The Board of Education presented Mrs. Cindy Temple with a plaque to thank her for her service as Board President over the past year.

In addition, the Board voted among themselves for new leadership roles, per board policy.

The new officers include the following: Dr. Rochelle Redus, Board President; Mrs. Valerie McLean, Board Vice President; Mrs. Natalie Wankum, Board Secretary; Mrs. Cindy Temple, Board Disbursing Officer; Mrs. Dorothy Williams, Board Alternate Disbursing Officer; Mr. Henry Taylor, Board Parliamentarian.

The Arkansas Department of Education requires school districts to provide an Annual Report to the Public. The annual report provides the community with a snapshot of district happenings from the previous school year.

The report is posted on the district website.

Members of the Curriculum Innovation & Design Department presented interim data from the Arkansas Teaching & Learning Assessment System (ATLAS) exams. The ATLAS interim assessment replaces the NWEA assessment the district has used in previous years.

ATLAS is a new exam, and it replaces the ACT Aspire, which Arkansas students took for nearly a decade in the spring.

The Board of Education approved the calendar for the 2025-2026 school year. Employees from across the district had the opportunity to take a survey to select the calendar of their preference. The majority of the employees selected Calendar Option #1, which is shown below.

The proposed calendar calls for no school on October 17 and February 13 after Parent-Teacher Conferences.

The school year will start on August 11, 2025, and will end on May 22, 2026.

Leaders from the middle school and high schools presented an overview of the courses that students will be offered in the 2025-2026 school year.

At the middle school, core classes will be offered on three levels: grade-level, advanced, and accelerated.

Students at North Little Rock and the Center of Excellence will be exposed to more courses in the career academies. In addition, NLRHS students will have the opportunity to participate in the SOAR Program, which places a heavy focus on Advanced Placement courses.

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