HELLO
HELLO EVERYONE >> THANKS FOR WATCHING. 11:00 NEWS AT NOON I'M AMANDA
YEGOR TODAY TEACHERS WITH THE
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE
TAKING TO THE STREETS IN
SUPPORT OF RETURNING LOCAL
CONTROL TO THE LAUSD MICHAEL
AARON AND REALLY HOYT OR
OUTSIDE THE E HEADQUARTERS
RIGHT NOW WITH MORE
INFORMATION. BUT FIRST WE GO TO
TEACH YOU LEMONS ASHLEY GODWIN
WHO'S WALKING WITH PROTESTERS
FROM THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION BUILDING TO THE
CAPITAL
>> NOW ASHLEY YOU ON THE FRONT
LINES WITH THESE TEACHERS
>> ALL MORNING WHAT'S IT LIKE
OUT THERE
>> THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WALKING FROM
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETING TO THE CAPITOL STEPS
AND AS YOU CAN SEE TONS OF
SIGNS IT'S JUST A CROWD OF
PEOPLE WALKING. AND YES I HAVE
BEEN HERE ALL MORNING I'VE BEEN
TO SCHOOLS I'VE BEEN ALL OVER
LITTLE ROCK JUST TRYING TO GET
A FEEL AND EVERYONE JUST WANTS
AT LEAST FOR THIS PROTEST.
EVERYONE WANTS LOCAL CONTROL
BACK. THEY DON'T WANT THE STATE
BOARD TO HAVE CONTROL FOR THE
WRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT ANYMORE
SO THEY ARE CONTINUING THEIR
PROTESTS RIGHT NOW AT THE STATE
CAPITOL STEPS WHERE THEY WILL
HEAR FROM SPEAKERS FROM THE RGA
PRESIDENT FROM THE AA PRESIDENT
AND FROM STATE SENATOR JOYCE
MEYER. SO EVERYONE'S GATHERING
NOW THEY'RE GETTING IN PLACE
THEY'RE GETTING READY AND I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR BUT
THERE'S MUSIC THERE WAS
CHANTING. PEOPLE ARE REALLY
FIRED UP ABOUT THIS AND THEY
ARE GETTING READY TO HEAR FROM
THESE SPEAKERS AGAIN AND WE
WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS MORE
THINGS GO ON TODAY. THIS IS
GOING TO LAST ALL DAY IN LITTLE
ROCK. I'M ASHLEY GODWIN GHB
REVENUES
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ASHLEY
NOW HUNDREDS PARTICIPATED IN
THE PICKET LINE OUTSIDE CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING. THAT
WAS BEFORE MOVING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
MICHAEL ERIN IS THERE NOW LIVE
AND MICHAEL THOSE PICKETERS
SENT A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE
STATE BOARD
>> YEAH THEY DO AMANDA IN
THOSE PICKETERS THEY WERE RIGHT
HERE BEFORE THEY WENT UP THE
WAY TO THE STATE CAPITAL. THE
STRIKE COMES TWO WEEKS AFTER
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
STRIPPED THE LITTLE ROCK
TEACHERS UNION OF ITS
BARGAINING POWER ONE TEACHER
THAT I SPOKE WITH THIS MORNING
SAID THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW
HERE SOME OF THE SIGHTS AND
SOUNDS FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
EARLIER THIS MORNING
>>
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY SEE THAT WE ARE STANDING
HERE IN SOLIDARITY TODAY
PUTTING OUR PROFESSIONAL
CAREERS AT RISK PUTTING A DAY'S
WORTH PAY ASIDE TO LET THE
WORLD KNOW TO LET THE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO
DESTROY US KNOW
>> THAT NOT ON OUR WATCH WE'RE
NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN
>> TO OUR SCHOOLS IT
>> MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY THAT
EVERYONE'S HERE AND COME
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY TO SAY HEY
WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO BE
TREATED BETTER. WE WANT OUR
TEACHERS TO HAVE BASIC RIGHTS.
WHAT
>> DO WE WANT WHEN DO WE WANT
IT. UPWARD OF 250 PEOPLE THAT'S
TEACHERS STUDENTS PARENTS AND
OTHERS WERE PART OF THE PICKET
LINE THERE AT CENTRAL HIGH THIS
MORNING THEY'D HELD THEIR LINE
ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING
BEFORE SCHOOL EVEN FORCING SOME
STAFF MEMBERS TO FIGHT AND I'LL
FIND AN ALTERNATE ENTRANCE. THE
GROUP THEN MOVED TO THE FRONT
OF THE CAMPUS WHERE LRAD
PRESIDENT TERESA KNAPP GORDON
TOOK THE MICROPHONE. I JUST
>> WANT TO TELL THE COMMUNITY
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND
STANDING WITH US. YOU'RE
BEAUTIFUL AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
THIS TOGETHER
>> AND AS THE
>> MORNING PICKET LINES
WRAPPED UP THE ACTION SHIFTED
HERE TO THE CAPITOL RIGHT AS
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
GOT UNDERWAY THAT'S WHEN
PROTESTERS HERE STARTED
PICKETING HUNDREDS OF THEM AS
YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO RIGHT
THERE. TEACH ME LOVE ENROLLEE.
RIGHT HERE HE WAS IN THE
MEETING EARLIER THIS MORNING
LOTS TO WATCH THIS AFTERNOON
TOO. IN FACT WE'RE GOING TO SEE
HERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST
OF THIS DAY ARE TWO BIG
DRAMATIC STAGES THE RALLY GOING
ON. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO RETURN
DOWN HERE TO THE EDUCATION
>> DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING. AND
THE MEETING GOING ON INSIDE
WITH A LOT OF NITTY GRITTY
POLICY DETAILS. LET'S GIVE YOU
AN IDEA OF WHAT IS ON THE
AGENDA INVOLVING THE LR SD
LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S
GOING TO INVOLVE FOUR ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA. THEY HAVE TO ADD
TWO MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY THAT'S THE NON-BINDING
PANEL THAT ADVISES EDUCATION
SECRETARY JOHNNY KEY. THEY NEED
NINE MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT WILL
THEN LINE UP WITH THE SECOND
ITEM THAT THEY CREATE ELECTION
ZONES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD
THAT'S DUE TO BE VOTED INTO
OFFICE NEXT NOVEMBER THERE ARE
THREE PROPOSED MAPS THAT THAT
BOARD WILL CONSIDER AND THEY
WILL BUILD UP TO THE THIRD ITEM
THEN WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION OF
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
THE DRAFT OF HOW THE BOARD
PLANS TO RECONSTITUTE THE
DISTRICT WHICH STATE CONTROL
RUNS OUT NEXT YEAR. THIS IS
WHERE THEY HAVE TO HASH OUT HOW
SCHOOLS THAT STILL NEED LEVEL 5
SUPPORT WILL GET THAT SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW MAYOR FRANK SCOTT
JUNIOR HAS PUT FORWARD A
FRAMEWORK THAT CALLS FOR
SO-CALLED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF
CONTENTIOUS DETAILS INVOLVED
WITH THAT. EXPECT PUBLIC SPOKE
A WORD TO COME OUT AT JUST
ABOUT EVERY TIME THEY GO
THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AND THEN
THEY'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR THE NEXT
SCHOOL YEAR. WE'VE GOT A NEW
HIGH SCHOOL COMING ONLINE OTHER
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING. THE BOARD
HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHO GOES
WHERE AND TO WHAT SCHOOL
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE.
THAT IS A LOT. AND MAYBE ON
THERE NOT EVEN THE FIRST THING
ON THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE EXPECT THIS TO LAST WELL
INTO THE AFTERNOON AT LEAST
UNTIL WE REJOIN YOU FOR THE
NEWS COMING UP AT 5:00 AND 6:00
LATER THIS EVENING. WE'RE GONG
TO KEEP TRACK OF IT ALL AS WE
GO THROUGHOUT DAY WE'LL ALSO
HAVE AN UPDATE COMING UP FOR