Sparkman School District

Defunct school district in Arkansas, United States

Sparkman School District No. 4 or the Sparkman School System was a school district headquartered in Sparkman, Arkansas.

Its schools were Sparkman Elementary School and Sparkman High School.

History

In 1965 the Dallas County School District dissolved, with a portion of the students going to the Sparkman school district.[1]

By 2004 new laws were passed requiring school districts with enrollments below 350 to consolidate with other school districts. Sparkman was one of several districts that were unable to find another district willing to consolidate with it, so the Arkansas Board of Education was to forcibly consolidate it.[2] On July 1, 2004, it consolidated into the Harmony Grove School District of Camden.[3]

References

  1. ^ Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 11 (PDF p. 14/27).
  2. ^ Albanese, Elizabeth (2004-04-05). "Arkansas School District Takes Stand Against Consolidation". Bond Buyer. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  3. ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.


External links

  • Sparkman School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
  • "LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING COMMITTEE Sparkman School District No. 4 Dallas County, Arkansas Basic Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2004 ."
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Education in Dallas County, Arkansas
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Defunct school districts in Arkansas since 1983
Most of the districts merged into other districts; dissolutions, in which the district was divided among other districts, are marked in italics.
1980s
  • 1983: Coal Hill/Hartman
  • Cloverbend
  • Plum Bayou
  • 1984: Dell
  • Greenway/Rector (former)
  • Lafe
  • Leachville/Monette
  • Linwood
  • Portland
  • 1985: Banks
  • Beedeville
  • Belleville/Havana
  • Big Flat/Fifty Six
  • Bodcaw, Cale, Laneburg, Oakgrove/Willisville
  • Caraway/Lake City
  • Desha
  • Floral/Pleasant Plains
  • Glendale
  • Grapevine
  • Knobel
  • New Edinburg
  • Oak Grove/Paragould (former)
  • Oxford/Violet Hill
  • Ross Van Ness
  • St. Charles
  • Thornton
  • 1986: Common
  • Etowah
  • Gilham
  • Lepanto/Tyronza
  • Luxora
  • Oakland
  • Village
  • Wilmot
  • 1987: Chidester
  • Okolona
  • Palestine/Wheatley
  • Wilmar
1990s
  • 1990: Garland
  • Oil Trough
  • Washington
  • Wilmar
  • Camden (October 16)
  • 1991: Griffithville, Judsonia,/Kensett
  • Enola/Mount Vernon
  • 1992: Winthrop
  • Poughkeepsie/Strawberry
  • 1993: Desha-Drew
  • Grubbs/Tuckerman
  • Tri-County
  • Wabbaseka-Tucker (September 1)
  • 1994: Parkdale
  • Prattsville
  • Stanford
  • 1995: Amity/Glenwood
  • 1998: Humnoke
2000s
2010s
2020s
Consolidation/dissolution dates are July 1 of that year unless otherwise stated
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