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The Dr. Marian G. Lacey Academy is set to open in August.

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.

A 26-year-old Little Rock mother who brandished a gun at a father and son in front of an elementary school was sentenced Tuesday to three months in jail after pleading guilty to three felony charges, court filings show.

The Little Rock School Board on Thursday made Holly Brown the principal of Terry Elementary, a job she has held on an interim basis this school year.

Welcome Dr. Jermall Wright, new superintendent of the Little Rock School District. The topography of central Arkansas and western Mississippi is similar, and the latitudes not far off, so the rest of us won't have to explain to him rolling hills, tornadoes, or hot summers. He should fit in nicely. Especially since he seems so determined to get into the job of educating our kids. Like good principals, good superintendents are hard to find--and the best of them are energetic, eager and passionate.