Little Rock School District tried to cover-up a convicted felon working with kids at Don R. Roberts Elementary
Based on a tip, we sent an AFOIA request to the Little Rock School District requesting records about a sketchy social worker and convicted felon, Jonathan Earl Wilson, being at Don Roberts Elementary.
Wilson has a sordid criminal past that includes arson, drug, forgery, theft and weapons charges.
LRSD responded and stated they had no records about Wilson.
We next asked for records about any agreements/contracts between LRSD and Arkansas Holistic Therapy.
Those records proved to be their undoing and exposed their willful violation of the AFOIA.
For in the contract between LRSD and Arkansas Holistic Therapy, there was a requirement for records about therapists to be provided to LRSD.
These are the records LRSD provided to our third AFOIA request. Records they initially told us did not exist, and records that prove a cover-up attempt:
We also obtained records from the Arkansas Social Work License Board:
Wilson lied on his applications with the Social Work Licensing Board about felony convictions and even lied on his most recent application about previous licensing issues. Apparently you can lie to the Social Work Licensing Board multiple times and get away with it.
Wilson has never fully taken responsibility for his actions, actions that resulted in a felony conviction and time in a state correctional facility.
Wilson's deflection (a defense mechanism in psychology where a person avoids responsibility or uncomfortable emotions by shifting the focus or blame onto someone or something else) are a big red flag that he is not mentally fit to be treating children.
In an email Wilson sent to the Social Work Licensing Board in 2019, he claimed he was having "personal issues" in 2016 and that was why he did not renew his license. That "personal issues" was that he was incarcerated at the time.
His avoiding accountability is further evidenced in his fighting responsibility for child support while he was incarcerated.
And he tried to seal his all his criminal court cases in January of 2025, but couldn't because he has not taken responsibility for the $44,289.36 in court fines and paid them.
Let's look at some of those records Wilson wants to hide from the public, especially the parents of the kids he works with at Don Roberts Elementary School.
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The Little Rock Police Department is investigating to find out which of their cops is associating with a felon, in violation of their policies.
Wilson claimed on one of his social work license applications that he could have a LRPD cop write him a support letter.
Maybe that cop was in one of the treatment programs Wilson was court ordered to take.
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