The Board of Directors of
the Little Rock School District held a special session immediately following
the regular agenda meeting on Thursday, October 10, 2002, in the Boardroom of
the Administration Building, 810 West Markham Street, Little Rock,
Arkansas. President Judy Magness
presided.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Larry Berkley
Mike Daugherty
Baker Kurrus
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Katherine Mitchell
ALSO PRESENT:
T. Kenneth James, Superintendent of Schools
Beverly Griffin, Recorder of the Minutes
I. CALL
TO ORDER
President
Judy Magness called the special meeting to order at 5:43 p.m. She stipulated a quorum without roll call;
Dr. Mitchell was absent. In addition,
the ex officio representatives to the Board were present: Shana Reese, student from McClellan High
School and Christiana Swindle, teacher at Geyer Springs Elementary School.
II. PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The special meeting was called for the purpose of approving the
District’s Compliance Plan.
III. ACTION
Compliance Plan
The LRSD Compliance
Team worked with the District’s attorneys to prepare a plan for implementing
the Court’s compliance remedy as set forth in the September 13, 2002, opinion
from Judge William Wilson. It was noted
that the compliance plan was submitted to ODM and Joshua, and the team will
address any concerns or questions that they have.
Dr. James reported
that the program evaluation requirements outlined in the 2002-03 program
evaluation agenda will be completed utilizing District or grant funds. Contracting external consultants to complete
additional program evaluations will be determined by the RFP process and the
cost for these evaluations is unknown at this time.
Attorneys Chris Heller
and Clay Fendley were present to respond to any questions from the Board. Mr. Fendley briefly reviewed the document
presented for the Board’s approval and reminded them of the timeline for
becoming fully unitary. It was noted
that we have until June 30, 2004 to be fully released from federal court
supervision, or will be required to begin repayment of the $20 million loan.
Mr. Kurrus moved to
approve the compliance plan as presented with regulation IL-R1 (IL-R2 was
removed from the table by consensus).
In addition to the motion to approve, Mr. Kurrus’ motion stipulated that
the District continue to seek constructive comment from ODM, Joshua and Knight
and that those comments or concerns be made available for the Board’s
review. Mr. Rose seconded the motion
and it carried unanimously.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
There being
no further business before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m. on a
motion by Mr. Rose, seconded by Mr. Kurrus.
APPROVED:
_ 10-24-02 _ Original documents signed
by:
Judy
Magness, President
Larry
Berkley, Secretary