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'Bentonville School District'

Tramp, tramp, tramp the students are marching. D-Hall in Bentonville going to be HUGE

Get yourself on social media. And if you don't know how, find a teenager to help you. Then check Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and all the rest for the outpouring of marching students.
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Bentonville School District suspends student for passing out protest flyers

Rules are rules in authoritarian-controlled Bentonville School District, First Amendment be damned.
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A tale of two cities: Bentonville and LR react to planned student walkouts Wednesday

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land. High school students plan walkouts Wednesday in solidarity with the movement begun by the Florida school massacre. The usual school leadership divide has emerged: Authoritarianism (see Bentonville) to enlightenment (Little Rock).

A suspension and feuding in Bentonville School District over a borrowed Bobcat

A Bentonville School District patron has dug up information about suspension of a district supervisor for personal use of district-rented heavy equipment. Her Facebook comment on the issue has, in turn, brought a sharp rebuke from the district's lawyer.
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Anti-LGBT rights candidate wins in Bentonville

Discrimination won in a Bentonville School Board election Tuesday. Easily.

How low can they go in Bentonville? Hate at the school board level

President Obama has become an issue in a race for Bentonville School Board, or so an anonymously financed mailer would have you believe. It's more bigotry from so-called Christians, most likely.
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Bentonville School Board bids farewell to Mike Poore

The Bentonville Public Schools United Facebook page provides the video of members of the school board paying tribute to Superintendent Michael Poore after accepting his resignation too take the job of superintendent of the Little Rock School District.

Bentonville school board member: District needs non-discrimination policy

Add a legal analysis from Bentonville School Board member Grant Lightle and an important decision by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the debate over a non-discrimination policy for the Bentonville School District (and any other government agency for that matter).
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Bentonville school attorney suggests more study on coverage for same-sex spouses

The Bentonville School District has been discussing for months a proposal backed by at least three of seven board members to add sexual orientation and gender identity to an equal employment policy for the school district. The immediate battle is over insurance coverage for same-sex spouses and their fear of signing up should it be provided for fear of outing themselves.

Bentonville schools and the fight for non-discrimination

Debate on a non-discrimination policy for Bentonville School District employees continued last night, with sharp words but no resolution.
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UPDATE: Bentonville schools again to consider equal employment policy

The Bentonville School Board will meet tonight and a member of the ad hoc Bentonville Bentonville Public Schools Citizens for Equality says the board may vote on an equal employment policy for district employees that includes sexual orientation and gender identity among specifically protected classes.

Bentonville school board member denies cyber bullying; lashes LGBT people

Rebecca Powers, a member of the Bentonville School Board and committed foe of a proposal to protect gay school employees from discrimination, has issued a lengthy denial of a complaint that she'd engaged in cyber bullying of a student by posting derogatory comments about her on a Facebook page. It includes comments that make clear her negative feelings about LGBT people.
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