Local News
The Arkansas Board of Education relinquishes local authority to Pine Bluff School District
By 
Writer
Little Rock, Arkansas – The Pine Bluff School District declared on Friday that they had received local power back from the Arkansas Board of Education.
Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Barabree expressed gratitude for the board’s choice, according to posts from the district on Facebook.
“I could not be more proud of our students, school team, community, parents, and school board,” Barabree stated. “This is a new day for PBSD. Now, our real work begins. Our only focus is on our students and their success. With their success, we succeed.”
According to Department of Education documents from 2018, the Pine Bluff School District was deemed to be in financial difficulty. As a result, the state board of education decided to fire the superintendent and school board, and the district was given state control.
The review of exit criteria can be found here if you need further details.
-
Local News1 week agoPolice in Pulaski County are looking for a suspect in the Dollar General robbery
-
Local News1 week agoAfter attempting to steal Christmas from people in central Arkansas, two porch pirates taken into custody
-
Local News2 weeks agoThe first Chick-fil-A in Pine Bluff will open this week and provide 100 local heroes with free meals for a year
-
Local News2 weeks agoTo assist those impacted by storm damage in June, the U.S. Small Business Administration has established three Disaster Loan Outreach Centers throughout Arkansas
-
Local News1 week agoApproved study on burning crop residue
-
Local News1 week agoThe Links, Incorporated holds Holiday Jazz Brunch in Little Rock
-
Local News1 week agoFor the second consecutive year, Little Rock Parkview wins the state championship by defeating Shiloh Christian
-
Arkansas1 week agoBryant meets to talk about the plans to widen Highway 5
Leave a Reply