Documents for June 2011

PCSSD memo June 30

Memo in support of PCSSD response to motion for order

Joshua Intervenors brief

Joshua opposes the takeover of the PCSSD and requests an evidentiary hearing regarding the propriety of the State’s action.

Joshua Intervenors June 28 letter

Walker on Tuesday sent to U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr.,a legal brief arguing against the state’s plan to permit the appeal to carry on.

Jacksonville amicus brief

Jacksonville amicus curiae brief seeking new school district.

July 1 laws

Arkansas laws that will go into effect July 1, 2011

Dermott theft affidavit

Dermott theft affidavit for Barbara 'Kay' Brown

Wal-mart ruling

The Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart in its fight to block a sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of women who work there.

Letter to U.S. Attorney on Osceola shooting

Scott Ellington, prosecuting attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas, on Wednesday issued this letter ruling a fatal shooting of a suspect earlier this year justified.

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Muhammad June 17 letter

Muhammad June 17 lette

Pulaski County school desegregation stay

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay Tuesday pending appeal in the Pulaski County school desegregation case

Proposed zone for injection well ban

The state regulators' proposed zone for a permanent ban on injection wells

North Little Rock School District's brief in response to show cause order

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

PCCSD Audit Part 2

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Districts in fiscal distress

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Joshua Intervenors' response to show cause

The first desegregation payment: The state plans to pay out only the small portion of M-to-M funds since no stay has been granted. This is Joshua Intervenors' response to the court's order to show cause why the State of Arkansas should not be ordered to stop funding for M-to-M transfers.

Little Rock School District's brief in response to show cause order

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Statement from John W. Walker

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Act 1467

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Letter from Tom Kimbrell to Willie Williams

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Letter from Tom Kimbrell to Vandell Bland

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Helena-West Helena School District audit

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

Elliot-PCSSD Lawsuit

An assistant superintendent sues the Pulaski County Special School District and former Superintendent Charles Hopson.

PCSSD dissolved - School District's brief

The superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District has been removed and the board dissolved amid ongoing financial problems revealed in state audits.

PCSSD dissolved - State's brief

The superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District has been removed and the board dissolved amid ongoing financial problems revealed in state audits.

PCCSD Audit Part 3

The Arkansas Department of Education took control of the Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts Monday, June 20, 2011, ousting their superintendents and dissolving their boards.

PCSSD dissolved - Motion for Order

The superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District has been removed and the board dissolved amid ongoing financial problems revealed in state audits.

Wal-mart ruling

The Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart in its fight to block a sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of women who work there.

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing by LRSD Part 2

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing by LRSD Part 1

Desegregation: 8th circuit filing response by state

PCSSD response to motion for stay

Attorneys in the Pulaski County school desegregation case and state file arguments with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals about an emergency stay in cutting off state payments to the school districts. The districts, teachers and Joshua intervenors support the stay. The state is against the emergency stay. This is the PCSSD response.

Desegregation state response

Attorneys in the Pulaski County school desegregation case and state file arguments with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals about an emergency stay in cutting off state payments to the school districts. The districts, teachers and Joshua intervenors support the stay. The state is against the emergency stay. This is the state's response.

John Boozman disclosure

Mark Pryor disclosure

Little Rock School District Employee Contracts

Sandra Sawyer letter

Sandra Sawyer resigns from the Pulaski County Special School Board

Big Winner indictment

Accreditation status report for schools

One in every five Arkansas schools and one in every six of its districts violated the state’s accreditation standards in the 2010-11 school year. The State Board of Education approved a status report Monday, citing 185 schools and putting 23 on probation.

Jegley Ellison filing

McCrillis report

McCrillis report on the events of Dec. 9

Desegregation order denying stay pending appeal

A federal judge has decided not to stay pending appeal an order he made ending most desegregation funding for the Little Rock, Pulaski County Special and North Little Rock school districts.

LRSD Emergency motion for stay

Little Rock School District's emergency motion for a stay pending appeal on Judge Brian Miller's ruling.

Conway Human Development Center ruling

A federal judge in Little Rock has thrown out a lawsuit by the Justice Department that sought to close the Conway Human Development Center. This 85-page finding accompanied a one-page order by U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes.

Holmes ruling in Conway HDC case

A federal judge in Little Rock has thrown out a lawsuit by the Justice Department that sought to close the Conway Human Development Center. This one-page order was accompanied by an 85-page finding by U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes.

Letter from Dept. of Education

A federal judge in Little Rock has thrown out a lawsuit by the Justice Department that sought to close the Conway Human Development Center. This is a letter from the Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit noting that the CHDC has corrected all deficiencies.