Page 7 - Pine Bluff High News Today

Brian Cal led Pine Bluff High School to a 5A boys basketball state championship in 2003, but the King Cotton Holiday Classic had long been put on ice by that time.

PBSD makes announcements

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluffs Fall Homecoming Week 2022 is counting down to seven days of festivities Oct. 2-8.

All was quiet on a recent Wednesday afternoon in the McFadden Field House at Pine Bluff High School.

Members of the Arkansas Board of Education are considering whether the Pine Bluff School District should be governed by an elected board or overseen by appointed members of a limited-authority body.

Sylvana Burgess of Jefferson County was among 4-H members named Arkansas 4-H Ambassadors in a recent ceremony at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

This is the third part of a series on the state of the Pine Bluff School District.

The Pine Bluff School District has endured several changes and is facing several more, just one year into annexation of the Dollarway School District. As the PBSD seeks to regain local control and the start of the 2022-23 school year is fast approaching, it faces a number of questions regarding its operation. This week, district leaders including Superintendent Barbara Warren shed light into how they plan to forge ahead and what students and parents can expect.

Pine Bluff native and Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Col. Nate Todd was appointed to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, Gov. Asa Hutchinson's office announced Wednesday.

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff held its second annual Valedictorian and Salutatorian Signing Day, according to a news release.