 | PCSSD Gets 3rd Year On State's Fiscal Distress List
The Arkansas State Board of Education voted to keep control of the Pulaski County Special School District, extending its fiscal distress status by one more year.
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 | PCSSD Fiscal Distress Term Extended
The district has been given an additional year to get its financial situation in order.
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 | Sheriff’s Office: Sewing Machines Stolen from School, Sold on eBay
A woman who works for the Pulaski County Special School District was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing sewing machines and attachments valued at nearly $24,000 and selling them on eBay.
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 | Jacksonville Mom Worries About Possible Mold At Daughter's School
Daughter says the issue has been around since December.
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 | Registration Starts for Mills Scholars Program
Scholars Program preps students for college.
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 | UPDATE: PCSSD: Student Killed Rabbit; NLR Police Investigate
Rabbit's name was Brownie.
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 | Support growing for a separate school district in Jacksonville
For the last 30 years, residents in Jacksonville and North Pulaski County have recognized a need to separate from the Pulaski County Special School District and create their own.
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 | UPDATE: Judge denies PCSSD partial unitary motion
A federal judge denied a motion Monday filed by the Pulaski County Special School District to be declared partially unitary in a long running federal desegregation case.
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 | PCSSD annual public report
The Pulaski County Special School District presented its annual report to the public Thursday night.
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 | PCSSD promotes bus safety
The Pulaski County Special School District is promoting National Bus Safety Week with a slogan to remind students to "Stay Back from the Yellow and Black."
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 | New School Buses
The Pulaski County Special School District is adding 24 new buses to its fleet.
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 | Jacksonville H.S. hires graduation coach
A Pulaski County Special School District High School is struggling to keep kids in the classroom long enough to graduate.
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 | PCSSD new student registration begins Jan 28th
New student registration for the Pulaski County Special School District is scheduled to take place from January 28 to February 8, 2013.
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 | PCSSD reviews safety procedures
Parents in Central Arkansas sent their children to school Monday with the fear of what happened in Connecticut not far from their minds.
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 | Back to school preps
The first day of school for the Pulaski County Special School District is just two weeks away. That means it's time to start getting ready.
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 | PCSSD leaders respond to 2011 audit
State lawmakers drill Pulaski County Special School District leaders after a number of findings in last year's audit. The district is already in fiscal distress and at odds with the two employee unions over budget cuts.
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 | PACT/PASS plan to sue
The two Pulaski County Special School District unions have been dissolved by the Arkansas State Board of Education for failure to negotiate a contractual compromise with district leaders.
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 | PCSSD public hearings
Teachers with the Pulaski County Special School District try again to convince the district to honor their contracts.
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 | PCSSD enforces strict lunch charge policy
With a new policy at the Pulaski County Special School District, you'll want to pay close attention to your child's school lunch account.
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 | Boy says PCSSD security punched him in stomach
Suzzette Tyler leaves the doctor's office with her son Thursday after he started complaining about pains in his stomach. She believes the complications came from the actions of a security guard at Mills High School.
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 | PCSSD $7.3 million renovations
The Pulaski County Special School District is moving full speed ahead with an aggressive $7.3 million renovation plan to upgrade facilities.
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 | PCSSD union dispute belongs in state court federal judge rules |
 | PCSSD hires two new directors
The Pulaski County Special School District is hiring two new directors to oversee principals and implement Common Core standards.
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 | PCSSD eliminates agreement with employee unions
The teacher and staff unions who represent Pulaski County Special School District employees are out, meaning they will no longer be the bargaining unit for extra perks in their contracts.
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 | PCSSD security guard fired after reportedly hitting student
Mills High School security guard Ken Keys is fired from his job after school leaders say he hit a student.
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 | Tossed unions rally for support
Members of PACT and PASS, the unions that used to represent teachers and support staff in the Pulaski County Special School District, rallied on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol protesting their de-certification.
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 | Pulaski County teachers, support staff elect PPC members
Robin Dorey not only teaches second grade, but she's also voting in the district's Personnel Policies Committee election.
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 | PCSSD hearing decision
The three person panel chosen to hear grievances over teacher contracts with the Pulaski County Special School District makes a decision Tuesday night.
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 | Unions, school district meet again
If there's no agreement on salaries and benefits by May 1, every employee's contract will be renewed with no changes.
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 | Jacksonville High teacher suspended, will be placed at another school
Jacksonville High English teacher Jennifer Paul will be back with the PCSSD but under some stipulations. She's suspended without pay and won't be back until next school year at a different school. Plus, she'll be on probation for two years.
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 | Teacher's union looks forward to negotiations with PCSSD
Union representative said teachers will not absorb all of the cuts.
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 | Flooding causes some schools to send students home early
The PCSSD is allowing students who live in flood-prone areas to be picked up from school early today.
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 | PCSSD unveils plan to repair schools
The Pulaski County School District unveiled a master plan Thursday night to fix its aging facilities.
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 | PCSSD, unions see progress with negotiations
There seems to be progress after mediators stepped in to calm things down between the unions and the Pulaski County Special School District.
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 | State puts Pulaski Co. district on fiscal distress
The Arkansas Education Board has placed the Pulaski County Special School District in fiscal distress.
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 | PCSSD bell schedule changes
The Pulaski County Special School District is considering changing school start times next fall.
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