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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas circuit court judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the takeover of a school district by a charter school company, citing uncertainty that the new state law behind the plan is yet in effect.
Judge Herbert Wright granted the order Friday afternoon to halt the Friendship Education Foundation from taking on a transformation contract with the Marvell-Elaine School District.
The request for the restraining order came from a group of teachers currently employed by the school district as well as the group Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students, also known as CAPES.
The teachers said that the district had entered into a “transformation contract” with the Friendship Education Foundation and that under such a plan the charter-school management company would use the funds allocated towards the district to operate the district’s schools.
As part of the proposed plan, teachers currently employed by the district under one-year contracts were told those contracts with the district were not being renewed for the upcoming 2023-24 school year and that they would have to apply for new jobs wi...
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