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For their first monthly report to the Arkansas State Board of Education last week, Watson Chapel School District administrators and state Department of Education officials detailed how they have addressed the safety and academic issues that earned the district an accreditation probation status last month.
Along with restoration of full local control of the Pine Bluff School District comes the right and responsibility of district board elections to be conducted.
Arkansas State Board of Education members voted unanimously to return full local control to the Pine Bluff School District immediately during a regular meeting Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
Now that Pine Bluff School District voters have approved a tax increase to a unified rate of 47.7 mills, administrators will reach out to teachers and students for their input on how the new Pine Bluff High School should look inside the walls.