Arkansas City School District

The Arkansas City School District was a school district of Arkansas City, Arkansas. Its territory is now in the McGehee School District.

Arkansas City High School

The district had two schools, Arkansas City Elementary School and Arkansas City High School.[1] The athletic mascot was the river rat.[2]

The district facility was located 15 miles (24 km) east of McGehee.[3]

History

In 2004 the Arkansas Legislature approved a law that forced school districts with fewer than 350 students apiece to consolidate with other districts.[4] On July 1, 2004, the Arkansas City School District and the Delta Special School District were merged into the McGehee district.[5]

References
  1. "2002-2003 Arkansas Education Directory." Arkansas Department of Education. 54. Retrieved on March 6, 2011.
  2. "Welcome to Arkansas City Schools." Arkansas City School District. March 14, 2004. 54. Retrieved on July 27, 2011.
  3. "Technology Plan Submission Form School Years 2006-2009 Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine." McGehee School District. 2 of 43. Retrieved on July 28, 2011.
  4. "Dumas inherits Gould district’s deficit Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Arkansas News. May 11, 2005. Retrieved on March 7, 2011.
  5. "Consolidation/Annexations of LEA's (1983-2010) Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on March 6, 2011.

Further reading

Maps of district:

  • Map of Arkansas School Districts pre-July 1, 2004
  • "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Desha County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)


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