After a nine-hour hearing that lasted until almost 3  a.m. this morning, the North Little Rock School Board affirmed the recommended firing of high school football coach Brad Bolding for violation of district procedures on purchasing and for recruiting a star player.

The School Board split on five separate allegations  from Superintendent Kelly Rogers — from 7-0 to 4-3 votes — but all upheld administrative findings.

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Here’s KTHV’s account.

Bolding’s attorney, David Couch, said he’d appeal the decision to Circuit Court. Bolding has been suspended with pay since mid-January.

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