Woodlawn Names New Superintendent

Dudley Hume, Superintendent at Webbers Falls, Okla., To Assume Role July 1 WOODLAWN – The Woodlawn School Board voted Monday night to hire Dudley Hume of Oklahoma as the district’s new superintendent effective July 1, 2013. Hume will be replacing Billy Williams, who is leaving Woodlawn to become...

Photo: Improved Drainage Along Hill Harper Road

A construction crew digs the final opening Monday afternoon for a third railroad tank car culvert to be installed along Brushy Creek on Hill Harper Road north of Rison. County Judge Gary Spears said this is the first of three road projects where tank cars will used replace bridges or culverts in the...

CCSD Approves Policy To Handle Transfer Requests

RISON – The Cleveland County School Board approved a new policy last week that will dictate how the district will handle transfer requests under the state’s new School Choice Act. Last year, a federal judge declared that the racial qualifier in the state’s previous School Choice Act was...

Budget Cuts Force Head Start To Cut 28 Students For 2013-14

RISON – There will be 28 fewer slots in the Cleveland County Head Start program next year as a result of the federal spending cuts imposed by the sequestration enacted earlier this year. Pam Draper, director of the Cleveland County Head Start program, proposed two possible scenarios to the Cleveland...

Woodlawn Considers School Transfer Requests

WOODLAWN – The Woodlawn School Board reviewed eight applications for transfers into the district under the state’s new School Choice during Monday night’s regular monthly meeting at the administration building. Meanwhile, Superintendent Billy Williams announced construction on the new music room...