$750 bonuses OK'd for district staffers
Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District teachers and most other district staffers will receive bonuses from the district this week.
The district's School Board approved the $750-per-person bonus at a meeting last week, Superintendent Bryan Duffie said.
The bonus will cost the district about $540,000, Duffie said. For teachers, the bonus comes in addition to the traditional step increase of $500 that eligible employees receive for their additional year of work experience -- if they have not reached the top of their salary schedule.
State hires Ballard to head charter unit
Reginald Ballard has been hired by the Arkansas Department of Education to be director of the agency's public school charter unit.
He replaces Alexandra Boyd, who has moved to another position in the agency.
Ballard most recently graduated from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. The Little Rock Central High graduate has a degree in political science from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a master's degree in teaching from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
He has previously served as a school operations manager at Luna Preparatory and as external affairs coordinator with the office of former Gov. Mike Beebe.
Metro on 11/11/2018