Desha-Drew School District was a school district in Desha and Drew counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas, with the administration in Desha County.[1]
| Desha-Drew School District | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Arkansas United States | |
| District information | |
| Closed | July 1, 1993 |
It operated the B. C. Prewitt Memorial Elementary and Junior High School in Tillar.[2] It also operated a school called Tillar School.[3]
In 1989 34.9% of the certified employees were black while 94.4% of the student body was black.[4]
On July 1, 1993, it was disestablished with territory given to the Dumas School District and the McGehee School District.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Desha County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)
"Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Drew County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download) - The Drew county map notes that the district's administrative offices were in Desha County. - ^ Gertler, Diane Bochner (1969). Directory: Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Large School Districts with Enrollment and Instructional Staff, by Race: Fall 1967, Volume 20121. U.S. National Center for Educational Statistics. p. 35.
- ^ Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Selected Districts. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office for Civil Rights. 1968. p. 35.
- ^ "State says more than half of schools have no black teachers, administrators". Blytheville Courier News. Blytheville, Arkansas. Associated Press. 1989-02-20. p. 10 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.
Further reading
edit- "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Desha County, 1952-1954" – via Arkansas Digital Archives. - Image - Shows the map of the school district portion in Desha County
- "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Drew County, 1952-1954" – via Arkansas Digital Archives. - Image - Shows the map of the school district portion in Drew County
- "Opinion No. 1992-131". - Letter from Arkansas Attorney General Winston Bryant to Charlotte Schexnayder, a member of the Arkansas Legislature, about the disestablishment of this district
External links
edit- "Tillar High School Eagle". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. - Catalog entry for the high school newspaper in the state archives
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