What a historic day in the life of our school district and community!
The three surviving members of the North Little Rock Six – Richard Lindsey, Gerald Persons, and Harold Smith – were in attendance to witness the renaming of Seventh Street Elementary School, which will pay homage to their efforts in desegregating North Little Rock High School in 1957.
The school’s new name, which will go into effect next school year, will be North Little Rock 6 Academy of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences.
The story of the North Little Rock Six is largely unheard of as it sits in the shadow of the
highly-publicized Little Rock Nine, who famously entered Central High School in Little Rock in
1957. But just across the Arkansas River, in the same year, Eugene Hall, Frank Henderson,
William Henderson, Richard Lindsey, Gerald Persons, and Harold Smith tried to enter North
Little Rock High School. They, too, were met by an angry mob and by the Superintendent, who
barred their entrance.
Integration did not occur in the North Little Rock School District until the 1964-1965 school
year, beginning with first and second grade students. Finally, twenty black students entered North
Little Rock High School in the fall of 1966, in which five black students graduated in the
following spring.
The NLRMS 7/8 Quiz Bowl Team competed at the Tiger Invitational at Central High School on Saturday and ended up getting 6th overall, ending in the quarterfinals.
Cooper Wooldridge got second place in highest individual scorers out of hundreds of students!
Team members include the following: Cooper Wooldridge, Kaiden Moody, Jayla Jasper, Saven Brooks, Eli Coply, Sydney Weaver, Nieem Nelson, and Cohen Cornett.
Jason Curlin, Brandon McVay, and Heather Theodore serve as team advisors.
Dr. Gregory J. Pilewski, the Superintendent of Schools, and Dr. Rochelle Redus, Zone 3 Board Member, Board Member, presented on the topic "School Board Governance: Roles, Responsibilities, and Best Practices" to the Russellville Board of Education.
The presentation provides insight on the legal roles and responsibilities of school board members, discusses characteristics of highly-effective school boards, and shares strategies to enhance school board-superintendent and board-board relationships.
North Little Rock School District
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