State Board Of Education Closes Weiner High School, Expands eStem
by March 11, 2013 5:11 pm 106 views
After years of struggling with declining enrollment near the threshold for a viable school system, embattled Weiner High School will close.
John Lyon with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, reports:
The state Board of Education voted Monday to allow the Harrisburg School District to close Weiner High School in northeastern Arkansas and transfer its students to Harrisburg High School.
The Weiner district was annexed to the Harrisburg district in 2010 after its enrollment dropped below 350 students. The Harrisburg School Board voted in December to close the Weiner High School campus, which serves students in grades 7-12.
Because the vote was not unanimous, the district was required by state law to obtain approval from the state Board of Education before closing the campus.
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UPDATE: The State Board of Education also approved an expansion of the eStem charter school.
From our content partners, Fox 16 News:
Administrators with the eStem school system discussed their rapid growth at the State Board of Education on Monday.
The Board of Education voted to continue that growth by opening the school’s enrollment, merging the school’s middle, elementary and high schools into one charter.
The decision means the system will now be able to accept more students.