Friendship Aspire asks for Lighthouse schools

Two of Pine Bluff's charter schools -- on one campus -- could soon be operated under a different banner.Joe Harris, CEO of the foundation behind th...

January 25, 2023
1:02 PM

Two of Pine Bluff's charter schools -- on one campus -- could soon be operated under a different banner.Joe Harris, CEO of the foundation behind the Friendship Aspire Academy schools in Pine Bluff, acknowledged that Friendship officials have been in communication with Arkansas Lighthouse Charter Schools concerning the transfer of three Lighthouse schools, the pre-kindergarten-through-sixth grade and seventh-and-eighth-grade schools in Pine Bluff, both at 708 W. Second Ave., and Capital City Lighthouse Charter School in North Little Rock, which serves kindergarten through fifth grade.

I.C. Murrell