A banner in the gymnasium at Marvell-Elaine High School in Marvell is shown in this 2021 courtesy photo. (Courtesy Marvell-Elaine High School via Facebook)
The state Department of Education will take over day-to-day operations of the Marvell-Elaine School District because of a judge's June 30 decision that the Arkansas LEARNS Act cannot go into effect until Aug. 1.
In a special meeting Friday afternoon, the state Board of Education "had to take emergency action to save the Marvell-Elaine School District or risk further harming students and putting them behind their peers in the state," according to a news release from the Education Department.
With school set to begin next month, something had to be done -- and done soon, Stacy Smith, deputy commissioner for the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, told the state board at Friday's meeting.
"I want to be very clear that this is a very difficult situation," said Smith.
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