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Board tables $80,000 contract to provide arts instruction in ALE program after members and teachers press for details
Summary
The Little Rock School District Board of Education voted Aug. 25 to postpone a contract that would bring a private contractor into the district's ALE program to provide arts and digital instruction, citing unresolved questions about certification and oversight.
The Little Rock School District Board of Education on Aug. 25 voted to postpone consideration of a contract to bring an external arts instructor into the district's Alternative Learning Environment (ALE), after board members, teachers and administrators aired concerns about certification, oversight and contracting procedure.
Board member Director Adams moved to postpone the item to the board's next meeting so administration could respond to concerns. The motion passed. "I would like to see if there's a way to salvage this plan... give the administration a chance to respond to the concerns that were raised and then bring this back," Adams said before he moved to postpone.
Administrators told the board the contractor had already begun work in the ALE to provide an arts/digital…
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