ROGERS — A state review of the Rogers School District turned up some minor problems, said Superintendent Janie Darr.
Fixing the problems won't change anything for students or parents -- most of them are minor wording problems in school policies, Darr said.
For example, the state monitors who conducted the review want the language in one policy to be changed to make it clear that although Rogers requires 24 credits to graduate, the state requires only 22, Darr said.
"We were really in good shape," Darr said of the review.
The review is required every five years under state law. State monitors began the review Wednesday and met with Darr on Friday to discuss the results, Darr said.
She said the district will fix the problems before the state issues the final report. No citations were issued during the course of the review, Darr said.
Julie Johnson Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Education said the final report will be sent to the school May 15.
Thompson said the department's goal with the reviews is to help schools comply with myriad requirements laid out by law. Those requirements include the types of classes offered, maximum class size, and flying the Arkansas flag below the U.S. flag.
Finding minor problems is common, Thompson said.
"A lot of times they don't realize 'Oh, we haven't complied with that,'" Thompson said.
The state tries to help fix the problems instead of disciplining schools, Thompson said.
But if a school is cited two years in a row for the same problem, it is put on probation, according to the department's accreditation standards.
A school on probation for two years could be subject to state actions such as reorganization of management or annexation of the school into a different district, according to state law.
Thompson said such situations are very rare.