Pun-lovers are out of luck now that the state board of education has officially rejected the planned consolidation of two school districts, one near Jonesboro and the other 200 miles away near Texarkana.
Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media reports on today's meeting at which the vote was taken:
Officials of the Delight and Weiner districts, both of which have fallen below the state minimum of 350 students, argued state regulations allow such mergers and that technology made their distant union feasible...
Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media reports on today's meeting at which the vote was taken:
Officials of the Delight and Weiner districts, both of which have fallen below the state minimum of 350 students, argued state regulations allow such mergers and that technology made their distant union feasible...
The districts contended the proposed Arcadia School District would save millions of dollars and improve learning opportunities for students. But board members questioned whether the merger would serve the best interests of students and voted 7-0 to reject it.
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