Lee County School District (Arkansas)
{{Short description|School district in Arkansas, United States}}
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|name = Lee County School District
|logo = Lee County School District.jpg
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|grades = PK–12
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| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0509360|district_name=Lee County School District|access_date=26 January 2013}}
|teachers = 93.63 (on FTE basis)
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|accreditation = ADE
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|location = 188 West Chestnut Street
Marianna, Arkansas 72360
|country = USA
|website = {{URL|http://lcsd1.grsc.k12.ar.us/}}
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Lee County School District is a public school district based in Marianna, Arkansas, United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.lcsd1.grsc.k12.ar.us/|title=Home|publisher=Lee County School District|accessdate=2021-02-27|quote=District 161 Walnut St. Marianna, AR 72360 }} The Lee County School District encompasses {{convert|602.62|mi2|km2}} of land in Lee County and provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 1,100 prekindergarten through grade 12 students at its three facilities.
Lee County School District and all of its schools are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).
The district serves all of Lee County, including the municipalities of Mariana, Aubrey, Haynes, LaGrange, Moro, and Rondo.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05077_lee/DC10SD_C05077_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Lee County, AR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2021-02-27}} It also serves the unincorporated area of Brickeys.{{cite web |title=General Highway Map Lee County, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/LeeCounty.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121211809/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/LeeCounty.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |accessdate=2021-02-25 |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation}} - See Brickeys on the map.
History
In 1965 the Haynes School District merged into the Marianna School District.{{cite web|last=Goatcher|first=Truett|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED458075.pdf|title=School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?|publisher=Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators|date=January 1999|page=11 (PDF p. 14/27)}}
In 1967 the Aubrey, Brickeys, and Moro school districts all merged into the Marianna district.{{cite web|last=Goatcher|first=Truett|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED458075.pdf|title=School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?|publisher=Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators|date=January 1999|page=12 (PDF p. 15/27)}}
Schools
- Lee High School—grades 9 through 12.
- Anna Strong Middle School—grades 3 through 6.
- Whitten Elementary School—prekindergarten through grade 2.
Anna Strong Middle School is named in honor of Anna Mae Paschal Strong, a native Arkansan, educator and retired principal of Robert R. Moton High School. Mrs. Strong, was a noted African-American teacher and principal who served as president of the Arkansas Teachers Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2734 |title=Anna Strong (1884–1966) |publisher=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |accessdate=28 January 2013}}
References
Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/school-district-maps/38/|title=Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Lee County, 1952-1954|work=Arkansas Digital Archives|publisher=Arkansas State Archives}} ([https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/context/school-district-maps/article/1037/type/native/viewcontent Download]) - Includes maps of predecessor districts
External links
- {{official website|http://lcsd1.grsc.k12.ar.us/}}
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Category:School districts in Arkansas
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