LRSD board discusses future of Hall, millage extension
LRSD board discusses future of Hall, millage extension
Two Little Rock high schools with low enrollment should be given time to develop,
Little Rock School District Superintendent Mike Poore told the
LRSD School Board on Thursday. LRSD staff also urged the board to consider going back to Little Rock voters to approve a millage extension as soon as early June.
Enrollment
Little Rock West High School of Innovation and
Hall STEAM Magnet for at least three years. He also advocated for adding a virtual school component to West, and suggested that Hall and nearby K-8 Forest Heights STEM Academy partner as a K-12. Poore also mentioned a “unique staffing model … in ways that Little Rock has never seen” at Hall to make it as cost-efficient as possible. If the board made a commitment to move forward with the vision for West and Hall, money from the business community in support of the Ford Next Generation Learning model
The Little Rock School District has significant enrollment challenges, school officials told the Little Rock School Board at a special virtual "retreat" Thursday. Perhaps most worrisome are the declines in projected pre-K and elementary enrollment numbers.