{"id":1938938,"date":"2023-05-26T15:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/class-weeps-with-joy-as-sarah-huckabee-sanders-saves-their-school-then-a-progressive-group-steps-in\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:48:28","slug":"class-weeps-with-joy-as-sarah-huckabee-sanders-saves-their-school-then-a-progressive-group-steps-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/class-weeps-with-joy-as-sarah-huckabee-sanders-saves-their-school-then-a-progressive-group-steps-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Class celebrates as Sarah Huckabee Sanders saves school, but progressive group intervenes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclass-weeps-with-joy-as-sarah-huckabee-sanders-saves-their-school-then-a-progressive-group-steps-in%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1938938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Arkansas Takes Control of Failing Public Schools<\/h2>\n<p>Under Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas is taking control of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-indiana-students-are-flocking-to-private-schools-homeschooling\/\" title=\"Report: Indiana Students Are Flocking To Private Schools, Homeschooling\">failing public schools<\/a> away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-the-truth-behind-the-cheney-story\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: The Truth Behind The Cheney Story\">left-wing teachers unions<\/a> in a bid to bolster academic performance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservatives-can-declare-victory-bud-light-boycott-anheuser-busch-market-value-15-7-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberal activists<\/a> are protesting the move, which is authorized by the Arkansas <a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopediaofarkansas.net\/entries\/learns-act-18586\/#:~:text=The%20LEARNS%20Act%20(Act%20237,as%20governor%20of%20the%20state.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEARNS Act<\/a>, a law designed to raise the quality of education in underperforming school districts.<\/p>\n<h3>Marvell-Elaine School District<\/h3>\n<p>In April, the state Board of Education took control of the Marvell-Elaine School District and directed Education Secretary Jacob Oliva to enter a \u201ctransformation contract\u201d that would enable a qualified third-party entity \u2014 such as a charter school management company \u2014 to operate the district, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2023\/apr\/13\/state-takes-over-marvell-elaine-school-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas Democrat-Gazette<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose is to boost academic performance since the current scheme is failing.<\/p>\n<p>The rural Marvell-Elaine School District has 306 students, 92 percent of whom are black, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/insight.ade.arkansas.gov\/?lea=5404000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas Department of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both Marvell Elementary School and Marvell High School are \u201cF\u201d-rated because their students received the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2022\/nov\/29\/state-puts-marvell-elaine-school-district-under\/#:~:text=ADVERTISEMENT-,State%20puts%20Marvell%2DElaine%20School%20District%20under%20'intensive%20support',2022%20at%205%3A37%20a.m.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lowest scores for academic achievement<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The district has an average math proficiency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicschoolreview.com\/arkansas\/marvell-elaine-school-district\/509510-school-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">score of 6 percent<\/a> (well below the Arkansas public school average of 36 percent) and an average reading proficiency score of 7 percent (versus 37 percent statewide).<\/p>\n<p>Not only was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dod-education-officers-racial-justice-books-placed-front-service-members-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education quality abysmal<\/a>, but the school district was in financial shambles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarvell-Elaine was also in fiscal distress from April 2019 to September 2021,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasadvocate.com\/2023\/04\/13\/arkansas-delta-school-district-becomes-first-to-pursue-transformation-campus-under-learns-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas Advocate<\/a> reported in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarvell-Elaine was scheduled to be consolidated due to low enrollment under the nearly 20-year-old Public Education Reorganization Act, which requires the state Education Department to consolidate districts whose daily average membership falls below 350 for two consecutive years,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<h3>LEARNS Act<\/h3>\n<p>Under the LEARNS Act signed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/awful-ratings-quickly-come-back-bite-cnns-bill-maher-attacks-arkansas-gov-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanders<\/a> in March, Marvell-Elaine would escape closure and avoid consolidation if it partnered with an open-enrollment public charter school or another \u201cstate board-approved entity in good standing to create \u2018a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/class-weeps-with-joy-as-sarah-huckabee-sanders-saves-their-school-then-a-progressive-group-steps-in\/\" title=\"Class celebrates as Sarah Huckabee Sanders saves school, but progressive group intervenes.\">public school district transformation campus<\/a>,&#8217;\u201d according to the Advocate.<\/p>\n<p>The move was applauded by schoolchildren, parents and administrators last month.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders shared a commentary by Martin Rawls, a Marvell resident and educator, that said \u201ccheers rang out when the decision was made by the board to enter into a transformational contract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as the news broke, I was thrilled to announce to the second-grade class that their school was staying open,\u201d Rawls wrote. \u201cHappy tears were shed and hugs were received.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arkansas LEARNS will allow the Marvell-Elaine school district to stay open, launching a new era of prosperity &#038; quality education for every kid in the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no choice but to change things up and save our children.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2070From Marvell resident and educator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mrawls23?\">@Mrawls23<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6E4y8ncYGC\">pic.twitter.com\/6E4y8ncYGC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee\/status\/1660654913049829378?\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A major concern with consolidation is it would mean longer bus rides for students, many of whom commute 20 to 40 miles a day to attend Marvell-Elaine\u2019s two schools.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawsuit Filed<\/h3>\n<p>Two weeks ago, however, activists filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CK_Image.Present2-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> to block the handover of the Marvell-Elaine School District to the Friendship Education Foundation, a charter school management company.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs are five individuals and an organization called the Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students, who claim they\u2019re worried about the cost of the \u201ctransformation contract\u201d with the charter school management company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Plaintiffs, who are members of Concerned Citizens of the Mar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is removing control of failing public schools from left-wing teachers unions to improve academic performance. 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