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Little Rock School District board upholds two-day unpaid suspension for custodian after timesheet dispute
Summary
The Little Rock School District board accepted the superintendent’s recommendation on April 30, 2026, to suspend custodian Tony Ashley for two days without pay, finding repeated failures to complete timesheets and prior warnings; Ashley argued inconsistent procedures and alleged others altered his entries.
The Little Rock School District board on April 30, 2026 voted to accept the superintendent’s recommendation that custodian Tony Ashley receive a two-day unpaid suspension for repeated failures to complete and accurately record timesheets.
At a grievance hearing conducted by hearing officer Cody Keyes, Ashley, a Metro Career Technical Center custodial employee, argued he had not been shown a physical demonstration of the district timesheet and that changing procedures and perceived alterations to his entries led him to delay signing forms. “The rules kept changing as the year went on,” Ashley said, adding that supervisors told him his entries were wrong but did not always explain how…
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