Mayor Vivian Flowers made a rare appearance at Thursday’s Pine Bluff School District board meeting, imploring the six board members and Superintendent Jennifer Barbaree to tackle the ongoing challenges within the district she says could threaten the city’s ability to attract new businesses and achieve growth in other ways.
Flowers confirmed she alluded to the ongoing leave of Pine Bluff High School football coach Micheal Williams, who claims in a federal lawsuit against the district leaders his constitutional rights were violated; the $3.2 million lost in a reported cyberattack under investigation; and contracts that have yet to be printed for
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