The public school board filing deadline (July 22nd) has come and gone, and the two Little Rock School District zones up for election in the fall both have uncontested races, incumbent Jody Carreiro in Zone 5 and Norma Johnson in Zone 1. Katherine Mitchell, the 23-year Zone 1 incumbent, did not file for re-election. The election will be held Tuesday, September 20th.
All adults of influence with the district should ask themselves - "Is the Little Rock School District better off today than when I started?" May their honest answers determine all their futures.
Meanwhile, citizens, particularly parents, should step up and lead to save this community. Nothing's going to change if the leadership is never challenged.
A start would be insisting that, once all zones are redrawn based on the 2010 census, new elections be held in 2012 for all seven seats. Otherwise, it will be 2014, halfway through the decade, before all citizens of the Little Rock School District will be represented by someone for whom they had the opportunity to vote.
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/jul/23/1-school-board-race-county-draws-2-20110723
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