The deputy commissioner in the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education said Thursday that the agency intends to recommend to the state Board of Education next month that it establish a state-appointed, limited-authority school board for the Earle School District, which was taken over by the state for fiscal distress in 2017.
The Earle School District has improved its financial operations since it was taken over by the state for fiscal distress in 2017, but the 415-student school system continues to struggle with academic achievement.
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Arkansas Education Association President Carol B. Fleming said Thursday that people who watched Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva s virtual “town hall” about the state’s new omnibus education law "walked away from the event with more questions than ever."