{"response":{"docs":[{"id":"bcas_bcmss0837_412","title":"Drug Program","collection_id":"bcas_bcmss0837","collection_title":"Office of Desegregation Management","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, 39.76, -98.5","United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044","United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, 34.76993, -92.3118","United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959"],"dcterms_creator":null,"dc_date":["1990/1997"],"dcterms_description":null,"dc_format":["application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Little Rock, Ark. : Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. Central Arkansas Library System."],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Office of Desegregation Monitoring records (BC.MSS.08.37)","History of Segregation and Integration of Arkansas's Educational System"],"dcterms_subject":["Little Rock (Ark.)--History--20th century","Little Rock School District","Education--Arkansas","Educational planning","School management and organization","Drug control"],"dcterms_title":["Drug Program"],"dcterms_type":["Text"],"dcterms_provenance":["Butler Center for Arkansas Studies"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://arstudies.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bcmss0837/id/412"],"dcterms_temporal":null,"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":null,"dcterms_medium":["documents (object genre)"],"dcterms_extent":null,"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":"\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n   \n\n   \n\n\n   \n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   \n\n   \n\n \n\n\n   \n\n   \n\n  \n\n\n   \n\n  \n\n \n\n\n   \n\n  \n\n \n\n\n   \n\n  \n\n  \n\nTO: FROM: THROUGH I SUBJECT: Little Rock School District All Budget Managers / October 12, 1990 Brady Gadberry, Labor Relations Specialist Herb Cleek, Deputy Superintendent Drug Free Schools and Campuses Enclosed are copies of the LRSD policy and regulations covering drug free schools and campuses. Federal law mandates that each employee must be provided the policy and made aware of the possible consequences of failure to comply. The law also requires that each employee sign a statement acknowledging receipt of the policy. Please distribute the policy and acknowledgment form to each employee in your building or unit. each employee. Collect the signed acknowledgment from possible inspection. You should keep the signed forms on file available for 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  (501)374-3361 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE: GBB DRUG FREE SCHOOLS ANO CAMPUSES This po1icy The purpose of this policy is to comply with the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Amendment of 1989 and Public Law 101-226. This policy IS applicable to all employees of the Little Rock School District. 3 Drug abuse and use during working hours are subjects of immediate concern in our society. From a safety perspective, the users of drugs may impair the well-being of all employees, students, the public at large, and may cause damage to school district property Therefore it is the policy of the Little Rock School District that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, possession, sale, dispensation or use of alcohol or a controlled substance on district property or at school-related activities is prohibited. piupeiLj UI di bcnooI-Any employee violating this policy will be subject to discipline to and including termination and referral for prosecution. up POLICY RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Little Rock School District, a copy of the district's hereby , an employee of the certify that I have received drug-free work envi ronraent. policy regarding the maintenance I am aware that the .of unlawful manufacture, distribution , cf alcohol or control led sale, dispensation, substance on Little possession or Rock use School District prohibited. property, or at school am also aware that violation of related activities/events, is subject realize district me to that as discipline up a -condition to and of my this policy will including termination. my employment in this school I must abide by the terms of this policy and Will notify employer of any criminal drug conviction f oi a violation occurring in the workplace no later that five (5) days after such conviction. I , a d I I Signed DateREGULATION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE: GBB J DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES I. Purpose To set forth procedures for regulating and monitoring the implementation of the Drug Free Schools and Campuses policy. II. Definition of Terms The term \"controlled substance\" means any drug listed in 11 U.S.C. Section 812 and other federal regulations. Generally, these are drugs which have a high Such drugs include, but are not limited to. Heroin, Crack,\" PCP and \"Ice.\" They also include \"legal drugs\" potential for abuse. Marijuana, Cocaine, \"C. . v. T k T which are prescribed by a licensed physician and are illegally distributed, dispensed or sold on school premises or at school-related activities. III. Procedures 2. The Little Rock School District will not differentiate between drug users and drug pushers or sellers. Any employee who is guilty of possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance and/or alcohol on school premises or as a part of any school-related activity will be subject to discipline up to and including termination of employment and referral for prosecution. The buidling principal or other administrative head shall notify the superintendent or his/her designee of any employee guilty of a drug- related violation occurring on Little Rock School District property or at school-related activities, and impose sanctions on the guilty employee. Alternatively, the school district may give the employee the option, at the employee's expense, to successfully complete a drug/alcohol abuse program sponsored by an accredited and approved private or governmental institution. 3. Each employee is required to inform the district within five (5) days after he or she is convicted for violation of any federal or state criminal drug statute where such violation occurred on the district's premises or during district-sponsored activities. A conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendre) or the imposition of a sentence by a judge or jury in any federal court, state court or other court of competent jurisdiction. 4. If any employee is convicted of violating any criminal drug statute while in the workplace, he or she will be subject to discipline up to and including termination. Alternatively, the school district may give the employee the option, at the employee's expense, to successfully complete a drug/alcohol abuse program sponsored by an accredited and approved private or governmental institution. 5. By virtue of Little Rock School District participation in federally funded programs, the law requires all employees of the District to abide by these regulations as a condition of employment in the Little Rock School Di strict. 6. Each unit administrator shall be responsible for compliance with the reporting and certification procedures outlined in this policy and shall maintain, at the building site, appropriate documentation to demonstrate compli ance. 7. All employees are to be made cognizant of this policy and regulations and are required to sign an acknowledgement form and return it to the unit administrator. 1.5i\u0026lt;. K 1  U,(T Jt-VW'pX/l a. db^/ (jlu Ci^iA'L^ I L Ua\u0026lt; StU'-\u0026gt;X\u0026gt;\u0026lt; ktUit i tM OU-J ilTf- VLITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE\nGBB DRUG FREE SCHOOLS ANO CAMPUSES The purpose of this policy is to comply with the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Amendment of 1989 and Public Law 101-226. This policy IS applicable to all employees of the Little Rock School District This policy Drug abuse and use during working hours are subjects of immediate concern in our society. From a safety perspective, the users of drugs may impair the well-being of all employees, students, the public at large, and may cause damage to school district property Therefore it is the policy of the Little Rock School District that students, the property the unlawful manufacture, distribution, possession. -------------------. J . v.i, sale, dispensation or use of alcohol or a controlled substance or, district property or at school-related activities is prohibited. p,upc, UI scnooi-reiatea Any employee violating this policy will be subject to discipline . , \"1 J  . ............... 'J 'J I OL. I p I I to and including termination and referral for prosecution. up POLICY RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I, ____________________________ Little Rock School District, a copy of the district's hereby , an emplovee of the certify that I have received drug-free work environment. policy regarding the maintenance I am aware that the .of ci unlawful manufacture, distribution, of alcohol or a control 1ed sale, dispensation, substance on Little possession or Rock use School District prohibited. property, or at school I am also aware that violation of related activities/events, is subject realize district me to that as discipline up a .condition to and of my this policy will including termination. ray employment in this I school I must abide by the terms of this policy and will notify employer of any occurring conviction. in the workplace criminal drug conviction for a violation no later that five (5) days after such Signed DateREGULATION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE: GBB DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES 1. Purpose To set forth procedures for regulating and monitoring the implementation of the Drug Free Schools and Campuses policy. II. Definition of Terms \"controlled substance\" means any drug listed in 11 U.S.C. Section 812 The term '(.unuuueu ouuiLUHvc ---------- . and other federal regulations. Generally, these are drugs which have a high Such drugs include, but are not limited to. Heroin, \"Crack \" PCP and \"Ice.\" They also include \"legal drugs Generally potential for abuse. Marijuana, Cocaine, u.u^r,, .... ....- . j , ,, ..\n.. which are prescribed by a licensed physician and are illegally distributed. dispensed or sold on school premises or at school-related activities. III. Procedures The Little Rock School District will not differentiate between drug users and drug pushers or sellers. Any employee who is guilty of possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance and/or alcohol on school premises or as a part of any school-related activity will be subject to and including termination of employment and referral disci pli ne up to for prosecution. 2. The buidling principal or other ad.ministrative head shall notify the superintendent or his/her designee of ary employee guilty of a drug- related violation occurring on Little Rock School District property or at school-related activities, and impose sanctions on the gullty employee. Alternatively, the school district may give the employee the option, at the employee's expense, to successfully complete a drug/alcohol abuse program sponsored by an accredited and approved private or governmental cry 3. 4. 6. 7. insti tution. Each employee is required to inform the district within five (5) days after he or she is convicted for violation of any federal or state criminal drug statute where such violation occurred on the district's premises or during district-sponsored activities. A conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendre) or the imposition of a sentence by a judge or jury in any federal court, state court or other court of competent jurisdiction. If any employee is convicted of violating any criminal drug statute while in the workplace, he or she will be subject to discipline up to and including termination. Alternatively, the school district may give the employee the option, at the employee's expense, to successfully complete a drug/alcohol abuse program sponsored by an accredited and approved private or governmental institution. By virtue of Little Rock School District participation in federally funded programs, the law requires all employees of the District to abide by these regulations as a condition of employment in the Little Rock School Di strict. Each unit administrator shall be responsible for compliance with the reporting and certification procedures outlined in this policy and shall maintain, at the building site, appropriate documentation to demonstrate compllance. All employees are to be made cognizant of this policy and regulations and are required to sign an acknowledgement form and return it to the unit administrator. 1.LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE: GBB DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES This policy The purpose of this policy is to comply with the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Amendment of 1989 and Public Law 101-226. This policy is applicable to all employees of the Little Rock School District. students, the Drug abuse and use during working hours are subjects of immediate concern in our society. From a safety perspective, the users of drugs may impair the well-being of all employees, students, the public at large, and may cause damage to school district property Therefore it is the policy of the Little Rock School District that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, possession, sale, dispensation or use of alcohol or a controlled substance on district property or at school-related activities is prohibited. pi upei uy UI dL scnooi-Any employee violating this policy will be subject to discipline un tn anH i nrl itdi nn _______i . to and including termination and referral for prosecution. POLICY RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I, ____________________________ Little Rock School District, a copy of the district's hereby , an employee of the certify that I have received drug-f ree work envi ronraent. policy regarding the maintenance .of a I am aware that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, of alcohol or control 1ed sale, dispensation, substance possession or use on Little Rock School District prohibited. property, or at school related activities/events, am also aware that violation of subject realize district me to that as discipline up a .condition to and of my this policy will including termination. my employment in this school I must abide by the terms of this policy and will notify employer of any occurring conviction. in the workplace criminal drug conviction for a violation no later that five (5) days after such I a i s I Signed DateI. REGULATION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT EPS CODE: GBB Purpose DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES To set forth procedures for regulating and monitoring the implementation of the Drug Free Schools and Campuses policy. Il. Definition of Terms The term \"controlled substance\" means any drug listed in 11 U:S.C. Section 812 and other federal regulations. Generally, these are drugs which have a high Such drugs include, but are not limited to. Heroin, \"Crack,\" PCP and \"Ice.\" They also include \"legal drugs\" potential for abuse. Marijuana, Cocaine, . v. ....-  - - which are prescribed by a licensed physician and are illegally distributed, dispensed or sold on school premises or at school-related activities. III. Procedures The Little Rock School District will not differentiate between drug users u.uu o w. o=,lv. .. Any employee who is guilty of possession, or distribution of a controlled substance and/or alcohol on school and drug pushers or sellers. use or distribution or a control leo suuslohuc a.iu/ur premises or as a part of any school-related activity will be subject to UI Ob a pui t . ------------------------ 1. J r ^-1 discipline up to and including termination of employment and referroi 2. for prosecution. The buidling principal or other administrative head shall notify the superintendent or his/her designee of ary employee guilty of a drug- related violation occurring on Little Rock School District property or at school-related activities, and impose sanctions on the guilty employee. Alternatively, the school district may give the employee the option, at the employee's expense, to successfully complete a drug/alcohol abuse accredited and approved private or governmental program sponsored by an insti tution. 3. Each employee is required to inform the district within five (5) days after he or she is convicted for violation of any federal or state criminal drug statute where such violation occurred on the district's premises or during district-sponsored activities. A conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendre) or the imposition of a sentence by a judge or jury in any federal court, state court or other court of competent jurisdiction. If any employee is convicted of violating any criminal drug statute while in the workplace, he or she will be subject to discipline up to and including termination. Alternatively, the school district may give the employee the option, at the employee's expense, to successfully complete a drug/alcohol abuse program sponsored by an accredited and approved private or governmental institution. 5. By virtue of Little Rock School District participation in federally funded programs, the law requires all employees of the District to abide by these regulations as a condition of employment in the Little Rock School Di strict. 6. Each unit administrator shall be responsible for compliance with the reporting and certification procedures outlined in this policy and shall maintain, at the building site, appropriate documentation to demonstrate compli ance. 7. All employees are to be made cognizant of this policy and regulations and are required to sign an acknowledgement form and return it to the unit administrator. 1. 4.received JUL 1 t99t OHice of Desegregation Monitoring LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT DRUG TESTING PROGRAM June 1991I. Little Rock School District Drug Testing Program A, Program Overview The safety and District's maintained. students security shall of be the Little a priority and Rock School alcohol, The influence or use of drugs, always including is capable of threatening the safety of our students and cannot be tolerated. The Little Rock School District (LRSD) is committed to providing a drug free work environment for employees. the safety of students and The possession, use, transfer, or sale of alcohol and/or any illegal drug while on duty is strictly prohibited. Being under the influence of alcohol and/or any illegal drug while on duty is also strictly prohibited. B. Scope of Program All LRSD employees whose primary job is the transporting of students in vehicles owned, leased, or rented by LRSD will abide by this program. II. Definitions A. \"Abuse and/or untimely use of alcohol\": Having an alcohol concentration in the blood or breath of 0.4% or greater or having an alcohol concentration in the blood or breath in any amount or degree when coupled with impairment of the employee's ability to safely, properly, and effectively perform his or her assigned duties. B. Drug: Any substance (other than alcohol) that has known mind or function-altering effects on human subject, specifically including any psychoactive substance and including, but not limited to, controlled substances. C. Controlled Substance: a Has the meaning assigned by the Federal Government and includes all substances listed on Schedules I through V as they are presently listed in Regulations, Parts 1301-1306. 21 Code of Federal D. \"Abuse and/or untimely and/or drugs\": use of controlled substances 1. Testing positive for the presence of any controlled substances in the body in any amount or degree, when coupled with impairment of the employee'sDrug Testing Program June 27, 1991 Page 3 E. ability to safely, properly, perform his/her assigned duties, or and effectively Testing positive for the presence of any drugs in the body at or above the following cutoff levels (nanagrams per milliliter) for the initial drug screen (lA) and the confirming test fGC/MS). NIDA cutoff will be utilized). Marijuana metabolites Cocaine metabolites Opiate metabolites Codeine Morphine Amphetamine Amphetamine Methamphetamine Phencyclidine Drug Screener/Collector: lA 100 300 300 1000 25 (The GC/MS 15 ng/ml 150 ng/ml ng/ml 300 ng/ml 300 ng/ml 500 500 25 2 . The person responsible for collection of specimens under this program. F. Drug Program Coordinator: The person responsible for administration of this program. G. NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse H. On Duty: The time beginning when an employee reports for work until the employee finishes work and leaves District property (including any rest and lunch breaks). On duty also includes any time an employee is traveling on LRSD business.Drug Testing Program June 27, Page 4 1991 I. Specimen: A urine sample in the amount of at least 60 milliliters. III. Job Applicant Testing A. All applicants for jobs covered by this program will be required to undergo drug and/or alcohol screening prior to their employment. B. Applicants will be informed in writing prior to any drug and/or alcohol screening that such tests are required and that their employment is conditioned upon passing such tests. Applicants will also be C. D. E. F. IV. District's Testing Drug Program, informed and a program will be made available upon request. Procedures set forth in of the copy of the applicant testing. Section VII will apply to If an applicant's positive, initial drug or alcohol test a confirmation test will be conducted requested by applicant at applicant's expense. confirmation test IS requested. no action on is if If a the applicant's employment will be taken until the results of the confirmation test are available. If an applicant's initial drug or alcohol test or. if requested, confirmation test is positive for alcohol or illegal drugs, applicant will not be employed. On written request by the applicant. a copy of the confirmation test will be supplied to the applicant. Random Employee Testing A. To maintain the District's priority of assuring the safety, health. and well-being of students and the traveling public, LRSD retains the right to randomly test for alcohol and illegal drugs all District employees who are covered by this program. No employee will be B. randomly tested more than two times per school year. Each employee selected for random testing will be assured that his or her selection does not mean suspects usage of alcohol or illegal drugs. that LRSD The processDrug Testing Program June 27, 1991 Page 5 by which employees will be selected for random testing is as follows: 1, All employees subject to this program will be assigned code Coordinator. number by the Drug Program a 2. The Drug Program Coordinator will also assign each month of the school year (August through May) a one digit code number. When the last digit of an employee's number 4, corresponds with the code number for the month in which tests are being conducted, the employee will be tested. If an employee is unavailable for testing on the assigned date, he or she will be tested on the next drug testing date. 3, 5. The procedures set forth in Section VII will be used for all random testing of employees. 6. If the employee's confirmation test is positive for abuse and/or untimely use of alcohol or abuse and/or untimely use of controlled substances and/or drugs, he or she shall be terminated. V. Employee Testing for Cause A. An LRSD administrator who has a reasonable suspicion that an employee under his or her supervision is guilty of abuse and/or untimely use of alcohol or abuse and/or untimely use of controlled substances and/or drugs may require the employee to undergo a drug and/or alcohol test. Reasonable suspicion may be based, among other things, on an employee's observed behavior which is indicative of drug or alcohol use, reports from a reliable source of suspected drug use or possession. or the employee's admission of possession or use of drugs and/or alcohol. B. The administrator will follow the following process in cases where the administrator reasonably suspects abuse and/or untimely use of alcohol or abuse and/or untimely use of controlled substances and/or drugs: 1. Solicit an explanation from the employee for any behavior which creates a reasonable suspicion of a violation of this program.Drug Testing Program June 27, Page 6 1991 2 . If the employee cannot satisfactorily explain the , behavior, the supervisor may request the employee to undergo a drug and/or alcohol test (urinalysis). 3 . If the employee agrees to be tested, he or she will complete the LRSD consent form (see attached), and a specimen will be obtained. 4. Procedures set forth in Section VII will apply to employee testing for cause. 5. If the employee refuses to undergo the test or complete the consent form, he or she will be advised that such refusal constitutes a ground for immediate termination. If the employee still refuses to cooperate, he or she will be relieved of duty pending appropriate disciplinary action. 6. If the employee's initial drug and/or alcohol test is positive, administrative the leave employee will of absence be placed pending confirmation test of the employee's specimen. on a If a positive test is not confirmed, the employee's pay and job status will be restored. 7. If the employee's confirmation test is positive for abuse and/or untimely use of alcohol or abuse and/or untimely use of controlled substances and/or drugs, he or she shall be terminated. 8. If the employee is found not to have violated this program and is otherwise medically fit for duty, the employee will be returned to duty. VI. Employee Accident-Related Testing LRSD shall require an employee to undergo drug and/or alcohol testing when an employee is involved in an accident which results in personal injury or property damage while operating a vehicle owned, leased, or rented by LRSD. In such cases the procedures set forth in Section V (Employee Testing for Cause) will be followed, except that the employee will be advised that such tests investigation. are required If the employee's as part of the accident confirmation test is positive for abuse and/or untimely use of alcohol or abuse and/or untimely use of controlled substances and/or drugs, he or she shall be terminated. VII. Procedures During Collection A. To ensure that a chain of custody and specimen controlDrug Testing Program June 27, 1991 Page 7 are maintained, the collection of urine specimens shall . proceed as follows: 1. Upon employee's arrival at the collection site, the collector shall request the individual to present photo identification or other similar official 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. identification. If the individual does not have proper identification, this shall be noted on the chain of custody form. The collector shall notify the Drug Program Coordinator (DPC) immediately. The DPC shall then contact the employee's immediate supervisor individual. to confirm identification of the The employee will be required to complete a pre- test information form which serves as an identification document for the specimen collected. This form will request information regarding the employee's use of prescription and non-prescription drugs which may affect the outcome of the test. The collector shall be of the same gender as the employee. The employee will be required to remove any unnecessary outer garments and to leave outside the collection area any purses, briefcases, or similar items. The employee will be required to wash and dry his or her hands before the test is administered. The employee will then remain in the presence of the collector and not have access to water fountains, faucets, soap dispensers, cleaning agents or any other material which could be used to adulterate the specimen. To deter the dilution of collection site, specimens at the placed in the toilet bowl. toilet bluing agents shall be There should not be any other source of water (e.g., shower, sink, etc.) in the enclosure where the sample is taken. Any transfer of the specimen from the collection container to another observed by the donor. specimen bottle will be No information shall be released concerning the collection of the specimen unless accordance with this policy. it is inDrug Testing Program June 27, 1991 Page 8 9. If after one (1) hour, the employee cannot give the - required specimen, the employee will be required to report at the next Drug/Alcohol Test date. If at the second Drug/Alcohol Test the employee again cannot produce an adequate specimen, the employee will be suspended until the drug test is completed. 10, Immediately after collection, the collector will measure the temperature of the specimen (avoiding cross contamination of specimens) and inspect the specimen for signs of contaminants. Any unusual findings resulting from the inspection shall be noted on the chain of custody form. The time from when the specimen is collected to delivery of the sample for temperature measurement is critical and in no case shall exceed 4 minutes. The individual giving the specimen will be asked to observe the reading of the temperature and the recording of the reading on the control form. He or she will then be asked to initial in the proper block on the chain of custody form. If the temperature of the specimen is outside the range of 32.5-37.7 degrees C/90.5-99.8 degrees F., another specimen shall be collected, specimens specimen under direct forwarded to observation. the suspected to be forwarded for testing. and laboratory. adulterated will both Any be 11. Both the employee being tested and the collector should keep the specimen in view at all times until it has been packaged and sealed for shipment. If the specimen is transferred to a second container, the collector observe the transfer shall request the individual of the specimen and to the placement of the tamper-proof seal over the bottle cap and down the sides of the bottle. 12 . The identification label should contain the date of collection. name of collection required identifying information. official, and The individual shall initial the label on the specimen bottle, using initials corresponding with the name on the chain of custody form. 13 . The individual shall be asked to read and sign a certification statement certifying that the urine in the bottle came from his or her body at the time of collection. Refusal to sign this statement shall be noted on the certification statement form by the collector. Refusal to sign this statement.Drug Testing Program June 27, Page 9 1991 without justification, will result in disciplinary , action. 14. 15, The collector shall complete the chain of custody form for the collection process. All procedures shall be conducted in a detached and objective manner. 16. The specimen and chain of custody form with certification statement will be shiped immediately to the contractor laboratory. Reasonable suspicion specimens shall be shipped, in all cases, to the testing laboratory the same day of collection. VIII. Failure of Employee to Report to Designated Collection Site A. Upon notification by the DPC that an employee has failed to appear for a scheduled collection, the supervisor shall discuss with the employee the reason(s) for failing to appear. If the employee provides a legitimate reason for failing to report, no disciplinary action will be taken. B. If the employee does not provide a legitimate reason(s) for failing to report, the supervisor shall document the failure in writing and the employee will be suspended without conducted. payr until a drug and/or alcohol test IS IX. Employee Refusal to Provide Specimen at the Collection Site A. In the event an employee refuses to provide a specimen, the following procedures shall apply. 1. The DPC and director of the employee's department will be contacted. The employee will be advised by the director of the department or his representative that refusal to provide a specimen will result in termination. 3. The director of the department shall initiate appropriate disciplinary action against an employee if the employee still refuses specimen. to provide 2 . a X, Failure of Employee to Provide Specimen A. Upon notification by the DPC that an employee has failed to provide a sufficient quantity of urine (at least 60Drug Testing Program June 27, Page 10 1991 milliliters), the supervisor shall be documenting all relevant details to responsible for support any disciplinary action taken against an employee because of failing to provide a specimen. B. The director of the employee's department or his representative shall meet with employee to see if the employee has legitimate reasons for not providing a specimen. C. If the employee has legitimate reasons, he or she will be required to take the drug test within twenty-four hours. D. If the employee does not have a legitimate reason, he or she will be suspended without pay until the test is taken. XI. Right of Refusal All applicants and employees have the right to refuse to undergo drug testing. testing will be denied employment. Applicants who refuse to undergo such undergo such testing will be terminated. Employees who refuse to XII. Test Results A. Employees who are given the initial drug screening urine drug detection test for alcohol, barbiturates. amphetamines, marijuana, morphine. heroin, cocaine, and phencyclidine (PCP) may be provided with test results in one day. B. If the employee test is positive on the initial drug screening drug detection system for alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, barbiturates, amphetamines, morphine (heroin), and phencyclidine (PCP) a more specific alternate chemical testing method will be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result. All positive samples will be stored at the confirmation laboratory for a period of at least one (1) year. C. There are a number of different confirmation tests available cocaine, (heroin). for drugs of abuse phencyclidine (PCP), (alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines, morphine LRSD will select a company or laboratory with the necessary experience, knowledge, and background to do all confirmation testing. The company or laboratory will be certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) or college of American Pathologists (AP) .Drug Testing Program June 27, Page 11 1991 D. Confirmation test results may be provided to the , employees who request them in writing within five (5) working days of the notification of their confirmation test results. E. Both applicants and employees may provide a written, explanation for their positive test results and request reconfirmation of their original sample at their own expense. XIII. Employee Notification All employees and job applicants will be advised of the Little Rock School District Drug Testing Program. Notice of the program will be posted on employee bulletin boards and copies of the program will be conveniently available for XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. applicants and employees to review. Employee Appeal A. job Any employee may appeal his or her discharge or other disciplinary action taken under this policy. Any employee may appeal his or her discharge or any other disciplinary action to the extent and in the manner such appeal is authorized by Board policy or appropriate law. Testing Time for Employee A. All employees who are subject to drug and/or alcohol testing will be allowed to take the test on work time. Job applicants will receive no compensation for testing. Self-Referral Substance Abuse Option A. Employees who voluntarily advise LRSD of an alcohol, narcotic, or substance abuse problem prior to being tested for alcohol and illegal drugs shall be eligible for a leave of absence without pay or benefits for the purpose of treatment and rehabilitation for a period not to exceed six (6) months. Upon completion of the leave. LRSD may require the employee to provide certification that he or she is capable of performing his or her duties and free from the effects of his or her prior drug or alcohol use. Return to service is conditioned on the employee being willing to submit to monthly drug testing for one calendar year. Confidentiality A. LRSD recognizes the legal need for strict confidentiality as it relates to test results. Confidentiality appliesDrug Testing Program June 27, Page 12 1991 to all information relating to the employee drug testing, result and treatment and no person other than necessary management will have access to drug testing results. B. An employee may waive the confidentiality of the drug test, test To waive confidentiality of the drug screening the employee must authorization to the LRSD. give written letter- of XVIII. Record Maintenance a It shall be the responsibility of the Drug Program Coordinator to see that all drug and/or alcohol test records generated by the Safety and Security Department are properly stored. Records resulting from the testing of LRSD employees for drug and/or alcohol abuse (e.g., chain of custody form, negative test results, confirmed positive test result, waiver forms, etc.) shall be maintained by the Drug Program Coordinator. XIX. Responsibility It shall be the responsibility of the Safety and Security Department to administer the Drug/alcohol Test Program for the Little Rock School District.LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT 1002 E. 21ST STREET LITTLE ROCK, AR 72206 RANDOM DRUG TESTING PROGRAM CHECKLIST FOR EMPLOYEES You have been identified through a process of random selection for drug testing by urinalysis. Please be assured that your selection and the selection of other employees in your facility for such drug testing in no way reflects that the agency has a specific cause to suspect the usage of illegal drugs. The process by which you have been selected uses the last number in your drug identification number. All eligible employees in that are under the drug testing policy and are listed in a random order and, on the day chosen for testing, a preset percentage are notified to report for testing. The number of employees selected for drug and/or alcohol testing are determined by a preset percentage. This process continues until the predetermined number of tests are completed. Please take a few minutes to read the following information, describes your role in the collection process. which Present required drivers license to the collector. When instructed by the collector, complete the Drug Testing Control Form. On this form, you may list any prescription and over-the- counter drugs that you use. strictest confidence. Any information given is held in Remove any unnecessary outer garments, e.g., coat, jacket. All personal belongings (e.g., purse, briefcase) must remain with outer garment(s). You may retain your wallet. When instructed by collector, wash and dry your hands. You may provide the specimen in the privacy of a stall or otherwise partitioned area that allows for individual privacy. It will be necessary for you to provide a specimen of at least 60 milliliters. If you are unable to provide a sufficient quantity, you will be given a reasonable period of time to provide an adequate specimen. As a general rule, you will be allowed a maximum of 1 hour in which to provide your RANDOM DRUG TESTING PROGRAM CHECKLIST FOR EMPLOYEES specimen. If at the end of the waiting period you still cannot provide a specimen, drug testing will be rescheduled by the Drug Program Coordinator. I I I  I I I I  I I I I  I I I I  I I I I  IPage 2 I I I I You should observe the entire collection procedure. I I I I When instructed, read, sign, and date the certification statement certifying that the specimen in the bottle is yours and came from your body at the time of collection. I 1 1  1 Note the temperature reading on the bottle and verify that the temperature was correctly recorded by initialing in the proper space on the form. 1 1 1  1 1 1 1  1 If you have any questions or concerns, share them with the Collector, your supervisor, or the Drug Program Coordinator. You are to report to at on (Address) (Time) (Date) for your test. 1 1 1  1 If you have an emergency and cannot make the appointment please contact your supervisor at (Name) (Phone number) 1 I 1  1 This form was given to the employee on at (Time) by (Date) (Supervisor) Employee's signature Date and timeSPECIFICATIONS FOR ON-SITE TESTING SYSTEM General: Drug testing system that provides for the qualitative detection of parent compound or metabolite for at least, (1) THC, Morphine, (4) Barbiturates, (5) Amphetamines, (6) PCP. (2) Cocaine, (3) Specific: The drug testing system must: 1. Be rapid with results being obtained in less than five minutes. 2. Be able to be conveniently performed \"on the spot\", (portable) at any location and in the presence of the client/patient/offender. Not require any instrumentation nor the corresponding electrical and plumbing requirements. Not require any daily routine maintenance or calibration procedure, beyond routine quality control. 5. Comply with NIDA Guidelines relative to cut-off/threshold values for each respective assay. 6. Require minimal urine sample volume of less than 25 microliters. 7. Be simple and easy to use so that professional staff can capably perform the test. 8. Not require the pretreatment of urine, or be affected by PH balance of urine. 9. Be in compliance with Food and Drug Administration regulations. 10. Be highly specific and reliable immunoassay that provides easy-to- read, clearly distinguishable positive or negative results. 11. Not require the reading of color differentiation for results. SPECIFICATION FOR CONFIRMATION DRUG/ALCOHOL TEST The Company, Laboratory, or Agency that performs the Confirmation Drug/Alcohol Test must be certified Department of Health Pathologists. and Human Services by either the United States or College of American 3 . 4 . The confirmation test results will be forwarded back to Requesting Agency within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of sample to be tested.CONTACT LISTINGS Arkansas Highway Department 3994 Greman Leaf Cove Memphis, TN Roche Diagnostic Systems Joe Plaia 3994 German Leaf Cove Memphis, TN Fifth Division Circuit Court Jimmy Potts Little Rock, AR Friday, Eldredge, Clark Law Firm Andy Turner Chris Heller Little Rock, AR Little Rock School District Labor Relations Brady Gadberry Little Rock, AR Little Rock School District Transportation Department Richard Johnson, Director Floyd Cooper, Safety Supervisor Little Rock, AR Little Rock School District Safety and Security Department Bill Barnhouse, Director Little Rock, AR Little Rock School District Risk Management Brad Montgomery Little Rock, AR Arkansas Highway Safety Section Mike Selig 569-2648 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Bldg., Room 3120 Mark WestmorelandArkansas Highway Police Motor Vehicle Richard Brown Drug Free, Inc. 100 S. University Cathy A. Bradshaw Midway Airlines, Inc. Nancy Romski, Director of Personnel 321-838-4610 Atlanta, GA Wayne Yancey 404-656-3377 School District Kansas City Public School District Tom Steaver 816-871-7000 Jackson, MS School District Curtis Starling 601-960-8700 Shreveport, LA  Parish Schools Marques Bladds 381-632-6318 Memphis, TN Mr. Douglass School District Director of Transportation 901-325-5540 Louisville, KY C. Duncan 502-473-3470 502-473-3113 - School District Birmingham, AL  School District Charles Henry 205-599-8810 CONTACT LISTINGSCONTINUED Roche Diagnostic SystemsLITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT 810 WEST MARKHAM STREET LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS received 1 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: June 27, 1991 Board of Directors JUL Oiiico 01 Desegregation Monitoring Ruth S. Steele, Superintendent of Schools CONTRACT FOR SCHOOL DRUG INSURANCE PROGRAM I am enclosing a copy of the contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield in connection with the School Drug Insurance Program, reviewed the contract at my request. Our attorney I recommend that you approve the contract.FIGHTING BACK! BLANKET INSURANCE CONTRACT WITH ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY This is an agreement among Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, A Mutual Insurance Company, hereinafter referred to as \"Insurer\", \"we\" or \"us\", whose home office is located at 601 Gaines Street, Little Rock, Arkansas and the Little Rock School District, hereinafter referred to as II District, tl \"you\" or \"your. II whose Administrative Office is located at 800 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas, and the City of Little Rock, hereinafter referred to as \"City\", whose offices are located at 500 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas. ARTICLE I. WE AGREE: In consideration of the District's and City's execution of the Application for Insurance and of the premium set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto. Insurer agrees to provide Qualified Students insurance coverage for drug and alcohol treatments subject to the following terms and conditions: SECTION I. Definitions A. Plan: The Plan is the School Drug Insurance Program, described in this Agreement, designed by Insurer for Qualified Students of the District. B. Student: A Student is an enrolled. full-time student during the time this Agreement is in force, certified as such by the District. BICC. Gatekeeper: A designated person or persons who has the necessary training, certification and experience to evaluate the drug or alcohol abuse patterns of Students to determine if eligible Students qualify for the benefits available under the Plan. This person or persons will be employed by the District. D. Qualified Student: A Student that has been determined by the Gatekeeper to qualify for services available under the Plan. E. Designated Provider: A health care institution, located in the same county as District, which is licensed and qualified to render treatment for alcohol and drug abuse and which has entered into an agreement with Insurer to participate in the Plan. SECTION II. Benefits A. Up to $360.00 per Qualified Student for Level 1 Treatment by a Designated Provider, Education and Counseling: Treatment consists of (a) two one-hour group sessions per week for up to four weeks. if necessary. and (b) one one-hour private session and three two-hour group sessions with the Qualified Student's family. B. Up to $2,240.00 per Qualified Student for Level 2 Treatment by a Designated Provider, Intervention Group Therapy: Treatment consists of (a) an initial assessment, (b) three one-hour group sessions, per week for up to eight weeks\n(c) follow-up with two-hour group or one-hour individual sessions each week for six months\n(d) one one-hour private session and up to six two-hour group sessions for the Qualified Students's family. BIC 2C. Up to $6,500.00 per Qualified Student for Level 3 Treatment by a Designated Provider, Limited Residential Care: Treatment consists of (a) social, physical and psychological assessment of the Qualified Student\n(b) twenty-four hour residential care for no more than seven days\n(c) after residential care, three-hour group sessions three times a week for six months\n(d) three one-hour private sessions and six two-hour group sessions for members of the Qualified Student's family\n(e) periodic drug screening and (f) for Qualified Students with severe chemical dependency, inpatient detoxification for up to three days. D. Up to $13,500.00 per Qualified Students for Level 4 Treatment by a Designated Provider, Intensive Residential Care: Treatment consist of (a) twenty-four hour supervised residential living up to ninety days\n(b) after care one one-hour individual session per week or one two-hour group session per week for six months\n(c) Level 3 treatment components (a) , (d) , (e) and (f). SECTION III. Limitations A. No benefits are provided under this Contract to any student other than a Qualified Student. B. No benefits will be provided for admission of a Qualified Student in Level 3 Treatment more than once during a twelve month period. C. No benefits will be provided for admission of a Qualified Student in Level 4 Treatment more than once during a twelve month period. BIC 3D. No benefits will be provided for a Qualified Student's Level of Treatment which is not started while this contract is in force. E. No benefits will be provided for a Qualified Student's Level of Treatment which is not provided by a Designated provider. SECTION IV. Other Insurance A. Designated Providers have agreed to accept payment under the Plan as payment in full. B. If any of the' benefits under the Plan are available to a Qualified Student under any other individual, group or blanket disability insurance policy, health maintenance organization plan. union welfare plan. employer or employee benefit organization. self-insurance or any other non-regulated group disability benefit plan, benefits of the Plan will be reduced when the sum of: 1. Benefits that would be payable under the Plan in the absence of coverage of the Qualified Student's other insurance\nand 2. The benefits that would be payable under the Qualified Student's other insurance, in the absence of the Plan, exceed the maximum Benefit, set forth in Section III. of this Contract, for the Qualified Student's Level of Treatment. In that case, the benefits of the Plan will be reduced so that they and the benefits payable under the other insurance do not total more than the maximum Benefits set forth in Section II. of this Article for the Qualified Student's Level of Treatment. SECTION V. Other Provisions BIC 4A. As condition of coverage, District authorizes a Designated Providers to furnish Insurer, its agents, or any of its subsidiaries, upon request. all records, or copies thereof, relating to services provided under the Plan. B. Notice and Proof of Claim 1. You must submit written proof of any treatment received by a Qualified Student under the_ Plan not later than December 31 of the calendar year following the one in which such treatment was received. We shall furnish you such forms as are usually furnished by us for filing proof of claim. If such forms are not so furnished within fifteen (15) days after you give us written notice of treatment of a Qualified Student, you shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements as to proof of claim upon submitting within the time fixed for filing proof of claim (subparagraph 1. above), written proof covering the occurrence, character and extent of loss for which claim is made. 3. Benefits payable under the Plan will be payable 2. immediately upon receipt of written proof of claim. C. Legal Actions. No court suits shall be brought to recover from the Plan before sixty (60) days after written proof of claim has been furnished in accordance with the requirements of this contract. No legal action shall be brought after the expiration of three (3) years from the time written proof of claim is required to be furnished. BIC 5ARTICLE II. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING, THE CITY AGREES: SECTION I. To pay us the premium charges set forth in Schedule A of this Contract. SECTION II. That the District is the member of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield with authority to act in accordance with Article V. of this Contract. ARTICLE III. UNLESS OTHERWISE-AGREED IN WRITING, THE DISTRICT AGREES TO: SECTION I. Act as the agent for your Students (not of us) in all dealings between us and such Students including: A. Notifying us of changes in Students' status\nB. Provide notice to us of a Student's acceptance into the program, which Designated Provider and Level of Treatment. C. Providing Students all communications and notices from us. SECTION II. Employ and train the Gatekeeper. SECTION III. Hold Insurer harmless against any claims or liability which may arise as a result of Gatekeeper's determination of Designated Provider or Level of Treatment. ARTICLE IV. ALL PARTIES AGREE: SECTION I. . This Blanket Insurance Contract and the accompanying application constitute the entire contract among the parties. All statements by you shall be deemed representations and not warranties, unless there is fraud. No statement will be used to void coverage or reduce benefits unless it is contained in a written application. BIC 6SECTION II. We may amend the terms of this Contract. If we do so, we will give 30 days written notice to you. Such change shall be effective on the date fixed in the notice. Unless all of the parties agree to another date, any change in benefits and premiums shall occur on the anniversary date. SECTION III. Any of the parties can cancel this Contract by thirty days written notice to the others. We cannot cancel before the last day of any period for which we have received premiums. ARTICLE V. POLICY PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO MEMBERSHIP, MEETING AND VOTING. SECTION I. Annual Meetinp. An annual meeting of the members shall be held each and every calendar year in the State of Arkansas for the purpose of electing directors. receiving and considering reports as to the business and affairs of the Corporation, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The meeting shall be held between January 1 and April 1 of each year at such place, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, provide that the place, date and time of the annual meeting shall be set forth in the policy of members as provided in Article III, Section 3 of these ByLaws. [THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE HELD EACH YEAR AT THE HOME OFFICE OF THE COMPANY ON THE THIRD THURSDAY IN MARCH AT 1:00 P.M. (PROVIDED, IF SUCH DAY SHALL BE A LEGAL HOLIDAY, BIC 7THEN AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE ON THE NEXT SUCCEEDING DAY WHICH IS NOT A LEGAL HOLIDAY)]. SECTION II. Special Meetings. A special meeting of members for any purpose may be called by the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary at the request of members holding one- third (1/3) of the voting power entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting and no other business outside the scope of the stated purpose or purposes shall be transacted. Unless ordered by the Board of Directors, the time and place of each special meeting of members shall be determined by the Chief Executive Officer. SECTION III. Notice of Meetings. So long as each insurance policy issued by the Corporation sets forth the place, date and hour of the annual meeting of members, no notice of any annual meeting shall be required to be given to any member, regardless of the number or nature of proposals to be considered and voted upon at the annual meeting. If notice of the annual meeting is not set forth in each insurance policy, written or printed notice of the annual meeting and every special meeting of the members, stating the place, date, time and the purpose or purposes of such meeting shall be given to the members entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10), nor more than sixty (60), days before the date of the meeting. All such notices shall be given, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary unless ordered by the Board of Directors. Notices BIC 8which shall be mailed shall be deemed to be II given\" when deposited in the United States Mail addressed to the member at the member's address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage prepaid [first class mail, if the notice is mailed thirty (30) days or less before the date of the meeting], and any notice transmitted other than by mail shall be deemed to have been \"given\" when delivered to the member. SECTION IV. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law. majority of the members of the Corporation (present in person or by proxy) shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any annual or special meeting of the members of the Corporation. SECTION V. Voting Rights. Each member shall be entitled to one vote for each policy held by him upon each matter coming to a vote at meetings of members. Provided, a group policyholder shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of certificate holders insured under the group policy. Such vote may be exercised in person or by written proxy. SECTION VI. Vote Reguired. A majority of the voting power represented at any meeting of members shall be necessary and sufficient to approve any given matter. There shall be no a cumulative voting. SECTION VII. Proxy. At all meetings of members a member may vote by proxy executed in writing by the member or by the member's duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary before commencement of the meeting or at such later BIC 9time as shall be expressly permitted by the Corporate officer presiding at such meeting. Each application for an insurance policy issued by the Corporation shall contain a provision pursuant to which the policyholder thereof grants a revocable proxy to the Board of Directors with respect to all matters to be considered and voted upon by members at any meeting for the term of such insurance policy. BIC 10ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 601 Gaines Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (herein called the Company) BLANKET INSURANCE APPLICATION AND PROXY COMPANY, IN CONSIDERATION of the application made by (herein called the District) Blanket Insurance Contract Number and in consideration of payment by the City of the charges as herein provided in Schedule A, agrees to provide the benefits described in the Blanket Insurance Contract. This agreement shall be for a period of (the Effective Date) to ( ) months beginning at 12:01 a.m. on , (the Anniversary Date) and from year to year thereafter, unless the Contract is canceled as provided therein. The premiums shall be paid in advance of the Effective Date and thereafter as provided herein. This Application is made and delivered in the State of Arkansas. It is governed by the laws of such and is subject to the terms and conditions of Application by reference. the Group Contract, which is a part of this Signed at 19 , this ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Authorized Signature Authorized Signature CITY OF LITTLE ROCK Authorized Signature BIC 11PROXY I hereby appoint the Board of Directors (\"Board\") of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, A Mutual Insurance Company (\"Company\") as my proxy to act on my behalf at all meetings of members of the Company. This appointment shall include such persons as the Board may designate by resolution to act on its behalf. the Board, or its designee, This proxy gives matters that may be voted upon at any meeting. full power to vote for me on all The annual meeting of Members is held each year at the home office of the Company on the third Thursday of March, at 1:00 o'clock p.m. beginning March 17, 1988. If the third Thursday of March is a legal holiday, then the meeting will be at the same time and place on the next day after, which is not a legal holiday. Special meetings may be called upon notice mailed not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to,such meeting. This proxy, unless revoked. shall remain in effect during my membership in the Company. I may revoke this proxy in writing by advising the Company of such at least five (5) days prior to any meeting. I may also revoke my proxy by attending and voting in person at any Member's meeting. Address By: Signature and Title Dated this day of 19 BIC 12SCHEDULE A PREMIUM FOR THE FIGHTING BACK BLANKET INSURANCE CONTRACT SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: Annual Premium $267,000 Payment of premium will be made semi-annually. The initial premium charge, of no less than $133,500, shall be paid on the Effective Date, and no coverage shall be in effect until such payment is received. Subsequent payments, the balance of the annual premium. shall be payable on or before the semi-annual date of the Effective Date. BIC 13November 1993  Vol. 5, No. 2 ^4 p arent talk JIL A DDrruugg Education Newsletter for Parents in the LRSD iiUtitiinnnnitHiUCS B B Safe Homes Program Comes to Little Rock Parent Power! has become the rallying cry of parent groups across the country who have joined together to implement a SAFE Homes initiative in their communities. The SAFE Homes program originated in New Jersey and Nebraska in 1991 because of the growing concern of parents regarding the alarming increase in drug and alcohol use among teenagers. Parents in these communities were asked to join in the effort by signing a SAFE Homes Pledge. Further, the parents agreed to cooperate with schools, law enforcement and young people to create a healthy atmosphere in which the use of alcohol and other drugs was no longer considered the norm. Guidelines which SAFE Home parents follow include:  to develop and communicate a clear no drug use position about alcohol and other drugs\n to not allow the illegal use of drugs or alcohol in the home or on family property\n to not allow parties or gatherings in the home when parents or other responsible adults are not present\n to support school and law enforcement policies regarding the use of alcohol and other drugs and to encourage the use of appropriate discipline in dealing with offenders\n to set an example that can be followed by children, and  to remember that appropriate and consistent discipline indicates concern and love. The Little Rock School District Drug Free Schools Advisory Council has adopted as one of its goals for the 1993-94 school year to implement a SAFE Homes Program in the city of Little Rock. An objective of the program is to have all Little Rock School District parents with children ages ten and older signed and pledged by the end of the first semester. This age group represents a critical period for experimentation. According to a recent Youth Health Survey conducted (1992) by the Centers for Disease Control, alcohol consumption is much more widespread among young people than the use of tobacco or any other illegal drug. The Center surveyed approximately 11,631 teenagers in 9th through 11th grades: Fifty nine percent of the students reported that in the previous month, they had consumed one alcoholic drink, while 14% said they had used cocaine in one form or another\nthirty-seven percent said they consumed five or more drinks on one occasion within the past month. In fact, the survey suggests that one third of our nations youth are problem drinkers. In our own city, alcohol and drug use are a leading cause of teenager overdose - requiring hospitalization. A Drug Use Survey administered to Little Rock School District elementary students (4th, Sth and 6th grades) and secondary students (grades 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th) in September, 1992, indicated serious drug use among out youth. Results of both surveys on selected drug use items are listed below: Elementary Level (3,931 students surveyed) Questions Responses 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 8. 9. Have you ever smoked a cigarette? Have you smoked within the past 30 days? Have you ever drunk alcohol? Have you drunk any alcoholic beverage within the last 30 days? Have you ever used marijuana? Have you used marijuana in the last 30 days? Have you ever used Cocaine? Have you used Cocaine within the last 30 days? Have you ever used an inhalant Yes 7.5% 2.4% 17.1% 5.1% 2.8% 1.5% 2.3% 2.3% 7.2% 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 8. 9. Secondary Level (4,544 students surveyed) Have you ever drunk alcohol? Have you had a drink of alcohol in the past 30 days? Have you used alcohol/drugs at school during the past school year? Have you used alcohol/drugs after school during the past year? Have you had 5 or more drinks per occasion in the past 30 days? Have you ever used alcohol/drugs on the way to school Have you ever used alcohol/drugs right after school? How easy is it for you to get alcohol? (Very Easy) Have you ever used marijuana? 10. Have you used in the past 30 days? 11. Have you ever sniffed anything to get high? 12. Have you ever used cocaine? 13. Have you ever used cocaine in the past 30 days? 14. When you drink do you drink to get drunk? 15. Have you ever been too drunk to remember what happened. 16. Have you ever come to school or gone to work with a hangover? 17. Within the past 6 months, have you 60.4% 30.3% 14.9% 18.0% 19.9% 14.4% 18.1% 60.2% 24.0% 11.3% 18.4% 8.4% 3.7% 41.5% 19.5% 15.8% been in danger due to your drinking? 16.5% 18. During the past year, have you used alcohol/drugs in school: 12.2% 10. Have you used an inhalant within the last 30 days? 11. Have you ever used other drugs? 6.2% 3.4% Clearly it is time for parents and other concerned citizens in Little Rock to unite and send a consistent and unified message to vulnerable young people about the dangers of drug use. Parents who are interested in finding out more about the SAFE HOMES program or want to be involved in its implementation are encouraged to call the Pupil Services Office at 324-2162 or the PTA president at your childs school. See Pledge Form on page 6. Little Rock School District Peer Helpers Hold Annual Retreats Expressions such as, it was really fun, I learned a lot, \"I want to come back next year, could be heard form the elementary peer helpers as they prepared to leave at the end of their first annual Peer Helper Training retreat held on September 17 and October 8, 1993, at the Ferndale 4-H Center. A special expression came from a Peer Helper from Otter Creek Elementary School who wrote: \"Thank you for organizing the peer training retreat. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed leamingabouthelpingyourpeers. Also, I would like to thank you for letting us perform our dance. I had a lot of fun learning it and performing itfor the other students. I thank you again\"! Sincerely, Jessica B. Davenport Because of the large number of Peer Helpers at the elementary level, two training retreats were held at Ferndale. Peer retreats are District sponsored training events that bring students from across the District together to enhance skills and share ideas and information for improving their school-based Peer program. In addition to skill building, the peers also learn how to use energizers and music to add vitality and fun to the learning experience. About 225 students and adult sponsors participated in the first annual elementary peer retreat. A three day training retreat for secondary students was held November 3, 4, \u0026amp; 5, 1993, also at the Ferndale 4-H Center. The three days and two nights that secondary students spend in training make it possible to broaden the scope of the training to include relevant issues that students have to daily cope with in their lives. At the heart of peer programs are a range of student delivered projects that are implemented in both the schools and communities by Peer Helpers. Projects are varied and include: peer tutoring, cross-age peer education which allows secondary students to tutor, mentor and provide educational presentations in elementary schools for elementary students\ndiversity training designed to increase the students understanding and acceptance of individual, cultural, racial, religious and gender differences as well as encourage students to become proactive in their schools to help others learn about and appreciate and value differences. Other projects being implemented are:  Orientation of new students  Anti-drug use campaigns  Peer mediation  Peer education, i.e., AIDS awareness, suicide prevention, pregnancy prevention  Assistance to students with special needs  Providing a listening ear, and  Community outreach. There are also a wide variety of other projects and services aimed at promoting a more caring, affirming and nurturing school environment. Over 1,912 elementary and secondary students are involved in Peer Programs throughout the Little Rock School District. li I Peer Helpers learning how to work cooperatively to solve a problem. Recovery providing a hard hitting prevention message through music. f. 1 Suzi Davis, Peer Helper sponsor at Mann Magnet leading a skill building session for advanced level Peer Helpers. 12? Peer Helpers working on school design for district Peer Helping Quilt. I Heading home. A child 15 a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting and whenyou are gone, attend to those things you think are important. You may adopt all of the policiesyou please, but how they are carried out depends on him. He will assume control of your cities, states, and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations... Thefate of humanity is in his hands... Abraham Lincoln 2 Armed Services branches present colors. Elementary Peer Helpers registering for retreat. Elementary Peer Helpers demonstrate a helping project. Peer Helpers get marching instructions from Marine, Navy and Coast Guard Officers, Randall Eller, an illusionist, puts \"magic\" Peer Advisory Council members lead group into Peer Helping. in rousing energizer. 1993-9^^ Peer Advisory Courrcil members \u0026amp; sponsors. Developing Lifeski Us Empowerment For Success Empowerment is a frequently used term and one that is important in the healthy development of every child. While the needs for survival, recreation, belonging, freedom and power are equally important, the need for Power seems to be the most difficult to satisfy. Power is one of the most effective incentives that can be offered to motivate children to learn. Fore example, children who cant read, according to the experts, have removed the need for reading from their minds because they have failed to see reading as a way to satisfy their need for power. Once they realize that reading will gain them power, they will begin to read. Helping children to succeed in tasks both at home or at a school is empowering. Giving choices is one of the most common methods of giving children power in their lives. Allowing them to select form a variety of acceptable options is an empowering experience. Relevance. Providing learning experiences that are relevant is crucial for helping children relate learning to empowerment. Children and youth must see that what they are being asked to learn has meaning for them. Taking the time to explain the relevance of what they are learning rather than just tell kids to do it just because 1 say so, helps them to understand and accept the learning activity as meaningful both now and in the future. Responsibility. We have discovered that while giving choices is empowering, it is also essential that children are taught to be responsible for their choices. During family meetings or in talking with kids individually it is important to be sure that they understand that they are responsible for the choices they make. Empowerment with responsibility should be our goal. By giving children and youth many appropriate opportunities to satisfy their need for power, we are assuring success for all children. 5 Drug Information Update Teen girls have highest gonorrhea rate. . . Of 544,000 cases of gonorrhea diagnosed in 1991, a third were teenagers and teenage girls have the countrys highest rate of infection - 22 times higher than women 30 and older. Teenage boys arent far behind, federal health officials reported. Gonorrhea, which could signal possible AIDS infection, also could make teens more vulnerable to AIDS even if they havent yet been exposed to it. Gonorrhea is curable but can cause infertility and heart and joint problems if not caught early. About half of those infected with the disease dont experience symptoms, which can include pain and discharge. Source: The Clarion-Ledger, August 1993 Aids Cases Increasing. . . Since 1981, health officials have reported 233,907 cases of AIDS in the U.S. About 1 million Americans are carriers of the virus. Deaths from AIDS have increased from 6,689 in 1985 to over 45,000 in 1992. The annual cost of treating an AIDS patient is J61,200. Source: Drug Abuse Update, Summer 1992 Syphilis Prevalent Among Teens. . . The rate of syphilis is rising again, particularly among urban teens who are sexually active and who abuse drugs. A recent study of syphilis patients aged 12- 19 shows the disease is most prevalent among females who abuse drugs, particularly cocaine. Almost one-half of patients showed no symptoms, and researchers emphasize that to slow the increased rate of infection, drug-abusing, sexually active teens should be screened for syphilis. Source: Drug Abuse Update, Summer 1S)93 'Two-year'olds say'NO.' Middle schoolers say'SO??? fff -Judith Baenen Drugs, Violence Parents Main Fears. . . According to a survey conducted by the Gallup Organization for Parenting magazine, when it comes to their childrens education, parents are more worried about drugs and violence than grades and teachers. Seventy-eight percent of parents named drugs as their top concern, while 68% listed violence. Parents were able to choose more than one category. Other concerns included low academic standards (68%), quality of teachers (59%), poor curriculum (50%), and class size (48%). Also, 67% of the parents back higher standards for teachers. Source: The Clarion-Ledger, August 1993 Poor Odds for Heroin Recovery. . . Heroin addicts who dont change their lifestyles by their mid-30s are unlikely ever to shake the habit, according to a study conducted by psychologist Douglas Anglin of UCLA School of Medicine. His study shows that an estimated 70,000 Americans are frequent users of heroin and only one in four people treated for heroin addiction at age 25 will be alive, out of jail, and drug free by age 50. Anglin traced 581 male addicts who started court-ordered treatment at an average age of 25. After 24 years, 28% were dead, 47% were in jail or still using heroin, and 25% were drug free. He believes that most rehab programs focus too narrowly on addiction and there is usually a whole range of problems such as psychological causes, housing, job training, and education that should also be treated. Source: USA Today, July 15, 1993 Tobacco Smoke a Toxic Substance. . . A report by the EPA in January concludes that second-hand smoke is a toxic substance, placing it in the same category as asbestos. Second-hand smoke (ETS) is responsible for about 3,000 lung cancer deaths each year. Other reports have shown that ETS is responsible for approximately 50,000 deaths each year in the United States, including about 37,000 heart disease deaths and over 12,000 deaths due to cervical and other cancers. Some of the EPAs findings concerning the effects of ETS on children are as follows: 150,000 to 300,000 cases of pneumonia and bronchitis annually in children up to 18 months of age are attributable to exposure to secondhand smoke. The report estimates that as many as 1 million asthmatic children annually have their condition worsened by exposure to ETS, and ETS exposure is a risk factor for new cases of asthma in children who have not previously displayed symptoms. Source: The Chemical People Newsletter, Summer 1993 Oral Cancer Epidemic Predicted. . . Today, 75% of mouth and throat cancers result from smoking and use of smokeless tobacco. Health care officials warn that if use of smokeless tobacco does not slow, we will experience an epidemic of oral cancer in 20 to 30 years. An estimated 10 to 16 million American use smokeless tobacco. Nearly 20% of male high school students use it and they are often the prime targets of advertising campaigns for smokeless tobacco products. Source: Drug Abuse Update, Summer 1993 Tuberculosis Threat To Certain Populations. . . Although the presence of tuberculosis has declined dramatically among the general population, it has maintained a strong foothold among the homeless, many of whom are alcoholics. Possible reasons for the spread of the disease among this population are the crowded housing in which some exist and the effect alcohol has on suppressing the immune system. Tuberculosis is also on the rise among AIDS patients, and public health officials warn that if adequate resources are not made available to these at-risk populations, they will not be able to control further spread of the disease. Source: Drug Abuse Update, Summer 1993 4Drug Information Update Cost of Substance Abuse Staggering. . . Substance abuse costs the nation $300 billion each year in crime, decreased productivity, and direct health care costs. Drug abuse is the prime culprit in the spread of HIV, and an additional danger is the susceptibility of AIDS patients to drug resistant strains of tuberculosis, causing the president of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University to call this a three headed biomedical monster. By the end of 1993, the cost of treating people infected with AIDS will exceed $10 billion. Source: Drug Abuse Update, Summer 1993 Clove Cigarettes Present Danger. . . clove cigarettes appeal to young smokers because they numb the mouth and help inexperienced smokers avoid the initial unpleasantness of smoking. Though the popularity of the cigarettes has decreased due to publicity of their adverse effects, no state bans them or places restrictions on their production. The eugenol in the clove oil is the active ingredient that acts as an anesthetic\na serious danger is that the eugenol can dull the swallowing mechanism and impair breathing, in some cases causing suffocation. Source\nDrug Abuse Update, Winter 1992 Rate of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Triples. . . Between 1979 and 1992, the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome more than tripled, says researchers at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers believe that much of the increase is due to greater awareness and reporting by physicians. Symptoms of the syndrome include behavioral problems, abnormal facial features, mental retardation, and growth deficiencies. Source: Drug Abuse Update, Fall 1993 \"People get into addictive behavior in order to feel good, and tb^/ eventually have to keep doing it not to feel bad. Dr. Robert Lobis as ijuotei in The Chemical Peovle Newsletter, Summer tjjj Did You Know?  Alcohol kills over 100,000 persons and costs this country over S85 billion a year, imposing a $40 billion burden on our health care system alone.  In 1991, the U.S. government spent S28 million of taxpayer money to promote consumption of U.S. alcohol products overseas.  States which have raised alcohol consumption taxes have tended to have higher college completion rates.  The more alcohol a high school student consumes a week, the less likely he/she is to enter or graduate from college. Source: The Chemical People Newsletter, Spring 1993 Drink why Teen-agers Drink Drink when bored 25% to get high 25%  Reasons 9% PARENT TALK A publication of the Little Rock School District Drug Abuse Prevention Program, is published quarterly for parents. Funding is provided through the Little Rock School District Drug Free Schools and Communities Grant. PARENT TALK is looking for practical ideas on how parents can help their children to develop physically, emotionally and socially. Reader ideas and comments are always welcome. Send correspondence to : Jo Evelyn Elston, Director, Pupil Services, Little Rock School District, 810 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201 I I I I I \"a hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world maybedifferentbecauselwasimportantin the life of a child.\" -Author unknown, reprinted in Progressive Farmer 5 Gun Violence Casts Shadow On Childrens Lives On May 15, 1993, two teenagers, one seventeen and the other eighteen years of age, shot and killed a Little Rock police officer during an attempted robbery. On July 19,1993, one fifteen year old male and one fourteen year old male were shot and killed by the proprietor of a local business during an attempted robbery of that business. Several youths entered a local restaurant on November 22, 1993, spraying the dining room with bullets and shot two other teenagers in what was described as a gang retaliation shooting. Regular reports like these on the local and national nightly news and in local newspapers are waking up Little Rock citizens to the deepening shadow gun violence is casting on the lives of children in our town and in the nation. According to a poll released by the Harvard School of Public Health in June, 70 percent of the public now believes that the safety of our children is affected by the easy availability of so many guns on the street and in our homes. More often, this awareness comes from personal experience. According to the survey:  Twenty percent of all parents reported having had or knowing someone who had a child who was wounded or killed by another child with a gun.  Nineteen percent reported knowing a child who was so worried that he or she got a gun for self-protection.  Sixteen percent reported that they knew a child who was found playing with a loaded gun. the poll, guns are present in 40 billion American homes, and nearly two in every three households with a gun possesses a handgun (25 million households). Forty four percent of parents with children younger than 18 own a gun, and among those parents, only 43 percent say they keep their gun locked up. Handgun Control, Inc. is also working for passage of state laws that would hold parents liable when their children injure others in accidents with the parents gun. Twelve states now have such laws but Arkansas is not among the twelve. A national campaign has begun to address gun violence as a public health issue. The campaign hopes to focus public attention on effective strategies for reducing gun related violence. Little Rock Youth Homicide Deaths, 1993 As of November 30, 1993, there were thirteen homicide deaths among youth ages 8-21 from handguns in the city of Little Rock. Gender/Age Black White All Races Male 8-14 Years 14 -17 Years 18 - 21 Years Female 226 226 At least 60% of parents said that the widespread availability of guns and the resulting violence have made their children more concerned about their own safety both in school, going to and from school, and that their children have learned to act tougher in an effort to protect themselves. The new data confirm that Americans are desperately concerned about how guns affect their children. Gun control advocate Sarah Brady, chairperson of Handgun Control, Inc., stated that she wasnt surprised by the poll results. What did surprise her, she said, is the number of people saying they believe in BANNING hand guns. The poll indicated that 52% of adults responding favored passage of a federal ban on the ownership of all handguns except for individuals who have permission from a court. The poll also revealed that 72% of the public supports making it illegal to carry a handgun outside the home without a special permit. Mrs. Brady stated that the public still doesnt understand that \"if you have a gun at home, youve got a ticking time bomb. According to 10 - 13 Years 14 - 17 Years 18 - 21 Years 1 1 1 12 I Pledge to Provide a Safe Home  I will not allow parties or gatherings in my home when Im not there.  1 will not serve, nor will I allow youth under the legal drinking age to consume alcohol in my home or on my property.  I will not allow the use of illegal drugs in my home or on my property. Name: Address: Phone: Signature: Complete and return to: Children's Grade Level: Date: Jo Evelyn Elston, Director Pupil Services Department Little Rock School District 810 West Markham Dttle Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-2162 6 SPOTLIGHT Young People Who Beat The Odds This year the Drug Free Schools Program will replicate a new initiative called Beat the Odds\". It is a program that was developed nationally by the Children's Defense Fund (CDC), Washington D.C. in 1990 Annually, the CDC celebrates the positive potential of young people by giving Beat the Odds awards to teens who have overcome tremendous obstacles in their lives to achieve success\". Too often, news stories dwell on youths who get into trouble\ndrop out of school\nbecome involved with gangs or crime\nor become parents too soon. Rarely recognized, however, are the many young people who do well despite facing problems such as poverty, homelessness, family breakup or substance abuse that stand in the way of even the smallest achievement. What is most in^iring about the youth who are profiled is that though each faced obstacles in their personal lives, they have chosen to devote their time and energies to others through school and commuinty service. Two such gallant youth in the Little Rock School District are spotlighted in this issue ofParent Talk. \", S' Barty Jefferson, a twelfth grade student at McClellan High School, is one of two Beat the Odds youth to be profiled in our first recognition column. Based on the accepted definition of an at-risk youth, Barry would be considered a 'classic\" example. According to Barry, he grew up in a very poor family\", in an area where the use of drugs and trafficking in drugs could be observed in the neighborhood at any time of the day or night. Academic progress was difficult for him throughout elementary and much of junior high school. This lack of success in school coupled with low self-esteem led Barty into many self-defeating behaviors both in school, at home and in his community. Barry describes his early years in the following way: I had a whole different life at home than others. I lived in a very poor family and sometimes we really didnt know where our next meal would come from. This hurt my school work and the way I talked to people and the way I would treat my friends. But they did not know that I had not eaten even sometimes for three days. Our family moved from house to house a lot during my school years, so I had to change schools a lot and it was very hard because I lived with my mother and my two brothers and one sister. I did so many things in school when I was in kindergarten through sixth grade just so I would be noticed and liked. Because 1 was a ugly little boy in grade school, no one liked me but there were some of my friends who thought 1 was O.K. and tried to help me. Even some of my teachers did not like me and passed me just because of the way 1 acted in their class and they wanted me out. If you really want to know, I was the kind of person that went around beating up on little kids and taking their money. If some of my grade school teachers could see the way I act now, they would say I have changed a lot, a whole lot. From the sixth grade on down, I was a bad boy. I did everything I could to make life miserable for teachers, kids, my mother and the police. A turning point in Bartys life came when he entered 7th grade at Forest Heights Junior High. He credits much of that turn around to the efforts of his teachers and especially to his 7th grade counselor, Ms. Patsy Campbell. He explains his transformation this way: After the seventh grade, I started to like Forest Heights and a very dear person, Ms. Patsy Campbell, came into my life. She came to be my best friend and I loved her with all my heart. 1 still do. So now, every one saw the good side of Barty. 1 started working hard at school and at home. My grades came up, and my life was getting back on track until that day, 1 will never forget, someone was out to kill me because of something someone had said. I was at a meeting called Teen Talk with a good friend of mine, Mr. Moss. Three teenagers were out to get me but we got the truth out and everything was over. What made me stay in my right mind, keep good grades and stay involved in school activities, were six people in my life. Joe Lair was one of those people that changed me and the way I lived. He is my best friend and I learned a lot from him. I also owe a lot to my good friend. Officer Brigges, of the Little Rock Police Department for encouraging me to stay involved in all of the clubs I am in now and in the past. Many thanks to all my teachers, the guidance department, the wellness clinic and my family who have stood by me. I feel that there are three things that make me the person that I am today. (1) First is faith. I have always had faith in what 1 believed. I had to respect myself. The thing 1 had to learn was to love me for who I am and dont care what other people say about me. (2) Listen to what people say. I really had to do all I could to hang in there. (3) Work things out. 1 had to work very hard to be me, Barry, not how some other people wanted me to be. I guess thats why I want to be a law enforcement officer. I want to take what Ive learned and share it with other kids and people like me. Community service has become a staple in Bartys life now. He teaches two Sunday School Classes at Theyer Baptist Church\nhe was an active member of the Peer Helping program at Forest Heights, Central and now at McClellan, and volunteers many hours working with elementary school Just Say No clubs and the Little Rock Police Department Explorer Post. He is also aaive in the school-based Accept No Boundaries program and the Young Democrats. Barty is now living on his own and works after school and on weekends at Mega Market. After graduating in May, 1994, Barty plans to enroll at UALR and pursue a degree in criminal \u0026amp; justice. His ultimate goal is to become a police officer with the Little Rock Police Department. Rochelle Webb is a 17 year old 11th grade student enrolled at Central High School. She is also a young person who appears to be endowed with an indomitable spirit that keeps her focused in spite of many challenging circumstances she has had to deal with at a very young age. Because of a chronic health condition that her mother has, Rochelle has had to help raise five younger brokers and sisters. The neighborhood that Rochelle lives in is located in an area plagued by gang violence. Having to navigate form home to school, to church or to venture outside her door each day amidst the turmoil on the streets deeply saddens her, but the experience, somehow, has also strengthened her resolve. Rochelle states, \"The reason why I choose to make something out of my life is because I would like for my children to have a better life than I have. 1 dont care what it takes, but I am going to succeed in life. Life has not been easy for me at all, but Im not about to give up. 1 devote my time and energy on positive things. I spend most of my time on homework and extra curricular activities. I also give speeches on all kinds of topics. You see, some people find it easier to blame their situation on other people yet they are not doing anything to change it. I find it easier to do all I can to change my situation. I know that I can only do so much because I am a teenager, but thats a start. 1 feel that I will be a very strong adult because I have had to face so much. My advice to those young people who feel like giving up is to look to God for strength. I can't say that there havent been times when I just wanted to leave and go somewhere real far away\nbut running away never helps anything, it just postpones it. I believe that everyone has a purpose in life. You may not know right away, but sooner or later youll find out. My purpose in life is to make a difference in this world. I will do all 1 can to help someone and to make our world a better place to live. I Continued on pages. 7ZZZA The Station by Robert J. Hastings jf I Young People Who Beat The Odds Continued from page 7 Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of com and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls. But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain hour we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering - waiting, waiting for the station. When we reach the station, that will be it. When I buy a news SL Mercedes Benz! When 1 put the last kid through college. When I have paid off the mortgage! When I get 'Ttje Z\u0026gt;7/^ Hfeis tlje trtj). // a promotion. When I reach the age of retirement, 1 shall live happily ever after! Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us. relish the moment is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118:24: This is the day which the Lord hath made\nwe will rejoice and be glad in it. It isnt the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves which rob us of today. So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go bare foot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough. Rochelle sees service as an obligation. She is a member of TAILS, Centrals Peer Helping program\nThe Ladys Club, Future 500, the Central Student Council, the track team and president of the Little Rock School District PRIDE Youth Group. In her community she is equally as involved. She sings in her church choir, serves on e Stop the Violence Youth Council and Hands of Praise, a group that ministers to the deaf through sign language. After graduation, Rochelle plans to attend college, major in social work and minor in communications. She has maintained a 3.8 grade point average at Central. grhinR freef^. ^ugfi heartity. ^f[ those you fove Q^ach out. gfow dovvm. I G^^ow. I that \"^ou (fo. tPediscover 'X oW ejriends. CA^Re 'Hug a Rid. 0\\s'C- new ones. Give in. CDirk snmrV pfrust fife. i^icR some daisies. Qrust fife. 31^1 someone in. gfiare them. CK^p a promise. (Expfore the unRnown. Source: Dream Inc., November, 1993, Jackson, Mississippi JXaRe some mistaRes. ^learn Jrom them. Have faith. Ceiebraie (ife? Verse by Jan IvUchelsen Little Rock School District Drug Abuse Prevention Program 810 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Non-profit organization U.S. POSTAGE Paid Permit No. 2608 Little Rock, ARI Arkansas Democrat THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1991 i Police lunch, drug dog suggested to take bite out of LR school crime (s k ( BY CYNTHIA HOWELL DeiTxxraf Staff Writer A telephone hot line, a drugdetecting dog, locked schoolhouse doors, and police officers eating lunch in school cafeterias are among the items listed in a Little Rock School District 53- point plan for improving school safety. The 1991-92 plan, prepared by Superintendent Ruth Steele and her staff, was delivered to * school board members Wednesday and will be discussed at a school board meeting at 6 p.m. today. The plan includes new and old programs, and programs that j arent directly tied to safety and 1 security but are designed to make schools attractive to students. Several of the ongoing programs deal with school bus safety. The new telephone hot line began operation this week. Parents, teachers and students can leave anonymous tips about potential criminal activity or mischief in the schools. The number, which is answered by a machine, is 688-3033. The plan also calls for continued discussion of a controversial program to assign full-time police officers to secondary schools. The program was rejected twice by the board, but Steele has a Sept. 3 meeting with City Manager Tom Dalton and Police Chief Louie Caudell about program options. The cost of the 53-point plan would be about $691,500 this year, including the $300,000 budget for the districts 36-mem- ber safety and security office. Other proposed costs include:  $170,000 to repair broken, uniockabJe school doors. All exterior doors will be locked except for school front doors.  $10,000 for the purchase of 50 hand-held two-way radios. Some of the staff In all secondary schools and 12 elementahes now have the radios.  $50,000 for crews to dean and repair school grounds and prune overgrown shubbery.  $20,000 for mandatory drug-testing of bus drivers and aides. Three employees were fired last year because of positive tests.  $14,000 for the services of a dog that can detect drugs and firearms in student lockers and cars. V J 9. I  $25,000 for identification badges for high school students and some district employees to carry, but not necessarily wear.  $1,500 for an annual telephone survey to assess public views about school safety.  $100,000 for motion and sound detection devices to detect break-ins or fires. other highlights of the report included secured parking for Quigley Stadium inside the fenced practice field\nthe Little Rock Housing .A.uthoritys cooperation with the district to improve school attendance by children living in housing projects\nand an enhanced drug education program in the junior high health, science and social studies classes. Still other programs include monthly safety drills, elementary school crime prevention clubs, and a review of various anti-gang curricula. 1 I' 6B  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9,1992 U.S. attorneys zones zero in on guns, drug sales in schools Democrat-Gazette Staff U.S. Attorney Chuck Banks has started gun-free/drug-free^ school zones in his district that make it a crime to possess a gun or distribute drugs near private or public schools. It is the responsibility of the federal government to have a visible law enforcement presence to help ensure that our schools are safe and secure centers for learning. Our parents, students and teachers deserve no less, Banks said. Banks said he wrote all school superintendents in the Eastern District of Arkansas on Monday saying that he was alarmed at the increased violence and drug activity near our school campuses. The Eastern District roughly covers the eastern half of the state. Banks asked the school superintendents to post signs identifying a school zone and giving notice to potential offenders of prosecution for criminal behavior. School officials are being asked to notify local law enforcement authorities and the U.S. attorneys office of criminal violations, he said.2B  UlUnSDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1992 Pulaski Arkansas IX-niocnit \"y Rjnzcllc LR board spends $173,500 to save student insurance B/ KEVIN FREKING O'nncf\n,l Gi,?ene Cfy HafI neporter The Little Rock Board of Directors on Wednesday allocated $173.500 to bail out  for the fourih and maybe final time  Ihe program that jjrovide.s insurance coverage for students who need help with alcohol and drug addictions. \\iayor Sharon Priest said Ihe bfiai fl probably won t spend any more city money for the \"Fight Bark' Insure (he (Jdldren\" program wilhotil more help from Ihe private sector or state gov- (U'luin'ul. In addition, tity Manager fom Dalton recommended watering flown (he program s most ambitious ()rovisions for the in snrance policy's remaining six months. When the prf)gram was first envisioned, organizers hoped that the private sector and par- enl.s could sup|)ly the necessary funding. But since July, donations have amounted to $19,876. compared to the $187.000 needed to pay the first two premiums. My guess Is. we ll vole to do this today.\" Priest said shortly bobne the board met and votnd .5 0 to approve the allocatifin. \"But after that, it's going to he 'Mr. City Manager, you need to find other funds to fb, this because we can't afford this any i  . 1 more.' \" The $173.5(M) include.s $93,500 for the second of four quarterly insurance premium payments to Arkansa.s Blue Cross and Blue Shield and $H0.000 to repay an interest free loan obtained from Twin City Bank to help make the first premium payment in August. The second premium pavmcnl is due Nov. 25. During the program's fir.sl year, donations also fell far short of footing the bill. Al that lime. I.ilth\nRock marie the first of (wo $135,000 premium payments with the help of an $80,000 loan from Twin City Bank. Ihen repaid that money and paid the second premium with part of a $3 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton. N.J. Next year, afler (he final two payments  due in February and May 199.3  are made. city, school district and Fighting Back officlal.s should meet with Arkan.sas Blue Cir)s.s and Blue Shield to discuss Ihe program's future. Dalton said. It's been a successful program in terms of usage.\" he said. It's no! bt'en a successful program in term.s of funding.\" \"Fight Back! Insure the (Hui dren\" is a tinique program that enabled Lillie Rock this year to become one of only 10 cities in the country honored as an AllAmerica City by the National League of Cities. The program covers all stu dents in the Little Rock School District for treatment ranging from education and counseling to residential care for drug or alcohol addiction. During the meeting. Dalton told the board he recommended that the program s Hnal six months of coverage, beginning In February 1093. provide for tip to 30 dny.s of Ireatmcnt al a (Irug rehabilitation facilily in.slead of the current 90day maximum. Rxpendilures per student would also be ctil to $125. about 30 percent of the figure now in effect. But Wendy Salaam. FIghliivj Back executive director, said many of the private facilities that provide treatment likeh won t accept students under tin* proposed $125 cap. The number of students requiring residen tial treatment ha.s greatly ex ceeded expectations. .Salaam said. The $173,500 is being taken by the city's Special Projects Fund, which is about Io recciv e more than $200,000 thanks to tin lirtuidation of an escrow ac count cslablishe\u0026lt;l during litiga lion over Pulaski County .s in validated use lax.Arkansas Democrat AV/ (Sazcttc FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1992 Denial hurts donations, LRSD finds Advocates fear parents ignore need for anti-drug insurance BY DANNY SHAMEER Democrat-Gazette Education Writer Advocates of a substanceabuse insurance program for Little Rock School District students said Thursday that one reason donations have continued to fall short is because parents dont think their own children will face drug or alcohol problems. Lagging donations  which may threaten the programs long-term existence  caused the Little Rock Board of Directors to take two bold steps Wednesday night to help save it. They spent $173,500 to pay for the opening six months of coverage for the 1992-93 school year premium. The board also decided to restructure the plan so it wont cost so much and give fund-raisers a better chance to get private donations to finance covering the remainder of the school year. Starting in February 1993, residential care will be reduced from a maximum of 90 days to 30 days, and the amount spent per student will drop from about $450 per day to $125 per day. Wendy Salaam, executive director of Little Rocks Fighting Back office, said the lower premium for the final six months will make it more manageable for them to try and raise the money that will keep the program alive. Parents have a tendency to think it won't happen in their home. Drug or alcoholic abuse is not on a list you enjoy planning for. Advocates of the insurance program, now in its second year, said they hope parents come through so the program will continue. Most parents have such a high regard for their children, Mac Bernd, Little Rocks superintendent of schools, said. They dont think their children will need the program. Parents have a tendency to think it wont happen in their home. Drug or alcoholic abuse is not on a list you enjoy planning for. Marty Moore, a North Little Rock School Board member who has two children in Little Rock public schools under student desegregation transfers, said she thinks parents don't understand the program. Were always in denial, said Moore, whose two children are in the program. This is not charity, its insurance. We are uneducated and uninformed about what we could be faced, with. The Rev. Wendell Griffen, co- chair of the Fight Back! Insure the Children fund-raising effort, said he thinks several factors  including parental denial  have caused donations to lag. Griffen said he also thinks people in the city dont understand how much substance abuse affects the entire community. He said that when one child misbehaves in class, learning is disrupted for everyone else. Our community has not yet swallowed that message, Griffen said. He also said that parents will enthusiastically rally around fund-raising efforts for band trips, cheerleading squads and drill teams, but not to keep children drug-free. Griffen said that the citys religious leaders have not overwhelmingly supported fund- raising efforts among their own congregations. The fact that we have not gotten the moral leadership behind this as much as they get behind bingo is disheartening, Griffen, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, said. Its our children, for crying out loud. They are our future. Santa Barbara, Calif., which is copying Little Rocks insurance program, is trying to solve the fund-raising problem at the beginning. Frankie Sarver, associate director of the national Fighting Back office, said in a telephone interview from Nashville, Tenn., that Santa Barbara officials will work this year collecting about $900,000 to pay for coverage that will last three years. See INSURE. Page 3B They want to make sure mat they have the money in their hands before the program starts,\" said Sarver, who ran Little Rocks Fighting Back office until last June. Little Rock Mayor Sharon Priest said that she hopes the city will be able to develop a more stable way to get donations flowing in before the school year ends in May 1993 so that they wont struggle to pay for the 1993-94 coverage. I want the program to survive, Priest said, But we can't continue to get money piecemeal and sweat it out every year.4 Arkansas Demccrat '^CBazcttc TUESDAY, MARCH 30,1993  3B Students begin campaign for alcohol-free prom night BY TRACIE DUNGAN Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer Paige Yates tosses some ice and liquids into a blender, presses the button and pours as young people enticed by the whirring sound fall into line. A parade of hurricane glasses, filled with the pink concoction and topped with little umbrellas, wends its way from the bar to tables in the room. But nothing illegal is going on here. These youths, who sat around Monday morning drinking their non-alcoholic mock- tails,\" wont be drinking the real thing on prom night, either. The 25 or so students from local schools were on hand at a news conference to help begin the first Prom Promise campaign in Arkansas. The program, started four years ago by Nationwide Insurance Cos., asks students to sign a pledge not to drink or do drugs on prom night. The pledge reads in part: Prom night will be one of the most memorable nights in my life, and I want to stay alive to remember it. So whether I attend prom or not, I promise not to use alcohol or drugs on prom night. Gayle King, assistant personnel manager for Nationwide in Memphis, said the programs main purpose is to save young lives. We hope a by-product of it is that it will impact insurance rates, King said. She spoke in a room done up in a prom-style motif. An arc over the speakers podium was festooned with pearlescent, pastel balloons. Some students sat at circular tables adorned with peach and blue tablecloths, streamer spirals and balloon centerpieces. King said program participants will receive a manual detailing ways to recruit their peers signatures on the pledge through such events as mock car crashes and red ribbon days. Schools with the most original events and the highest percentage of pledges will be eligible for cash prizes. Most of the participating campuses  Central, Sylvan Hills, Hall, Mills and North Little Rock high schools  were represented by student leaders at the news conference. They were provided a list of florists, tuxedo shops, restaurants and other businesses that will offer 10 percent discounts to those who sign the pledges.- The discounts are good from Thursday through June 10. Yates, who mixes up the, strawberry-pina colada mock-' tails on a regular basis while working at Spaghetti Ware-, house, said the ingredients are. ice and strawberry daiquiri\u0026lt; and pina colada liquid mixes. She garnishes the drink with a . pineapple wedge and straw.- . berry. i I 1I93 THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1993 Pulaski =J \u0026lt;,..5  ?  it 1- L'j e d h y I- s s s 1 *r \u0026lt; 'W -  -^1 L'T'\"' t f 1 1 I f TAPING PROGRAM  Two members of the 810th Station Hospital of the Arkansas Army Reserve, including Spec. James Johnson (top left) and Capl. Wayne Ray (lower left), speak Wednesday with McClellan Community High School coach Ray Gillespie and an eight-student Arkansas Democrat-Gazetle/Scott Carpenter panel during videotaping of a cable television show on drug and alcohol abuse. The program, \"Drugs: Reduce the Demand, Reduce the Problem, is scheduled to air at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on Black Access Channel 14 in Little Rock. 1 1 Reserves program takes war on drugs, alcohol to cable 1 BY SANDRA COX Democral-Gazette Staff Writer The Army Reserve in North Little Rock has declared war on drug and alcohol abuse and has taken the battle to cable television. The reserves 810th Station Hospital at Camp Pike completed its third taping Wednesday of Drugs: Reduce the Demand, Reduce the Problem, which appears on Storer Cables Black Access Channel 14 in Little Rock. If we reduce the demand for drugs on the individual level, well reduce illegal activity caused by the drugs, Capt. Wayne Ray said Wednesday morning, just before taping began at the stations studio in east Little Rock. Ray, who was dressed in his Army fatigues, is the shows coordinator. He was accompanied by Spec. James B. Johnson, who is also a minister at New Bibleway Church of God in Christ in North Little Rock. The episode marked the first time the program included high school students. Eight students from McClellan Community Gillespie to share their feelings about drug and alcohol abuse and its impact in the community. The students, many wearing blue jeans, appeared slightly nervous and giggly before the camera lights went on. But once the tape started rolling, they became serious and talked candidly about drug abuse as Gillespie questioned them. Most said they knew someone who was using drugs. One said he was a reformed drug and alcohol abuser. Another said he had been asked to join a gang, but he declined. Just about all of the students said they knew of businesses that didnt ask for identification when juveniles buy alcohol. At the end of the program, each student gave a statement about why people shouldnt use Ray said Gillespie had been very active in working to prevent drug abuse. Gillespie, 39, who grew up in the Highland Park housing project, said he was confronted with gangs as a youth, but the I problem wasnt nearly as bad as it is today,\nThey have to realize that Christ is the answer, he said. 1 It is my personal belief that a i lot of our problems are from separation of church and state. I Following the taping, Ray  said he was happy with the way i students presented themselves i in the program and would like to work out similar episodes I where well have students in- } volved. I The 30-minute talk show is 1 normally broadcast at 1:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Sun- I day of every month, but Storer I will deviate from that schedule I by broadcasting Wednesdays I taping at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, a sta- I drugs. , After the taping, senior r=,--------. LaKeshia Walker said the ex- ,tion spokesman said. perience was rewarding. I think this is great, and its jii aj/vifcvo*****!* Besides substance abuse, the I High School in Little Rock ac- very educational, Walker said. Ray said the Army Reserve program had been conducting similar programs, minus the Army Reserve program also has been discussing the problems 1 and responsibilities associated I with teen sex. That topic is ex- rnmnanied athletic coach Ray ^deo cameras^^at, pected to be addressed in future ! episodes.'1 2B WEDNESDAY, MAY 26,1993   Pulaski Arkansas Democrat (gazette i I I i LR school drug insurance needs $25,000 for premium PV: DANNY SHAMEER * \" ' Democfat-Gazene Education Writer Drug-treatment insurance coverage for Little Rock School District students may stop next whek unless supporters come up with $^,000. I  t- 4 I hope we can make it, said 41 Wendy Salaam, executive director of the City of Little Rock Fighting Back Initiative. The program is a non-profit arm of the municipal government\nits mission is to combat drug abuse. She and Mayor Jim Dailey said they believe a fund-raising effort will produce the $25,(XM) needed for the $45,205 premium ........... __.* due Monday. The insurance program, one of 12 projects created by the City of Little Rock Fighting Back Initiative, began with great fanfare in August 1991. It is the first in the country to offer students hospital care for substanceabuse treatment. Officials dont know how many students would be affected if insurance ends abruptly. Latest available figures show the district referred 198 students for treatment between Aug. 1,1992, and April 1. The latest figures show 160 students were assessed and 135 entered treatment since then. About 80 percent of the students in the program have no other insurance. The overall impact is definitely long term, Salaam said. It will take four to five years to see less criminal activity and a lower criminal population. The city needs to have that vision. Pay now or pay later. Last winter the city bailed out the program by contributing $173,000 and restructuring the plan with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield to help lower the premium costs from $373,000 to $277,910 over 12 months. , The premium due Monday would carry the program through August. Robert Cabe, executive vice president of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, said that, because Monday is a holiday, a check that arrived June 1 would not cause disruption of service. If payment is not made, he said, officials would consider various options, including whether to stop insurance coverage. The Little Rock Board of Directors said last winter it would not bail out the program again. The city doesnt have the money to subsidize what needs to be a communitywide fund- raising effort, the board said. The city board firmly believes this must be a community endeavor if the insurance coverage is to stay in existence forever, Dailey said. Dailey added that, speaking as an individual board member, he would not like to see the insurance coverage get interrupted over a few thousand dollars. Salaam said Tuesday her office recently mailed out about 1,(XX) letters to corporations and business leaders, seeking contributions. Besides the $173,000 that the city kicked in last winter, about $51,195 has come from parents. Another $15,000 came from a Pennies for Pasta fund raiser in which the citys schoolchildren donated loose change, including pennies, dimes and nickels. The insurance coverage, which received national attention when Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the original fundraisers, went on the CBS This Morning television show in 1991, offers a variety of treatment to students. .1 Treatment ranges from counseling and education to up to 30 days of hospitalization.Arkansas Democrat (i^azette   TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1993 Copyright \u0026lt;0 1993, Little Rock Newspapers. Inc. Drug abuse insurance for students hinges 1 i / on $45,285 BY LINDA SATTER Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer City officials worked feverishly Monday to confirm tentative financial commitments to save the struggling substance abuse insurance program for Little Rock students. Officials of Fight Back! Insure the Children said they would announce today whether they met the Monday deadline for payment of a quarterly premium and whether the program would continue. A $45,285 premium was due by the close of business Monday to continue the city-sponsored drug and alcohol treatment program through the summer. Michael Hutchinson, a spokesman who returned calls on behalf of several city officials, said after 5 p.m. Monday that workers were still diligently working to get the mon- ey- We are trying to confirm some resources that were tentative commitments. We are still trying to meet that deadline, Hutchinson said. The program could possibly be suspended. If we cannot identify the resources, we will make a decision this afternoon and release a statement in the morning, Hutchinson said. Robert Cabe, a spokesman for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which provides the insurance coverage, said Monday afternoon: So far today, we have not received the premium or any communications about it. Since the fall of 1991, the program has provided all 26,000 district pupils with 100 percent coverage for drug and alcohol treatment, ranging from counseling to up to 30 days of inpatient care. The premium was due June premium 1, but on May 28, the insurance company granted the non-profit group a two-week reprieve. At midmoming, city Finance Director John Pryor said he had approved a check from the city, which contributed some money. He said Wendy Salaam, executive director of the citys Fighting Back program, has worked out a plan for the rest. But at midaftemoon, Salaam said she was still working on the matter. I dont have an answer right now, she said. Cindy Watkins, director of community relations for KATV- TV, Channel 7 and chairman of Fighting Backs media committee, said the Broadway Theater Series had a^eed to donate $1 from each ticket sold to two matinee performances of Les Miserables. Marilyn Weinstein, executive producer of the Theater Series, said late Monday afternoon that only about $550 can be expected in donations from the play. Watkins said Fight Back had expected $2,500 to $3,000, but the matinee performances didnt sell out. Watkins said a Pennies for Pasta fund-raiser she organized to help pay the last premium netted about $17,000, when just $10,000 was needed\nso the city had a $7,000 nest egg toward the current premium. But Watkins said she knew of no other money generated to meet the current premium, aside from the theater donation and despite a half-hour documentary she produced on the program that aired on Channel 7. I i\n|! 8 The city has said that if every parent contributed $12 a year toward the premium, it would be met. But few parents have donated.Arkansas Democrat (i^azcttc THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1993 Copynght  1993, liltls Rock Newspapers. Inc. Collapse of school drug insurance BY LINDA BATTER Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer through local health providers. The tab has been picked up by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, to whom the city of Little Rock, aided by donations, paid an annual premium. But the city announced Tuesday that there werent enough donations to pay the latest insurance premium, due Monday. Conse- vices office\".........................'* Children, T .u f 12 initiatives in the citys _ In the two years of the Fight larger Fighting Back anti-drue ick. Insure the rh.ia'.  program, was suspended until solid funding can be found to restart it. -Now that Little Rock students have lost the insurance that gave them free help for drug and alcohol problems, the fate of the counselors who assessed the students needs remains uncertain. The three counselors have been working out of the Little Rock School Districts pupil ser- puts 3 counselors in limbo and were guaranteed through 1997, by a five-year grant to Fighting Back from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of New Jersey. The other counselor has been paid by the DjttIe Rock School District, which also provided the selors office space. coun- Back! Insure the Children pT^ gram, the counselors have screened about 600 students from kindergarten through 12th grade to determine the type of substance abuse treatment orjntensive residential care, all coulselorfLTvet^^^pliffi Salaam said that in the programs first year, the 1991-92 school year, the two employees now paid with grant money were paid by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Division of the state Department of Human Services. The division has since moved to the state Health Wednesday that she Department. started before June 1, Theres follow-up to do. Therell be a good months work for them to do. After that, she said, Im just not able to say until she speaks with Jo Evelyn Elston, director of pupil services for the district Elston IS attending a three-day seminar in Maumelle. Meanwhile, Wendy Salaam executive director of Fighting Ra/tir onizf 1X7....J___i_  - were hired specifically tor this, Salaam said of all the counselors. She said that, because coverage continues for some students whose treatment Similarly, Jeanette Wagner spokesman for the Little Rock School District, said Wednesday that I think thats still up in the air. Those decisions are still being made. Wagner also said that more definite answers hinge on the return of Elston, who will no doubt help make the decisions The counselors, also attending a conference, couldnt be reached for comment. The school districts next fis- cal year begins July 1. The citys next fiscal year begins Jan. 1 1994. Wagner said two of the counselors, both called substance specialists, are paid 000 plus benefits. One is paid by the city with money from Fighting Backs foundation grant\nthe other is paid by the school district. The third employee, the co- ordmator of the substance abuse assessment office, is paid $38 000 plus benefits by the city, Wagner said. That compensation also comes from the Fighting Back grant. The only other costs of the program which are paid by us are telephone service and office . space, she said. Figures for those services werent available Wednesday.Aikansas Democrat Q^azctk FRIDAY, JUNE 18.1993 Copyright  1993. Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. EDITORIALS Adopt-A-Kid Keep fighting back F\nlighting Back is down but not out. Tlie drug insurance program for the 26.000 kids in Little Rock's public schools wound up short the other day. A $45,205 premium payment came due, and there was only $28,000 to meet it. Result: This model program has been canceled for now. Sad. No one can believe tliat this insurance is too expensive. Premiums billed by Blue-Cross and Blue-Shield for three years of Fighting Back total $930,820. riiats $35.80 per studentless than $12 a year. That's a bargain, especially when you consider what other types of insurance cost. Why would families with teen-age students pass it by ifthe drug problem is as serious as the public has been led to believe? Some 600 of the districts 26,000 students have been counseled about their drug problem since the programs inception. Half of them were referred for therapy or treatment  a little more than 1 percent of the total school enrollment. This program is needed. Divide the cost of the insurance by the number of students who have received help, and its still inexpensive for the treatment it provides. The cost for every student treated amounts to only $3,102. Compare that to what some detox clinics charge. In the beginning, sponsors of Fighting Back were fortunate. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation paid half the first years premium of $375,000. City officials have covered half the costs of reduced premiums for the second and third years of the program, or $277,910. The business and corporate community has been generous, too, but it's time for the program to support itself. Little Rock needs to keep fighting back against this menace. How many kids are using drugs and telling themselves they don't need help? How many parents are in denial? The vast majority of kids may not use drugs, but who can say how many will? Or who they will be? Drug pushers don't discriminate. Kids from every social and economic class have been affected. How many will need help before the summer is over? Where will they go? Instead of a perpetual search for stopgaps, this valuable program needs to be put on a sound financial footing. It's the first program of its kind in the nation  a pathfinder. Instead of foundering, it should be setting an example for other school districts beset with drug problems. Yes, fund-raisers are great  for one-time projects. The kids themselves p'loved that by pooling their pocket change to help make one of the quarterly payments. Churches helped, too. Some held Fight Back Sundays to raise money. But a more substantial method of funding is needed. Like nominal fees from those parents who can afford to participate. Growing numbers of parents have become interested in helping the program. Only 6 percent of parents with children in the public schools paid the $10 fee the first year. By the second year, 20 percent supported the program with a $12 fee. Why cant that percentage be doubled for the next school year? Maybe its apathy. Or poverty. Or hubris. Or the assumption that my child would never do drugs, combined with an indifference t\nThis project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. 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A A Program Of Fun And Learning For Four-Year Olds  Certified early childhood education teachers  Ratio of two adults to every 20 students (1 teacher, 1 aide)  Structured learning environment  Developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities  Before- and after-school childcare available Tuition-Free Tuition-free program for children who will be four years old on or before October 1, 1991, is available at the following schools during the 1991-92 school year: X / ' I ^''A7 -1  Badgett  Franklin  Garland  Ish  Mitchell  Rightsell  Rockefeller  Romine  Stephens  Washington  Woodruff Applications will be accepted at these schools April 29-May 10. /\\ Selections will be by lottery whenever the number of applicants for the Program for Four-Year Olds exceeds the available seats. Enrollment preference is given to children who live within the school's attendance zone or have brothers/sisters enrolled at the requested school. Students selected for enrollment will be notified by May 23. Those who cannot be placed will be put on a waiting list. I I School Hours. The regular school hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except for regular school holidays. Childcare. Childcare for a fee is available from 2:30-5:30 p.m. For additional information. For more information about the Program for Four-Year Olds, call the Student Assignment Office at (501) 324-2272. \\ s \u0026gt; 3 K - ' /I -I / /! PUT YOUR 4-YEAR OLD ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND COGNITIVE GROWTH. Enroll now for the Little Rock School Districts Special Program for Four-Year Olds. Little Rock School District Student Assignment Office (501) 324-2272 i I -f- X f SOH   G n ?r \u0026amp;: I \\  \"1 I  --1 '1  V \\ lx kJ 3  tZ5 X '\\ ' .ZX/ I t I t r I r Free Program For Four-Near Olds I\" \\ \\' A I I \\ - #* \\ I x. '' I - \\ .71 \\ \\ Applications Accepted April 29-May 10  r- 2 m o 3 3 2 \" i \u0026gt; -O o \" -T y n \u0026gt; Q D H (re  \u0026gt; g Os 73 R- m  o' X I LErCESB LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT First Class Schools For World Class KidsLittle Rock School District March 20, 1990 TO: FROM: Downtown Early Childhood Committee James Jennings, Associate Superintendent for Desegregation^^ Monitoring and Program Development SUBJECT: March 7 Minutes Members Present: Fatimah Akbar James Jennings Chip Jones Rachel Myers It was noted that Glenda Bean (Arkansas Early Childhood Commission) and Jack Turner (Domtown Partnership) could not attend the meeting. Both have had experience in developing a downtown early childhood program. The committee identified five planning areas for the downtown early childhood project: (1) Site Identification (2) Publicity (3) Licensing Requirements (4) Staffing (5) Support Services In regard to site identification, the next meeting will be used to discuss the site identification process. A prospective site should have at least three classrooms (20 students in each class) and outdoor space for play. Hie conmittee also agreed that the center should only enroll four-year old students. Other age groups can be considered after the center is in operation. Teacher representatives will be added to the committee. Also, respresen- tatives from the other districts in Pulaski County will be added to the committee. 810 West Markham Street  Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  (501)374-33612. 3. 4. DOWNTOWN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER COMMITTEE Site Selection Report Staffing and Program Report Publicity Needs Assessment AGENDA 4/17/90 1. 5. Additional Committee MembersDOWNTOWN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER COMMITTEE April 17, 1990 MINUTES Those attending were Jack Turner, Thelma Jasper, Cecil Talliaferro, Dorisen Hill, Michele French, Rachel Meyers, Fatimah Akbar. Mrs. Meyers opened the meeting. The minutes were read by Michele French and they were approved by the committee. a report on the task of the commission, were heard on the following: Mrs. Meyers gave Questions and discussion 1. 2 . 3. Including 3 year olds and 4 year olds Funding for 3 months beyond the regular school year Care during vacation days, summer and after school The site acquisition committee had several possibilities. searched and reported on A description was given on each, and Jack Turner was given the task of setting up an appointment to visit the Bushman Court Building at 6th \u0026amp; Pulaski and also the Cashion Company at 501 Sherman. of the exact date and time. All committee members will be notified The staff and A question was program committee presented two staffing plans. asked concerning North Central Association accreditation if the center is disassociated with the schools. Carver Magnet School was suggested as a possibility for associating the center with a school since there is no existing 4 year old program. suggested go to an affiliate Discussion on giving children a preference to Meyers was asked or to associating school was presented. check on requirements for the center and to North cost modified version of Plan 1 was recommended. Mrs. Central Association out both plans. A A vice principal was recommended instead of a full-time administrator. The curriculum completed by the Early Childhood Task Force recommended and would be programs in the District. consistent with other 4 year was old A question was asked about a theme in the center. Mrs. Meyer's committee was asked to check on possible schools the center could be attached to. Mr. Jennings asked that consideration be given to Thelma Jasper's program. A needs assessment established as follows: was asked for and a subcommittee was Glenda Beane Dorisene Hill Cecil Talliaferro Co-Chairman Co-ChairmanDOWNTOWN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER COMMITTEE May 3, 1990 MINUTES Those is attendance were Jim Moses, Michele French, Glenda Beane, T^my Jack Turner, Thelma Jasper, , Dorothea Davis, parent from the North Little Rock School District. and a Site selection sub-committee asked Mr. Moses to present facts about the Cashion Building and Bushman Courtyard Building. Moses reported the following: Mr. A. 6th Street. The Bushman Courtyard Building is located at 1300 West 1. 2 . 3. 4 . 5. 6. 7 . 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 . 5500 sq. ft. of usable space $3,100 per month to lease Smaller spaces Sharp corners 3 major hallways Kitchen Parking spaces Intra structure work needed 35 years old Some remodeling has been done Previously a doctors' building Possible playground by using some parking area B. The Cashion Building is located at Sth and Sherman. 1. 2. 3. 4 . 5. 6. 7 . 8. 9. 10. 11. 4,800 sq. ft. of usable space Larger spaces Large kitchen Parking spaces Full lot adjacent to building for playground For lease - $5,000 per month (including taxes \u0026amp; insurance) Will spend $15,000 for improvements 10 years old Excellent condition Circle driveway Parking Recommendation to have Jack Turner and the committee pursue the Cashion location. after the meeting. make an offer, frame to be used. Other committee members were excited to visit Mr. Turner proposed that the sub-committee Consideration for money, improvements and timeNew members were assigned to the sub-committees as follows\nDorothea Davis - Staffing Jack Turner - Publicity Glenda Beane NLR Parent - Site Selection The next meeting will be on May 10 at 1:30 p.m.ROCKEFELLER COOPERATIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION MAGNET PARENT-TEACHER PLANNING COMMITTEE ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND CURRICULUM PRELIMINARY RECDMMENDATIDNS March 20, 199D TRAINING AND STAFFING Thosa who care For young children must be well prepared and sensitively selected For their work. They must have Formal training in both child development and appropriate pedagogy, For quality training For all personnel who provide care and education For vary young children is a critical component in the success oF early education programs. Ongoing inservice education must be an integral part oF their training and growth as early childhood educators. ThereFore: Early childhood education curriculum and daily activities will be based upon young childrens interests and styles oF learning, emphasize developmentally appropriate learning, and appeal to childrens sense oF curiosity and eagerness in order to help them experience the joy oF learning. Thora will bo a Full spectrum oF activities to stimulate children at various levels oF development. A comprehensive curriculum and training approach is to ba collaboratively developed among the throe districts by those presently responsible For training and supervising HIPPY paraproFessionals, CARE employees Cor other beFore- and aFter- school day care programs), and teachers and aides who work These individuals in any aspect oF early childhood education. will utilize the expertise or professionals From local insti- tutions oF higher education in deaigning the training curri culum. A coordinated training approach among HIPPY, extended daycare, and early childhood education personnel will promote understanding, cooporatlon, and continuity among the programs. To promote understanding oF the total.school program, early childhood staFF should be given an overview oF the elementary curriculum and the elementary staFF should ba given an over- view oF the early childhood program. Thon appropriate in- aervica training should bo provided separately For early childhood staFF and elementary staFF. This approach to training should enhance cohesiveness oF staFF while allowing spaciFic targeting oF teaching levels and oFFicient utilization oF training time. # # # Z2 # Early childhood students should not attend school at least one week CpreFerably two weeks) beFore elementary school students return in the Fall oF each year to allow certiFied and non-certiFied staFF to attend the inservice training and prepare For the coming year. tha First # Early childhood teachers should meet during two weeks oF summer vacation with Dorothea Davis, Michelle r. a representative For Arkansas Baptist College and UALR (Tish Henslee, iF possible), and Marian Shead (HIPPY), This French, to continue work on the early childhood curriculum. could be coordinated with Systematic Training For EFFective Teaching with a halF-day oF curriculum reFining and a day oF S.T.E.T. halF- # The training outlined in the two previous paragraphs will provide one month oF training recommended For RockeFeller School StaFF. . , x IN-SERVICE TRAINING SHDULD INCLUDE\n* Human Relations workshops For entire school and perhaps some just For early childhood staFF to occur in August * Training For staFF about working with computers Viewing and discussion oF the videotape made to illustrate the NAEYC booklet on Developmentally Appropriate Practices For Young Children  Workshop presented by Dr. Anna Heatherly about what early childhood classes should provide to encourage language development and literacy \u0026gt;!= Training For staFF , in building conFlict resolution strategies in early childhood classrooms and playgrounds ! An inspirational speech by Dr. Bettye Caldwell in preparation For the school year 1990-91 * Training For instructional aides at RockeFeller to be required For continued employment and including: 1 . 2. Early Childhood Methods Child Development OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS + CertiFied early childhood staFF should not be required to Many extra hours aFter 3:DO P.M. work longer hours each day. are necessary to plan and prepare For optimal experiences daily For early childhood students and these hours are give IF teachers are n voluntarily by early childhood teachers. required to spend extra hours working with children, this voluntary preparation time will be reduced and program quality will suFFer. + Additional salary compensation should be provided For instructional aides who work longer hours at RockeFellor in tha early childhood classroom than instructional aides It is our at other Little Rock School District schools. understanding that tha promise oF extra pay worked has not been honored. For extra hours3 + Comprehensive developmental screening should be provided * 1. . A__II.. M4 1 rlrn * C3 for early childhood students. Arkansas Children's Hospital might be a resource for this need. + Regular observational assessment of all children should be provided + Foreign language instruction (ppench or Spanish] should begin in early childhood classrooms. ly childhood students should be paid + Field trips for early childhood students snouxc co paxu Little Rock School District Cat least one per for by the class per nine weeks]. + Several specially equipped vans with removable restraining Seats for -inf ants , - twov - and tbree-yeac. old.-studeots-pcovided to allow this age group of children transportation for field trips. to have state mandated + All children should not be required to stayuntil 5:00 P.M. as In f.hR Incentive School Plan. This should be Stated in the Incentive School Plan. voluntary. + More time should be allotted during the summer for teachers to work in their classrooms. AFTER SCHOOL CARE S HIPPY 0 To apply developmentally appropriate practicesfor young four-year-old students should be provided consistent and nurturing by the same staff, with the sama children, experiences group This does not occur of children throughout each day. enrolled in the CARE program after 2:30 daily, enrolled in our classes when they are Ten parents of four-year-old children at Rockefeller have their children picked up by a private bus and taken to a private after school program day care artar scnoox progi an- simply because of this inconsistency of care in this school. Consistency can be provided by having staggered schedules for instructional aides throughout the early childhood program. must receive careful @ Those employed in extended day programs training, supervision and support. As indicated in the section on Training and Staffing of the Early Childhood Plan for desegregation, daycare personnel must bo included in the early childhood education training program which is designed and implemented by the districts and are to members of the school faculty. to be be supervised and supported as @ There must be uniformity of quality among extended daycare programs regardless of the school at which they may be based. @ Activities provided during extended day hours should be sufficiently varied, appealing, and age-appropriate to sustain the interest of the children, 0 The Little Rock School District will consider mandating or strongly encouraging participation in HIPPY for all four- year-old students at the incentive schools.RECOMMENDATIONS should not bs required to + Early childhood children be remain in school until 5:00 p.m. It has worked well for those children not needing extended child care to bo picked up 2*30\n1 r-Hn not endoPBC voung children Qw C.C3. Child care experts do not endorse young attending preschool for long hours if child care is not necessary. Thev feel that the children should be with their Families. parents They feel that the =. A parent on this committee stated that many , including herself, would not enroll their children children were required to remain at Rockefeller if the for an extended day. + An assistant co-teacher is needed for the infant/toddler classroom because of the number of children in that area.OFFICE OF THE METROPOLITAN SUPERVISOR 201 E. MARKHAM, SUITE 510 LITTLE ROCK, AR 72201 Hand Delivered Date\nMay 2, 1990 To: James Jennings, Associate Superintendent From: t^^Ann S. Brown, Associate Metropolitan Supervisor Subject: Progress Report on Desegregation Plan, Early Childhood Education Section As we discussed in our meeting last Friday, April 27, 1990, members of the Metropolitan Supervisor's Parent Committee on Early Childhood Education reported on April 26 that they have a number of concerns about the development and implementation of the early childhood education portion of the Desegregation Plan. They are aware that the Desegregation Plan requires the bi racial participation of parents, teachers, and representatives of UALR and the local black colleges, along with district administrators, throughout the planning and implementation of all programs which involve early childhood education and Rockefeller School. The concerns which these parents express relate to both communication and participation. To illustrate, the parents state that as members of the planning committees at Rockefeller, they have received no acknowledgment nor any sort of response regarding reports which they submitted to the District in late March. These reports contain suggestions on curriculum, training, and staffing. Without administrative response to their reports, the parents are uncertain how to proceed next in the development and implementation process. The parents al so say that they have not been consulted about the re-evaluation of Rockefeller's early childhood education policies as required in #6 on page 15 of the early childhood section of the Plan. There have also been complaints that the teacher interview committee at Rockefeller was decidedly racially imbalanced and that there was no representation from UALR or the black colleges. Previously, there have been other difficulties regarding the Little Rock School District's compliance with the early childhood education section of the Plan. In early March, you and I discussed the necessity of involving parents and representatives from the local university and colleges in interviewing the candidates for principal of Rockefeller. A March 5 memo, sent at the direction of Mr. Reville in order to insure compliance with the plan, plainly described and mandated what the composition of the Rockefeller principal interview committee was to be. Yet the procedure outlined in that communication was not followed. Apparently, corrective measures were not implemented until sometime after a March 22 memo which reiterated the necessity for following the requirements of the Desegregation Plan and the directives of the March 5 communication.May 2, 1990 Page 2 In order to assess compliance with the early childhood education section of the Desegregation Plan, and to prevent confusion or misunderstanding on the part of parents, teachers, administrators, or this office, a progress report seems in order. Therefore, by Monday, May 14, please provide the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor with information which clearly defines how the Little Rock School District is complying with the Desegregation Plan's provision that \"...the process of developing, modifying, or augmenting any early childhood education programs must be done in conjunction with biracial planning and oversight groups approved by the Metropolitan Supervisor and comprised of parents, teachers, representatives of area universities and colleges, and the districts' supervisors responsible for early education.\" This report must: --Contain an update on the progress made regarding all provisions of the early childhood section, including curriculum, staffing, training, the Downtown Early Childhood Education Center, interdistrict collaboration, etc. --Indicate how suggestions from parents, teachers, and representives from local institutions of higher education are being incorporated into program planning and implementation. --Include the names and race of the parents who have been added to the District's Early Childhood Education Task Force, the date they were added to this group, and the primary tasks this group is presently focusing upon. --Include a timeline which indicates key tasks and expected or actual start and completion dates, and the individuals or groups primarily responsible for each task. If there are problem areas or tasks which have not been undertaken, please briefly indicate what the difficulties have been and how and when you expect them to be overcome. I believe that a progress report at this time will help resolve questions, alleviate uncertainties, and uncover problems which must be resolved before they become major hindrances to the timely implementation of the Desegregation Plan. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you.OFFICE OF THE METROPOLITAN SUPERVISOR 201 E. MARKHAM, SUITE 510 LITTLE ROCK, AR 72201 Date: May 2, 1990 To: James Jennings, Associate Superintendent From: 4^Ann S. Brown, Associate Metropolitan Supervisor Subject: Progress Report on Desegregation Plan, Early Childhood Education Section As we discussed in our meeting last Friday, April 27, 1990, members of the Metropolitan Supervisor's Parent Committee on Early Childhood Education reported on April 26 that they have a number of concerns about the development and implementation of the early childhood education portion of the Desegregation Plan. They are aware that the Desegregation Plan requires the biracial participation of parents, teachers, and representatives of UALR and the local black colleges, along with district administrators, throughout the planning and implementation of all programs which involve early childhood education and Rockefeller School. The concerns which these parents express relate to both communication and participation. To illustrate, the parents state that as members of the planning committees at Rockefeller, they have received no acknowledgment nor any sort of response regarding reports which they submitted to the District in late March. These reports contain suggestions on curriculum. training, and staffing. Without administrative response to their reports, the parents are uncertain how to proceed next in the development and implementation process. The parents al so say that they have not been consulted about the re-evaluation of Rockefeller's early childhood education policies as required in #6 on page 15 of the early childhood section of the Plan. There have also been complaints that the teacher interview committee at Rockefeller was decidedly racially imbalanced and that there was no representation from UALR or the black colleges. Previously, there have been other difficulties regarding the Little Rock School District's compliance with the early childhood education section of the Plan. In early March, you and I discussed the necessity of involving parents and representatives from the local university and colleges in interviewing the candidates for principal of Rockefeller. A March 5 memo, sent at the direction of Mr. Reville in order to insure compliance with the plan, plainly described and mandated what the composition of the Rockefeller principal interview committee was to be. Yet the procedure outlined in that communication was not followed. Apparently, corrective measures were not implemented until sometime after a March 22 memo which reiterated the necessity for following the requirements of the Desegregation Plan and the directives of the March 5 communication.May 2, 1990 Page 2 In order to assess compliance with the early childhood education section of the Desegregation Plan, and to prevent confusion or misunderstanding on the part of parents, teachers, administrators, or this office, a progress report seems in order. Therefore, by Monday, May 14, please provide the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor with information which clearly defines how the Little Rock School District is complying with the Desegregation Plan's provision that \"...the process of developing, modifying, or augmenting any early childhood education programs must be done in conjunction with biracial planning and oversight groups approved by the Metropolitan Supervisor and comprised of parents, teachers, representatives of area universities and colleges, and the districts' supervisors responsible for early education.\" This report must: Contain an update on the progress made regarding all provisions of the early childhood section, including curriculum, staffing, training, the Downtown Early Childhood Education Center, interdistrict collaboration, etc. --Indicate how suggestions from parents, teachers, and representives from local institutions of higher education are being incorporated into program planning and implementation. --Include the names and race of the parents who have been added to the District's Early Childhood Education Task Force, the date they were added to this group, and the primary tasks this group is presently focusing upon. --Include a timeline which indicates key tasks and expected or actual start and completion dates, and the individuals or groups primarily responsible for each task. If there are problem areas or tasks which have not been undertaken, please briefly indicate what the difficulties have been and how and when you expect them to be overcome. I believe that a progress report at this time will help resolve questions, alleviate uncertainties, and uncover problems which must be resolved before they become major hindrances to the timely implementation of the Desegregation Plan. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you.Little Rock School District May 11, 1990 V TO: FROM: Ann Brown, Prentice Dupins, and Arma Hart - Associate Metropolitan Supervi sors Chip Jones, Manager of Support Services __ James Jennings, Associate Superintendent for Desegregation 03 Monitoring and Program Development THROUGH:lj^br. Herb Cleek, Deputy Superintendent of Schools (?)^Dr. Ruth Steele, Superintendent of Schools SUBJECT: Downtown Early Childhood Center Site Selection The planning committee for the downtown early childhood center (the Center) has located a site that will be a showcase of the four-year old program in the Little Rock School District. The selected site is currently owned by Cashion and Company. The district has negotiated a price of $4,500 per month for the location contingent upon approval by the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor. Current cost estimates for the total program are as follows: Rent Utilities 3 teachers 3 aides 1 custodian 1 coordinator 1 secretary Benefits Food Service Material \u0026amp; Supplies Postage Furniture \u0026amp; Equipment Renovations Contingency $54,000 10,000 75,000 30,000 9,000 20,000 12,000 21,900 15,000 3,000 500 20,000 (Start-up) 20,000 (Start-up) 30,000 $320,400 The committee recommends that funding for the Center be similar to the Magnet Schools. Each participating district will be responsible for the costs of the Center based on seat allocation. It is further recommended that the partici-pating districts be allowed to use the Settlement proceeds to pay for the Center. 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  (501)374-3361 Downtown Early Childhood Center May 11, 1990 Page two In order for the District to open the Center for the 1990-91 school year, it must commit withing five working days (by May 18) to a lease agreement. The current occupant needs time to locate new space, remodel and move by August 6, 1990 to allow the district time to open the Center by the beginning of school. The building is well-suited for an early childhood program. Most of its wal1s are movable so that renovation requirements are minor\na separate lot will provide an outdoor play area\noff-street parking is generous\nand access to downtown and to the freeways is strategic. The total square footage of the building itself (not including play areas and parking) is 5,500 or $9.82 per foot, which is very competitive for downtown office space. The committee also considered: --Bushman Court Reporting Building (6th and Pulaski, $3,169 per month. 6,500 sq. feet). This was the committee's second choice\nhowever, in order to use the building for an early childhood program would require extensive and expensive remodeling, this expense would be prudent. The committee did not feel that --Olympia Publishing Building (900 West Fourth, $2,000 per month, 3,400 sq. feet). The committee believes the space would not be adequate for the Center and that it would be difficult to occupy in time for the 1990-91 school year. --SE Corner (3rd and Ringo, $3,000 per month, 3,600 sq. feet). committee believes the space would not be adequate for the Center. Again the Seat Allocation According to the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, II the districts will work together to establish a pre-kindergarten program in the downtown Little Rock business area. II As a result, seats will be allocated for downtown employees from each of the three districts in Pulaski County -- Little Rock School District, North Little Rock School District, and Pulaski County Special School Di strict. The Downtown Early Childhood Center will have three four-year old classes during the 1990-91 school year. Each class will have a maximum of 20 students. The seat allocation formula for the interdistrict magnet schools will be used to allocate the 60 four-year old seats among the three districts. LRSD NLRSD PCSSD 45.6% 15.7% 38.7% 27 seats 10 seats 23 seats ODowntown Early Childhood Center May 11, 1990 Page three Assignment Process All assignments are subject to desegregation requirements and capacity. As stated in the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Downtown Early Childhood Center is specifically aimed at serving the children of parents who work in the downtown area. in Pulaski County, Arkansas. However, the parent must reside in one of the three districts Act 609, Act 624, or legal transfers cannot be used for admission to the Downtown Early Childhood Center. Special publicity efforts will be used to inform downtown employees about the early childhood program. Special meetings will be held prior to the appli- cation period to inform downtown employees about the downtown early childhood program. city efforts. The three districts will work together to promote and support publi- As stated earlier, the downtown early childhood program is aimed at serving the children of parents who work in the downtown area. The downtown area is defined as the Central Business District of Little Rock. The boundaries of this area are Interstate 30 on the east side, 15th Street on the south side, the State Capitol Mall on the west side, and Markham Street on the north side, parent's worksite must be located in this area in order for the parent to be classified as a downtown employee. The The Little Rock School District Student Assignment Office will be responsible for processing all applications. In order to be eligible for admission, the child must be four years old on or before October 1, 1990. Parents must present a birth certificate and proof of address during the application process. A lottery will be conducted if demand exceeds the supply of seats for a parti- cular district. Students who are not selected will be placed on a waiting list for the remainder of the school year, each year. A new waiting list will be developed Hours of Operation The Downtown Early Childhood Center will have the same opening and closing time as a regular elementary school. In addition to the normal hours of operation, parents will have the option to participate in the before and after school care program. Office. The costs will be determined by the Little Rock School District CARE CARE services also will be provided during holidays. Transportation The three districts will not provide transportation. ODowntown Early Childhood Center May 11, 1990 Page four Curriculum The goals and objectives of the educational program will be sensitive to the developmental characteristics of the children. The curriculum will be based on young children's interests and styles of learning which will guide daily acti- vities. The program itself will be compatible with the developmental needs of young children. the joy of learning. It will appeal to young children an help them experience The early childhood program will be multicultural in focus and sensitive to the cultural and ethnic heritages of children. to learn about themselves and other cultures. Young children need the opportunity An appropriate curriculum for young children will be one in which the children are active learners. They will be given freedom to act on materials, to use them in their own ways, to move about and to interact verbally and physically with other children and with their teachers. There will be a full spectrum of activities to stimulate children with many levels of development. Children will be offered choices and will select many of their own activities in learning areas: keeping, and music. children to explore and manipulate. blocks, science, math, games, puzzles, books, art, house- There will be many concrete materials in each area for Teachers are expected to facilitate the development of self-control in children by using positive guidance techniques. havior are a part of the classroom management program. Modeling and encouraging expected be- Children will have many opportunities to develop social skills such as cooperating, helping, and talking with other children, the staff, and resource persons. Children will be provided many experiences which lead to literacy: listening, drawing, and copying. and fine motor development. Such activities facilitate language talking. Listening to stories, telling about pictures. poetry, fingerplays, field trips, dictating stories, and participating in dramatic play all provide a foundation for beginning literacy. Formal reading and writing instruction is reserved for a more developmentally appropriate time. Implementation Plan Since the Center is required by the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Little Rock School District plans to implement the recommendations of the committee as described herein. Please advise us before May 18, 1990 if the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor is not in agreement with this decision so that other plans might be developed. The North Little Rock and the Pulaski County Special School Districts have been provided a copy of this memorandum. cc: Billy Bowles, PCSSD Bobby Acklin, NLRSD OLittle Rock School District r .f- - J*  May 11, 1990\nA TO: FROM: Ann Brown, Prentice Dupins, and Arma Hart - Associate Metropolitan Supervi sors Chip Jones, Manager of Support Services James Jennings, Associate Superintendent for Desegregation \"753 Monitoring and Program Development THROUGH:iJ^Dr. Herb Cleek, Deputy Superintendent of Schools (?^Dr. Ruth Steele, Superintendent of Schools J SUBJECT: Downtown Early Childhood Center Site Selection The planning committee for the downtown early childhood center (the Center) has located a site that will be a showcase of the four-year old program in the Little Rock School District. The selected site is currently owned by Cashion and Company. The district has negotiated a price of $4,500 per month for the location contingent upon approval by the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor. Current cost estimates for the total program are as follows: Rent Utilities 3 teachers 3 aides 1 custodian 1 coordinator 1 secretary Benefits Food Service Material \u0026amp; Supplies Postage Furniture \u0026amp; Equipment Renovations Conti ngency $54,000 10,000 75,000 30,000 9,000 20,000 12,000 21,900 15,000 3,000 500 20,000 (Start-up) 20,000 (Start-up) 30,000 $320,400 The committee recommends that funding for the Center be similar to the Magnet Schools. Each participating district will be responsible for the costs of the Center based on seat allocation. It is further recommended that the parti ci- pating districts be allowed to use the Settlement proceeds to pay for the Center. O 810 West Markham Street  Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  (501)374-3361Downtown Early Childhood Center May 11, 1990 Page two In order for the District to open the Center for the 1990-91 school year, it must commit withing five working days (by May 18) to a lease agreement. The current occupant needs time to locate new space, remodel and move by August 6, 1990 to allow the district time to open the Center by the beginning of school. The building is well-suited for an early childhood program. Most of its walls are movable so that renovation requirements are minor\na separate lot will provide an outdoor play area\noff-street parking is generous\nand access to downtown and to the freeways is strategic. The total square footage of the building itself (not including play areas and parking) is 5,500 or $9.82 per foot, which is very competitive for downtown office space. The committee also considered: --Bushman Court Reporting Building (6th and Pulaski, $3,169 per month. 6,500 sq. feet). This was the committee's second choice\nhowever, in order to use the building for an early childhood program would require extensive and expensive remodeling, this expense would be prudent. The committee did not feel that --Olympia Publishing Building (900 West Fourth, $2,000 per month, 3,400 sq. feet). The committee believes the space would not be adequate for the Center and that it would be difficult to occupy in time for the 1990-91 school year. --SE Corner (3rd and Ringo, $3,000 per month, 3,600 sq. feet). committee believes the space would not be adequate for the Center. Again the Seat Allocation According to the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, \"the districts will work together to establish a pre-kindergarten program in the downtown Little Rock business area. II As a result, seats will be allocated for downtown employees from each of the three districts in Pulaski County -- Little Rock School District, North Little Rock School District, and Pulaski County Special School Di strict. The Downtown Early Childhood Center will have three four-year old classes during the 1990-91 school year. Each class will have a maximum of 20 students. The seat allocation formula for the interdistrict magnet schools will be used to allocate the 60 four-year old seats among the three districts. LRSD NLRSD PCSSD 45.6% 15.7% 38.7% 27 seats 10 seats 23 seats ODowntown Early Childhood Center May 11, 1990 Page three Assignment Process All assignments are subject to desegregation requirements and capacity. As stated in the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Downtown Early Childhood Center is specifically aimed at serving the children of parents who work in the downtown area. in Pulaski County, Arkansas. However, the parent must reside in one of the three districts Act 609, Act 624, or legal transfers cannot be used for admission to the Downtown Early Childhood Center. Special publicity efforts will be used to inform downtown employees about the early childhood program. Special meetings will be held prior to the appli- cation period to inform downtown employees about the downtown early childhood program. city efforts. The three districts will work together to promote and support publi- As stated earlier, the downtown early childhood program is aimed at serving the children of parents who work in the downtown area. fined as the Central Business District of Little Rock. The downtown area is deThe boundaries of this area are Interstate 30 on the east side, 15th Street on the south side, the State Capitol Mall on the west side, and Markham Street on the north side, parent's worksite must be located in this area in order for the parent to be classified as a downtown employee. The The Little Rock School District Student Assignment Office will be responsible for processing all applications. In order to be eligible for admission, the child must be four years old on or before October 1, 1990. Parents must present a birth certificate and proof of address during the application process. A lottery will be conducted if demand exceeds the supply of seats for a parti- cular district. Students who are not selected will be placed on a waiting list for the remainder of the school year, each year. A new waiting list will be developed Hours of Operation The Downtown Early Childhood Center will have the same opening and closing time as a regular elementary school. In addition to the normal hours of operation, parents will have the option to participate in the before and after school care program. Office. The costs will be determined by the Little Rock School District CARE CARE services also will be provided during holidays. Transportation The three districts will not provide transportation. ODowntown Early Childhood Center May 11, 1990 Page four Curriculum The goals and objectives of the educational program will be sensitive to the developmental characteristics of the children. The curriculum will be based on young children's interests and styles of learning which will guide daily acti- viti es. The program itself will be compatible with the developmental needs of young children, the joy of learning. It will appeal to young children an help them experience The early childhood program will be multicultural in focus and sensitive to the cultural and ethnic heritages of children. to learn about themselves and other cultures. Young children need the opportunity An appropriate curriculum for young children will be one in which the children are active learners. They will be given freedom to act on materials, to use them in their own ways, to move about and to interact verbally and physically with other children and with their teachers. There will be a full spectrum of activities to stimulate children with many levels of development. Children will be offered choices and will select many of their own activities in learning areas: keeping, and music. children to explore and manipulate. blocks, science, math, games, puzzles, books, art, house- There will be many concrete materials in each area for Teachers are expected to facilitate the development of self-control in children by using positive guidance techniques. havior are a part of the classroom management program. Modeling and encouraging expected beChildren will have many opportunities to develop social skills such as cooperating, helping, and talking with other children, the staff, and resource persons. Children will be provided many experiences which lead to literacy: listening, drawing, and copying. and fine motor development. Such activities facilitate language talking. Listening to stories, telling about pictures. poetry, fingerplays, field trips, dictating stories, and participating in dramatic play all provide a foundation for beginning literacy. Formal reading and writing instruction is reserved for a more developmentally appropriate time. Implementation Plan Since the Center is required by the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Little Rock School District plans to implement the recommendations of the committee as described herein. Please advise us before May 18, 1990 if the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor is not in agreement with this decision so that other plans might be developed. The North Little Rock and the Pulaski County Special School Districts have been provided a copy of this memorandum. cc: Billy Bowles, PCSSD Bobby Acklin, NLRSD OPROGRESS REPORT ON DESEGREGATION PLAN, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SECTION May 14,1990 B JB A_C J[ A L._..RAjR I IC. IEAT-I-OjN The District will continue to have biracial participation throughout the planning and implementation of all programs, which involve Early Childhood Education and Rockefeller School. Rockefeller School. On March 21,1990 - The Planning Committee met at a) b) c) d) e) Represented were: The Metropolitan Supervisors' Office The Little Rock School District The Rockefeller Staff Parents The Local Colleges After a general meeting the group broke up into subcommittees in order to plan, organize and schedule their next meeting date. Rockefeller School. On March 28, 1990 - A general meeting was held at The following committees met : 1. 2. .3. 4. Public Relations, Recruitment, and Parent and Community Involvement Elementary Curriculum Early Childhood Education Policies and Procedures Staff Development and Curriculum Represented were: a) b) c) d) Little Rock School District Rockefeller Staff Parents Local Colleges CQMMUJSJLCAri.QH-..AND_JPAB.LKIEAIIGH A letter was sent to the Chairperson of the various committees from Mrs. Mangan on March 29, 1990, informing them their reports have been forwarded to the Central Office. These reports will be addressed beginning the third week of May by a District Committee comprised of the following: a) b) c) Rockefeller Parents, Teachers, and Administrators Little School District Administration College representatives The purpose of the District Committee is to review all recommendations and concerns and to make final recommendations to the Metropolitan Supervisors' Office. Page 1These recommendation: concerned. will then be made available to all parties EAP,LL_CHILtDHQQD...ED.UCAT LON _EQL LC.IES. The parent committee met on March 28,1990 and submitted a list of ten preliminary recommendations. These will be examined at the meeting scheduled for the third week of May and the above stated procedure will be followed. This committee will reconvene in order to develop specific recommendations regarding the following: 1. Infant Enrollment Age 2. Sick Days for Extended Illness The plan specifically state that these items \"must be evaluated by the parent committee on early childhood education.\" Childhood section, page 15, item 6) (Early T.EAC.HR.-.IN.TEm.EK_GQWMLTJrE The Teacher Interview Committee at Rockefeller School has been enlarged by representation from U.A.L. R. and Shorter College. The composition of the Interview Committee is as follows: 1. Ann Mangan Principal 2. Rachel Meyers Asst. Supt. B F 3. Rose Ivory Supervisor 4. Dorothy Daniels Parent 5. Evelyn Jackson Retired Teacher B F 6. Jaime Foster 7. Romona Clark U. A. L. R. Shorter W F B F B F W F B F These changes should adequately address any earlier concerns of imbalances. SIAEEIHG All of the applicants have been interviewed with the exception of two which are scheduled for an interview next week. The Director of Human Resources will begin staffing the school Thursday, May 10, 1990. TRABUMS A tentative outline of training is complete and will be addressed by the District Committee during the third week of May. DQWHTQHH...EARLY-.CHILDH.Q.QD...EDU.CAT.LQK..,CENTER Page - 2STATUS REPORT May 8, 1990 The Downtown Early Childhood Center Committee has met five time since its March 1 inception. According to the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Downtown Early Childhood Center will be: 1. Of the same high quality as other early childhood education programs in the district. 2. Aimed at serving the children of parents who work in the downtown area. 3. Racially integrated. The center is scheduled to open in 1990-91. In order to meet this deadline, the committee has agreed to place primary interest on selecting a site as soon as possible. A property search in the downtown area was conducted by committee member Jack Turner. Mr. Turner is employed by the Downtown Partnership, were reviewed during the April 17 meeting. Five sites On April 27, several of the committee members toured two of the facilities. and Pulaski Streets. The Bushman Reporting building is located at Sixth Fifth and Sherman Streets, for both buildings. The Cashion Company Building is located at Jim Moses is the real estate agent The building were evaluated on the basis of the following areas: Access ibility Condition Renovation Work Expansion Landscaping Attractiveness Playground Space Costs The committee agreed to pursue a lease arrangement on the Cashion Building. The site selection committee (Jack Turner, Chip Jones, and Amy Flynn) will make a recommendation to the committee at the May 10 meeting. Three subcommittees have been established. As already stated. the site selection committee is preparing a lease proposal, staffing and program subcommittee has recommended a staff of three teachers, one administrator, one secretary, and The paraprofessional support. The center will have three four-year- old classes (20 students each) during the first year of operation. The Little Rock School District four-year-old curriculum will be used at the downtown center. Subcommittee members are Rachel Myers-Jones (LRSD), Michelle French (PCSSD), Thelma Jasper (Educational Cooperative), and Doretha Davis Page - 3(Philander Smith College). The staffing and program subcommittee will develop plans for year-round service, extended day care, and holiday service. The publicity subcommittee is developing a needs assessment survey for downtown employees. Subcommittee members are Glenda Bean (Arkansas Early Childhood Commission), Fatimah Akbar (LR parent), and Monecia West (NLR parent). The publicity subcommittee also will develop plans for recruitment in the downtown area. INTERDISTRI.C.T...C.QLLAB.QRAT.,IQN. A comprehensive curriculum and training approach is to be collaboratively developed among the three districts by those presently responsible for training and supervising HIPPY paraprofessionals, CARE employees (or other before- and afterschool daycare programs), and teachers and aides who work in any aspect of early childhood education. The Little Rock School District Early Childhood Task Force will develop a training model for early childhood teachers and aides. The training model will focus on the delivery of the specific skills and objectives listed in the early childhood curriculum report. The training model will be completed prior to the end of the 1989-90 school year. In regard to training for CARE and HIPPY employees, Jo Evelyn Elston will be responsible for developing a tri-district committee to address this task. The Little Rock School District HIPPY program currently uses a training model that has been refined over the past five years. LRSD will explore the possibility of developing collaborative HIPPY training with PCSSD and NLRSD. two weeks. The tri-district committee will meet within the next INC0RP.QRATJNG_5JGGESTlQN.S_JKLQ_fR.Q.GRAM...-RLAN.N.IRa_AND IMPLEMENTATION The Little Rock School District is soliciting and collecting suggestions from a wide range of groups including patrons. employees and local colleges. These are collected by various committees such as the Parental Involvement and Public Relations Committee. The committees forward the reports to the Principal who sends them in turn to the Little Rock School District where they are analyzed and distilled by the District Committee comprised of various enabling groups. The results of the committee's decisions will be disseminated as timely and widely as possible through the following means: 1. District Cable T. V. 2. Press Releases Page 43. District Focus 4. P.T.A. 5. Personal Communications EARkyCmJL.DHQQI?._.EDD.QAIl^^ The following parents have been added to the Early Childhood Education Task Force as of March 22, 1990: Garland Georgia Rucker 5113 W. 29th St. Little Rock, AR 664-2856 (Home) Black Garland was unable to furnish a white parent. Franklin: Denise Northcutt 4320 Irwin Road Little Rock AR 455-3110 (Work) 821-3310 (Home) White 72210 Darlene Jones 9601 Nathan Hale Little Rock, AR 666-4665 (Home) 686-9103 (Work) Black 72209 In accordance to the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Early Childhood Education Task Force is focusing on the continuation of high school kindergartens. UMEL INE.-_KEX-IASKS 1. Conduct an investigation of the continuation of high school kindergarten. Initiation - 12/89 Completion - 6/30/90 Persons Responsible - Rachel Myers-Jones, LRSD Task Force 2. Re-evaluate early childhood policies now in existence and their impact on desegregation and educational goals. Initiation 3/21/90 Completion - 6/30/90 Persons Responsible - Rachel Myers-Jones, LRSD Task Force, and selected Rockefeller Committee Members 3. Review and revise the comprehensive curriculum training and information document proposed by the Tri-District Early Childhood Task Force. Initiation 10/3/89 Completion - 8/27/90 (ongoing) Page - 5Persons Responsible - Rachel Myers-Jones, LRSD Task Force, Pat Price, Selected Rockefeller Committee Persons 4. 5. Staff Development - Identify the Early Childhood components that are needed in the incentive Schools. Initiation - 3/29/90 Completion - 6/15/90 Persons Responsible - Pat Price, Marvin Zimmerman, Input Task Force, Rockefeller Committee, Incentive School Curriculum Committee Identify and secure reports and other relevant concerns. Initiation - 3/29/90 Completion - On-going Persons Responsible - Pat Price, James Jennings, Estelle Matthis Page - 6TO: FROM: Little Rock School District May 14, 1990 Ann S. Brown, Associate Metropolitan Supervisor James Jennings, Associate Superintendent for Desegregation Monitoring and Program Development Estelle Matthis, A.ssociate Superintendent for Educational Programs and Staff Development THROUGH: Dr. Herb Cleek, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Ruth Steele, Superintendent of Schools SUBJECT: Progress Report on Early Giildhood Education Section of Tri-District Desegregation Plan -   W  A * Tne progress report on the early childhood education section of the Tri-District Desegregation Plan is attached for your review. The report contains all the information requested in your May 2 memo. Your May 2 memo begins with a reference to our meeting on April 27. How- ever, your memo does not give much detail about our discussion on 4/27. It is very important to review our discussion in order to establish the proper context for responding to other concerns listed in your May 2 memo. As you know, you stated that you met with a committee on April 26 about the Rockefeller program. You stated that the committee liad a number of concerns about the development and implementation of the Rockefeller early childhood program. You also stated that the committee was the Metropolitan Supervisor's Parent Committee on Early Childhood Education. The District was unaware of a meeting scheduled for April 26 with the Parent Committee on Early Childhood Education. In our meeting on April 27, you vzere unable to respond to our questions about the role of this committee and the relationship of this committee with the parent/ staff committee for Rockefeller. Rockefellers parent/staff committee was already in existence on April 26. At the time of your meeting on April 26, you were fully aware of the existence of the parent/staff committee for Rockefeller because you were instrumental in developing this committee. As you probably recall, we met with you on March 9 and discussed the letter you wrote and distributed to all Rockefeller parents without our knowledge or approval (see attacl'iment). You also addressed the parent/staff planning committees at the March 21 orientation meeting. - 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  (501)374-3361Memo to Ann Brown Early Childhood Progress Report page two Your May 2 memo specifically refers to the concerns of the Metropolitan Supervisor's Parent Committee on Early Childhood Education. Tne District is still interested in knowing about the role of this committee, in regard to Rockefeller, and the relationship between this committee and the parent/staff planning committees at Rockefeller. The District has met with the parent/staff planning committees on several occasions, and we are in the process of responding to their recommendations. It is somewliat confusing to now hear that another committee has some concerns. There are at least four early childhood committees presently in operation: LRSD Early Childhood Task Force, Metropolitan Supervisor's Parent Committee on Early Childhood Education, Downtown Early Childhood Committee, and the Rockefeller parent/staff planning committees. Communications have varied regarding the role that each of these committees should play in developing a comprehensive early childhood program. A meeting with the committee chairpersons, the Metropolitan Supervisor's office, and LRSD will help clarify the various roles and responsibilities. Once clarity is established, all committees should be able to complete the tasks iden- tified in the Tri-District Desegregation Plan. The ultimate goal is to develop and implement a quality early childhood education program that addresses the needs of all students whether they attend Rockefeller School or any other early childhood site in the district. The merging of strategies, philosophies, etc., and the cooperation of all parties will ensure the accomplishment of this goal. In regard to another matter, your May 2 memo also refers to \"other difficulties regarding the Little Rock School District's compliance with the early childhood education section of the Plan. It of your May 2 memo, you specifically state the following: In the third paragraph A March 5 memo, sent at the direction of Mr. Reville in order to insure compliance with the plan, plainly described and mandated what the composition of the Rockefeller principal interview committee was to be. Yet the procedure outlined in that communi- cation was not followed. Apparently, corrective measures were not implemented until sometime after a March 22 memo wliich reiterated the necessity for following the requirements of the Desegregation Plan and the directives of the March 5 conmunication. In your May 2 memo, you failed to mention why the \"procedure outlined in your March 5 memo was not followed. It Please be reminded that the following individuals met on March 7 to discuss your March 5 memo: Eugene Reville Arma Hart Ann Brown Prentice Dupins Dr. Ruth Steele Dr. Herb Cleek Estelle Matthis James Jennings Chip JonesMemo to Ann Brown Early Childhood Progress Report page three Ihe District reviewed your March 5 memo and outlined the procedure we wanted to use to interview for all incentive school principal positions, including Rockefeller. We specifically stated that the teacher committee members would be selected by the LRCTA, and the parent committee members would be selected by the Joshua Intervenors. We also noted that the first round of interviews would be used to develop a pool. The second round of interviews would be used to deal with possible assignments to particular schools. Mr. Reville approved our procedure. In our minds, llr. Reville's March 7 approval of our proposal for selecting interview team members superceded your March 5 memo. We regret that a memo was not written to confirm the decisions made in the March 7 meeting. In regard to the teacher interview committee at Rockefeller, please note in the progress report that the committee includes representatives from UALR and Shorter College. This information was shared with you during our April 27 meeting. Please refer to page two of the April 27 minutes prepared by your office. The minutes clearly indicate that the District \"rectified\" this problem. In regard to the principal interview committee at Rockefeller, the local universities were involved in the process after your March 22 memo. However, you must remember that the District pro- ceeded after the March 7 meeting with our understanding of Mr. Reville's approval. cc: Prentice Dupins Arma HartMarch 7, 1990 Dear Parent: Rockefeller School is growing! And we want you to be part of the exciting changes in store for the Rockefeller community of students, staff, and parents. The new Desegregation Plan enables Rockefeller to become a cooperative early childhood education demonstration magnet school next year. That means our school will become a model of creative and exciting ways to provide the very best care and education for children from infancy through grade six. Educators and college students from all over the county and the state will be able to visit Rockefeller to learn about early childhood education at its very best. And your child will be a student at this wonderful school! As a parent, your ideas about how our school will grow into an early childhood magnet are very important. Parents, teachers and other school staff, college It representatives, and administrators will all work together to make suggestions and decisions about what our \"new\" school will become, based on the framework of the Desegregation Plan. Attached is a A number of planning areas will be addressed through parent-staff committees, each of which will concentrate on certain aspects of the school. Attccf.cd i: c list of these committees and a brief description concentration. of each one's area of Will you become our planning partner and join us as a committee member? Please say \"yes!\" by filling out the enclosed Committee Volunteer Form and returning it to your child's teacher by this Friday, March 9, 1990. Then join your fellow parents, school staff, and the Metropolitan Supervisor, Mr. Eugene Reville, for one hour at Rockefeller on Thursday evening, March 15, at 5:00 p.m. for an orientation and the first meeting of each committee. Thank you very much. Sincerely, The Staff of Rockefeller School P.S. Remember these two important dates: Friday, March 9, 1990: return Volunteer Form to your child's teacher Thursday, March 15, 1990: orientation and committee meetings at RockefellerROCKEFELLER PLANNING COmiTTEES VOLUNTEER FORM Name Address ZIP Phone (day) (eveni ng) Please join us in planning for the Rockefeller Cooperative Early Childhood Education Demonstration Magnet School. Below is a list of committees and the If you can think of types of topics that will probably be considered by each one. other planning areas you believe should be adclressed, please write your idea in the space marked \"Other suggestions.\" Then indicate your preferences for the conmittee you would like to join by placing a 1\" by your first choice, a 2 by your second choice and a \"3\" by your third choice. (You may serve on more than one committee but be careful not to over-commit your time!) Staffing: selection process\nstaff distribution\ncontract lengths\nresponsibilities\ncompensation\ncareer ladders\ninterfacing with colleges. Early childhood curriculum: emphasis on developmentally appropriate curriculum for infants through kindergarten\nhow to link early childhood and elementary curriculum\nspecial programs and events. Elementary curriculum: emphasis on grades one through six\nhow to build elementary curriculum upon that of early childhood\nspecial programs and events. ___Staff development: training programs and topics\ntrainers and trainees\nstaff development calendar. ___Scheduling and calendar: organization of the school day. week, and year. Policies and procedures: includes those of the early childhood program: infant enrollment ages\nvacation days, private pay and lunch rates for infants and toddlers\nschoolwide policies and procedures for staff, students and parents. Alternative education: al ternative classrooms and incentive and discipline programs. teaching methods\nPublic relations and recruitment: information dissemination\nschool racial balance. community outreach\ncommunication and strategies for student recruitment\nenhancing Parent and comunity involvement: types of involvement\nhow to promote. support, and sustain involvement\ntraining for parents. Student support systems: college scholarships\nmentoring\nservice learning (students as volunteers\n) peer and cross-age interaction. Other suggestions for committee topics: Please return this form to your child's teacher by Friday, March 9. Thank you!PROGRESS REPORT ON DESEGREGATION PLAN, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SECTION May 14,1990 EIBALIAIuJEAEXIlEmi^ The District will continue to have biracial participation throughout the planning and implementation of all programs, which involve Early Childhood Education and Rockefeller School. Rockefeller School. On March 21,1990 - The Planning Committee met at Represented were\na) b) c) d) e) The Metropolitan Supervisors' Office The Little Rock School District The Rockefeller Staff Parents The Local Colleges After a general meeting the group broke up into, subcommittees in order to plan, organize and schedule their next meeting date. Rockefeller School. On March 28, 1990 - A general meeting was held at The following committees met : 1. 2. 3. 4. Public Relations, Recruitment, and Parent and Community Involvement Elementary Curriculum Early Childhood Education Policies and Procedures Staff Development and Curriculum Represented were\na) b) c) d) Little Rock School District Rockefeller Staff Parents Local College A letter was sent to the Chairperson of the various committees from Mrs. Mangan on March 29, 1990, informing them their reports have been forwarded to the Central Office. These reports will be addressed beginning the third week of May by a District Committee comprised of the following: a) b) c) Rockefeller Parents, Teachers, and Administrators Little School District Administration College representatives e The purpose of the District Committee is to review all recommendations and concern\nand to make final recommendations to the Metropolitan Supervisors' Office. Page - 1These recommendations will then be made available to all parties concerned. The parent committee met on March 28,1990 and submitted a list of ten preliminary recommendations. These will be examined at the meeting scheduled for the third week of May and the above stated procedure will be followed. This committee will reconvene in order to develop specific recommendations regarding the following: 1. Infant Enrollment Age 2. Sick Days for Extended Illness The plan specifically states that these items \"must be evaluated by the parent committee on early childhood education. Childhood section, page 15, item 6) (Early The Teacher Interview Committee at Rockefeller School has been enlarged by representation from U.A.L.R. and Shorter College. The composition of the 'Interview Committee is as follows: F 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Ann Mangan Principal W Rachel Meyers Asst. Supt. B F Rose Ivory Supervisor Dorothy Daniels Parent Evelyn Jackson Retired Teacher B F Jaime Foster Romona Clark 0. A. L. R. Shorter B F B F W F B F These changes should adequately address any earlier concerns of imbalances. SIAELINfi All of the applicants have been interviewed with the exception of two which are scheduled for an interview next week. The Director of Human Resources will begin staffing the school Thursday, May 10, 1990. TRAIHIHG A tentative outline of training is complete and will be addressed by the District Committee during the third week of May. Page - 2STATUS REPORT May 8, 1990 The Downtown Early Childhood Center Committee has met five times since its March 1 inception. According to the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Downtown Early Childhood Center will be: 1. Of the same high quality as other early childhood education programs in the district. 2. Aimed at serving the children of parents who work in the downtown area. 3. Racially integrated. The center is scheduled to open in 1990-91. In order to meet this deadline, the committee has agreed to place primary interest on selecting a site as soon as possible. A property search in the downtown area was conducted by committee member Jack Turner. Mr. Turner is employed by the Downtown Partnership, were reviewed during the April 17 meeting. Five sites On April 27, several of the committee members toured two of the facilities. and Pulaski Streets. The Bushman Reporting building is located at Sixth Fifth and Sherman Streets, for both buildings. The Cashion Company Building is located at Jim Moses is the real estate agent The buildings were evaluated on the basis of the following areas: Acce ibility Condition Renovation Work Expansion Landscaping Attractiveness Playground Space Costs The committee agreed to pursue a lease arrangement on the Cashion Building. The site selection committee (Jack Turner, Chip Jones, and Amy Flynn) will make a recommendation to the committee at the May 10 meeting. Three subcommittees have been established. As. already stated. the site selection committee is preparing a lease proposal, staffing and program subcommittee has recommended a staff of three teachers, one administrator, one secretary, and The paraprofessional support. The center will have three four-year- old classes (20 students each) during the first year of operation. The Little Rock School District four-year-old curriculum will be used at the downtown center. Subcommittee members are Rachel Myers-Jones (LRSD), Michelle French (PCSSD), Thelma Jasper (Educational Cooperative), and Doretha Davis Page 3(Philander Smith College). The staffing and program subcommittee will develop plans for year-round service, extended day care, and holiday service. The publicity subcommittee is developing a needs assessment survey for downtown employees. Subcommittee members are Glenda Bean (Arkansas Early Childhood Commission), Fatimah Akbar (LR parent), and Monecia West (NLR parent). The publicity subcommittee also will develop plans for recruitment in the downtown area. A comprehensive curriculum and training approach is to be collaboratively developed among the three districts by those presently responsible for training and supervising HIPPY paraprofessionals, CARE employees (or other before- and afterschool daycare programs), and teachers and aides who work in any aspect of early childhood education. The Little Rock School District Early Childhood Task Force will develop a training model for early childhood teachers and aides. The training model will focus on the delivery of the specific skills and objectives listed in the early childhood curriculum report. The training model will be completed prior to the end of the 1989-90 school year. In regard to training for CARE and HIPPY employees, Jo Evelyn Elston will be responsible for developing a tri-district committee to address this task. The Little Rock School District HIPPY program currently uses a training model that has been refined over the past five years. LRSD will explore the possibility of developing collaborative HIPPY training with PCSSD and NLRSD. two weeks. The tri-district committee will meet within the next IHPiEMENTATKIH. The Little Rock School District is soliciting and collecting suggestions from a wide range of groups including patrons, employees and local colleges. These are collected by various committees such as the Parental Involvement and Public Relations Committee. The committees forward the reports to the Principal who sends them in turn to the Little Rock School District where they are analyzed and distilled by the District Committee comprised of various enabling groups. The results of the committee's decisions will be disseminated as timely and widely as possible through the following means: 1. District Cable T. V. 2. Press Releases Page - 43. District Focus 4. P.T.A. 5. Personal Communications The following parents have been added to the Early Childhood Education Task Force as of March 22, 1990\nGarland Georgia Rucker 5113 W. 29th St. Little Rock, AR 664-2856 (Home) Black Garland was unable to furnish a white parent. Franklin\nDenise Northcutt 4320 Irwin Road Little Rock AR 455-3110 (Work) 821-3310 (Home) White 72210 Darlene Jones 9601 Nathan Hale Little Rock, AR 666-4665 (Home) 686-9103 (Work) Black 72209 In accordance to the Tri-District Desegregation Plan, the Early Childhood Education Task Force is focusing on the continuation of high school kindergartens. 1. Conduct an investigation of the continuation of high school kindergarten. Initiation - 12/89 Completion - 6/30/90 Persons Responsible - Rachel Myers-Jones, LRSD Task Force 2. Re-evaluate early childhood policies now in existence and their impact on desegregation and educational goals. Initiation 3/21/9 0 Completion - 6/30/90 Persons Responsible - Rachel Myers-Jones, LRSD Task Force, and selected Rockefeller Committee Members 3. Review and revise the comprehensive curriculum training and information document proposed by the Tri-District Early Childhood Task Force. Initiation 10/3/89 Completion - 8/27/90 (ongoing) Page - 54. 5. Persons Responsible - Rachel Myers-Jones, LRSD Task Force, Pat Price, Selected Rockefeller Committee Persons Staff Development - Identify the Early Childhood components that are needed in the incentive Schools. Initiation 3/29/9 0 Completion - 6/15/90 Persons Responsible - Pat Price, Marvin Zimmerman, Input Task Force, Rockefeller Committee, Incentive School Curriculum Committee Identify and secure reports and other relevant concerns. Initiation 3/29/90 Completion - On-going Persons Responsible - Pat Price, James Jennings, Estelle Matthis Page 6 t Jack, Lyon \u0026amp; Jones, p.a. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 3400 TCBY TOWER 425 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 (501)375-1122 TELECOPIER (501) 375-1027 Nashville Office 1201 Sixteenth Avenue South P.O. Box 121114 Nashville, Tennessee 37212 (615) 329-4664 Telecopier: (615) 320-0115 May 15, 1990 Christopher J. Heller, Esquire FRIDAY, ELDREDGE \u0026amp; CLARK 2000 First Commercial Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 VA\"^ SAS'S RE\nDowntown Early Childhood'Center Dear Chris: Upon review of the Memorandum of May 11, 1990, from Chip Jones and James Jennings to the Associate Metropolitan \" Supervisors regarding the Downtown Early Childhood Center, I must infeorm you that the position of the North Little Rock School District is that the cost distribution provisions of that Memorandum violate the March, 1989, Pulaski County Case Settlement Agreement (as revised September I Desegregation 28, 1989). 1989, The May 11, Memorandum states at page 1, \"Each _ district will be responsible for the costs of the Center based on seat allocation.\" Thus, it anticipates that the Districts will have to provide funds for their respective students attending this Center. participating at page Thus, . _ ----- As you are aware Sectxon^II. D. of the Settlement Agreement at page 4 provides, \"The districts' obligation to contribute funds to Magnet Schools shall be limited to their paying their portions of the costs six existing Magnet Schools pursuant to the Court's Order of February 27, 1987.\" By agreement, the only funds to be provided to a host district for students attending new magnet schools is limited to the MtoM transfer payments The May 11 Memorandum suggests an obligation in addition to this which is in violation of the Settlement districts of the SIX from the State. Agreement. We note that the Memorandum also provides, _________ recommended that the participating districts be allowed to the Settlement proceeds to pay for the Center.\" \"It is further use _ _ As you are aware, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement all Settlement proceeds received by the NLRSD are restricted to providing compensatory education. See, Section VIII., B., C. and D. Thus, North Little Rock Settlement proceeds would not be available for this purpose even if we so desired. B. C.* - a Jack, Lyon \u0026amp; Jones, p.a. Chistopher J. Heller May 15, 1990 Page 2 Also, you should be aware that the NLRSD is surprised by the proposed budget. Daycare centers in the Little Rock area, such the First United Method Church Child Development are able to provide an early childhood program for children ranging in ages from infants through four years of age for half of this cost. as Center, If we were expected to pay for such a program, we anticipate that we would be involved in the budget preparation and determination of program content. In any event, I hope that you will remind your clients about the provisions of the Settlement Agreement. Hopefully, thro 13 simply an oversight and further proceedings regarding the Settlement Agreement will not be needed. this is Hopefully cc\nVery truly yours, Stephen W. Jones All counsel of record Office of Metropolitan Supervisor James Smith PCSSD PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1500 Dixon Road/P.O. Box 8601 Little Rock. Arkansas 72216 (501) 490-2000 May 16, 1990 Ms. Ann Brown Mr. Prentice Dupins Ms. Arma Hart Associate Metropolitan Supervisors Heritage West Building 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Ms. Brown, Ms. Hart and Mr. Dupins: The LRSD's memo to you dated May 11, 1990 regarding a proposed downtown early childhood center has been brought to my attention. This is the first time the PCSSD's Office of Desegregation has been notified of this proposal. The Court approved plan provides that the districts will work together to establish a pre-kindergarten program in the downtown Little Rock business area. II I certainly assumed that my office. which has direct line responsibility for desegregation, would have been at least notified of this decision prior to its submission to the Office of the Metropolitan Supervisor. Our district representative on the committee, Michelle French, is not aware of any discussions on funding formula or seating allocations during committee meetings she attended. While I have not had time to fully analyze the May 11, 1990 memo or to discuss it at all with the superintendent, the following objections have already occurred to me: 1. The proposed method for funding is directly contrary to the Court's Order of December 11, 1989 which accepted the alternative funding mechanism of M to M transfer monies as opposed to the funding method which has prevailed for the six existing magnet schools. funding \"similar to the magnet schools. The PCSSD is not agreeable to II 2. while the LRSD generously suggests that the PCSSD settlement funds be used to pay for this center, the fact remains that after several requests these funds have not been released to our District. May 16, 1990 Page 2 The proposed commitment It May 18, 1990 is simply unreasonable. of five working days ending 4. While you indicate that the seats will be populated pursuant to ratio that means. \"desegregation requirements\" I do not know what 3 . 5 . The late Metropolitan Supervisor, Mr. Eugene Reville, with Dr. Don Stewart, Mr. Bobby Lester and myself, in a meeting on January 16, 1990 responded to some questions and concerns that dealt specifically with funding interdistrict magnet and specialty schools. Note his response to questions number one and sixteen in the attached information. 6 . I have simply not had time to assess such important issues as access and whether or not the proposed starting time is reasonable for our patrons. Neither can I determine the racial composition that would be anticipated from PCSSD students. Because of all of the foregoing considerations, the PCSSD must, at this point in time, register its strong objections to the proposal as presently outlined. Sincerely, Bi y J. 'B Assistant Superintendent for Desegregation ch Attachments c Mr. Chip Jones Mr. James Jennings Dr. Herb Cleek Dr. Ruth Steele Mr. Bobby Lester PCSSD PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 500 DixO': ' Liitie d 3 January 18, 1990 Mr. Eugene Reville Metropolitan Supervisor Heritage West Building 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mr. Reville: At our January 16 meeting you requested that notes be taken recording your responses to the questions and/or concerns regarding our District's desegregation plan. Enclosed is a copy of the questions and your responses, review this for verification. Please We are also enclosing our suggested changes in the wording of the tri-district desegregation plan. Sincerely, Bobby G. Lester Superintendent of Schools ps Enclosures  1. 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTIONS/CONCERNS AND MR. REVILLE'S RESPONSES REGARDING TRI-DISTRICT DESEGREGATION PLAN January 18, 1990 Who will schools? RESPONSE: pay for new Little Rock School District magnet LRSD will pay for any new magnet schools located within their district. either Will the PCSSD have any financial responsibility for the construction, operation or maintenance of the new LRSD magnet schools beyond the M to M payments its students schools generate? RESPONSE: If the No, it will not. answer is PCSSD's responsibility? students, seat other arrangements? RESPONSE: yes,\" what will be the magnitude of the Will it be based on the number of allocations, Not applicable cost of the schools, or some extent that the money does not presently exist -in the PCSSD budget, where will it come from? Other than federal magnet school grants, new revenue  * If so, what do you propose? To the from? do you plan sources for our District? RESPONSE: Judge Woods cannot order a millage increase the school districts are unsuccessful in unless -- ----- their attempt to pass a increase. I suggest you seek and pass a millage increase. to millage how do you the PCSSD finance its obligations under your proposed plan? Do you believe the PCSSD should engage in - \" If so, what additional cuts do you If the PCSSD is unable to pass a new millage. propose Do you further budget cuts? propose? RESPONSE: First, its obiigat ions a we need to do everything we can to pass increase. If we run into financial millage increase. If we run problems after the millage fails. to the courts. then we\nan go (Page 17, LRSD Student Assignment) Transportation. The statement about the 8 a.m. school opening would_ create numerous problems transporting PCSSD's students. (--- ---- time be more flexible? 8:a.m., a .m. Can this RESPONSE: (8 : 20-8:30 m., etc.) This will be discussed with the LRSD. 17 . We have serious concerns that plans may be under way by the LRSD to establish a medical arts magnet (page 16, Interdistrict Schools and Programs) which would be duplicate of the program approved for Oak Grove High, you share these concerns or do you believe duplication is satisfactory? If you share how do you propose to resolve them? arts concerns, RESPONSE: This 8 . 9. 10 . 11. 12. and a Do that such IS not conf lict. laboratory interested believed to This area is in experience be a planned for the medical courses for credit. any of our problem or to those field, a provide students rather than The elimination of one-race classes by 1990-91 is not possible to accomplish, especially on the high school level This is something that will have blacks into advanced classes and one-race in some advanced courses. to be tied to phased in. employ to relaxed? RESPONSE: What getting accomplish specific this strategies goal and do can you propose we the timetable be Explain why this is not being done. Who will pay attending incentive schools? feasible and what is the scholarships for PCSSD and NLRSD students As this money is not present in the budget, where do you propose it be secured? RESPONSE: Has the The LRSD will pay for the scholarships. business community pledged a particular amount of level of support for the public money or schools? Have you obtained some firm commitment regarding a dollar figure they would raise or guarantee? RESPONSE: Some businesses have pledged their expertise and some money to Dunbar. There has been some support for the aerospace magnet, an especially large amount from a foundation. businesses to give more than their support--they pay their taxes. We cannot expect (Page 1,\" Extracurricular Activities) Is the director of activities appointed by the principal in each school, a new position or a new assignment for existing staff? Extracurricular Activities) RESPONSE: It could be a new assignment for existing staff. (Page 3, mean all Does this Standardized Eligibility Requirement) which have membership requirements? organizations RESPONSE: We should strongly consider this proposal. 213 . (Page 10 item 4, qualifications Early Childhood required for principals Education) make it The almost 14 . impossible to find applicants. Can the \"must be changed to II should\"? RESPONSE: Yes, it can be changed to \"should.\" (Page 10 item 5 Early Childhood Education) position or added responsibility for existing staff? Is this a new RESPONSE\nThis staff. responsibility can be added to existing 15. (Page 11 item 3 Early Childhood Education) PCSSD's program to be 60 percent black? Does this allow 16 . RESPONSE: No it does not. (Page 16, Early Childhood Education) Who will the downtown E.C.E. Center? What are the pay sites for under consideration? Where are they located? What do they cost? RESPONSE: The LRSD will pay for the downtown E.C.E. Center.- There was no response to the other parts of the- question. 17 . (Page 17 item 1 Early Childhood Education) Does this make 19. extended day mandatory for every school? RESPONSE: Are No, it is not mandatory that every school have the extended day program. recommendations\" going to be mandatory is accepted by the court? RESPONSE: if this plan In most cases they will be mandatory. If the court approves those things that have been \"strongly and we are not able to comply, will we be held recommended in contempt of court? RESPONSE: The court gets angry when the districts are not serious about what they are doing or have proposed to do. ignore the court order, comply. You get into trouble when you will not be able to If you see that you come to me and explain why. Then there is no real problem. Clarification is needed (Pages 31 and 35, Incentive School) on who will administer the trust fund--two groups are 18 . listed. RESPONSE: One group will manage the trust fund and the other group will oversee the program. 3RECEIVED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION OCT 1 1991 Office of Desegregation Monitoring LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF VS. NO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. DEFENDANTS MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. INTERVENORS KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, et al. INTERVENORS NOTICE OF FILING Little Rock School District hereby gives notice of the filing of the attached \"Four-Year-Old Program Long-Term Plan II as required by this Court's order of August 22, 1991. Respectfully submitted. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT FRIDAY, ELDREDGE \u0026amp; CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. 400 West Capitol Street Little Rock, AR 72201 ) BYT Christopher Hei^SrJCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a copy of the foregoing Notice of Filing has been served on the following counsel of record by depositing copy of same in the United States mail on this 30th day of September 1991. Mr. John Walker JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 Mr. Sam Jones WRIGHT, LINDSEY \u0026amp; JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Steve Jones JACK, LYON \u0026amp; JONES, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol \u0026amp; Broadway Streets Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Richard Roachell MITCHELL \u0026amp; ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third Little Rock, AR 72201 Ms. Ann Brown Heritage West Bldg., Suite 510 201 East Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 BYl . -- Christopher Hell -2- FOUR-YEAR-OLD PROGRAM LONG-TERM PLAN Little Rock School District This report will outline the long-range plans for expanding the early childhood education program in the Little Rock School District. In particular, this report will address the demographic, instructional, and structural needs for expanding the current four-year-old program. The report will begin with a review of background information related to the expansion of the four-year-old program in the Little Rock School District. selecting program sites will be provided. Next, the objectives for The objectives will be followed by an analysis of demographic data related to the four- year-old population in the Little Rock School District, attention will be given to identifying the number of Special disadvantaged students to be served by the four-year-old program. A review of the instructional goals of the four-year-old program will be included. Finally, long-term recommendations for establishing new four-year-old classes will be presented. Background The Little Rock School District four-year-old program was started during the 1988-89 school year as a means of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students and improving the racial balance at schools that are difficult to desegregate. Although Rockefeller Elementary School served four-year-old students prior to this time, the emphasis on using this program as a tool to desegregate schools started in the 1988-89 school year. Three schools participated in the four-year-old program during the 1988-89 school year: Ish, Rockefeller, and Stephens. In the following year (1989-90), four-year-old classes were added to Franklin and Washington. Four-year-old classes were added to Badgett and Garland in the 1990-91 school year and Mitchell, Rightsell, Romine, and Woodruff at the beginning of the current school year - 1991-92. As a result, eleven of the 36 elementary schools in the Little Rock School District have one or more four- year-old classes: Badgett - Franklin - Garland - Ish - Mitchell - Rightsell - Rockefeller 20 seats 60 seats 20 seats 20 seats 20 seats 20 seats 60 seatspage two Romine - Stephens - Washington - Woodruff - 20 seats 20 seats 40 seats 20 seats Total 320 seats Volume I of the long-term desegregation plan was drafted and submitted to the federal district court during the first semester of the 1988-89 school year. At that time, the Little Rock School district proposed to have a four-year-old program in all elementary schools by the 1993-94 school year. This goal included the provision that the \"scope of this program may be altered, affected and/or enhanced by the proposed assignment and construction proposals made in this plan. II The District still believes that early childhood education is a means of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students and improving the racial balance at schools that are difficult to desegregate. Furthermore, we believe that effective early childhood programs will reduce, if not eliminate, the need for major remediation programs in the upper grades. For these reasons, the enhancement and expansion of the four-year-old program will continue to be a priority for the Little Rock School District. Objectives for Selecting Sites It has already been stated that the expansion of the four- year-old program in the Little Rock School District is related to two major objectives: (1) to meet the growing needs of disadvantaged students\nand (2) to improve the racial balance at schools that are difficult to desegregate. These objectives carry with them certain limitations in regard to the location of future four-year-old sites. The settlement plan emphasizes the ongoing collaboration between the Little Rock School District and other federally funded early childhood programs to meet the needs of inner city Little The District has worked closely with the Rock students. Head Start program operated by the Community Organization for Poverty Elimination (COPE). Since Head Start can only serve families below the poverty level. Head Start centers are typically found in areas that are easily accessible to this population. As a result, future four-year-old sites should be located in or near areas that will facilitate collaborative efforts between the District and Head Start.page three Another factor that should be considered in identifying future four-year-old sites is the number of disadvantaged students in a given area. Priority should be given to areas that have a very high concentration of low income students. The first objective cannot be accomplished without an estimate of the number of disadvantaged four-year-old students in the Little Rock School District. According to the settlement plan, 80% of the disadvantaged students in the city of Little Rock will be served by the citywide early childhood education program. The figures listed below represent the District's estimate of the number of four-year-old students who have been eligible for the free and reduced lunch program during the past four years: 1987 1988 1989 1990 981 1077 1237 1071 Using the long-range goal of sezrving 80% of the disadvantaged students, these figures will require the citywide program to have the capacity to be able to serve 785 to 990 disadvantaged four- year-old students. The remainder of this report will use the average of these four years, 1092 four-year-old students, for planning purposes. As a result, for planning purposes only, the long-range goal is to serve 874 disadvantaged students. The four Head Start centers currently serve 361 students. All of these students are below the poverty level. In addition. the Model Cities Program, operated by the City of Little Rock, can serve a total of 60 four-year-old children. The Model Cities Program has two centers: the East End Community Complex (near Carver Magnet School) and the South Little Rock Recreation Center (across the street from Washington Magnet School). There are no income eligibility requirements for the Model Cities Program. The second objective of the long-range plan for expanding the four-year-old program is to improve the racial balance in schools that have been difficult to desegregate. The elementary school attendance zones were originally designed to establish a racial balance at each school of 55 5, variance of 5%. black and 45% white with a Demographic changes over the past two years have resulted in some attendance zones having a lower number of white students than anticipated. The District has been successful in using the four-year-old program, along with other voluntary desegregation measures, to attract white students to schools that fall in this category. For instance, the Romine area is experiencing a steady increase in its black population. The four-year-old program at Romine School, however, is 50% white.page four The use of the four-year-old program as a means to improve the racial balance at certain schools also implies that these classes cannot be placed in attendance zones that continue to remain racially balanced. A list of the attendance zones that are not in danger of becoming racially imbalanced is provided below. This restriction does not preclude the placement of four- year-old classes in satellite zones that have heavy concentrations of disadvantaged students. Attendance zones less than 55% black: Brady, Dodd, Fair Park, Forest Park, Fulbright, Jefferson, McDermott, Meadowcliff, Otter Creek, Pulaski Heights, Terry, and Western Hills. In order to use the four-year-old program as means of improving the racial balance at a school it will be necessary to make provisions for both black and white students. This requirement must be addressed in calculating the number of additional four-year-old seats needed to meet the long-range goal. Demographics The purpose of this section is to review demographic data related to four-year-old children in the city of Little Rock, should be noted that the Little Rock School District has worked very closely with COPE to develop and maintain early childhood It opportunities for four-year-old students. As a result, some of the demographic information collected by COPE will be presented in this section. At present, COPE operates four Head Start centers within the boundaries of the Little Rock School District. Start center is at the old King/Oakhurst School, still owned by the Little Rock School District. The largest Head This site is The second largest center is in Hollingsworth Court (east Little Rock). addition, two buildings that were formerly Educare centers are In currently used at Head Start sites. The center on 65th Street will probably be vacated at the end of this school year, site in the southwest Little Rock area has already been Another identified for the 1992-93 school year. The center on Asher Avenue, directly across the street from Wilson School, opened at the beginning of this school year, classrooms that are not in use. This center has four Community Needs Assessment. was conducted by COPE in 1990. 523 families throughout Little Rock. A community needs assessment Interviews were conducted with pre-school children at the time of the interview, is a brief review of some of the findings: All of the families had The followingpage five A. More services are needed in the King School/Highland Court area, the John Barrow/Asher Avenue area, and in southwest Little Rock. B. All of the centers in the above areas have waiting lists. C. Children were identified in each area who are above the Head Start income guidelines, cannot be served by Head Start. Barrow/SWLR - 16 As a result, these children King/Highland - 25, D. Number of children in families inteirviewed\n0-2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Total H.S. Eligible 275 233 377 72 957 508 E. 53 of the families interviewed are at the bottom of the economic ladder - less than $6,280. F. 77% (401) of the families interviewed are headed by single mothers. G. 65% of the families interviewed indicated a need for Head Start in the future. H. A substantial number of parents indicated that they would be willing to participate in the following parent programs: literacy, drug abuse prevention, self-improvement, parenting, self-sufficiency, parent support group (child abuse), parent support group (drug abuse), and adult education classes. LRSD Data. It is interesting to note that the demographic information compiled by the LRSD Student Assignment Office identifies two of the three target areas cited by COPE as areas of need. Attachment One shows the number of four-year-old students over the past four years who have enrolled in kindergarten. each geographic area. The schools are listed as a means of describing Areas A, B, H, J, L, and M have experienced increases over the past two years. The largest increase (50% growth) occurred in Area. H - the area around Parkview, Wilson, and Bale Schools. This area is referred to by COPE as the John Barrow area, growth in areas L (22% growth), A (21% growth), and B (14% The growth) is more likely to be the result of parents who decided toV page six choose public education, as opposed to a net increase in births. The fluctuations in these areas over the four-year period tend to confirm this assumption. The increase in Area M (7% growth) from 1989 to 1990 tends to confirm the finding by COPE in regard to the need for more early childhood services in southwest Little Rock. In addition to this finding, however. Area M is the only area that experienced a steady increase in the number of four-year-old children during the period of 1987-1990: 1987-1988 1988-1989 4 % growth 21% growth The findings for Areas H and M should be coupled with the trend in Area J - the area around Western Hills, Meadowcliff, and Dodd Schools. This area is contiguous to, and in some cases overlaps, what is generally considered to be the Barrow area and southwest Little Rock. Again, a steady increase in the number of four-year-old children is evident during the period of 1987-1990: 1987-1988 1988-1989 11% growth 14% growth The data supplied by both parties document the need for four-year-old services in the John Barrow Road area and southwest Little Rock. Although these areas continue to show growth. future services in the central Little Rock area should not be disregarded. Little Rock. COPE is interested in having a center in central Currently, Head Start students from central Little Rock must go to the King/Oakhurst site. Transportation from central Little Rock to King/Oakhurst is a serious problem for some of these parents. Attachment One indicates heavy concentrations of four-year-old students in Areas D and I, the areas which serve the Incentive Schools, even though both areas have experienced declines since 1988. Instructional Goals The whole thrust of the early childhood program has been to remedy the academic differences that our students are bringing into the school system. In the past, we have experienced low performance, retention, and dropouts. Significant amounts of time and money have been expended on remediation, special education, and on providing the basic level of preparation needed to succeed in school. Many of the problems of skills disparity that are chronic in the higher grades are lessened when all youngsters enter kindergarten with appropriate pre-school experiences. Thepage seven citywide early childhood programs are geared to providing the skills and experience that have often been lacking in lower income youngsters. This is tremendously important, not only to the parents, but to the self-image and self-confidence of the child. The number of students who will flourish, learn, and perform at grade level while building on a foundation of pride, achievement, and self-esteem is simply incalculable. The instructional goals of this program are to address the needs of at-risk students, at the earliest possible age, in a manner that ensures success in learning and diminishes the current disparity in performance between not only black and white children but economically advantaged and disadvantaged children. Philosophv/Ob~i ectives. The early years of life are critical for helping children realize their full developmental potential. Arranging experiences to enhance development is a task for the home, the school, and the community. The goals and objectives of the educational program will be sensitive to the developmental characteristics of the children. The curriculum will be based on young children's interests and styles of learning which will guide daily activities. The program itself will be compatible with the developmental needs of young children. It will appeal to young children and help them experience the joy of learning. The early childhood program will be multicultural in focus and it will be sensitive to the cultural and ethnic heritage of children. Young children need the opportunity to learn about themselves and other cultures. An appropriate curriculum for young children will be one in which the children are active learners. They will be given freedom to act on materials, to use them in their own ways, to move about, and to interact verbally and physically with other children and with their teachers. There will be a full spectrum of activities to stimulate children with many levels of development. The Early Childhood Task Force has endeavored to structure a curriculum for four-year-old children that is multicultural and tailored to the individual needs and interests of the learners. In every instance, teachers of young children must be curriculum developers who are able to observe and talk with children to determine high interest areas. The specific skills taught in LRSD four-year-old classes can be found in the District's early childhood education handbook.page eight Parent Involvement. The active involvement of the family is critical to children's success in school. helps sustain the effects of school programs. It reinforces and Parents will be actively involved in the implementation of the program through: - Orientation Meeting and Make/Take Workshops - Parents will become acquainted with the program at Open House. Parents also will be provided a variety of activities and strategies to enhance achievement by their children. - Parent Participation - Parents will be invited to volunteer in the classroom, accompany the class on field trips, and observe the child in the classroom. - Advisory Committee - Parents will serve on the Early Childhood Advisory Committee. - Training Sessions - Principals and teachers will encourage parents to participate in training sessions so they can have a better understanding of the characteristics of children and how they grow. - Discussion Groups - Parent discussion groups with teachers and outside agency representatives will be scheduled as a means to improve parent effectiveness. - Parent Survey - Parents will help us evaluate the program in the school by completing a survey. A summary will be made from the responses to identify needs and provide better services for the children. Staff Development. The Little Rock School District is committed to providing continuous professional growth opportunities for all staff members. Major components of these opportunities are the districtwide training courses and minicourses which have been designed and scheduled to address staff development needs as reflected in the local schools' Annual School Improvement Plans. Also, in order to be in compliance with State Department Standards, LRSD certified staff members are required to complete a minimum of five (5) days or 27 1/2 hours of staff development training each year. Staff development activities for the four- year-old program will include but not be limited to the following areas: - Licensing Requirements - Classroom Managementpage nine - Child Development and Behavior - Learning Styles Parent Conferences - Developing Centers and Units - Transitional Activities - Prejudice Reduction - Behavior Management and Self-Esteem Instructional aides will receive child development associate training or early childhood education technical assistance depending upon individual needs. Program Evaluation. A longitudinal study of all students involved in the citywide early childhood program will be conducted. The information gained from this study will allow LRSD, and the other agencies, to make valid assessments of student achievement and program effectiveness. Recommendations The difference between the estimate for the long-range goal (874 disadvantaged children) and the number of children currently served by Head Start (361 children) is 513. The extent to which the Head Start program will expand over the next 3-5 years cannot be detennined at this time. long-range expansion planning. Head Start is currently involved in It will be necessary for the Little Rock School District to continue to work closely with COPE to determine the exact number of seats that can be provided by each agency to meet the long-range goal. The long-range goal will probably be modified as better information is acquired about the number of disadvantaged four-year-old students in Little Rock. In addition to determining the number of seats that must be provided by each agency, the Little Rock School District will have to provide enough seats at each new site to meet the desegregation requirements. The following recommendations are tentative pending the collection of additional details on demographics and expansion possibilities, and the finalization of agreements with COPE, citywide early childhood planning committee will be formed to A continue the process of studying these factors. The committeepage ten will consist of representatives from the Little Rock School District, COPE, Model Cities, the Housing Authority, related agencies. and other quarter. The committee will meet at least once each The nature of long-range planning to meet the growing needs of disadvantaged children is such that ongoing collaboration and planning is crucial. 1992-93 A. B. Open a class at Bale School - 20 seats Open 3 classes at the Asher Avenue Head Start Center C. D. (directly across from Wilson School) Open a class at Watson School - 20 seats Open a class at Geyer Springs - 20 seats 60 seats 1993-94 A. B. Open two classes at the new King School - 40 seats Convert Ish School to an early childhood center if the attendance zones for the new interdistrict schools will allow for accommodation of Ish students at nearby schools and place LRSD in a position to petition the court to authorize conversion of Ish to an early childhood center. The proximity of the new King School, Mitchell School, and Rightsell School, and the low enrollment at Ish are factors that will be considered in developing a proposal to submit to the court. C. Open at least one class at the new SWLR Head Start Center - 20 seats 1994-95 A. Open two classes at the new Stephens School - 40 seatsFOUR-YEAR-OLD DEMOGRAPHICS AREA DESCRIPTION 1987 1988 1989 1990 A Fulbright Terry 99 83 89 108 B Brady Fair Park Jefferson McDermott 130 125 138 157 C Pul. Hgts. Woodruff 83 105 119 95 D Rightsell Mitchell Rockefeller Ish 324 377 314 283 E Carver Mann 93 81 96 90 F Badgett 13 14 28 25 G Romine 131 161 135 116 H Parkview Wilson Bale 107 106 74 111 I Franklin Stephens Garland 324 318 313 285 J Western Hills Meadowcliff Dodd 73 81 92 93 K Geyer Springs Wakefield 73 81 100 96 L Otter Creek 24 28 23 28 M Cloverdale Mabelvale Watson Chicot 159 166 201 216 N Baseline 133 135 141 116For suspension of the rules at regular Board meeting on April 23, 1992. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT 810 WEST MARKHAM STREET LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS RECEiyPO April 23, 1992 APR 2 2 1992 Office of Desegregation Monitoring TO: Board of Directors FROM: istelle Matthis, Associate Superintendent for Educational Programs THROUGH: Ruth S. Steele, Superintendent of Schools SUBJECT: Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Program Continuing Grant Application The Arkansas Department of Education recently aimounced the availability of Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) monies for second-year funding of developmentally appropriate early childhood education programs which identify and assist educationally-deprived children ages three (3) to five (5), as specified in the Arkansas Better Chance Program, Act 212 of 1991. The request for the Continuing Grant Application was released April 16, 1992, and the deadline for submission is May 8, 1992. The amount requested for second-year funding may not exceed the total amount of last years grant award, plus a five percent increase. 1991-92 Grant Allocation Center-based Four-Year-Old Program HIPPY Program Total Allocation Five percent increase $100,000.00 47.050.00 $147,050.00 + 7,352.50 Continuing Grant Request 1992-93 $154,402.50 It is recommended that you authorize the administration to submit an application for second-year funding in the amount of $154,402.50.ARKANSAS BETTER CHANCE ( STATEMENT OF ASSURANCES 1. The applicant has the necessary legal authority to apply for and to receive the proposed contract. (Attach a copy of the substantiating document.) 2. The applicant agrees to plan and implement a program in compliance with Act 212 of 1991, the Arkansas Better Chance Program, and to follow all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations. 3. If applicable, the applicant agrees to secure a license for a child care center under The Child Care Licensing Act, Ark Code Ann. 20-78-201 through 221 (1987 and Supp. 1989). 4. The applicant agrees to keep such records and provide such information to the Arkansas Department of Education and to the Arkansas Department of Human Services as reasonably may be required for fiscal auditing and program evaluation. 5. The applicant agrees to use funds provided under Act 212 of 1991 to supplement and not to supplant existing funds for early childhood programs. 6. The applicant agrees to participate upon request in an external annual evaluation of the project as determined by the Arkansas Department of Education. 7. The applicant agrees to coordinate its efforts with other early childhood programs and service providers to provide a comprehensive, quality early childhood program. 8. The applicant agrees to prohibit discrimination and intimidation on account of race, creed, color, sex or national origin in student selection and employment practices. 9. The activities and service.s under this proposed program will be admim'stered by or under the supervision of the applicant. 10. For operation of HIPPY Programs, a letter of authorization from HIPPY USA will be provided. 11. The filing of this application was authorized at the following official meeting: District Board of Education meeting Policy Board meeting--------------- Head of Administration________ President of Board ____________ Date Date Date Date Date Signature of Authorized Official TitleFOUR-YEAR-OLD PROGRAM LONG-TERM PLAN Little Rock School District Ofiico (.\n? iiacj jUH 4 o{ Desegregation Moniw-3 This report will outline the long-range plans for expanding the early childhood education program in the Little Rock School District. In particular, this report will address the demographic, instructional, and structural needs for expanding the current four-year-old program. The report will begin with a review of background information related to the expansion of the four-year-old program in the Little Rock School District. selecting program sites will be provided. Next, the objectives for The objectives will be followed by an analysis of demographic data related to the four- year-old population in the Little Rock School District. A review of the instructional goals of the four-year-old program will be included. Finally, long-term recoiranendations for establishing new four-year-old classes will be presented. Background The Little Rock School District four-year-old program was started during the 1988-89 school year as a means of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students and improving the racial balance at schools that are difficult to desegregate. Although Rockefeller Elementary School served four-year-old students prior to this time, the emphasis on using this program as a tool to desegregate schools started in the 1988-89 school year. Three schools participated in the four-year-old program during the 1988-89 school year: Ish, Rockefeller, and Stephens. In the following year (1989-90), four-year-old classes were added to Franklin and Washington. Four-year-old classes were added to Badgett and Garland in the 1990-91 school year and Mitchell, Rightsell, Romine, and Woodruff at the beginning of the current school year - 1991-92. According to the May 1 court order, the District must \"accommodate in four-year-old programs a number of children which equals or exceeds the number which would have been included if all schools in the district had a four-year-old program as originally planned\" (page 16). in the Little Rock School District. There are 36 elementary schools This moans that the District must provide 648 four-year-old seats in order to comply with the desegregation plan. a four-year-old program in 1992-93. Figure One shows the schools which will have These schools will account for 378 of the 648 four-year-old seats needed by 1994-95.1992-93 Badgett Bale Cloverdale Franklin Garland Geyer Spgs. Ish Mitchell Rightsell Rockefeller Romine Stephens Washington Watson Wilson Woodruff 2 FIGURE ONE Ineligible 1993-94. 1994-95 Brady Dodd Fair Park Forest Park Fulbright Jefferson Mabelvale McDermott Moadowcliff Otter Creek Pul. Heights Terry Western Hills Baseline Chicot* King** Booker Carver Gibbs Williams * Under consideration - will need additional space (NOTE: Wakefield is eligible for a four-year-old program, but no space is available for an additional class.) ** If approved by the Court to open in 1994-953 Objectives for Selecting Sites It has already been stated that the expansion of the four- year-old program in the Little Rock School District is related to two major objectives: (1) to meet the growing needs of disadvantaged students\nand (2) to improve the racial balance at schools that are difficult to desegregate. These objectives are consistent with the terms of the May 1 court order to \"place four-year-old programs in locations which will best further the goals of disparity reduction and racial balance\" (page 16). These objectives carry with them, however, certain limitations in regard to the location of future four-year-old sites. A factor that should be considered in identifying future four-year-old sites is the number of disadvantaged students in a given area. Priority should be given to areas that have a very high concentration of low income students. The second objective of the long-range plan for expanding the four-year-old program is to improve the racial balance in schools that have been difficult to desegregate. The elementary school attendance zones were originally designed to establish a racial balance at each school of 55% black and 45% white with a variance of 5%. Demographic changes over the past two years have resulted in some attendance zones having a lower number of white students than anticipated. The District has been successful in using the fo\\ir-year-old program, along with other voluntary desegregation measures, to attract white students to schools that fall in this category. For instance, the Romine area is experiencing a steady increase in its black population. The four-year-old program at Romine School, however, is 50% white. The use of the four-year-old program as a means to improve the racial balance at certain schools also implies that these classes cannot be placed in attendance zones that continue to remain racially balanced. This restriction does not preclude the placement of four-year-old classes in satellite zones that have heavy concentrations of disadvantaged students. The attendance zones that are ineligible for a program because of racial balance Brady, Dodd, Fair Park, Forest Park, Fulbright, Jefferson, Mabelvale, McDermott, Meadowcliff, Otter Creek, Pulaski Heights, Terry, and Western Hills. balances that are less than 55% black. These attendance zones have racial are: In light of the information provided in Figure One, the District will need to open a total of 270 four-year-old seats by the 1994-95 school year in order to comply with the desegregation plan. This goal can be met by using area centers, opening programs at schools that are eligible, and/or adding one or more classes to schools with existing four-year-old programs.4 Demographics Attachment One shows the number of four-year-old students The over the past four years who have enrolled in kindergarten, schools are listed as a means of describing each geographic area. Areas A, B, H, J, L, and M experienced increases between 1989 and 1990. The largest increase (50% growth) occurred in Area H - the area around Parkview, Wilson, and Bale Schools. This area will be referred to as the John Barrow Road area. The growth in areas L (22% growth), A (7% growth), and B (14% growth) is more likely to be the result of parents who decided to choose public education, as opposed to a net increase in births. The fluctuations in these areas over the four-year period tend to confirm this assumption. The increase in Area M (7% growth) from 1989 to 1990 tends to suggest the need for more early childhood services in southwest Little Rock. In addition to this finding, however, Area M is the only area that experienced a steady increase of more than 1% growth in the number of four-year-old children during the period of 1987-1990: 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 4% growth 21% growth 7% growth The findings for Areas H and M should be coupled with the trend in Area J - the area around Western Hills, Meadowcliff, and Dodd Schools. This area is contiguous to, and in some cases overlaps, what is generally considered to be the Barrow Road area and southwest Little Rock. Again, a steady increase in the number of four-year-old children is evident during the period of 1987-1990\n1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 11% growth 14% growth 1% growth These data document the need for four-year-old services in the John Barrow Road area and southwest Little Rock. Although these areas continue to show growth, future services in the central Little Rock area should not be disregarded. Attachment One indicates heavy concentrations of four-year-old students in Areas D and I, the areas which serve the Incentive Schools, though both areas have experienced declines since 1988. even Instructional Goals The whole thrust of the early childhood program has been to remedy the academic differences that our students are bringing In the past, we have experienced low into the school system. Significant amounts of performance, retention, and dropouts. time and money have been expended on remediation, special 5 education, and on providing the basic level of preparation needed to succeed in school. Many of the problems of skills disparity that are chronic in The the higher grades are lessened when all youngsters enter kindergarten with appropriate pre-school experiences. District's four-year-old program is designed to provide the skills and experience that have often been lacking in lower income youngsters. This is tremendously important, not only to the parents, but to the self-image and self-confidence of the The number of students who will flourish, learn, and child. perform at grade level while building on a foundation of pride, achievement, and self-esteem is simply incalculable. The instructional goals of this program are to address the needs of at-risk students, at the earliest possible age, in a manner that ensures success in learning and diminishes the current disparity in performance between not only black and white children but economically advantaged and disadvantaged children. The early years of life are critical Philosophv/Qbjectives, for helping children realize their full developmental potentxal. Arranging experiences to enhance develojxnent is a task for the home, the school, and the community. The goals and objectives of the educational program will be sensitive to the developmental characteristics of the children. The curriculum will be based on young children's interests and The styles of learning which will guide daily activities. program itself will be compatible with the developmental needs of It will appeal to young children and help them young children. experience the joy of learning. The early childhood program will be multicultural in focus and it will be sensitive to the cultural and ethnic heritage of children. Young children need the opportunity to learn about themselves and other cultures. An appropriate curriculum for young children will be one in They will be given which the children are active learners. freedom to act on materials, to use them in their own ways, to move about, and to interact verbally and physically with other children and with their teachers. There will be a full spectrxim of activities to stimulate children with many levels of development. The Early Childhood Task Force has endeavored to structure a curriculum for four-year-old children that is multicultural and tailored to the individual needs and interests of the learners. In every instance In every instance, teachers of young children must be curriculum developers who are able to observe and talk with children to determine high interest areas. The specific skills taught in LRSD four-year-old classes can be found in the District's early childhood education handbook.6 Parent Involvement, The active involvement of the family is critical to children's success in school. It reinforces and Parents will be helps sustain the effects of school programs. actively involved in the implementation of the program through: - Orientation Meeting and Make/Take Workshops - Parents will become acquainted with the program at Open House. Parents also will be provided a variety of activities and strategies to enhance achievement by their children. - Parent Participation - Parents will be invited to volunteer in the classroom, accompany the class on field trips, and observe the child in the classroom. - Advisory Coirenittee - Parents will serve on the Early Childhood Advisory Committee. - Training Sessions - Principals and teachers will encourage parents to participate in training sessions so they can have a better understanding of the characteristics of children and how they grow. Discussion Groups - Parent discussion groups with teachers and outside agency representatives will be scheduled as a means to improve parent effectiveness. Parent Survey - Parents will help us evaluate the program in the school by completing a survey. A summary will be made from the responses to identify needs and provide better services for the children. Staff Development. The Little Rock School District is conmitted to providing continuous professional growth opportunities for all staff members. Major components of these opportunities are the districtwide training courses and minicourses which have been designed and scheduled to address staff developxnent needs as reflected in the local schools' Annual School Improvement Plans. Also, in order to be in compliance with State Department Standards, LRSD certified staff members are required to complete a minimum of five (5) days or 27 1/2 hours of staff development Staff development activities for the four- training each year. year-old program will include but not be limited to the following areas : - Licensing Requirements Classroom Management - Child Development and Behavior7 - Learning Styles Parent Conferences - Developing Centers and Units Transitional Activities - Prejudice Reduction - Behavior Management and Self-Esteem Instructional aides will receive child development associate training or early childhood education technical assistance depending upon individual needs. Program Evaluation. A longitudinal study of all students involved in the four-year-old program will be conducted. The information gained from this study will allow the District to make valid assessments of student achievement and program effectiveness. Long-Range Proposal - Structural Heeda As stated earlier, the District will need to open a total of 270 four-year-old seats by the 1994-95 school year in order to comply with the desegregation plan. This amount is equivalent to 15 four-year-old classes with a maximum capacity of 18 students in each class. It was also noted that future four-year-old programs should be located in the John Barrow Road area, southwest Little Rock, and/or the area around the incentive schools. In regard to future four-year-old sites, the Little Rock School District proposes the following: A. Chicot. In the 1993-94 school year, open a class at Baseline and The class at Chicot is contingent on the District's ability to free a classroom (e.g. eliminate a kindergarten cla\nThis project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. 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The Metropolitan Learning Opportunity Child Care Center will occuny a portion. of the Metropolitan Vocationai Techrdcal Center, located at 7701 Scott Hamilton Diive. Childcare Director Shirley Lewis is overseeing preparations for the April 1st opening of the facility. We are excited about ser''vtng young children from the age of six weeks to two and one-half years old in this center, levris said. We plan to provide childcare for any of our secondary students who may be young parents. The Metropolitan Learning Opportunity Child Care Center is funded by a $48,500 grant from the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. The grant will fund materials and eqmpinent for the center, as well as paying the daycare costs for income-eligible students. In addition to providing daycare sendees., the center plans to teach appropriate parenting skills to teen parents in the fumre. ihe Center will be licensed by die .Arkansas Deparment of Human Sendees. We will work with infants and toddlers to improve tlieir developmental skdils by reading to them and providing age appropriate games, music and other activities, Lewis added,  i he center is open to anyone in the cornrauniry. Private pay enrollments will be accepted in addition to the children of Little Rock studente. (more) 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201  (501)324-2000 \"os. 24.98 ^..11 324 2023 LRSI) COMMVMCATI OD.M @003.003 CAlIhfcMMlMni. tx. .\u0026lt;WU Metopohtan Child Care Center Page i of 2. Little Rock chool District Pupil Sendees Director Jo Eveljn Elston said that a survey of teen parents intiicated that some students, m ust leave school because they do not have childcare available. We believe the Center -w,!! help to keep some of our young female students in school by offering a daycare option for their infan.ts, Elston said. \"A CjUdlitv daycare program in an educational setting will meet this need . Metropolitan Learning Opportunity Child Care Center joins the Rockefe-Uer tarty L liildhooc Program in sernng infantB and toddlers. Ihs new center -^sdll be open from. S:00 a.m. until 4\n,30 p.m. Monday tliroug.h Friday. Parents ma'y visit the facility dlnng an open .house on Sunday, April 5, fioin. 2:00 un.til 4:00 p.m. Reggstration forms and additionaj ajiformation. m,a\\ be obtained by calling Ms. Le'ads at 324-216404. 21/199S 08: 19 501-.924-20 lRSD COMMLInICATIONS P.AGE 02.'02 Little Rock School District f ar Immediare P,.elease April 21, 1998 For more information\nSuellen Vann, 324-2020 Kindergiirten Students Celebrate National Kindergarten Day Thanks to YamelJs Ice Cream, kindergarten students in the Little Rock School Dismct ( LRSD) vnll enjoy ice cream parties today to cotnmsmorate National Kindergarten Day. Each kindergarten class in the LRSD received a Yarnells Ice Cream Party Kit winch included ice cream, scoops, bowls, spoons and napkins. We wanted tlie kids to have some fun vhile we took note of the significant contributions made by kindergarten programs and kindergarten teachers,\" said Doug Sanders. Yameils senior vice president. Early childhood education is the foundation for a successful, productive school experience. This is our way of encouraging the children, and saying dianks to the teachers, media NOTE: Janne Neals kindergarten class at Pulaski Heights Elementan' will have an outdoor celebration beginning at 1:30 p.m. today with huge bubbles and parachute activities as part of their National Kindergarten Day festivities. 810 West l^aTkham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)324-2000 Little Rock School District MEMORANDUM To: \\oard of Directors Boan From: es Gamine, Superintendent Date pril 23, 1998 Subject: April Desegregation Update The attached information represents the desegregation update for the month of April.Little Rock School District Desegregation Update Board of Directors Meeting April 23, 1998 FOUR-YEAR OLD PROGRAM A total of 990 applicants have applied for the four-year old program through April 1 1998. The Little Rock School District has seats for 720 four-year olds. Parents were notified by mail on April 17, 1998, regarding their placement in the program or on the waiting list. All unfilled seats are reserved for white/other students, with the exception of 12 seats at Badgett Elementary that are available for black students. All remaining vacant seats will be filled on a 1\" come basis.PRE-REGISTRATION JAN. 26-FEB. 6 1999 4-YEAR OLD APPLICATIONS [ Applications Filed ________________II________ Name of School \n Capacity BADGETT BALE BASELINE BRADY CHICOT CLOVERDALE FAIR PARK FRANKLIN GARLAND GEYER SPRING ML KING MABELVALE MITCHELL RIGHTSELL ROCKEFELLER ROMINE WASHINGTON WATSON WILSON WOODRUFF CLINTON CRYSTAL HILL 36 36 36 18 36 36 36 72 18 36 72 18 18 18 54 36 54 36 18 36 26 30 NON- Black IBLK 6 23 27 30 27 28 18 37 24 36 102 20 15 23 35 39 27 36 30 18 26 51 0 5 4 25 13 2 18 6 1 9 40 12 1 3 26 15 31 0 8 10 0 0 Total 6 28 31 55 40 30 36 43 25 45 142 32 16 26 61 54 57 36 38 28 26 51 I TOTAL ASSIGNED INON- Black I Black 6 18 18 9 18 18 18 36 9 18 36 9 9 9 27 18 27 18 9 18 26 30 0 8 3 9 13 2 18 6 1 9 36 9 1 3 27 15 27 1 8 10 0 0 776 678 229 906 404 206 Total 6 26 21 18 31 20 36 42 10 27 72 18 10 12 54 33 54 19 17 28 26 30 610 Non-Black Assigned total represent some 2nd choices LRSD - STUDENT ASSIGNMENT ]To\nLITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEJVED Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor Office of Desegregation Monitoring APR 2 8 1998 From: Nancy Acre, Director Student Assignment Office OFFICE Of DESEGREGATION MONITORING Date: ^April 27, 1998 Subj.: Movement of 4-year old class Mrs. Sadie Mitchell has asked me to notify you that Little Rock School District has decided to move one 4-year old class from Badgett to Dodd, effective August, 1998. Dodd has a strong interest in offering the 4-year old class. They have polled their community and have asked the superintendent to allow them to have the class. Due to the decrease in enrollment and difficulty in filling the 4-year old seats in two classes at Badgett, it is the decision of the district to move one class to Dodd. Please feel free to call if you have questions. Thank you. Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court  Eastern District of Arkansas Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 376-6200 Fax (501) 371 -0100 May 5, 1998 Nancy Acre, Director Student Assignment Office Little Rock School District 810 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Nancy: Thanks so much for your April 27 memo informing me of the districts decision to move a four-year- old class from Badgett to Dodd next fall. It was good to hear from you, and I appreciate your keeping me posted. 1 would appreciate some further infonnation if you have it. WTiile I agree that it makes sense to move the four-year-old class in the instance you described, Id like to know what policies and procedures the LRSD has adopted that provide criteria and guidelines for changing the location of its four-year- old classes. As you know, the district had previously committed to locating the four-year-old program at specific schools. As a matter of fact, the LRSDs new desegregation plan contemplates that the four-year-old classes will remain at their present sites or in the same general location. While Im not suggesting that the district should not move a four-year-old class to a new location, I do want to understand the process the district follows to arrive at such decisions. Since your memo indicated that Sadie Mitchell had asked you to notify me about moving the Badgett class to Dodd, Ill send a copy of this letter to her. Tliank you very much for your assistance. Sincerely yours, Anns. Bro\\ S. Brown cc: Sadie MitchellRECBVF.e MAY 1 8 1993 OFFICE Or DESEGREGATION MONITORING Little Rock School District OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Date: May 15, 1998 mIB To: Re: Ann Brown. Federal Monitor, Office of Desegregation Monitoring John Walker, Attorney for the Joshua Intervenors Early Childhood Program: Pre-Kindergarten We currently have, as of May 4, 1998, a total of 574 children signed up for the districts four-year old classes. 358 155 61 574 Black White Other Total (62%) (27%) (11%) We have 146 openings to fill before we reach current capacity of 720 seats. Recommendation: The District shall release all seats to children on the waiting list except two seats per classroom. The result would be the release of 114 seats to children on the waiting list, reserving 32 seats for children who move into the district during the summer. The District would release 50% of any remaining seats on the Tuesday after Labor Day. I he uisirici wouid release aii remaining seats on October 1. We understand that this is substantially what the Court has previously approved. I will request the Boards approval regarding the recommendation on May 28, 1998. If you have modifications that you would like for us to consider, I look forward to hearing from you. Re^peraully, Leslie V.cSarnine Superinten^nt of Schools 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 824-2000 e nuz.t4^ Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court  Eastern District of Arkansas Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)376-6200 Fax (501) 371-0100 Date: May 22, 1998 BY FAX To: Les Carnine From: Ann Bro Re: District Proposal for Releasing Four-Year-Old Seats Thank you for your May 15, 1998 memo about releasing empty seats in the LRSDs four-year-old program for 1998-99. I commend you for addressing this issue long before the start of the next school year. Im puzzled by your recommendation to release seats in increments and upon dates that bear no relationship to a district policy, procedure, guideline, or precedent of which I am aware. Nor do I agree that your recommendation is substantially what the Court has previously approved. Our records reflect no history of the district either proposing or implementing an incremental release of seats on a timeline such as that outlined in your memo. The districts practice has been to racially balance the initial spring enrollment of the four-year-old classes, reserve seats for white students in proportions that would preserve racial balance, hold those seats open until school is about to start (or actually has started), and then, citing the districts recruitment efiforts, ask the Courts permission to immediately fill the seats with black children from a waiting list. The LRSD has moved the Court for permission to release unfilled four-year-old seats on a timetable that was always the districts own (not that of the Court) and that also varied from year to year: the dates upon which the district filed its requests to fill vacancies were either in August or September as the new academic year was getting underway. The Court quickly responded to those motions, not wishing to delay childrens access to early childhood education. Because your recommendation represents a departure from the districts previous approach to releasing four-year-old seats, and because Im not aware of any district policies that guide its decisions on how and when to release four-year-old seats. Id appreciate an explanation of the process the district followed to arrive at the recommendation in your memo. As you requested, here are my suggestions: 1. Define the guidelines (policies, procedures, and timelines) for releasing early childhood seats, including an explanation of the reasons underlying the criteria. Make the guidelines sufficiently comprehensive to apply every year but flexible enough to allow for adaptation when special circumstances arise. I Page Two May 26, 1998 2. Use district records and consult with the parent recruiters to determine how many children usually move into the LRSD during the summer months and reserve seats accordingly. (I agree that it may be prudent to reserve some seats for new children, but how did the district arrive at 32 as the number of reserved seats needed for children moving into the district during the summer?) 3. Consider releasing vacant four-year-old seats before Labor Day and certainly well before October 1. Why wait to release half the remaining seats on the Tuesday after Labor Day (why 50% and why after Labor Day, which is September 7 this year)? Waiting until October 1, well into the school year, to release the remaining seats is a very lengthy delay. Its important for children to settle into their classes as early as possible in the new academic year. cc\nJohn WalkerC. Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court  Eastern District of Arkansas Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)376-6200 Fax (501) 371-0100 Date: May 28, 1998 BY FAX To: Les Carnine From: Ann BrowJ Re: Comments on Second Draft of LRSD Recommendation for Releasing Four-Year-Old Seats Glad we finally caught up with each other on the phone. We both agree with the districts objective of seating children in early childhood classes as soon as possible in any new school year. I also agree that specific wording of the guidelines for releasing seats can be worked out in the next few days. Evidently my fax to you this afternoon crossed with the second fax you sent me, which contained some revisions of the earlier fax (sounds like whos on first!). I still stand by my previous recommendations and now, as you requested, add these, which pertain to the most recent draft Ive seen. These suggestions are to correct errors or clarify wording: Page 1, paragraph 3: Correct the error that appears in the third paragraph, because the district hasnt always filed in August. Below are the dates on which the LRSD filed its requests to fill vacant seats and the date the court responded over the last four years: LRSD Motion September?, 1997 August 1, 1996 August 16, 1995 August 25, 1994 Court Order Septembers, 1997 August 27, 1996 September?, 1995 September 7, 1994 Page 1, paragraph 4, last sentence, last phrase: Specify which disparity is to be closed. (I presume the disparity is that in academic achievement between the races, but its always best to be clear.) Page 2, paragraph 1, item b: The district doesnt report its enrollment on October 1. Rather, October 1 enrollment is the official student count that the district reports to the Arkansas Department of Education. Page 2, #6: Why release all but two of the vacancies per class? This may be a perfectly reasonable number, but what is it based upon? Do district records of enrollment patterns show that two seats per classroom will likely yield the number of vacancies the district wants to preserve over the summer?Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court  Eastern District of Arkansas Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor 201 East Markham. Suite 510 Heritage West Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)376-6200 Fax (501) 371-0100 Date: May 28, 1998 To: Les Carnine From: Ann Browi Re: Changes in LRSD Recommendation for Releasing Four-Year-Old Seats Thanks for faxing me a response to my recent memo about the districts proposal for releasing four- year-old seats. Your note asked me to give you a call today, which I did, but reached only recorded messages. I know that the Board meeting days are hectic, so Im faxing you this message in case we arent able to talk by phone today. The changes Pat Price suggested are reasonable and will help ensure better service to more children earlier in the school year. However, if the seven points in the proposed guidelines are to be consistently applied every year, as Ms. Price indicated, and are also to align with the districts desegregation goals, you may want to consider the points Ive listed below. (My intention isnt to edit your documents. Les, just to make suggestions that may head off some future confusion or problems.) 1. 2. 3. Because the whole idea behind reserving seats is to promote racially balanced enrollment, add a few words or a short sentence (perhaps to #1 on Pats list) to indicate that the districts goal is to racially balance its four-year-old program. In #4 on the list, it might be wise to clarify up front who is to be responsible for making the monthly assessment of vacancies. (Student Assignment?) In #5, change fill to read racially balance the vacancies that exist. (Thats what the recruiters will be trying to do in May and June: just filling the vacancies isnt usually the problem, but getting white children into them is.) 4. Because school starts on a different date each year, guideline #7 can become more generically useful if it doesnt include a specific date (like September 1), but rather a date in relationship to, say, the first day of school. Labor Day, or the month of September. For example, the wording might be during the second week of school or the day after Labor Day, or the first Monday in September. Just use which ever timeframe district records indicate is the best date for releasing seats to accommodate the after-Labor-Day deluge and give Student Assignment enough time to process the necessary paperwork to get the children into their classes as soon as possible.LRSD SUPTS OFFICE 925 P01 MAY 28 98 13:23 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT 810 WEST MARKHAM LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS 72201 fax MJKIBER: (501) 324-2146 SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE Date\n/i To: '^rcixn-. n Telephone No,\nMESSAGE: lOz' 1) Number of Pages Sent To FAX Phone Number J* f  LRSD SUPTS OFFICE S25 P02 MAY 23 93 13:23 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT TO\nFROM: Dr. Les Carnine. Superintendent Pat Price, Director of Early Childhood Education DATE\nMay 28, 1998 SUBJECT: Response to Ann Browns Memo of May 22, 1998 Thank you for your suggestions regarding the memo of May 15, 1998, addressing the release of reserved seats in the LRSDs four year old program for the 1998-99 school year. The process that the district followed to arrive at the recommendation that was initially sent to you was: The Director of Early Childhood Education sent a memofeking what process was used for releasing the reserved seats under the revised Desegregation and Education Plan. She also asked that the issue be addressed as early as possible so that we could expedite the process and provide children 'with the opportunity to participate in the program at an earlier date. In addition, the director made a recommendation for releasing the seats. tn the past year (97-98) the request for a blanket release of reserved seats has been handled by the districts attorneys, after receiving the necessary information from student assignment, such as the number of seats available and the recruitment efforts of the district. The beginning of this process was initiated in late August. The time required for the filing process, a decision, and implementation of that decision resulted in a delay of children being able to participate in the program. It is the districts goal to streamline this process in an attempt to fill the vacancies in an appropriate manner while holding sufficient seats for new patrons and to help further racial balance. The proposal used 32 for the number of seats to be reserved for children moving into the district. This number was based on an approximation of the vacancies that existed in schools which had openings after releasing 50% of the reserved seats in all classes that had vacancies as of May 5, 1998. Please remember that this number will change on an ongoingLRSD SLIPTS OFFICE 925 P03 MAY 28 98 13:24 basis as children are assigned to the program from now until the end of June. The reasoning behind selecting the day after Labor Day and Octobei 1 as the days for releasing the reserved seats was\nJays tne reserveo was. The district usually has a number of children who wait until b. after Labor Day to register. The October 1 date is the official date that the district uses for student counts. r e The (istrict has no problem with releasing the seats at earlier dates and has r lade some adjustments in this area. The district expects these changes to provide the benefits of the program to more children, quickly. Now, seats in an effort to expedite and standardize the process for releasing the district is proposing the following procedures and timelines: 1. 2. Initial enrollment for the four year old program will be in January/Parents may enroll at the student assignment office or at th^ir attendance zone school. Notification of assignments to the four year old program will be mailed to parents in April. 3. Registration for the four year old program will reopen and parents may register at the student assignment office. 4.. After initial assignments are made, there will be-a monthly assessment to see where the vacancies exist in four year old classes and assignments made accordingly. 5. During the months of May and June, recruitment efforts will be made by parent recruiters in the student assignment office to frlfthe vacancies that exist. 6, 1. After recruitment efforts have been made, at the end of June, classrooms that have vacancies will release 50% of their vacancies to students who are on the waiting list. The remaining seats will be reserved to help^reat^ desegregated program. On September 1, all remaining vacant seats will be released and will be filled from the waiting list. ScA.Mi/5C\u0026lt;a Needless to say no system is perfect\nhowever, these procedures will , provide guidelines with time frames that can be consistently aoclied every year. The district intends to closely monitor the procedures to see if \"further changes will be necessary or advisable. I yiAjti,LRSD SUPTS OFFICE 927 P01 MAY 28 98 15:58 Date: To: From: Telephone No.: MESSAGE: LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT 810 WEST MARKHAM LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 FAXNUMBER: (501)324-2146 SUPERlNTENDENrS OFFICE c Number of Eases Sent -3 To FxAK Phone Number -0 fO 0 LRSD SUPTS OFFICE LKou oinrr uc.vc.i.urric.i'i i rciA'QVA~..\u0026gt;..sujvo riciy zo 927 PQ2 MAY 28 98 15:57 r- 50 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT TO: FROM: Dr. Les Carnine, Superintendent Pat Price, Director of Early Childhood Education DATE: May 28,1998 SUBJECT: Response to Ann Browns Memo of May 22. 1998 Thank you for your suggestions regarding the memo of May 15,1998, addressing the release of reserved seats in the LRSDs four-year-old program for the 1998-99 schoc! year. The process that the district foilowed to arrive at the recommendation that was initially sent to you was: . The Director of Early Childhood Education sent a memo asking what process was used for releasing the reserved seats under the revised Desegregation and Education Plan. She also asked that the issue be addressed as early as possible so that we could expedite the process and provide chiidren witn the opportunity to participate in the program at an earlier date, in addition, the director made a recommendation for releasing the seats. Durinq the past three years the request for a blanket release of reserved seats has been handled by th districts attorneys, after receiving the necessary information from student assignment, such as the number of seats available and the recruitment efforts of the district. The ........... July by the Student Assignment Office and filed process was Initiated in July by the Student Assignment unice duu with the court in August. The time required for the filing process, a decision and implementation of that decision resulted in a delay of klCwlw'-wl I \u0026gt; Ml *W ._ I /I, chiidren being able to participate in the program. (X Traditionally two-thirds of at! four-year-oid applications are requesied for African American students. This results in a large number of these students being placed on waiting lists, while seats resented for nonAfrican American students remain vacant. It is the district s goal to streamiins this process in an attempt to fill the vacancies in an appropriate manner while holding sufficient seats for new patrons and to help further racial balance and close the disparity. The prcposal used 32 for the number of seats to be reserved for children moving Into the district. This number was based on an approximation of th vacancies that existed in schools which had openings after releasing 50% of the reserved seats in all classes that had vacancies as of May 5, 1998. Please remember that this number will change on an ongoingLRSD SUPTS OFFICE LRSD STAFF LtVtLUHMtNI FaxibUi-oz^-Loue Ilciy zo 927 P03 MAY\n8  98 15:5? basis as children are June. assigned to the program from now until the end of The reasoning behind selecting the day after Labor Day and October 1 as the davs for releasing foe reserved seats was: The district usually has a number of children who wait until a. b. after Labor Day to register. October 1 is foe date that the district reports fog gfficial student counts to the Arkansas Department of Education. The district has no problem with releasing foe has made some adjustments in this area. The distr.ct . i changes to provide foe benefits of the program to more children, quicKly. Now. in an effort to expedite and standardize the foj '^^^asing seats, the district is proposing the following procedures and timelines. 1, 2. 3. Initial enrollment for the four-year-old program will be during( foe districts regular registration period. Parents may enrc.l at the Student assignment office or at their attendance zone school, if applicable. Notification of assignments to ths four-year-oid program will be mailed to parents in April. Registration for the four-year-old program will reofer. and parents may register at foe student assignment office. 4.. After initial assignments are made, there will be a monthly assessment to see where foe vacancies exist m fou^ear-old classes and assignments will be made accordingly. 5. During the months of May and June recruitment ^ll be made by parent recruiters in the student assignment office to fs-l the vacancies that exist. 8. After recruitment efforts have been made, at Classrooms foat have vacancies will reiease^but^of foe^r vacancies to students who are on the waiting nst. the remaining seats will be reserved to help create a desegregated program. 7. On September 1, all remaining vacant seats will be released and will be filled from foe waiting list. Needless to say no system is perfect\nhowever, these procedures wl.l provide guidelines with time frames foat can be consistently applied every year. The district intends to closely monitor foe procedures to see if further changes will be necessary or advisable.* Office of Desegregation Monitoring United States District Court  Eastern District of Arkansas Ann S. Brown, Federal Monitor 201 East Markham, Suite 510 Heritage West Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 376-6200 Fax (501) 371-0100 Date: June 3, 1998 To: Les Carnine line X From: Ann Bro Re: District Guidelines for Releasing Four-Year-Old Seats Thanks for the fax you gave me today, which contained Pat Prices updated guidelines for releasing four-year-old seats. The guidelines look fine to me. Good job!J_RSD STAFF DEOELOPMENT Fax:501-324-0508 Jun 3 98 11:03 p.02 MjtlTTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT TO\nLes Carnine, Superintendent FROM: /Pat Pat Price, Director of Early Childhood Education DATE: June 3, 1998 SUBJECT: Response to Ann Browns Memo of May 28. 1998 The suggestions that Ms. Brown has made can be easily addressed\nand if these suggestionswill help head off. confusion or problems, then I recommend all of the underlined changes be made. The process that the district followed to arrive at the recommendation that was initially sent to you was\nThe Director of Early Childhood Education sent a memo asking what process was used for releasing the reserved seats under the revised Desegregation and Education Plan. She also asked that the issue be addressed as early as possible so that the district could expedite tfie process and provide children with the opportunity to participate in the program at an earlier date. In addition, the director made a recommendation for releasing the seats. During the past three years the request for a blanket release of reserved seats has been handled by the districts attorneys, after receiving the necessary information from student assignment, such as the number of seats available and the recruitment efforts of the district. The process was initiated in July by the Student Assignment Office and filed with the court in August or September. The time required for the filing process, a decision, and implementation of that decision resulted in a delay of children being able to participate in the program. Traditionally two-thirds of all four-year-old applications are requested for African American students. This results in a large number of these students being placed on waiting lists, while seats reserved for nonAfrican American students remain vacant. It is the districts goal to streamline this process in an attempt to fill the vacancies in an appropriate manner while holding sufficient seats for new patrons and to help further racial balance and close the disparity in academic achievement between the races...LRSD STAFF DEUELOPMENT Fax:501-324-0508 Jun 3 98 11:04 p.03 The proposal used 32 for the number of seats to be reserved for children moving into the district. This number was based on an approximation of the vacancies that existed in schools which had openings after releasing 50% of the reserved seats in all classes that had vacancies as of May 5, 1998. Please remember that this number will change on an ongoing basis as children are assigned to the program from now until the end of June. The reasoning behind selecting the day after Labor Day and October 1 as the days for releasing the reserved seats was: a. The district usually has a number of children who wait until after Labor Day to register. b. October 1 enrollment is the official student count that the district reports to the Arkansas Department of Education. The district has no problem with releasing the seats at earlier dates and has made some adjustments in this area. The district expects these changes to provide the benefits of the program to more children, quickly. Now, in an effort to expedite and standardize the process for releasing seats that are reserved to promote racially balanced enrollment, the district is proposing the followng procedures and timelines\n1. Initial enrollment for the four-year-old program will be during the districts regular registration period. Parents may enroll at the student assignment office or at their attendance zone school, if applicable. 2. Notification of assignments to the four-year-old program will be mailed to parents in April. 3. Registration for the four-year-old program will reopen and parents may register at the student assignment office. 4.. After initial assignments are made, Student Assignment will do a monthly assessment to see where the vacancies exist in four-year- old classes and assignments will be made accordingly, 5. During the months of May and June, recruitment efforts will be made by parent recruiters in the student assignment office to racially balance the vacancies that exist.^LRSD STAFF DEVELOPMENT Fax:501-324-0508 Jun 3 98 11:04 p.04 6. 7. After recruitment efforts have been made, at the end of June, classrooms that have vacancies will release ail but two of their vacancies to students who are on the waiting list. The remaining seats will be reserved to help create a desegregated program. These seats may or may not exist at the end of June, and it is true that two is an arbitrary number\nhowever, in an effort to help attain the goal to promote a racially balanced enrollment, the district feels that this is a reasonable request to reserve a minimum of two seats in every classroom that has vacancies, During the second week of school, all remaining vacant seats will be released and will be filled from the waiting list. Needless to say no system is perfect\nhowever, these procedures will provide guidelines with time frames that can be consistently applied every year. The district intends to closely monitor the procedures to see if further changes will be necessary or advisable., .LRSD STAFF DEyELOPMENT Fax:501-324-0508 Jun 3 98 11:03 P. 01 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE CENTER 3001 S PULASKI LITTLE ROCK, AR 72206 FAX (501) 324-0508 DATE TO  FROM ir 4  . SENDERS PHONE NO. 3^ V - SUBJECT Special Instructions Number of pages (include cover page) -S: FAX Phone Number Transmitted By C^^-, TrC5? Z Date Time ///\u0026gt;,\u0026lt; 09/17/1999 15:15 501-324-2023 LRSD COMMUNICATIONS C! ' PAGE 02/02 810 West Markham UttleRock, AR 72201 sevann@Irsdadm.lrsd.k12.ar.us For Immediate Release September 17,1999 For more information\nPat Price, 324-0517 Suellen Vann, 324-2020 / New Pre-Kindergarten and Head Start Classes to Open Children who are 4-years-old may apply to attend one of two new pre-kindergarten classes that will open at Wakefield Elementary School. The new classes represent a collaboration between the Little Rock School District (LRSD) and Head Start, according to LRSD Early Childhood Director Pat Price. Were pleased to welcome these 4-year-old children into the Wakefield program, Price said. This early start in their education will help these children succeed as they progress through elementary school. Parents may apply September 20-24,1999, by completing an application at the LRSD Student Registration Office, 501 Sherman Street. At that time parents should provide an original birth certificate for the child\nproof of address (utility bill, lease agreement, etc.)\nthe childs Social Security number\nand. only if interested in Head Start services, proof of income. Price said the partnership between Wakefield and Head Start will provide better service to families in Southwest Little Rock. Head Start services include health, vision and hearing screening\ndental screenings and follow-up visits to the dentist\nnutritional and developmental assessments\nservices for children with special needs\nand connections to community resources and family advocates. Date: July 26, 2000 To: Melissa From: Annj^ Re: New LRSD Four-Year-Old Sites Please contact Pat Price, asking her for the written criteria the district used to determine the placement of the three new four-year-old programs for the coming school year, as described in the July board agenda. Also, Id like an updated list of where all the four-year-old programs will operate next year, noting the number of classes at each school. Further, are these programs being funded on one-time or short-term money? Whats the districts plan for long-term funding to keep all of them up and running? The agenda item references adding a four-year-old program at Pulaski Heights Elementary in 2001-02, when space will be available. Since the proposal cites that space isnt available for the upcoming school year, find out whats going to change at the school to enable the addition of a program there. Thanks.I { ( ( Participants r Career-Tech Coordinators Coaching Staffs Secondary Content Teachers PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JULY AND AUGUST. 2001 Date Time Location Topic 1 Department G a  G cr G G I July 20, 10:00-12:30 Metropolilan Principals, Directors, Counselors, Asst. Principals, Asst. Principals, Asst. Supt., Assoc. Supt. Middle/Senior High Department Chairs Career-Technical Ed ALL NEW TEACHERS 2001 July 30. 2001 Aug. 3, 2001 Aug. 6, 2001 8:30-12:00 8:30-4:00 10:00-12:00 Board Room J. A, Fair Peabody Hotel NEW Attendance and Elementary Secretaries All NEW Elementary Teachers All NEW Secondary Teachers Secondary and Elementary Teachers (5 years of teaching ________experience________ Elementary School Staffs Aug. 6, 2001 Aug. 6, 2001 Aug. 6, 2001 Aug. 7, 2001 Aug. 8, 2001 Aug, 9-10, 2001 8:30-12:30 8:30- 11:30 1:00-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 Metropolitan IRC IRC Computer Lab IRC IRC IRC 6 Grade Math Teachers b\" Grade Science Teachers 7* Grade Science Teachers Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13, 2001 Aug. 13, 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 Individual Elementary Schools Parkview Hall - Room 702 Hall - Room 701 1 Internships, Apprenticeships/J AG_ Coaches Orientation and Workshop ADE Content Workshop Advanced Placement Institute Career-Tech 324-4043 Johnny Johnson 324-2427 Gifted Program 324-2197 Gifted Program 324-2197 G LC (J cs I to hO I K) to Professional Development Planning for 2001-2002 Orientation Student Management ________System_________ Classroom Organizational _________Skills_________ Classroom Organizational _________Skills_______ Pathwisc Mentoring Training Elementary Building Leve ________Inservices_______ Module Training Bits A Pieces II New Science Curriculum Assessment/S A LI Career-Tech 324-4043 Pro. Dev. 324-0500 Mattie Ruth Tipton Pro. Dev. 324-0500 Pro. Dev. 324-0500 Pro, Dev, 324-0500 to register Individual Schools Math Dept, 324-0520 Science 324-0518 Science 7/30/01 w o co \u0026lt; Ci m tn \"D J\u0026gt; CD hO( ( ( I I Participants 7 \u0026amp; 8 Grade Math Teachers 8 Grade Science Teachers All Middle School English \u0026amp; Resource English Teachers All Middle and High School Foreign Language Teachers Middle and High School Band, Choir, and Orchestra Teachers Middle and High School Drama/St^eech Teachers Middle and High School Dance __________Teachers_________ Middle and High School Visual _______Arts Teachers_________ Secondary Librarians Secondary Library Secretaries 9-12 Grade Math Teachers All High School English \u0026amp; Resource English Teachers PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JULY AND AUGUST, 2001 Date Time Location Topic department G 0  G O K G G 2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13, 2001 Aug. 13- 14.2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14, 2001 Aug. 13- 14.2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13- 14,2001 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30 - 3:30 8:30 - 3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 Parkview Hall - Room 701 Cafeteria \u0026amp; Auditorium J. A. Fair Media Center J. A. Fair Parkview J, A. Fair Park view Metropolitan Library Central High Library Central High Park view Media Center Hall 2 Module Training Comparing and Scaling Assessment/lEY Refreshing the Curriculum Pacing the Curriculum and Materials Essential Elements of the Music Classroom Speech/Drama Workshop Dance Workshop Visual Arts Workshop Applications of Library Technology New Technologies for Secondary Libraries Standards-Based Lessons Six Traits of Writing Rubrics \u0026amp; Assessment 324-0518 Math Dept. 324-0520 Science 324-0518 English DepL Barbara Brandon 324-0510 English \u0026amp; For. Lang. Dept. 324-0510 Fine Arts Fine Arts Fine Arts Fine Arts Q l a G H I U I K K tJ Instructional Tech. 324-0577 Instructional Tech. 324-0577 Math Dept. 324-0520 Eng. Dept' 324-0510 7/30/01 to a I o p cn m c o m U) \"D m cs to! ( f ( PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JULY AND AUeUST, 2001 ( ( I Participants Date Time Location Topic Department IS 00 cs cn hO CD cs\u0026gt; All High School Journalism Teachers__________ 9-12 Grade Science Teachers Career-Tech Teachers High School Counselors Indirect, HI, VI Teachers Early Literacy Teachers (Success for All Schools) 6\"* Grade Science Teachers ?\" Grade Science Teachers 8*' Grade Science Teachers Aug. 13- 14,2001 Aug. 13, 2001 Aug. 13, 2001_ Aug. 13, 2001 Aug. 13, 2001 Aug. 14, 2001 Aug. 14, 2001 Aug. 14, 2001 Aug. 14, 2001 8:30-3.30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-4:00 1:00-3:00 8:30-12:00 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 9-12 Grade Science Teachers Middle School Counselors Career-Tech Teachers Aug. 14, 2001 8:30-3:30 journalism Rm. Hall Parkview Greater Second Baptist Church Board Room Annex Conference ______Room IRC Hall - Room 702 Hall-Room 701 Hall - Room 701 Parkview Quality of Journalism Collaborative Learning and ______Pacing Guides_____ Curriculum Integration Guidance Program Planning____ Indirect Teachers Early Literacy Assessment Issues New Issues in SALl Training - lEY Aug. 14, 2001 Aug. 14, 2001 8:30-4:00 8:30-3:30 Board Room Greater Second Baptist Church Student Research Seminar, Textbooks and Other _______Topics_________ Guidance Program Planning________ Developing Guidelines for Collecting Required Student Data and Follow- up Policies_ 3 Eng. Dept. 324-0510 Science 324-0518 Career-Tech 324-4043 Pupil Services 324-2162 G. Smith 324-2177 BCE Dept. 324-0526 Science 324-0SI8 Science 324-0518 Science 324-0518 Science 324-0518 Pupil Services 324-2162 Career-Tech 324-4043 7/30/01 CD A UD UI CD I GJ A I bo bO to O) o I o o 01 m 7) \u0026lt; o m 01 T) Ki oI / / r 1 PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JULY AND AUGUST, 2001 ( ( Participants date Time Location Topic department c 0 G o h G G Gifted Program Facilitators Aug. 14, 2001 12:30-3:30 Hall High Gifted Programs for Secondary Students Gifted Program 324-2197 a u Selected Regular Ed Teachers/ SpEd Teachers/Therapists/School Psychology Specialists Above by Invitation Only Sp Ed Para-Pros-Mandatory Middle and High School Staffs ALL Elementary Secretaries and Secondary Bookkeepers Prc-Kindergarlen Teachers Kindergarten Teachers Kindergarten Teachers First Grade Teachers Second Grade Teachers Aug. 14, 2001 Aug. 15- 16,2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-10:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-11:30 12:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-11:30 School for the Blind Individual Middle [ and High Schools Metropolitan North Little Rock East Campus 2400 Lakeview Rd. Western Hills Western Hills Washington Chicot Autism Middle and High School Building Level Inservices Purchasing and Activity Funds Strategies for Improving Behavior for Young ________Children________ Introducing the New Social Studies Curriculum Integrating Social Studies into the Literacy Block Math Investigation Training Integrating Social Studies into the Literacy Block 4 K. Burnette G. Smith 324-2177 Individual Schools Gail Hester Linda Shiflett ECEZLiteracy 324-0517 Social Studies 324- 0514 ECE/Literacy 324-0517 Math 324-0520 ECE/Literacy 324-0517 7/30/01 u G J a N 1 h\nK (n o I o o to m X \u0026lt; a m (0 -0 Q m o cnr I ( ( PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JULY AND AUGUST, 2001 { I \\ G a G Participants Dote Time Location Topic Deportment (S Second Grade Teachers Third Grade Teachers ______Group A Third Grade Teachers ______Group B_______ Third Grade Teachers Group A_ Third Grade Teachers ______Group B______ Fourth Grade Teachers Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15. 2001 Aug. 15. 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 12:30-3:30 8:30-11:30 8:30-11:30 12:30-3:30 12:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 Chicot Washington Metropolitan Metropolitan Washington Fifth Grade Teachers Reading Recovery Teachers Elementary Music Teachers Elementary Visual Arts Teachers Gifted Program Specialists PreK Instructional Aides Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15- 16,2001 Aug. 15- 16,2001 Aug. 15- 16,2001 Aug. 15- 16.2001 Aug. IS, 8.30 - 3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 AR Slate Police Hdqtrs. - I Stale Police Plaza Dr. G. Springs Rd. Classroom C Metropolitan Activity Center IRC M. L. King M. L. King Williams Magnet M. L. King 5 Introducing the New Social Studies Curriculum Math Investigation Training Inquiry Learning and STC Training_______ Inquiry Learning and STC Training Math Investigation ______Training Writing in Fourth Grade Introducing the New Social Studies Curriculum Standards \u0026amp; Guidelines in Early Literacy Groups Curriculum Frameworks Orff Workshop Macmillan/Scolt Foresman Presentation Visual Arts Workshop Gifted Programming at Its _______Best___________ Managing People Skills Social Studies 324-0514 Math 324-0520 Science 324-0518 Science 324-0518 Math 324-0520 ECE/Literacy 324-0517 Social Studies 324-0514 ECE/Literacy 324-0517 Fine Arts Fine Arts Gifted Program 324-2197 ECE/Literacy 7/30/01 (S cn Gl H* I co to 1 hO ro to cn o I o o \u0026lt; o m to \"D O m cs 03( (. f { I Participants Para-Professionals Speech Pathologists Occupalional/Physical Therapists Mandatory Elementary Librarians Elementary Library Secretaries Computer Lab Attendants Instructional Aides (Grades K - 5 Only) Pre-Kindergarten Teachers ALL Kindergarten Teachers First Grade Teachers First Grade Teachers PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JULY AND AUGUST, 2001 Dote Time Location Topic Deportment . Q a G cr G G 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug. 15, 2001 Aug, 15, 2001 Aug. 15- 16, 2001 Aug. 15- 16,2001 Aug. 15- 16, 2001 Aug. 15- 16,2001 Aug. 16, 2001 Aug. 16, 2001 Aug. 16, 2001 Aug. 16, 2001 8:00-3:30 8:00-12:00 1:00-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-3:30 8:30-11:30 12:30-3:30 L J. A, Fair Auditorium Board Room M. L. King Elem. Media Center Booker Magnet Booker Magnet Carver Computer Lab Washington Media Center M. L. King Washington Western Hills Western Hills 6 Para-Professional Issues Speech Pallwlogisls Occupational/Physical Therapists Applications of Library Technology Whats New for Elementary Libraries Hands-On Software Learning to Cope with Differences ECERS \u0026amp; Licensing Requirements Math Investigation Training Introducing the New Social Studies Curriculum 324-0517 G. Smith 324-2177 C. Steele 324-2196 M. Clevenger 324-2180 Instructional Tech. 324-0577 Instructional Tech. 324-0577 Instructional Tech. 324-0577 Pro. Dev. 324-0500 ECE/Literacy 324-0517 Moth 324-0520 Social Studies 324-0514 Integrating Social Studies j Early Childhood into the Literacy Block Elementary Literacy 7/30/01 G tX cn G I CO to I to to co CO o I o p (n m \u0026lt; o m co T m CDMotion September 2, 1997 August 1, 1996 1^0 Order September 8, 1997 Aug. 27, 1996 August 16, 1995 September 7, 1995 August 25, 1994 September 7, 1994 1988-89 Classes 1 I Capacity 20 1989-90 Classes 1 Capacity 1990-91 Classes Capacity 1991-92 Classes Capacity 1992-93 Classes Capacity 1993-94 C 20 1 20 1 18 1 18 Classes Capacity 1994-95 C Classes Capacity 1995-96 c Classes Capacity 1996-97 C Classes Capacity 1997-98 C Classes Capacity 1998-99 C Classes Capacity 1999-2000 C Classes Capacity 2000-2001 C Classes Capacity LRSD FOUR-YEAR-OLD SITES AND CAPACITIES   8 IL w c  3 60 3 60 3 60 3 54 3 54 3 54 c  C 31 541 C 3 54 /JC 3! 54i [c 54i 3 54\nc 3! 54 2 36 2 J_iL i ts a D  JQ. 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Z* s Operating program __2- 36' il 21 18 1' 36^ 18 2! ll 2i 1 36\n18, 36 18 2 4 1 -.L. .2 36 72 18 I --I  r 40 36l 2: 36! 2 36 \"21 36\n36\n1 I T 72 18 7 4i 1 72: 18 Z i 1i is\n_2l 36l 2 is 2- 36 C = closed school 18: 36! 2I 36i T  I 1 T I I T i 40 I 720 I r 41 738 4\n72? ZT ji' 181 18' 2! 2! 1 1' ll 36i 36 181 18 18\njr_ isj___ T I 49 882 72! 181 -21- 18\n-I- 2\\ 36\nI A 36! 1 1 1 18: 18 18! 18 1i 18| 1, 181 if 18' 51 918DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992  7B LRSD plans to seat 648 4-year-olds by 94 BY CYNTHIA HOWELL Democral-Gazelte Stall Writer The Little Rock School District has developed a long- range plan to expand its early- childhood education program for 4-year-olds from 378 seats next year to 648 seats by 1994- 95. The expansion would more than double the programs cost, from $502,973 in 1993-94 to $1.3 million in 1994-95. This years cost was $204,356. The district submitted the proposal to U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright late Monday. Wright asked last month for details on how the district would comply with the early-childhood component of its court-approved desegregation plan. The program is meant to expose disadvantaged children to educational experiences and to improve the racial balances at hard-to-desegre- gate schools. In a May 1 court order, Wright said the district must design a program that will accommodate as many children as would be served if all 36 elementary schools in the district operated a 4-year-old program. The district determined that number would be 648 pupils. In selecting sites for an additional 270 seats in 15 classrooms by 1994-95, district officials said priority would be given to sections of the city with a high concentration of children from low-income families and where school attendance zones are more than 55 percent black. As a result of the criteria, 17 of the 36 elementary schools ineligible to house the are early-childhood programs. The district identified Southwest Little Rock, the around John Barrow area 'Road, and east and central Little Rock as areas in greatest need of the early-childhood programs. The proposal calls for:  Si.xteen schools to house early-childhood programs in 1992-93, compared with 11 this year.  Opening early-childhood classes at Baseline Elementary and Chicot Elementary in 1993-94. Space would have to be created for the room at Chicot. In addition, an early-childhood center with five or six classes would be opened.  Opening two early-childhood classes at the new King Elementary in 1994-95. In addition, another center housing six classes would be opened.Arkansas DemocratW'(5azelle FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1992 Critic is not impartial, teaches tennis for tots 5 In her May 23 Voices letter about the Little Rock School Districts Super Summer Enrichment Program, Lisa Gray suggested, without explaining what she meant, that my opinions on education are biased. From the letter, which wa.s replete with ad hominem insults but absent rebuttal of my column or documentation other expertise, and from the conversation that inspired her tirade, I deduced that it might be Lisa who had the bias. The way she signed the letter indicated strongly that she was not the impartial critic she presented herself to be. The letter carried her name, the notation Tennis for Tots and an address and telephone number. My curiosity aroused, I called the number. The person who answered said, Tennis for 'Tots. What do you do there? I asked. We teach tenni.s to children, the voice said. Aha! When I asked additional questions about the enterprise, the woman on the other end of the line asked who I was. Apparently she recognized my name. In any event, she wouldnt talk any more. I left word for Lisa. While I was wailing for Lisa to return the call, I called upon : I rDEAR READER  John R. Starr i my not often used but still considerable reportorial skills to do some checking. Tennis for Tots was not in please me, but because her busi- the latest Little Rock phone book, nor did directory assistance have such a listing, and the address Lisa gave was listed in the latest city directory as a private residence. A call to Arma Hart, the LRSD official responsible for psychology and almost an M.A. the Super Summer Enrichment in special education. Program, revealed that Lisa had talked with her about the possi- bility of teaching some of the young children aren't as good as proposed tennis courses. Lisa had accused me of bias. I had caught her in what ap- peared to me, in light of her call mentary and early childhood ed- to me, to be a cold-blooded conflict of interest. When Lisa returned my call, she confessed to being a tennis teacher. She confirmed that she her intelligence. had talked with Hart, but not, she said, until after she had talked with me. She said Tennis for Tots was a business, incorporated in another state, that she had owned for a number of years. Do you have a city privilege license? I asked. She said she didnt ha .-e one. Does that bother you?she asked. 1 said it did, and she said that if it bothered me, she would get a privilege license. Since her intentions seemed to be good, 1 passed up the chance to snidely suggest that she should get the license not to ness was most likely illegal without it. Lisa said she is 32, that she grew up in Hot Springs and that she has lived in and out of Arkansas during the last 11 years. She has a degree in child Sounds to me as if her qualifications to judge whats good for my wifes, whose expertise she debunked in her letter. My wife carried a double major of eleucation. In closing, because Lisa called me ignorant, stupid and foolish, I would like to assess Shes smart, but like almost everybody else, including me, shes not as smart as she thinks she is. Mniiiif'iiig Editor .lotin It. Stnrr's col II III II appears every day. .1^1Z'loCCPanel looks at age cutoff for schooling. Bill would move date  from Oct. 1 to Sept. 1 j BY LINDA SATTER ? Democral-GazeKe Staff Writer 1 Questions about when chil-  dren should enter kindergarten i and first grade dominated the' discussion in the Senate Edu- . cation Committee on Friday, j The topic was a bill by Rep. Greg Wren of Conway that would move the date by which children must be 5 years old to start kindergarten and 6 years old to start first grade. Wrens House Bill 2125 would require children to be 5 or 6 years old by Sept. 1 of the year of enrollment to get into kindergarten and first grade, respectively. Children now must be 5 or 6 by Oct. 1 of the year of enrollment, so the bill would cause\nsome children to wait another year. An amendment to the bill, however, would allow students who hadnt reached the age of 5 by Sept. 1 to enter kindergarten with parental approval and permission of the local school district. The same would be true for children not yet 6 years old seeking enrollment in first grade. Both provisions would take effect in the 1994-95 school i year. When voted as- amended, the bill failed, biitjhe vote was expunged so the matter could f be brought up again before the  legislative session ends. We all know someone whos been put in school too early and theyve been held back, Wren told the committee. He added that the national trend is to go i back to July 1. Dr. Burton Elliott, director of the state Department of Education, said: I think were putting a big burden on schools to make these determinations. There is a lot of subjective information that has to go into this. Elliott also noted that basically, everyone supports the idea that youngsters will do better in school if theyre a little older. Committee members also discussed whether many parents, thinking their children to be exSee SCHOOL, Page 3B Arkansas Democrat W gazette SATURDAY. APRILS, 1993 Copyright O 1993. LiWe Rock Newspapers. Inc. I School  Continued from Page 1B ceptionally bright, would be inclined to push their children into school prematurely. ,.7 Sen. Stanley Russ of Conway noted that study after study shows that when you push a gifted and talented child ...-you are raising the probability that child is going to encounter problems later on. ... Mttny . well-intentioned parents and educators are pushing chilcken into school too young. Sen. Bill Lewellen of Marianna disagreed, asserting, I think in 99 percent of cases we make the best decisions for our children. He favored the bill^as amended. Sen. George Hopkins*of Malvern said, If weve had it for 30 years and its not.ab- solutely broken. Im in favor of leaving it like it is.a Arkansas Democrat (gazette THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1993 Copyrfohl e 1993. LHUe Rock Newsoepen. Inc. Stange tor scfiboltos^Tta\u0026amp;nS Democrat-Gazette Capitol Bureau that ... Legislation that would i!!! thday cutoff for children attending kindergarten and the first grade was House Bill 2125 by Rep. Greg would have moved the birthdate requirement for those students fmm fw\" 1 t q\"\"? Students from Oct. 1 to Sept 1 of each year. hn '^^dren must be 5 . .\niiiusi oe 0 anH to enter kindergarten tJ rationale for  system that works right. Let s not fix something thats not broke, said Sen. Bill Lewellen of Marianna. Sen. Stanley Russ of Conway, who carried the bill in the Senate contendd that studies show that students meeting a Sept 1 cutoff are ready for school. Before defeating the bill, Sen. J erry J ewell of Little Rock unsuccessfully attempted to amend it to allow school districts to decide whether a child raching the applicable age after the cutoff date was ready to attend school. * Senate rejected a bill that would allow some medical records to be released without the patients con- sent. Senate Bill 648 by Sen. Bill Walters of Greenwood would define when a health-care provider could release medical records without permission irom the patient. were has already been approved by both the Senate and House. The bill was returned to the Senate to consider three amendments - two of which deal with patient records. All three House amendments rejected by the Senate. My advice to you is if you don t want your confidential medical records floating w  said Sen Wayne Dowd of Texarkana Also Wednesday, the Senate defeated a House amendmen to Senate Bill 260, which woulc have eliminated the printins clerks division in the state ditor s offices. au Senate Bill 260 is the annual appropriation bill for the state auditor s office. The printing clerks division has three Ployees and a $130,000 annual em to Rep. Jodie Mahony of El Do-  numerous times in the Joint Budget Committee to delete the reference to the printing clerks office Mahony has contended that office IS unnecessary because he claims the function is duplicated by other state agencies.Arkansas Democrat (fjazettc SUNDAY, JUNE 13,1993 Copyright O 1993, Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. 1 Registration is continuing for the Little Rock School Districts Early Childhood Education programs. Parents.may register their children weekdays through June 25 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the district student assignment office, 501 Sherman St. The early childhood pro- i lie Cdiijf vuuuuvvu v gram for 4-year-olds is avail- I able in five new locations for 1993-94:  Baseline Elementary, 3623 Base Line Road.  Brady Elementary, 7915 W. Markham St.   Chicot Elementary, 11100 Chicot Road.  Fair Park Elementary, 616 N. Harrison St.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, 907 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Selections will be made by lottery whenever the number of applicants for the program exceeds available seats. Enrollment preference is given to children who live within the schools attendance zone | and/or who have siblings enrolled at the school. Parents may register their child by providing a birth certificate and verification of address (a current utility statement, lease agreement or personal property tax bill). Programs for 4-year-old children are also available at Bad- I gett. Bale, Cloverdale, Franklin, Garland, Geyer j Springs, Ish, Mitchell, Rightsell, Rockefeller, Romine, Stephens, Washington, Watson, Wilson and Woodruff elementary schools. ! I 1SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.1993  J ATTENTION!!!! PARENTS OF 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN Put your four-year-old on the right track for social. ' emotional, physical and academic growth. The Little Rock School District offers parents of four-year-old children a special opportunity to start the learning process in a quality integrated setting - before kindergarten. Seats for white students are available at the following schools: Badgett, Baseline, aoverdale, Romine, Mitchell, Garland, Stephens and Rightsell Efforts will be made to locate your child at the school of your choice. Application to this program does not guarantee placement. Call the LRSD Student Assignment Office at 324-2010 or return the following information to 501 Sherman Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 before September 15. Please Print and mail to the Student Assignment Office, 501 Sherman St, Little Rock, AR 72202 I I am interested in sending my child to a four-year-old class at--------------------------------- . School.\ni Name______ Address  Home Phone __ City___ Work Phone Zip I Aricansas Democrat TgrtCiazcttc TUESDAY, APRILS, 1994 LRSD adding classes to early childhood programs BY CYNTHIA HOWELL Democrat-Gazeite Education Writer The Little Rock School District will expand its early childhood programs for 4-year-olds in several schools next fall, starting with a new program at an eighth school. Dr. Henry Williams, district superintendent, said one new section of the preschool program will be added at Fair Park, Watson, Geyer Springs, Bale, Woodruff, Badgett and possibly Stephens Incentive elementary schools. Those schools already have one class each of 4-year- olds. An eighth class will be added to Mabelvale Elementary, which has not had an early childhood education class. The additions will give the district 40 preschool classes in 21 of its 36 schools. Pre-registration for the classes will be April 18-29. Parents and guardians can register children in the districts student assignment office at 501 Sherman St., or at any of the 21 schools that have the preschool classes. Children must be 4 years of age on or before Oct. 1,1994 to be eligible for the program. The district started preschools in 1988-89 with three classes in three schools as a way to better prepare children for the upper grades and to improve the racial balance at schools that have been difficult to desegregate. Officials hoped to use the full-day, tuition-free preschool program to entice white families to remain in public schools as their children move through the grades. Each class of 4-year-olds is limited to 18 children and is staffed by a state-certified teacher and an instructional aide. The children also work with the physical education, art and music teachers as well as school counselors. Each class is supposed to have a 50-50 blackwhite balance. If that balance isnt achieved, some seats are left vacant to make it possible for pupils to move in later in tBe year. As of Oct. 1,1993, 58 percent of the children in the program were black and 42 percent were white. The districts preschool enrollment was 492, and the capacity was 576. The capacity will increase to 720 next year in compliance with the desegregation plan. Pat Price, early childhood education coordinator in the dis- tricL said efforts will intensify to recruit children to fill the seats for next year. The 4-year-old program has an annual budget of $1.7 million. which is about $3,500 per child. The Arkansas Better Chance program has granted the IK 0- gram about $183,000. The'ela'ss- es are licensed by the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Children and Family Services. The children are provided with two snacks a day and can participate in the school lunch and breakfast programs. Transportation for 4-year-olds generally is not provided by the district. \\ In addition to the schools that are getting new programs, next year, other schools preschool programs are Rockefeller, Ish, Franklin, WasSl'ng- ton. Garland, Mitchell, Righi^Il, Romine, Cloverdale, Wif^hri, Baseline,^rady, Chicot^fi'l King elemehtaries.[ Arkansas Democrat (gazette SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1994 Copyright e Uttio Rock Newspapors. Ine. I Aftansa# Democrat-^azeKWOavM.Qotttclulk GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL  Q!na Glover\naf Rockefeller Elementary School Tn Little Rock. prepares art supplies for her kindergarten classv  Glover is preparing for her fifth year at'tlie school. Kinde^atten or la^ Asses^g childs readiness helps parents make choice BY CHRIS REINOLDS Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer Claudia Smith wasnt sure whether her son would be ready for kindergarten this year because he had problems playing with other children. But Smith said 5-year-old There are advantages and ' lishedi , disadvantages to holding a-' The whole point of kinder-child back. z garten is readiness, McKin- Educators say most chil- ney said, dren need to attend kinder-?'\nSmith enrolled her son in a Spencer has made some garten even if they are imma-  program for 4-year-oIds l^t ture or developmentally slow-' year, and he has made signif-er than their peers. icant advances. Spencer If a child is: eligible for turned 5 on June 30\n' ' leant progress in a pre-kinder- kindergarten, I-believe the -H--e- -h-a--d- -n--o-t- -h-a-d-- p--l-a-y-m---a-t-e-s garten program, and she has child should have those expe- his own age, Smith said. We no intention of keeping him riences. If the child needs to had a very difficult year. But out of his kindergarten class repeat kindergarten* then so  he has improved a lot, and we that starts Monday, at Romine . be it said Mary K: McKinney, .hate to go back on the ad- Elementary School ' ' ' nf Him. 1*1a_ ' tinnnao wava maria alt*aaHv  Every year thousands of  De It, . saxu Kiary, i\\- mciuuuvy, uuie lu gu uu aw coordinator of the- state De- vances weve made already.\" parents in Ar^insas must de- partment of Educations' K-3 -A--r-k-a--n-s-a--s law -s-t-a-t-e-s that Initiative. children who are 5 years old cide whether their children _T_h_e_ K__-3_ I_n_i_ti_a_ti_ve- -p-r-o--g-r-a-m-- o--n- -o--r- -b--e-f-o-r-e Oct. 1 are eligi-are ready to attend kinder- is designed to help remedial ble to attend kindergarten, garten  especially, children  students ' in  kindergarten McKinney said she did not who will not turn* 5 before through third grade before know how the state designat-school starts. : See DECISION, Page 7B Decision  Continued from Page 1B ed Oct. 1 as the cutoff date. The date varies from state to state. The older they are, the easier time they have in kindergarten. But we wouldnt recommend holding them back just for that reason, said Glenda Bean, executive director of the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Schools are required to provide a full day of kindergarten, but parents can obtain a waiver if they do not want their child to attend. However, if the child will be 6 before Oct. 1, the state requires the child to be enrolled in either kindergarten or first grade. Liz Wright has worked as a kindergarten teacher in the Little Rock School District for 19 years. Wright said it is impor- Early Childhood Association, said that for children who are barely 5, as well as older children, the kindergarten class should fit them developmentally. Kindergarten should not be an abrupt change, Shores said. There should not be a dramatic difference in the kinds of activities from age 4 to 5. Its important for parents to ask if a kindergarten teacher is certified in early childhood rather than elementary teaching. The teacher needs to be able to recognize the childs needs and abilities and support the childs development. Shores said. If the learning plans include a lot of work sheets and paper activities, then a child who is slower developmentally may be better off waiting a yeaf, Shores said. Shores said many kinder^ should not assume children are ready for kindergarten just because they reach the appropriate age. Sometimes it may benefit a younger child to stay at home one more year, Shores said. The world is a learning environment for children of any age, Shores said. All of these learning experiences can occur at the home. It may be to a childs advantage  especially for boys or petite children  to wait another year before sending them to kindergarten. If parents decide to wait, then the child should attend pre-kindergarten classes to become familiar with the routine, Wright said. Wright said most children dont notice they are behind unless parents make an issue out of it. The way that you (parents) handle things is going to make a big difference, she said. Wright practices positive-.re-inforcement in the classroom to improve a childs self-esteem. She said parents who hav6 a positive attitude toward their child, regardless of their failures, will encourage the child to succeed. ' * I dont use the word ,no more than three times a year,' she said. The child has the opportunity for interaction but is not traumatized. tant that parents investigate garten teachers are under pres-kindergarten before they de- sure to prepare childrett^Toi* cide to delay it for a young first-grade work. child. Parents should visit st-gra The result of this is less of classes during different times of developmentally , appropriate  the year and talk to teachers be- learning activities, Shores-i fore their son or daughter is el- said. This is an insidious trend' igible for school, Wright said. Elizabeth F. Shores, publications editor of the Southern over the last couple of decades. Shores warned that parents. Arkansas Democrat '^(gazette J  FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1995 LRSD plans physicals for pre-kindergartners Little Rock Rockefeller incentive Fh free physi^fexamiLations Sta^'.SL??nnt Rockefeller Incentive Elemen- month for children who will c ter the districts kindergarten pre-kindergarten August. --------J Elementary, Franklin Incentive Elementary, Garland Incentive Elementary, King Magnet Ele- programs in mentary. Forest Height JuS High and Romine Interdistrict Elementary. en- or Appointments must be made by calling 324-2266 between a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday. The exams will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednes- day at the following schools: McClellan Community High, Washington Magnet Elementary, 9 Parents or guardians of children unable to take advantage of the exams should arrange for an exam by a private physician or the Arkansas Department of Health before the school year starts.Arkansag Democrat Tgr (gazette  SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000  Preschool in LR district expanded to add 3 schools ARKANSAS DEMocRAT\u0026lt;iAZETTE {o Children of employees at the d^ 'The Little Rock School District sired school. has recently expanded its tuition- All but six of the districts ele- free preschool program for 4-year- mentary schools will offer the fuil- olds to three more schools\nJeffer- day preschool classes for 4-year son, McDermott and Fulbright ele- olds this year, bringing the total mentaiy schools. who will be served to about 1,000 Regikration for this coming year at children. (Registration for schools the three schools is under way and with established programs was held will conclude Friday. Children must earlier this year.) be 4 years old by Sept 15 to be eligible for the classes, which begin Aug. 21. Schools that do not offer thd classes yet are Pulaski Heights, Parents may apply by complet- Badgett, Williams Magnet, Carver ing an application at the districts Magnet, Booker Magnet and Gibbs Student Registration Office, 501 Magnet elementary schools. Super? Sherman St, which is just west of intendent Les Carnine said Friday the intersection ofEast Capitol Av- he is hopeful that the program can I enue and Interstate 30. be expanded again into the remain? Parents need to provide a copy ing schools as classroom space and of their childs birth certificate, ftmding becomes available. ' proof of address such as a utility Bus service is not provided for ' bill or lease agreement and their preschool children, childs Social Security number. Par- ents who do not wish to reveal the Social Security number will be pro- ' vided an alternative number for their child. I Children who live in the school I attendance zone and have siblings ! attending the school will be admitted first to a schools program. Second priority is given to children who live in the schools attendance zone but do not have older siblings at the school. Third priority is re- ' served for children who live outside the school zone but have siblings at ! the school. Fourth priority is given\nThis project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. 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