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Get it together non-Ozarks Arkansas
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:51 am
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:51 am
The state put out a list of 46 priority schools. These schools all scored in the bottom 5% over a 3 year period.
Not a single school in the northern hill and tree section of the state was on the list.
There were 12 in Little Rock, 4 in Pine Bluff, 3 in Forrest City, and 4 independent charter schools.
This is your future Arkansas. As a resident of the great country of Waltonaria we'd rather not carry the rest of on out backs another 40 years.
Not a single school in the northern hill and tree section of the state was on the list.
There were 12 in Little Rock, 4 in Pine Bluff, 3 in Forrest City, and 4 independent charter schools.
This is your future Arkansas. As a resident of the great country of Waltonaria we'd rather not carry the rest of on out backs another 40 years.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 10:07 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Littel Rokz bettur den Fayutvele.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 10:22 am to Bear-O-Dactyl
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Littel Rokz bettur den Fayutvele.
Fair enough.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 10:24 am to CtotheVrzrbck
People spending what little money they have at Wal-Mart and guess where it ends up.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 10:25 am to CtotheVrzrbck
There's a demographic correlation in there, I believe.
Just sayin...
Just sayin...
Posted on 9/1/15 at 10:57 am to Numberwang
Dem Gazette has a story with the schools listed.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 12:52 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Also the 4 NWA cities and Ft. fresh take the top 5 spots in the Arkansas Tech business index for the 2nd qtr.
Other above average cities in the index are Conway, Hot Springs, and Mtn Home.
LR, Pine Bluff, & Texarkana are soundly 6% behind the median.
Other above average cities in the index are Conway, Hot Springs, and Mtn Home.
LR, Pine Bluff, & Texarkana are soundly 6% behind the median.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 1:12 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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2 in Little Rock, 4 in Pine Bluff, 3 in Forrest City,
Interesting
Posted on 9/1/15 at 1:41 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
How is West Memphis not on there? Mind you I say this as the son of someone who taught at WMHS for quite a while so I know just how bad the school can be.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 6:50 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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3 in Forrest City,
Why are there even 3 schools in Forrest City?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 7:16 pm to Numberwang
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There's a demographic correlation in there, I believe.
Yep, and it will eventually hit NWA. Just wait.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 7:17 pm to Porker Face
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Why are there even 3 schools in Forrest City?
Every campus is considered a 'school'.
For example Joe Blow Elementary, Jack and Jill Middle School, Forrest City High School...
This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 9/1/15 at 7:21 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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This is your future Arkansas. As a resident of the great country of Waltonaria we'd rather not carry the rest of on out backs another 40 years.
Did you even stop to consider that large number of schools NOT in 'Waltonia' that also AREN'T on the list?
And there's always going to be a 'bottom 5%', no matter how good or bad the schools are.
Posted on 9/2/15 at 8:56 am to WonderWartHawg
The jealousy in the Capitol is deafening. 27 highway projects are back on. Only 2 in Washington county and those are the only ones in NWA.
Zero projects in Benton county is laughable. 112 needs to be a priority that thing is gridlocked. We need more than one N/S route for 500k people
Zero projects in Benton county is laughable. 112 needs to be a priority that thing is gridlocked. We need more than one N/S route for 500k people
Posted on 9/2/15 at 9:20 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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The jealousy in the Capitol is deafening. 27 highway projects are back on. Only 2 in Washington county and those are the only ones in NWA.
Zero projects in Benton county is laughable. 112 needs to be a priority that thing is gridlocked. We need more than one N/S route for 500k people
Un-fricking-real.
Yet Little Rock can get a Dallas-esque interchange that it doesn't even need. I lived in Little Rock for 7 years and moved back up to NWA around the time they started that thing, and even then I was thinking "why the hell are they building this?"
My commute to work just makes me laugh, and I'm not even one of those brave souls who has to go back and forth between Fayetteville and Bentonville every day. We have three Fortune 100 headquarters and JB Hunt up here, as well as over 1,000 vendor satellite offices, and population is through the roof, yet the road infrastructure is outdated by at least a decade (it's not like these corporations sprung up yesterday). By the time I-49 is done, we'll need another lane and it'll be behind yet again.
But by all means, let's keep funneling money to needless projects in fricking Little Rock and widen out I-40 going into Maumelle while we act like Bentonville is still a town of 50k and that UA's enrollment is the same as it was in 2003.
This post was edited on 9/2/15 at 9:23 am
Posted on 9/2/15 at 11:39 am to Feral
We have some real imbeciles in state govt here.
The talented people are working in the private sector.
The talented people are working in the private sector.
Posted on 9/2/15 at 2:57 pm to WonderWartHawg
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And there's always going to be a 'bottom 5%', no matter how good or bad the schools are
Yes. That said, I don't think Dermott, Earle, Dollarway, Geyer Springs, Osceola, Marvell-Elaine, Mablevale, Hughes, Strong-Huttig or JA Fair are suffering from an embarrassment of riches syndrome...that "someone just has to be at the bottom". Those schools truly are failing
Posted on 9/2/15 at 3:04 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Related: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arkansas/rankings?int=985008
5 of the Top 6 within 15 miles of my house
NWA4LIFE
5 of the Top 6 within 15 miles of my house
NWA4LIFE
Posted on 9/2/15 at 3:06 pm to Feral
Some of the shite going on here boggles the mind. Like how we shut down the interstate here in Fort Smith for 2 years to upgrade the shoulder but not add another lane.
We should be planning ahead. Because if you wait until you need 3 lanes then you're already about 5 years late. But our politicians stick their head in the sand and hope traffic will decrease.
We should be planning ahead. Because if you wait until you need 3 lanes then you're already about 5 years late. But our politicians stick their head in the sand and hope traffic will decrease.
Posted on 9/2/15 at 3:22 pm to Porker Face
Bonus points if you know where all of those are
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