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Parents accuse Jacksonville North Pulaski board of delaying notice about alleged assault; demand transparency
Summary
Two grandparents told the school board that parents were not promptly informed about an alleged assault involving a janitor at an elementary school, urged disclosure of a principal’s reassignment and called for board accountability; no formal board response to the allegations appears in the record.
Two grandparents used the district’s public-comment period at the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District December board meeting to say the district delayed notifying families about an alleged assault and to demand transparency about personnel actions.
Theresa Cook, who identified herself as a grandparent of a student at Bayou Meadow Elementary School, said she had seen a Pulaski County sheriff’s incident report dated Oct. 16 alleging sexual misconduct by a janitor at a district elementary school. "Can any of you sit with a straight face and tell the community that you were not aware of a Pulaski County sheriff's incident report dated October 16 involving [an] assault?" Cook asked, saying parents were not informed for 45 days and calling the…
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