Newport School Superintendent Suspended
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A northeast Arkansas school superintendent was
suspended less than a week after his scuffle with a broadcaster.
The Newport School Board voted unanimously to suspended
Superintendent Floyd Marshall with pay for an altercation with
David Black. Black co-owns a local cable access channel. The panel
yesterday appointed Nathan Barber acting superintendent.
The scuffle broke out during a 40-minute meeting last Wednesday
between the superintendent and Newport media. The school had
proposed forbidding media announcers to criticize officials,
coaches or players during athletic events. The discussion evolved
into a scuffle.
