The Little Rock School Board voted 7-2 Thursday to authorize Superintendent Mike Poore to contract as a last resort with the Pearson education company to provide online instruction to overflow students in the district's Ignite Digital Learning Academies.
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The Little Rock School Board that sued the state for the right to require students and employees to wear masks followed through Thursday with an 8-0 vote for the masks to be worn inside school buildings and at indoor school functions.
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LRSD board talks about school year prep amid resurgent pandemic
LRSD board talks about school year prep amid resurgent pandemic
July 8, 202110:28 pm
Little Rock School District officials are actively developing a plan for what the next school year will look like for students and educators amid a sharp rise in the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
But
Superintendent
Dr. Keith McGee had few definitive details to share with the LRSD Board at its Thursday agenda meeting.
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Vicki Hatter noted the death of Terry Elementary teacher
Kim Maginn. After a moment of silence, Poore noted that Maginn’s family had publicly shared that she died of COVID-19 and was unvaccinated. Maginn’s daughters said they’d pleaded with their 63-year-old mother to get the vaccine, but said she’d been stubbornly against it. They urged others to get vaccinated.