Documents for June 2011

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PCSSD memo June 30

Memo in support of PCSSD response to motion for order

Helena employee letter

Helena employee letter

Yarnell's release

Yarnell's release on ceasing operations

Crystal Bridges Membership Application

Please bring your completed application to any of the membership drive launch locations July 1-3, 2011, send it by mail to Kathryn Roberts, Director of Member and Guest Services, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR 72712, or by fax to 479-418-5701. For questions. For more information call 479-418-5728 or email [email protected].

Joshua Intervenors June 28 letter

Walker on Tuesday sent to U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr.,a legal brief arguing against the state’s plan to permit the appeal to carry on.

Ross letter on post offices

Ross letter on post offices

Jacksonville amicus brief

Jacksonville amicus curiae brief seeking new school district.

State response to transfers

State response to transfers

Termination Letter of Lauren West

Lauren West, a long-time figure in Bentonville school athletics, was fired last month for what were then unspecified reasons. Bentonville School District Superintendent Gary Compton outlined the reasons for West's termination in this letter.

July 1 laws

Arkansas laws that will go into effect July 1, 2011

Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program (EHLP) Pre-Applicant Screening Worksheet

Arkansas will get $17.7 million to help homeowners facing foreclosure, under the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program. Local agency CCOA will be taking applications from distressed homeowners to participate in the lottery system over the next month.

ATEP projects

ATEP projects for 2011

Dermott theft affidavit

Dermott theft affidavit for Barbara 'Kay' Brown

Wal-mart ruling

The Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart in its fight to block a sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of women who work there.

PCCSD Audit Part 1

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

North Little Rock School District's brief in response to show cause order

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Proposed zone for injection well ban

The state regulators' proposed zone for a permanent ban on injection wells

Muhammad June 17 letter

Muhammad June 17 lette

Districts in fiscal distress

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

PCSSD dissolved - State's brief

The superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District has been removed and the board dissolved amid ongoing financial problems revealed in state audits.

PCSSD dissolved - School District's brief

The superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District has been removed and the board dissolved amid ongoing financial problems revealed in state audits.

Elliot-PCSSD Lawsuit

An assistant superintendent sues the Pulaski County Special School District and former Superintendent Charles Hopson.

Helena-West Helena School District audit

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Letter from Tom Kimbrell to Vandell Bland

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Letter from Tom Kimbrell to Willie Williams

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Act 1467

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Statement from John W. Walker

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Little Rock School District's brief in response to show cause order

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Joshua Intervenors' response to show cause

The first desegregation payment: The state plans to pay out only the small portion of M-to-M funds since no stay has been granted. This is Joshua Intervenors' response to the court's order to show cause why the State of Arkansas should not be ordered to stop funding for M-to-M transfers.

PCCSD Audit Part 3

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

PCCSD Audit Part 2

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing by LRSD Part 1

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing by LRSD Part 1

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing response by state

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing response by state

PCSSD dissolved - Motion for Order

The superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District has been removed and the board dissolved amid ongoing financial problems revealed in state audits.

Wal-mart ruling

The Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart in its fight to block a sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of women who work there.

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing by LRSD Part 2

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing by LRSD Part 1

PCSSD response to motion for stay

Attorneys in the Pulaski County school desegregation case and state file arguments with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals about an emergency stay in cutting off state payments to the school districts. The districts, teachers and Joshua intervenors support the stay. The state is against the emergency stay. This is the PCSSD response.

Sandra Sawyer letter

Sandra Sawyer resigns from the Pulaski County Special School Board

Big Winner indictment

Big Winner indictment

Accreditation status report for schools

One in every five Arkansas schools and one in every six of its districts violated the state’s accreditation standards in the 2010-11 school year. The State Board of Education approved a status report Monday, citing 185 schools and putting 23 on probation.

Jegley Ellison filing

Jegley Ellison filing

Desegregation order denying stay pending appeal

A federal judge has decided not to stay pending appeal an order he made ending most desegregation funding for the Little Rock, Pulaski County Special and North Little Rock school districts.

Letter from Dept. of Education

A federal judge in Little Rock has thrown out a lawsuit by the Justice Department that sought to close the Conway Human Development Center. This is a letter from the Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit noting that the CHDC has corrected all deficiencies.

Holmes ruling in Conway HDC case

A federal judge in Little Rock has thrown out a lawsuit by the Justice Department that sought to close the Conway Human Development Center. This one-page order was accompanied by an 85-page finding by U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes.

Conway Human Development Center ruling

A federal judge in Little Rock has thrown out a lawsuit by the Justice Department that sought to close the Conway Human Development Center. This 85-page finding accompanied a one-page order by U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes.

Lesher statement

Officer Donna Lesher's statement on events of December 9, 2010

McCrillis statement

Det. Tabitha McCrillis' statement on the events of December 9, 2010

Gwen Wiliams suit

Gwen WIlliams files suit over scheme to discredit her.

Vance conviction upheld

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds conviction of Curtis Vance

Muhammad June 1 letter

Muhammad June 1 letter

Deere-Mt. Judea School District suit

Lawsuit by the Deere-Mt. Judea School District against the state and the Melbourne School District over state funding

LR desegregation brief

LR desegregation brief