Diane Barksdale has been principal at Carver Magnet Elementary in Little Rock since 1994. She holds both a bachelor’s degree in home economics and a master’s degree in home economics/elementary education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She has pursued additional post-graduate hours from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Central Arkansas.

Her previous experience includes serving as an assistant principal at Carver, a nutrition education training program consultant for the Arkansas Department of Education, a home economics teacher at Hall High School in Little Rock and a grade one teacher at Westfork Public Schools in Westfork.

Diana Peer has been principal at Parkview Elementary School in Van Buren since 1998. She holds a bachelor of arts in music education from Hendrix College and a master of education in instructional resources from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She has completed additional coursework at Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology; the University of Central Arkansas, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and Arkansas Tech University.

Previous positions include serving as library media specialist at Parkview Elementary and at Sophia Meyer Elementary in Van Buren, as choral music director at Darby Junior High in Fort Smith and music director at Heritage United Methodist Church in Van Buren.