Little Rock district outlines plan to convert Hall High into a small, competency-based conversion charter

The Little Rock School District presented plans on Nov. 13 to seek board approval to submit a district-run conversion charter application for Hall High School.

Superintendent Doctor Wright told the work session that the board previously authorized planning for a "small nontraditional high school" and that accreditation and staffing requirements limit how the district can staff and schedule under a traditional model. "The only way for us to move forward with the vision that we had for the small traditional high school was to consider a conversion charter," Wright said.

Daryl Smith, assistant commissioner in the Department of Education's…