From Staff and Wire Reports The Texarkana, Ark., School District withdrew its proposal to sponsor a conversion charter school in partnership with Mount Grove Baptist Church, a move that delays plans for an arrangement that would have been the first of its kind in Arkansas. Arkansas Education Commissioner Ken James said Monday the district had withdrawn its application for the Mount Grove Preparatory Academy. The school district had proposed creating the academy through a partnership with the church. The state Board of Education had conditionally approved a charter for the proposed school last ...

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