Consolidation Hearings Start Next Week
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Five of the Arkansas school districts marked
for mergers under a new law could learn their fate as early as next
week as the state begins a series of consolidation hearings.
Officials from the Alread, Arkansas City, Delta Special, Paron
and Scotland districts are scheduled to go before the state Board
of Education on Monday to present their plans to annex into larger
neighbors. The changes are mandated under a new law requiring
administrative consolidation of districts with fewer than 350
students.
Interim state Education Director Tom Courtway said he also would
present to the board Monday a list of the times and dates for
dozens more hearings. The process is forecast to stretch close to
the June first deadline for finalizing consolidation.
