Pine Bluff High School went on lockdown Monday afternoon after a shooting took place in the vicinity of 12th Avenue near the school's McGeorge Building parking lot, the Pine Bluff School District said in a statement Monday afternoon.
In an open letter to Arkansas Department of Education Commissioner Johnny Key, Go Forward Pine Bluff CEO Ryan Watley asked the state's education agency to rebuild Pine Bluff High School at its present West 11th Avenue location and "move aggressively" to return the Pine Bluff School District to a fully elected local board.
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Pine Bluff High School students staged a walkout Thursday morning in protest of safety issues on campus and around the city, as well as the likelihood of temporarily relocating the school to Jack Robey Junior High School.