New Little Rock school board elects officers, talks COVID and exit plan
New Little Rock school board elects officers, talks COVID and exit plan
December 18, 202012:45 am VICKI HATTER: The Zone 6 board member was elected president of the new Little Rock School District Board.
The
Little Rock School District Board held a marathon first meeting with newly elected members Thursday. It was the first meeting of an elected school LRSD board in nearly 6 years. The state took over the district because of low test scores at a handful of schools in January 2015.
Zone 6 member and longtime activist
Vicki Hatter was elected president of the board on a 7-2 vote. Zone 9’s
Credit Little Rock School District
During their first meeting in over five years, members of the Little School Board elected its leadership positions, voted to extend the length of time they serve on the board as well as voted to hold a future meeting exclusively focused on COVID-19.
In the meeting, held via Zoom on Thursday night, the board chose its positions of president, vice-president, secretary, disbursing agent and the legislative liaison, with women being elected to four of those positions, including president and vice-president.
Those in leadership are:
- Zone 4 member Leigh Ann Wilson, Vice-President
- Zone 5 member Ali Noland, Secretary