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Tempers flared Thursday as Little Rock School District leaders debated the process for cutting as much as $16 million in expenses -- including employee positions -- in the 2024-25 school year, and do it in compliance with the terms of the LEARNS Act of 2023.

Tempers flared Thursday as Little Rock School District leaders debated the process for cutting as much as $16 million in expenses -- including employee positions -- in the 2024-25 school year, and do it in compliance with the terms of the LEARNS Act of 2023.

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The Little Rock School District is working on coming up with a budget reduction plan to cut as much as $15 million in expenses.

Little Rock School District leaders on Thursday narrowed the scope of plans for repurposing some campuses to increase efficiency and cut costs but made no final decisions, leaving in a bit of limbo the building of a new high school in the northwest part of the city.

Little Rock School District leaders on Thursday narrowed the scope of plans for repurposing some campuses to increase efficiency and cut costs but made no final decisions, leaving in a bit of limbo the building of a new high school in the northwest part of the city.

After spending November asking Little Rock School District residents to generate and react to ideas for saving money and using school campuses more efficiently, Superintendent Jermall Wright and his staff have drafted broad recommendations in eight categories for School Board consideration.

The meeting came after there were rumors that Parkview High School would be closed because of the construction at West Little Rock High School.

Little Rock Superintendent Jermall Wright said Friday that district staff will use the Thanksgiving holiday to begin assembling proposals for possibly closing and/or re-purposing campuses for cost savings.

Little Rock Superintendent Jermall Wright said Friday that district staff will use the Thanksgiving holiday to begin assembling proposals for possibly closing and/or re-purposing campuses for cost savings.