 0 Boys' Football 19 24 44 . 56 0 0 0 0 ~ Basketball 14 11 56 44 0 0 0 0 Girls' Basketbal 11 7 61 39 0 0 0 0 Boys' Track 7 4 63 37 0 0 /) 0 Girls' Track 13 4 76 24 0 0 0 0 Voll~yball 14 9 61 39 0 0 0 0 ' ~ , - - X = National or,- - Local Bylaws/ Charters -N-8 ~-ION t r P 11 b td - (' 0 YlC. e.Jt.t zd- Va.1t.~i.ta . k. e..t b a.U. 8 8 /J ".th n PP g C bt>.thnPP r. x Utl e.a.d e.Jt-6 A tball :tlc.ie..tL/ Clu.b n c. e. c.tu.b e.n.t Cou.nc..i e.L/ba.t.t 8 e.l!bal.t 9 NORTHL ITTLE ROCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT EXTRACURRICUALACRTI VITIESR EPORT 1989-1990 TOTAL :t TOTAL MrnBERSHlP ~IE:-IBERSHIP OFFICERS Black llh 1 ce Bl~ck llhite Black l.'hite 4 14 23 77 I 2 20 11 6 5 3 5 7 1 7 I 2 3 7 63 N1A NIA 8 3 73 2 7 NIA NIA I 2 I 9 2 Ii NIA !JIA C, 3 6 3 n NIA IJ I J. l.. ., .. I 1- I 0 6' 63 3 7 3 4 5 3 63 3 7 3 2 2 5 1 8 58 -+ 2 NIA NIA 1 0 I 5 40 60 NIA NIA 20 24 4 5 5 5 3 2 45 50 4 7 53 NIA NIA I 2 20 3 7 63 2 6 5 4 56 44 4 0 P I 7 I Z 59 4 I z 2 4 4 50 50 NIA NIA 5 2 71 29 NIA NIA % OFFICERS Bl.ck llh 1 c e 3-+ 66 :,r, ~4 NIA .'JI A NIA ,'JI A \1 I A \1 I A IJ I A /J I ~ , .. -< 43 5 7 60 40 NIA NIA A NIA ,
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:J ~ ",: (/) ~ I? Please check if yes X :< - X :< X A X Y. X X X X = National or Local Bylaws/ Charters N-9 REOKGANIZEDSC HOOLS 1990/91 As of June 1, 1~90 11 - 12 NORTHL ITTLE ROCKS-CHOOLD ISTRICT EXTRACURRICULAACRT IVITIES REPORT 1990/91 School __________ _ TOTAL :Z TOTAL OR A~IZATION MEMBERSHIP >tE:-IBERSHIP OFFICERS ACTIVITY Black White Black White Black White ~xecutive Council Senior Cabinet 3 5 38 62 Representatives SPninr r..,,hinPt 8 16 33.S 66.5 Executive Council Student Council 4 6 40 (,0 Representatives Student Council 14 34 27 67 Mu Alpha Theta 6 67 8 92 Nut'l Honor Socie y 8 60 12 88 Cheerleaders: Varsity 4 12 25 75 l 2 Jr.Varsity 5 9 33 6(1 -- Drill Team: Varsity 10 19 34 66 2 4 Jr. Varsity 8 22 27 73 Band Flagline l 7 12 88 Swing Flags 0 4 0 100 Drum Majors l 1 so so % OFFICERS Black White 33 66 33 66 Attachment I-K 2 1 1 :x: Ill (/J '< " t--' Ill t: (/J Cl '< t--' Ill t: (/J 0
:I 'rj t"--"' " Cl) Please check if yes Orient ~It 6% His par 1C) 0 Orient al = 6% - REORGANIZEDSC HOOLS 1990/91 As of June l, 1990 NORTHL ITTLER OCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT . 0:, '< :I: I-" EXTRACURRICUALCATRI VITIESR EPORT Ill Ill (I) f
- (I) 1990/91 0:, '< 0 I-" p chool Middle School Ill t: '>1 (I) .... I-" TOTAL 4 TOTAL "' % R ZATION MEMBERSHIP }IE~BERSHIP OFFICERS OFFICERS Please check CTIVITY Black l.'hice Black l.'h1Ce Black 1.'hice Black l.'h1Ce if yes s~venth Cheerleru ers: Lakewood 4 16 20% 80% Ridgeroad 8 12 40% 60% Rose City 12 8 60% 40% Eighth Cheerleade trs: Lakewood 2 8 20% 80% Ridgeroad J 7 30% 70% Rose City 6 4 60% 40% ' I ' I I I e. I - . REORGANIZESDC HOOLS 1990/1991 NORTHL ITTLER OCKS CHOOLD ISTRICT EXTRACURRICUALCATRI VITIESR EPORT school ___ H_i_g_h_S_c_h_o_o_l_9_-_10 TOTAL 7. TOTAL PR A~IZATION MEMBERSHIP ~IE:1BERSH1P OFFICERS f',CTIVITY lllack White Black White Black White 1( Cheerleaders 3 10 23 77 9 2 20 9 91 Drill Team 10 11 15 42 58 9 26 26 50 50 Student Counci Ex Council 1( 5 4 56 44 ':) 3 3 50 50 ll Representa ti, C
j 5 10 33 66 9 5 10 33 56 ~ Total 18 27 40 60 Band FlaglinelO 0 6 0 100 9 8 4 67 33 Drum MajorslO 0 l 0 100 9 () 1 () I () () As of June 1_, 1990 % OFFICERS Black White :i:: Ill (/l tJ:l '<.. ... Ill t: (/l Please check if yes Attachment I-L J 'lJ H[J1Q~T (0JfJ<[ 'Jn1[ LTI[ .J 'lJ LJGlP:' .<0(:Jlf[(- U- itj'>J1rL~J ~[ )'_JH[(JXOlLS AOMINISTlv\TIV( Qrl ICI"~ 2700 1'01'1 An S rH[ET August 27, 1990 MEMO TO: Mr. Jumes I{. Sm.ith, SuperintenJent FROM: Mable W. Bynum, Assistant Superintendent [or Desegregut.ion SUBJECT: Status Report on Certified Minority Personnel Elementary Secondary Central O[fice District Total Elementary Sl!cunda ry Ccntr,11 Offic'-' District Total 1989/90 Number of Employees_ 54 56 ' 114 1990/91 Number o[ Employees 52 5 121 TOTAL GAIN 7 PO ncw,-
ri7,t-J01lli:1!1::, ,,:,: Number Lost 3 (1 returned to school, 0 3 I contracted with LRSD, deceased) (1 transferred to CentrnJ Office) New Employees 9 ( I tr..1nsfcrred from Secondary Administration) Attachment 1-M THE NORl')Hl lLfTT.1L1REO C)K PlIBlLliC ClH[OOlL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 2700 POPLAR STREET September 27, 1990 The following members of the District's Board of Education participated in a Desegregation Workshop on September 26, 1990 facilitated by Mr. Bradley Scott, Coordinator of Region VI Federal Desegregation Assistance Center, San Antonio, Texas: Mr. Lynn Hamilton, President Mrs. Mable Mitchell, Vice President Mrs. Dixie Harrison, Secretary Mrs. Pat Blackstone, Member Mrs. Emily Denton, Member Two members unable to attend have participated in previous sessions conducted by Mr. Scott: Mr. Prentice Dupins, Member Rev. J. W. Johnson, Member n ..,.., , 1 r ,()rn7 501 /771-8000 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Attachment I-Nl Minutes of District Desegregation Meeting on May 14, 1990 The North Little Rock District Desegregation Team met on May 14, 1990, at 2:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administration Building. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting by stating that we would review the updated status reports from each department that were compiled for the Attorney to present to the Court. (See copies attached.) She stated that adjustments needed to be made in our Biracial Committee: (1) we need to appoint one white parent committee member to represent Zone 3, as replacement for Nina Dallas
and (2) we need to appoint one black educator to replace Dorothy Williams, who has been appointed to an administrative position for next school year. Mrs. Bynum presented the report for the Desegregation Office. The Districtwide Biracial Committee has been formed and has met three times. Mr. Bradley Scott, Coordir.tor Region VI Desegregation Assistance Center, San Antonio, Texas, was a guest at the meeting on May 8. He spoke to ~he group explaining their role and function in the desegregation process and gave positive reinforcement of purpose. He has also presented two days of workshop activities to two-member teacher teams from each school and all administrators. These were in the form of "trainer of trainers" sessions that can be utilized in staff development in the schools. Further workshops will be scheduled for the 90-91 school year. Members have been named to serve on tri-district committees in multicultural programs, alternative education programs, downtown early childhood education centers, business/communication magnet programs and achievement disparity. Mrs. Bynum stated that the Desegregation Office continues to provide information and explanation to the Metropolitan Supervisor's staff as requested. We also continue to cooperate with Little Rock, Pulaski County and the State Department of Education in all efforts to implement the Tri-District Desegregation Plan. She next presented the Personnel Report. The Personnel Office continues its recruitment of minority educators. Since semester, we have appointed one black principal at the elementary level, thus increasing the number of black principals to nine. We have also added three administrative assistants at the elementary level, two of whom are black. Secondary staff members have been reassigned for 1990-91 school year to facilitate the court approved secondary reorganization and an equitable distribution of minority personnel has been completed. Bobby Acklin presented the Student Affairs Report. He stated that he was pleased with the discipline report for April. The statistics show a considerable drop from March. He also stated that he was pleased with the student assignment process. Student assignments look good for 1990-91, with only Park Hill Elementary being out of line at this time. He said that he would continue to work on this and felt sure he could bring all schools into compliance status by the beginning of the school year. Secondary schools' boundaries have been changed and all are in compliance at this time. Dr. John Moore presented the Instructional Reports. Expansion of existing eight-station computer laboratories to the proposed twenty-eight station laboratories will be delayed during the 1990-91 school year due to the lack of funds. Chapter I funds will continue to be used to establish eight station computer laboratories in elemtntary schools which have the greatest identified need. A Principle of Alphabet Literacy Systems (PALS) will be installed at the high school campus during the 1990-91 school year. Staff development efforts continue and plans are being developed for 1990-91. We continue to cooperate with ~ittle Rock and Pulaski County School Districts in establishing a tri-district program for staff development. Summer School Programs have been planned for elementary and secondary students. Summer school programs will be housed at Boone Park, Rose City Junior High and at Northeast High School campus. Dr. Moore reported a significant drop in special education enrollment as compared to 1988. Staff reduction in this area is inevitable because of substantial loss of funding~ He stated we continue efforts to recruit minority students for gifted/ talented enrollment. Dr. Moore stated that JTPA funding is being solicited for txpansion to full time of our HIPPY Program. He said that it does not look favorable at this time. We will continue the program and plan to add at least one school next year. He reported that the multicultural education curriculum should be ninety percent complete by this time next year. Scharmel Bolling reported that she had identified public relations functions that could be performed by trained volunteers. She also reported that she was developing a program for secretarial training in communications to be presented in August, and a communication training program for Communication Coordinators that will be appointed in each school. Greg Daniels reported that he has investigated software for staff development records to be kept by the District. We discussed department responsibility of this project and agreed it belongec to the Instruction Department. Mr. Daniels said he planned to get the program in place during June, before the Computer Services Department got involved in their heavy summer work load. Charl~s Brown requested that he be involved in any preliminary plans, in order to establish a budget for this project. We set our next meeting for June 11, at 1:30 p.m. We will review the school based desegregation reports at that time and talk about format for reporting. Meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m. NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Attachment I-N2 Minutes of District Desegregation Meeting on June 11, 1990 The North Little Rock District Desegregation team met on June 11, 1990, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administrative Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mr. James Smith, Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Dr. John Moore and Mr. Greg Daniels. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting by furnishing copies of the minutes from the last Biracial Committee meeting of June 5, 1990. We discussed some of the issues that came up at that meeting. We agreed that we need to furnish this committee with the elementary staff racial composition at the August meeting. We also discussed what we could offer in the way of leadership training to our students. The next item considered was the quarterly reports from the School Based Desegregation Teams. Mrs. Bynum pointed out that several of these reports mentioned the need for motivational speakers and inservice. We discussed some of the things we could do during the staff development week of the 1990-91 school year. We also discussed discipline, another concern, identified in many of the reports. Mrs. Bynum brought up a discussion of one race classes. She reminded us that we must identify any one race classes at the beginning of the new school year and give a written explanation if any classes are identified. Mrs. Bynum asked for a review of extra-curricular activities. Dr. Moore stated that we have data on Chapter I students verifying that we have too many extra curricular activities in progress, and significant interruptions were occurring in the instructional program. He pointed out that of students qualifying for 175 days of instruction, they had actually received 143 days of instruction. We agreed we need to take a look at this and perhaps look at trade offs to deal with the situation. Mrs. Bynum questioned Mr. Daniels concerning progress in developing a program to track staff development. Mr. Daniels assured us this is an on-going program that will be implemented by the coming school year. He said that we would not only record attendance to the different staff development programs, but our instrument would serve as an evaluation document. Mrs. Bynum pointed out that some of the school based teams were also requesting more computer lab inservice. Dr. Moor~ stated that Letitia Martin was working on this, and we would continue to offer this inservice repeatedly. Mr. Acklin presented his discipline report for May. (See copy attached.) He pointed out that we had a big jump at Redwood Elementary due to difficulties we had to work through. We discussed what could be done in the way of on-campus suspensions at the elementary level. Dr. Moore discouraged use of this measure at the elementary level. Mr. Acklin stated that statistics were up again at Central over last month. Mr. Smith stated that this problem should improve after our restructure process. We agreed it would be interesting to make comparisons next year. Mr. Acklin stated that we had had no complaints from principals on the new discipline report forms. Mr. Daniels responded that he was having some problems with his copies not being clear. He stated that if Computer Services could receive the second copy instead of the third copy, it would be beneficial to his department. Mrs. Bynum questioned the implementation of a grant procurement office. Mr. Smith stated that a decision had not been made at this time. This could be a tri-district effort to enable the three districts to increase their grant monies. Mrs. Bynum announced that the Tri-District Achievement Disparity Committee meeting was being hosted by our District for tonight's meeting at 6:30 p.m. They have requested that we furnish data of results on MAT 6 and Arkansas Minimum Performance testing. (See copies attached.) Dr. Moore stated that our test data reflects good growth in math, science and language arts. He also stated that the issue of achievement disparity is constant and is a real problem. Principals use this data to write plans for achievement disparity. Dr. Moore stated that we have a 15% difference in scores of minority students, and we are constantly looking for ways to improve these differences. The next item discussed was drop-outs for 1989-90. (See copies attached.) We compared it with the report from 1988-89. We pursued a lengthy discussion concerning these statistics and possibilities of resolving some of our problems. Mrs. Bynum said she has been asked if we were pursuing the issue of pulling drivers' license when students drop out of school. Mr. Acklin responded that this would be addressed in the student handbook for next school year. (See copy of law attached.) Mrs. Bynum asked when she was questioned on staffing alternative school, to whom should she refer them? Mr. Smith responded they should be referred to the Metropolitan Cooperative Services. Mr. Smith stated that he would ask the Board's permission for the Pine Elementary School building to be used as an alternative school. Mr. Smith reminded members of the team that we would be in court on June 21 for a desegregation hearing, and encouraged members to try to attend this hearing. We discussed summer school enrollment, and agreed that the programs are off to a smooth start. Mrs. Bynum reported that she had met with the other districts' desegregation officers and the Metropolitan Supervisor's staff. She had requested a copy of their timelines that were posted in their office, but they have not sent us a copy at this time. We have furnished them with a copy of the timelines we have identified for our District, as per their request. We set our next meeting for July 9, 1990, at 1:30 p.m. Meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m. aw Attachment I-N3 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of District Desegregation Meeting on July 2, 1990, at 1:30 p.m. The following individuals were present: James R. Smith, Mable W. Bynum, Charles Brown, Gene Jones, Esther Crawford, and Jim Dyer. The meeting was called by Mr. Smith in response to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Order of today (7-2-90) impacting the District's Desegregation Plan. Mr. Smith gave those in attendance a copy of the court order and asked that we discuss immediate implications for the District. The group agreed that the most pressing need for the 1990-91 school year was the follow through on addressing achievement disparity in the District. Charles Brown referred to information prepared by John Moore, former Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, relating to the purchase of equipment to establish 28 station basic skills computer laboratories in elementary schools identified in the negotiated settlement as well as in the Tri-District Plan prepared by the late Eugene Reville. It was agreed that the 1989-90 settlement funds would allow the District to begin immediate expansion for 28 station computer labs at the following schools: Amboy, Boone Park, Glenview, North Heights, Redwood and Rose City. Six other schools: Indian Hills, Lynch Drive, Meadow Park, Pike View, Seventh Street and Central (combined Argenta and Pine Schools) will have eight station Chapter I labs installed this year. It was Charles Brown's opinion that three or four of these could also be included in th~ 28 station expansion. This would ledve four elementary schools without computer labs and those will be added prior to the 1992-93 completion date outlined in the Tri-District Desegregation Plan. Mr. Dyer presented information related to the Chapter I program expansion. Mrs. Crawford addressed the concern of staffing of labs in view of Chapter I guidelines not allowing program aides to work during time wh~n non-Chapter I students are assigned to the lab. It was decided to leave all lab aides in current assignments until mure information is available. Mr. Dyer informed the group o: the addition of one staff position in the Chapter I program. Tht new employee will be a subject area specialist with major responsibility to assist computer lab aides and teachers. In the matter of early childhood education, Mrs. Crawford said that plans were being made to expand the HIPPY program to the Seventh Street Elementary School area for the 1990-91 school year. Plans are still incomplete as to the number of additional HIPPY aides to be added or the actual number of families to be served this year
however, Mrs. Barbara Gilkey will be working on these plans. Plans are on-going for training all kindergarten teachers in the Early Prevention of School Failure Program. In the matter of secondary programming, it was noted that a computer assisted component in the remedial reading program would be in place at the 11-12th grade for the 1990-91 school year. All secondary students will be scheduled by computers to assist with the elimination of one-race classes, In addition secondary administrators will monitor the scheduling process very carefully. All basic level classes will be eliminated for 7-8th grades for the 1990-91 school year. Funds from the settlement agreement monies will be allocated for pre-college testing fees for economically disadvantaged youth. In the matter of extra-curricular activities, Mrs. Bynum informed the group of correspondence directed to members secondary spirit groups regarding out-of-district camps. attached letter). She also mentioned that Mr. Aclin had decision regarding transportation for students attending camps. (See attached letter.) of (See made a those Attachment I-N4 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of District Desegregation Meeting on July 16, 1990 The District Desegregation Team met on July 16, 1990, at 1:30 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administration Building. The following individuals were in attendance: James Smith, Mable Byr.um, Gene Jones, Bobby Acklin, Scharmel Bolling and Greg Daniels. The meeting was called for reaction to the request from Arma Hart and Ann Brown, Associate Metropolitan Supervisors, regarding preparation for desegregation monitoring. (See copy of request attached, item 1.) Our lawyer has directed that we furnish a report of programs, facilities, operations, and activities which we have already implemented or will implement for the 1990-91 school year, as directed by the Tri-District Desegregation Plan. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting by stating the matters to be addressed and furnished copies of the District Desegregation Plan Timetable as identified by our District personnel (item 2 attached), and the timeline identified by Ann Brown, Associate Metropolitan Supervisor (item 3 attached). Scharmel Bolling brought up the recent papers' notification of Parent Committees scheduled for next week. We discussed these meetings and agreed that even though we had not been formally notified individually of these meetings, some of our administrators could represent the District at these meetings. Mrs. Bolling questioned Mr. Smith about the purchase of software or development of public relations curriculum. She said that the cost would be approximately $700. She stated that our software was at least four years older than that used by the other two districts. She felt it was necessary to carry out the plans directed by the desegregation plan. Mr. Smith agreed and instructed her to make the necessary purchase. Mrs. Bynum suggested that we make a through study together of the timetables and see that we were on target in all areas. After a through study, we agreed that we were meeting all of the goals that had bet set in each area. In discussing the staff development resource inventories or banks, we looked at ways to accurately record this data and discussed actions we could take to assure accuracy of this data. We discussed the use of scan sheets to speed up the process. It was sugsested that an annual printout should be placed in the individual's personnel file. It was agreed that this data input would be the responsibility of the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, and copies of credit of participation would be furnished to the individual and to the Personnel Office, to be placed in the individual's personnel file. In a discussion concerning one-race classes, Mr. Daniels said that computer data would help us in identifying these classes prior to the beginning of school. This would help us to monitor this situation and eliminate one-race classes. We discussed the hiring of bus aides. Mr. Acklin stated that these persons would be employed as the need arises. Mr. Acklin stated that plans would be implemented to furnish transportation for extra curricular activities. He stressed the importance of increasing our transportation services and assured his dedication to implementing these services. Mrs. Bynum requested that each administrator take the timetables and respond in writing to Mr. Smith on all issues that were pertinent to their particular responsibilities. She reminded them of the deadline for submitting this information to the Metropolitan Supervisor's Office was July 27, 1990, and asked for their response by July 19, 1990. This would give us time to get our response to the lawyer's office and meet the deadline. Mrs. Bynum stated that the Personnel Office would also need to submit an updated report. Scharmel Bolling asked if w2 would ask for reconsideration from Judge Wright concerning the refusal to approve the reorganization cf Pine and Argenta Elementary Schools. It was agreed that we would proceed with plans to open the school year without implementing this change until we receive further direction from . the Courts. We pursued a short discussion of furnishing transportation to and from drill team clinics for students, and agreed that we would have to develop more explicit plans for this project. Meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m. --- --- - - . -- Attachment I-NS NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Minutes of the Desegregation Team Meeting. The North Little Rock School District Desegregation Team met on September 10, 1990 at 1:30 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administration Building. Members of the team present were Mable Bynum, Chairman, James Smith, Superinttndent of Schools, Gene Jones, Assistant Superintendent for Instructi6n, Donald Watkins, Assista11t Superintendent for Business Services, Jim Morris, Director of Personnel, and Scharmel Bolling, Coordinator for Information Services. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting by stating that Jim Morris, Director uf Personnel, will join the Desegregation Team because he is directly responsible for personnel. She also noted for the newest members that initially the Desegregation Team was formed to monitor the Desegregation Plun as set out in prior court dates. Those who report directly to Mr. Smith were appointed to the committee. Scharmel Bolling was added because of her responsibility for reporting information. Greg Daniels, with Computer Services, was added because the Desegregation Team will be working closely with that Department for figures, etc. We then discussed the requirement of a 504 Coordinator (Act 504). Gene Jones nominated Dr. Steve Phaup and Mr. Smith stated that he would prepare a statement covering this appointment to the Board. Next, Scharmel Bolling questioned the need for a Media Coalition as outlined in the Desegregation Plan. Mr. Smith advised that we need to justify what we are already doing with two of them reporting to media personnel. We next discussed the monitoring process. It was noted that all three districts have plans and the state has monitoring plans, also. The Tri-District Plan recommends three district monitoring plans for submission plus others from Section V. There are two desegregation plans. The District Plan of December 1, 1989 was submitted to the Metropolitan Supervisor, Mr. Euge11e Reville, who wrote the Tri-District Plan which was approved on March 5, 1990. He approved or recommended much of what we had offered. Steve Jones, Attorney for the District, advised the District to be cautious of specifically setting out what we monitor from the Plan. Section II of the District's December 1 Plan, Staff Recruitment, is not in the Tri-District Plan, but, it is in our Plan that we submitted
therefore, will be monitored. We need to be sure that our information to the courts stands. Mrs. Bynum stated that we need to be carefully monitoring and making sure we get all things done. She advised the importance of monitoring on a daily basis. We need to compare the two plans. She provided a list of all items in the Tri-District Plan, even those from unapproved sections. She requested team members to make a separate list of things that are not on the Tri-District Plan list, but, are in the December 1 plan. Those lists are to be forwarded to the Desegregation Office. The next item discussed was reporting to the courts. Mrs. Bynum requested a check list for quarterly reports required by the settleme11t .. It was noted that Pulaski County Special School District reports annually, but adds information each quarter. The next quarterly report is now due and goes to Ann Brown and Arma Hart after review by Steve Jones. Mr. Smith suggested taking the last quarterly report and adding to it by using the memos of July 27 and 30, 1990 to Arma Hart and Ann Brown as a guide. Mrs. Bynum stated that each time we meet we need to review the monitoring check list tu determine progress. School teams will report twice each year. Those reports should be reviewed by the District Team which meets monthly, the second Monday. Biannual reports go to the State Department. Mrs. Bynum noted that the State Department accepts reports twice a year and questioned the need to do them quarterly in as much as Arma Hart has indicated that her office will accept the State's form and report. Mr. Smith stated he would be talking to Steve Jones about the monitoring process and would get a note to team members regarding what needs to be added to have a complete monitoring report. It was advised that Extra-Curricular Activities reports come out of the Office of Student Affairs. Gary Goss is currently not over student participation. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Bynum will get together to look at Extra-Curricular Activities and the need for a coordinator to be assigned. Barbara Gilkey is being retained as a half-time social worker. Mrs. Bynum is handling Biracial and Human Relations Teams to assess racial climate under Section II of the Tri-District Plan. Security, Section IV, needs to be listed and assigned to a division. The training sessions with Bradley Scott on how to use the Monitoring Instrwnent during school site visits are planned for September 26 and 27, 1990. NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Attachment I-N6 Minutes of the District Desegregation Team Meeting on 10/8/90 The North Little Rock District Desegregation team met on October 8, 1990, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room uf the Administrative Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mr. James Smith, Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Mr. Jim Morris, Mr. Gene Jones, Mr. Donald Watkins and Ms. Scharmel Bolling. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting and asked for a discussion of student discipline. Mr. Acklin reported that he did not have an accurate statistical data at this time due to our change over this year in the reporting system, but these would be available soon. He reported fewPr reports of discipline incidents at the secondary level thus far, and more than usual at the elemer1tary level, since the implementation of the elementary alternative program. He said that we have averaged about five students in this progran1, with eleven students being the largest number of students suspended into the progrom at one time. He said that he had very good reports from this operation of the of the elementary alternative program. Mr. Smith stated that most of discipline problems brought tu his attention had occurred at bus stops and that staff had been quick to address those problems. Mr. Acklin reported that our transportation system was working good this year. lie stated that we had bPcn c1.ble to hire adequate bus drivers to fill our need, but we are still in need of substitute drivPrs. Mr. Acklin said that he had 11othing to report on extra curricular activities, but we are providing transportation for all these activities. Mrs. Bynum noted that Mr. Horace Smith has visited with all secondary staffs except the West Campus where he is scheduled October 10, to address the teacher's role in ensuring a quality extra-curricular_ program. Gary Goss, Athletics Director, has been assigned as coordinator for spirit groups. (See attachment.) , . Mr. Jones reported on progress of the Instructional Department. He stated that we had been able to implement the special compensatory education programs. We have hired 17 Parent/Homework Center Aides for the elementary schools and provided training sessions for the personnel. He reported that we now have five computer labs working on an extended day basis in compliance with the compensatory education program. Our program at the secondary schools are moving ahead. We have designated two teachers as Ninth Grade Turning Point Coordinators, and the PALS Lab at North Litle Rock High School - West Campus is progressing. (See attachment.)~. Mr. Jim Morris reported that we have filled all personnel vacancies that occurred from the transfers of teachers into new programs since school began. He stated that in every case we had tried to fill our vacancies with minority educators, but with no positive results in obtaining minority applicants. We have requested assistance of Little Rock and Pulaski County Special School Districts in this search. Both districts have also asked us for help in filling some of their vacancies, so they are having the same problems. Mrs. Bynum expressed pleasure in the fact that our present personnel had turned down vacancies we have posted in accordance with Policy CBDA. She said that our present secondary staff were showing satisfaction in their new locations and do not wish to move to other schools, which shows how quickly the teachers have adjusted to their reassignments under the restructuring plans. Mrs. Bynum reported that she was working with individual teams to prepare for the monitoring process in the schools. She explained that we must prepare our updated quarterly reports to the Court. We agreed on the format and target date for completion was set for October 19, 1990. Mrs. Bynum stressed that pertinent information pertaining to our reports should be attached. Mr. Jones stated he was pleased with the orderliness apparent in our schools this year and expressed appreciation for the fine job our building administrators are doing. He expressed concerns with the project of documenting staff development data for our teachers. We briefly discussed this and agreed we would proceed with our plans to record all district required staff development, and we later might make changes in our procedure. Mrs. Bynum concluded with reporting attendance of she and Mr. Jones to the National Conference on Effective Schools and Multi-Cultural Education in Orlando, Florida, on August 4 through 7, 1990. She will also attend the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's - Training-the-Trainer School Improvement Partnership Process Series on October 9 and 10, 1990, in Hot Springs. (See copies attached.) We adjourned our meeting at 3:00 p.m. aw -- -- -------- Attachment I-N7 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of the District Desegregation Team Meeting on 11/12/90 The North Little Rock School District Desegregation team met on Monday, November 12, 1990, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administrative Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mr. James Smith, Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Mr. Jim Morris, Mr. Donald Watkins and Ms. Scharmel Bolling. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting by furnishing copies of the agenda. (See copy attached.) The first item discussed was the District's Court Update that has to be submitted quarterly. Mrs. Bynum reported that all division reports were completed and submitted to the attorney for his approval on October 25, 1990. We have not received a response on the report from the attorney at this time. It was agreed that Mrs. Bynum would call the attorney and check on the matter. Mr. Acklin distributed copies of disciplinary reports for the months of September and October. (See copies attached.) After a through perusal by the team members, we pursued a lengthy discussion of the report. Mr. Acklin commented that we had not seen expulsions for drug related incidents so far, but they would probably occur later in the school year, because the discipline policy allows for suspension instead of expulsion for initial possession and/or use of drugs infractions. He stated that gang activities have been the greatest concern thus far. We discussed the racial composition of disciplinary actions. Mr. Acklin stated that in his analysis of the report, he was unable to mark a pattern at this point. We agreed that we needed to identify the teachers making the most referrals for disciplinary action. The next item discussed was our community bus tour provided to all staff members on November 5, during the Desegregation Staff Development day. Mrs. Bynum expressed her pleasure with the outcome of the two Desegregation Staff Development days completed on October 22 and November 5. She stated that the District had been able to provide very good programs on these two days and that our staff had been receptive to the District's efforts in providing this training. Mr. Smith brought up a discussion of problems at Boone Park. He suggested that the District needed to consider changing the bussing plans for that area next school year. Mr. Acklin agreed that we need to take a look at these problems as we make changes for the 1991-92 school year. Mrs. Bynum expressed concern with the number of expulsions and loss of students. Team members agreed it was a problem where we needed to come up with a solution that would help alleviate these problems. Mr. Smith reported that students were very receptive to the District's compensatory education programs. Students have been enthusiastic and have been very agreeable to staying after school to participate in these programs. Mr. Acklin brought up a discussion of the HIPPY program. He thought that the efforts expended in this program would benefit the District in the future by alleviating some of the disciplinary problems that we now encounter. Mr. Smith commented that so far we are only able to scratch the surface of these problems. The next item discussed was the Turning-Point program being offered at NLRHS - East Campus. This program is a compensatory education program for ninth grade students that have failed the MPT at least once during the eighth grade. The District has 20 students enrolled in the program at the present time. Mrs. Bynum stated that as we monitor the results of this program, we should be able to accrue valuable statistical data for future use. Mr. Acklin reported that the District was continuing to furnish transportation for many school functions, such as: open house activities, carnivals, athletic events,etc. Mr. Acklin stated that we had not had many problems in providing transportation. Mrs. Bynum reported on the progress of the School Based Desegregation teams. Preparations are being made in the individual schools and at the administrative level for the monitoring process. The process is scheduled to be completed prior to the Christmas Holidays. We set our next meeting for December 10, 1990, at 1:30 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. aw Attachment I - NB NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of the District Desegregation Team Meeting on 12/10/90 The North Little Rock School District Desegregation team met on Monday, December 10, 1990, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administrative Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mr. James Smith, Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Mr. Gene Jones, Mr. Jim Morris, Mr. Greg Daniels and Ms. Scharmel Bolling. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting and furnished copies of the agenda. (See copy attached.) The first item discussed was the quarterly District Court Update. Mrs. Bynum reported that corrections had been made, as recommended by the lawyer, and returned to the lawyer for submittal to the Court. Mrs. Bynum reported that the Biracial Committee had voiced concerns about M-to-M transfers and the Board's proposal to eliminate corporal punishment. After a lengthy discussion on these matters, at their meeting on December 4, it was agreed that Mr. Charles Hunter, Chairperson, would ask to address the Board of Education about their concern with the proposal to eliminate corporal punishment. We had a short discussion concerning M-to-M transfers. Mrs. Bynum said that the school desegregation team at Argenta had complained to her again this morning about getting three M-to-M transfer students. Mr. Aclin responded that the reason for that was that the students had attended Argenta last year and had asked to return to the same school. The M-to-M transfer policy allows this assignment. Mr. Smith asked if we were taking M-to-M students at the high school level, and Mr. Acklin assured him we were not, that the number of student enrollment at the high school level was such that we could refuse M-to-M transfers. Mr. Acklin asked if he should go talk to the Principal at Argenta, Mrs. Beverly Kelso, and explain the M-to-M transfer policy, so that she could advise her staff of the procedure. Mrs. Bynum said that it would be a good idea to consult with Mrs. Kelso. Mrs. Bynum reported that Argenta was in the process of monitoring today, and she asked Mr. Daniels about data to answer a question on the monitoring form concerning student achievement/assessment. She asked what kind of comparisons we could pull up from the computer. Mr. Daniels responded that we had been scanning our own MAT-6 and MPT scores in the Coordinator for Instructional Services' Office. Mrs. Bynum said she would check with Mr. Dyer to find out what data would be available to us. Mrs. Bynum also asked Mr. Daniels if we could get a grade distribution by teacher and race. Mr. Daniels said he could furnish this breakdown without a problem. Mr. Acklin furnished copies of the Disciplinary Report. (See copy attached.) We pursued a lengthy discussion of the report. Mr. Smith questioned if the statistics from this year for 9-10 students were reduced from last year, since the restructuring of the secondary schools. Mr. Acklin said that he had not made an actual comparison, since we had changed our method of reporting this year. Mr. Smith said that he had seen a definite reduction in the number of seventh grade students' disciplinary actions since last year. Mr. Daniels said that he could furnish data of a more definite break down of corporal punishment by schools. We discussed Seventh Street's procedure of in-house suspensions instead of suspension to the Elementary Alternative School. Mr. Acklin said he felt a need to follow through from referral on down to suspension - consultation with the teacher that makes the referral. After discussion of this, it was agreed that it would be an impossible task to follow up with every referral. Mr. Daniels said that we have a problem in the secondary schools with getting the disciplinarian action input of data. Mrs. Bynum asked if we needed to bring the secretarial personnel responsible for the input in for further training. Mr. Daniels agreed that he would set training sessions for the secretarial personnel involved. Mrs. Bynum stated that Ann Brown and Arma Hart, Associate Metropolitan Supervisors, were scheduled to meet with us on Tuesday, December 11, to go through the monitoring check list with us. She asked Mr. Jones to try to meet with the group and he agreed he would. We set our next meeting for January 14, 1991, at 1:30 p.m. Meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m. aw Attachment I - N9 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of the District Desegregation Team Meeting on 1/14/91 The North Little Rock School District Desegregation Team met on Monday, January 14, 1991, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administration Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mr. James Smith, Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Mr. Gene Jones, Mr. Donald Watkins, Mr. Jim Morris, Mr. Greg Daniels and Ms. Scharrnel Bolling. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting and furnished copies of the agenda. (See copy attached.) The first item discussed was the Committee's functions. Mrs. Bynum stressed the importance of each member and that each Administrator was charged with the responsibility to help in the monitoring of the desegregation plan, especially in the particular areas related to their positions. Mrs. Bynum referred them to the Plan Monitoring. (See copy attached.) Mrs. Bynum brought up a discussion of when and where we started phasing out basic classes. Mr. Smith responded that it was a part of Mr. Reville's plan, and that it was our intention to follow through with the phase out, because the other two districts have already phased out their basic classes. We have made great strides in this area by eliminating basic classes at all levels except in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. Mrs. Bynum reported that she and Mr. Morris had been meeting with the attorneys for several days to determine adjustments to be made in the Desegregation Plan. Mr. Smith was optimistic that this would not be a long drawn out process. Each districts' attorneys will revise their district's plan and then meet with all three plans for review. Mrs. Bynum furnished each member with a copy of our present Monitoring/Implementation Plan form. (See copy attached.) She said that these forms should be completed by all departments on at least a quarterly basis
although, we could not do this until the attorney completes our new plan. The next item was division update reports as follows: Desegregation - Mrs. Bynum reported that all of the District's school will have completed their monitoring process on January 16, 1991. We discussed the procedure of review of the final reports. It was agreed that the reports would first be reviewed by the Principal, then reports would be reviewed by the District Desegregation Team and passed on to the Biracial Committee, before being presented to the Board of Education for review. Personnel - Mr. Morris reported that we will probably contract for some of the vacancies that have occurred, but some would be filled with assigned substitute teachers. He said that we will be starting our recruitment process of colleges and universities in early February. He reported that we were preparing necessary forms to complete the Personnel Survey for 1991-92 school year. This process is to be completed the week beginning March 1, 1991. Mrs. Bynum said that all the District's schools had reported concerns of shortage of minority staffing in their final reports of the schools' monitoring process. We discussed procedures to recruit more minority applicants. Student Affairs - Mr. Acklin furnished copies of the discipline actions in the District during the month of December. (See copy attached.) The team members pursued a lengthy discussion after a thorough perusal of the report. Mrs. Bynum expressed concern with 15 off-campus suspensions at the East Campus. Mr. Daniels explained that we did not have a code for alternative schools and thus these were showing up as off-campus suspensions, which would not necessarily be the case. Mr. Daniels said that this could be corrected and he could provide a more in-depth report to team members. Mrs. Bynum questioned Mr. Daniels about the data input from the schools. Mr. Daniels responded that there had been an improvement in the process and it was working more efficiently. Instruction - Mr. Jones reported that he would like to recommend approval of some new projects and curriculum that he was working on. 1. A new course at the secondary level - "Principals of Technology". The course is an applied science course covering fourteen units of applied physics. The two-year curriculum shows students how technical concepts can be analyzed and applied to equipment and devices in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal energy systems. The Vocational and Technical Education Division of the Arkansas State Department of Education provides both start-up funding and add-on funding for student enrollment. Equipment acquired with this program could be utilized by other physical science classes. An application for start-up funds will be filed with the Arkansas Department of Education by their March 1 deadline for new programs. We propose to implement the course in 1991-92 at the North Little Rock High School-East Campus, where sophomores would be eligible for enrollment. 2. Mr. Jones reported that Stanford University was offering an Accelerated Schools Project,. and we would apply as a pilot school for this project. The Accelerated Schools Project seeks to transform conventional elementary schools into schools that accelerate the learning of all students, even those who are at-risk for school failure. The pilot schools have shown exciting results. Achievement scores are up, student and staff attendance rates are up, parent involvement is up, and student and staff morale is soaring! 3. Reading Recovery - An early intervention program for first grade students who are at-risk of failure. The purpose of the program is to give intensive help to students in reading and and writing before they get far behind and before they get more confused about what is going on in instruction. Reading Recovery does not take the place of classroom work. It supports the classroom program. In cooperation with the classroom teacher, the reading recovery teacher provides thirty minutes of one-onone instruction to each identified student on a daily basis. 4. (MAST) Math and Science Together: Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Arkansas' Project MAST: Math and Science Together is a joint effort of Arkansas Partners in Education, of the Governor's Office, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Its purpose is to implement a model education program in Arkansas over a period of four and one-half years in the area of elementary math and science. The project will include the following components: 1) expansion of a successful existing out-of-school program in mathematics for students in grades 2-6 (Gifted Math Program), having components of curriculum individualization, enrichment and problem solving, and use of microcomputers, to an in-school program serving a wider range of ability levels
2) integration of science instruction for students in grades 2-6 into expanded mathematics model
3) development of curricula and support materials for this integrated math/science model program
4) provision for teacher training for 90 teachers in elementary math and science education
5) dissemination of this model program to 16 sites throughout the state through the Restructured Schools Program
and 6) incorporation of computer technology and the use of calculators into the model program and teacher training. Mrs. Bynum complimented Mr. Jones on his ongoing efforts of study of implementation of new and advanced programs and curriculum. Ms. Bolling stated we would need to get media coverage on these new programs. We set our next meeting for February 11, 1991, at 1:30 p.m. Meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m. aw Attachment I - NlO NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of the District Desegregation Team Meeting on 2/11/91 The North Little Rock School District Desegregation Team met on Monday, February 11, 1991, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administrative Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Gene Jones, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Mr. Donald Watkins, Mr. Jim Morris and Mr. Greg Daniels. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting and furnished copies of the agenda. (See copy attached.) Committee appointments was the first item discussed. Forms were furnished to members. (See copy attached.) Mrs. Bynum explained that as committees were appointed these forms should be turned in to the Desegregation Office for equity monitoring. Mr. Morris questioned the team members' responsibility of committee appointments in the schools. Mrs. Bynum responded that this was the responsibility of building and District Administrators to establish committees which reflect diverse representation and the forms reviewed by her office staff. Mr. Acklin reported on racial composition of schools and disciplinary actions during the month of January. (See copies of both reports attached.) He stated that we were in compliance, since we started off the school year in compliance, but several of the schools - Boone Park, Argenta, Indian Hills, Rose City Middle School and Lakewood Middle School- have to be closely scrutinized. Our District has 494 students at the six original magnet schools and 106 M-to-M students in Little Rock. The District has 170 M-to-M students from Little Rock. Mr. Daniels said there was a difference in accounting in Computer Services records and suggested that we need to work out a better system for school notification to the Computer Services Department. Mr. Acklin said that his office could keep a running log of these students. Mr. Acklin informed the members that under Act 609 - School Choice Act, which had February 1 deadline, we had 24 students from Pulaski County Special School District to apply for transfer to our District for the 1991-92 school year. We discussed that the funding for these students would follow to our District. Mr. Daniels suggested that there should be a withdrawal form from magnet schools, the same as is done for M-to-M transfers. Mr. Acklin said that he was working on this with Little Rock administrators. Mrs. Bynum questioned Mr. Acklin on how far long we were with Middle School groupings for the 1991-92 school year. Mr. Acklin responded that he was working on this and thought that some rezoning might have to be done for Rose City Middle School. Mr. Daniels said that by his computer projections, it looked about SOSO, but all three Middle Schools would be very close. Mr. Acklin said he was not ready to make any elementary school projections, because we still hoped to combine Pine and Argenta. We discussed the need for transportation pool stops for elementary students, and Mr. Acklin stated he was skeptical that this would work. After a thorough review of the disciplinary reports, we pursued a long discussion of disciplinary actions. Mrs. Bynum expressed concern with so many suspensions. Mr. Jones said that he had heard grievances expressed with the SAC programs, and had considered consolidating SAC into one facility. Mr. Acklin responded that that could create problems with transportation. Mrs. Bynum requested that Mr. Jones include Mr. Acklin on the Disciplinary Committee. Mr. Jones agreed. Mrs. Bynum reported that Mr. Daniels had completed a breakdown of third nine weeks grade distribution for secondary teachers. The report has been furnished to each principal for their building. Mrs. Bynum expressed concern with the percentages of students making D's and F's and especially the percentages of black students. Mr. Jones was of the opinion that grades should not necessarily be the factor of whether a student is retained. Mr. Jones requested Mr. Daniels to prepare a breakdown of first semester grade distributions to more closely analyze. Special program enrollment was the next item discussed. Mr. Jones reported that of the District's 9,044 students, 1,028 were enrolled in Special Education programs, with a racial balance improvement of 11.31 percent over the last school year. The Districts' Gifted/Talented enrollment is 644 students with 456 white students (71 percent) and 182 black students (28 percent). Six other students are enrolled from other ethnic groups. Mr. Jones reported on the progress made in the Minority Role Model Program. Paul Scott, (Parent Coordinator), Anita Cameron, (Secondary Teacher),Jerry Bradley, (North Little Rock Boys' Club) and Charles Jones, (Secondary Administrator) have been working with Mrs. Bynum on the program, which will be called Project STORM. Thirty-five 11th-12th grade students have been identified to serve as Minority Role Models. A meeting of this full committee is scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 1991. The next item discussed was activities planned for Staff Development for Desegregation scheduled for February 25. (See memo attached.) JoAhn Brown-Nash will share her educational experiences with the entire instructional staff during the morning session. Mr. Smith will address the Board's intent in corporal punishment. (See Smith memo attached.) Mr. Jones reported that 21 small groups of instructional staff will work with 28 facilitators in the following sessions: Cooperative Training, TESA, School Based Teams, Math Manipulatives, Crisis Intervention, Media personnel at Laman Library (selecting materials with minority students in mind), Critical Thinking, Compensatory Aide Instruction, Chapter I Instructional Assistants' Instruction, Secondary Counselor Intervention Strategies and Section 504 - Handicapped Provisions. Mr. Jones reported that summer school plans would be presented to the Board on February 19, 1991. He said that expansions were planned. He said that the elementary summer school would include kindergarten students at the Pike View campus, and grades one-three at the North Heights campus. He explained that by changing to different buildings, we were trying to avoid associating certain schools as a remedial campus. Mr. Jones said the Gifted/Talented Quest program would be held at North Little Rock High School-East Campus. He informed the members a transition program funded by a grant for "At-Risk" students the sixth grade going into the seventh grade was also planned. This grant would provide a two week program for 20 students, and would be geared to self esteem training. He said that we would offer an orientation to sixth graders where they would attend summer sessions in the middle school they would attend next year. Mr. Jones reported that Amboy Elementary would participate in the Accelerated Schools Project as a pilot school. Mrs. Ford, Principal, and her staff have committed themselves to this project for the 1991-92 school year. Mrs. Bynum addressed the scheduling plans at the high school level. Our " Choices" Program is being held at the West Campus on February 11 and the East Campus on February 12. The guidance department and departmental chairpersons will be available to explain to parents and students instructional offerings for the 1991-92 school year. Middle School counselors will offer the same type of programs at a later date for parents and students at the Middle School level. Mrs. Bynum reminded Mr. Acklin that full reports are soon due from Activity Directors. Mr. Acklin responded that the cheerleader tryouts would have to be scheduled by the Activity Directors. Mrs. Bynum mentioned that Committees of the Reorganization Task Force would probably be reviewing the spirit group selection process prior to tryouts. Mr. Morris reported on recruitment efforts. He stated we had already begun with our first career fair at Philander-Smith on February 6, and are registered to attend others at colleges and universities all over the state. He reported that we were ready to do the personnel survey on March 1. Mrs. Bynum asked if it would be agreeable that we change our meeting to the first Monday of the month. Mr. Acklin said it would not be possible for him to get a disciplinary report that early in the month. We agreed to keep the meetings on the second Monday of each month. Our next meeting was set for March 11. Meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m Attachment I - Nll NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of the District Desegregation Team Meeting on March 11, 1991. The North Little Rock School District Desegregation Team met on Monday, March 11, 1991, at 1:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administration Building. The following team members attended the meeting: Mr. James Smith, Mrs. Mable Bynum, Mr. Gene Jones, Mr. Bobby Acklin, Mr. Donald Watkins, Mr. Jim Morris, Mr. Greg Daniels, Mrs. Mable Mitchell, and Ms. Scharmel Bolling. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting and furnished copies of the agenda. copy attached.) (See Tne first matter discussed was the comparison of disciplinary referrals for first semester 1989/90 and 1990/91. The total number of disciplinary referrals reflected an increase of 4.4% and disciplinary actions reflected a 17% overall increase in suspensions. Current year expulsions reflected a 44% decrease. Fewer expulsions and the establishment of an elementary suspension program at the Boys Club were cited as factors contributing to increased suspensions. Mr. Smith noted that far fewer referrals related to misbehavior on buses even though approximately twenty buses had been added by the Transportation Department. Mr. Smith questioned what percentage of the total referrals reflected individual students with several referrals. Mr. Daniels explained that the Computer Services Department could generate information to address this concern in an easy-to-read format. Mrs. Bynum requested that such a format be used for all monthly reports in the future. Mrs. Bynum expressed concern about the accuracy of coding disciplinary referrals. She requested Mr. Acklin to address this concern with Principals at the next Administrator's meeting. Ms. Bolling expressed concern with the number of students referred for possession of dangerous objects. She requested clarification of the District's Policy, noting a difference between the number of students referred for this infraction and the number actually expelled. Mr. Acklin explained that each incident is examined on an individual basis as he personally reviews every reported incident of possession of a dangerous object. Depending on the circumstances, some of the students are suspended rather than expelled. Mrs. Mitchell expressed appreciation for the use of discretion in recommending expulsions. Mr. Acklin also mentioned that all expelled students are referred to the Juvenile Courts School in order for student to continue earning academic credits. Unfortunately, some students elect not to attend. These students are not given the option of attending the Alternative School. It was noted that the West Campus has not recommended any students for expulsion. Mrs. Mitchell inquired as to why there have been more expulsions on the East Campus. Mr. Smith noted that the age of the students more than the size of enrollment was a major factor in the number of expulsions. Mrs. Bynum mentioned that often situations arising in the community result in campus misbehavior. Mr. Jones requested statistics from the West Campus regarding the incidences of older students electing to withdraw from school to avoid expulsion. Mr. Smith noted that next year all students must remain in school until age eighteen or graduation, therefore, an Alternative School Program will be significant in the District. Mr. Morris mentioned that District administrators had anticipated some increase in disciplinary problems due to the secondary school reorganization, which necessitated changes in assignments for many students and staff members. Mrs. Bynum added that we had been concerned about the large number of suspensions on the seventh grade campus last year, however, the number of current year suspensions for seventh and eighth grade students show a marked decline. We will continue to monitor disciplinary referrals for these groups of students, also. Mrs. Mitchell expressed appreciation for the East Campus staff, and confidence that they were working to ensure a safe educational environment for all students. She was concerned, however, about counselors needing more time to work directly with students experiencing difficulties. Mr. Jones questioned the need for a disciplinary referral category for the Bi-District Alternative School. Mr. Acklin advised the group of the school not being a suspension program, instead one designed for students with unique needs such as inability to cope with school, poor school attendance, or habitual tardiness. He stressed the importance of making this factor known in order to benefit students enrolled in this program. The next matter discussed was how to best provide information that monitors need to compare academic achievement of black students with that of white students. The lack of this information was cited by most first semester school teams. A procedure is needed to encompass disaggregated achievement test data, grades and graduation information. Mr. Jones will assemble a committee to address this concern and provide this team a report on findings and plans next month. Several members discussed the need to follow-up on the performance of students removed from basic classes. The team also discussed reviewing the performance of students assigned to teachers who have completed specific inservice programs such as TESA and Cooperative Learning. Elementary grade distribution sheets must be prepared by hand due to the absence of on-site computer terminals. This process requires more time. There is a need for standardization in relation to the secondary schools. Mr. Daniels stated that he was eager to bring elementary schools into the computer network. Mrs. Bynum acknowledged the District's financial situation, but stressed the fact that data collection is such a critical part of monitoring, therefore, constant accumulation of data will prove to be very cumbersom without adequate computer terminals. We next reviewed and discussed first semester School Monitoring Reports. Mr. Morris expressed the need for principals to correctly code building expenditures in order to document purchases of materials and supplies for each department. Other areas of concern discussed were those related to student discipline, one-race classes, parental involvement, and seating patterns for students, with the team making note to stress the importance of school personnel encouraging interaction between various ethnic groups. The team stressed the importance of Principals sharing the Monitoring Reports with their staffs so they can see the critical concerns, as well as how other schools are handling certain matters as reflected in the numerous positive comments offered by the teams. Mrs. Bynum shared reports prepared by Principals as responses to monitoring teams concerns. The final matter discussed was the Success Through Outstanding Role Models Program (S.T.O.R.M.). There are approximately fifteen North Little Rock High School-West Campus students who completed training February 25, and returned required paperwork. The three pilot elementary schools, Argenta, Pine and Redwood, have identified approximately twenty students for participation. An equal number of participants will be chosen from each school. Mentors will work with the mentees during school time, after school, and much telephone contact will be involved. Each child's needs will be unique and each mentor will convey to his mentee a message of being on his side. Plans call for mentors and mentees to have been paired prior to the March 17 meeting of the Bi-racial Committee. There has been long term interest from this committee for the development of such a program and some members have indicated an interest in meeting some of the mentors. Mrs. Bynum mentioned a plan to add tenth grade students prior to the end of the school year. These students could become replacement mentors for graduating participants. Ms. Bolling noted that Classmates for each school might be interested in helping with the STORM program by providing things for them to do or incentives for accomplishments of goals. Mrs. Mitchel expressed pleasure with the initiation of the program and advised the team that she would like to see a program started for female students at some future time. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m. Attachment I-01 NORTH LITT~E ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT North Little Rock, Arkansas Minutes of Districtwide Biracial Team Meeting on May 8, l990 The North Little Rock Districtwide Biracial Committee met on May 8, 1990, at 5:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Administration Building. The following committee members attended the meeting: Rev. Roger Silvey, Belinda White, Artha Minton, Lori Thomas, Felix Thibault, Gayle Wing, Sheryll Lipscomb, Themas Baskins, Robert Johnson, Charles Hunter, Valencia Power, Susan Shaunfield, Amanda Ware, Sue Bennett, Opal Goldsby and Anita Cameron. Several members of the administrative staff were also present. The media was repreadministrative staff were also present. The media was represented by a reporter from the Arkansas Democrat. Mrs. Bynum opened the meeting and introduced our guest speaker, Mr. Bradley Scott, Coordinator Region VI Desegregation Assistance Center, San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Scott cover~ a five state area and has conducted numerous workshops around :he United States in his efforts to effectively implement desegresation. Mrs. Bynum explained that Mr. Scott was presenting two days of workshops to three member teams from each of our schools in "trainer of trainers" sessions. Mr. Scott opened his address by stressing that the role and function of the biracial team was crucial in the implementation of our desegregation plan. He said that he would list our responsibilities in three categories as follows. (1) Vision - Taking a constructive look at education, scrutinizing policies to make sure we are meeting the needs of all students, never overlooking the perspective of parents and community and building a strong articulated vision of what education is going to be in our District in the future, in order to create holding power for students. (2) Data collection - This includes issues of student treatment, fair discipline, student access to programs, student perception, instilling a sense of belonging in students, curricular offerings and extra curricular activities. He stressed that as educators we were responsible to act as role models for students. (3) Feed back - Mr. Scott stated that the team was responsible for input in resolution of problems. Mr. Scott declared the goals of desegregation as: (1) ending racial isolation and segregation, (2) increasing racial uncerstanding and racial cross cultural competencies, (3) improving academic achievement and improving facilities, and (4) equipp~na all students with skills and knowledge in order that they can - achieve a good quality of life. He stated it would be very costly to implement, but further stressed that for every dollar spent up front for improvements of educational programs, it could cost the public ten dollars on the back side without the improvements. He pointed out that in the long run it was the best investment. Mr. Scott next explained the differences in equality and equity as applied in education. Equality - all students same access to all programs. Equity - comparabilities of student outcome, intervention, respond and address weakness of students' performance. Thomas Baskins questioned what to look at to evaluate implementation. Mr. Scott responded that District administrators would always be available to assist and answer any questions to help team members clarify an issue. He also stated that members were not to discount their own basic instincts and obvious interpretations. He pointed out that as members visited the different school settings that they would be able to feel that "this school is good," or "this school is bad." Felix Thibault questioned the timeframe. Mr. Scott responded that it would be an ongoing dynamic process, that we would never reach perfection. He stated we should strive to reduce isolation, help people to interact and insure quality educational programs. On the issue of achievement disparity, we need to not only close the gap between minority and majority, but strive to move everyone forward. Anita Cameron responded that we could not expect to move from equality to equity overnight. It will take constant and diligent work on all to bring about the change. Charles Hunter asked if members should go to schools to assess and to work with school teams. Mr. Scott responded that it was a legitimate function of the members to go to the different schools. He also encouraged team members to talk with each other. Mr. Scott concluded his presentation and turned the meeting over to Mrs. Bynum. Mrs. Bynum stated that due to confli
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