🏫Little Rock School District asks you to help shape its schools for the next 15 to 20 years

If you have a stake in Little Rock's public schools, the district wants to hear from you. “Design Our District: Our Schools. Our Say.” kicked off Tuesday with the first community meeting at Hall High School. It follows LRSD Forward, the district's effort to address declining enrollment and rising costs, with a goal of saving $5 million to $6 million.

The district says LRSD has lost more than 5,000 students since 2013, about 20%. Board member Eugene Krupitsky raised expanding pre-K and creating more K-8 campuses, which supporters say could provide more continuity and reduce the number of transitions families experience. Some attendees said the district also needs to market the programs it already has.

• Meetings and survey: LRSD.org/Design-Our-District
• Meetings can be watched online at the same address
• More community conversations over the next six weeks

Closing news of a different kind: Little Rock Soirée says Vesta's Boutique will close and host a farewell sale. The outlet calls it “the end of an era for the Little Rock fashion scene.”