Riverside School District (Arkansas)

{{Short description|School district in Arkansas, United States}}

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{{Infobox school district

| name = Riverside School District

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| location = 2006 Highway 18, Suite C
Lake City, Arkansas 72437

| country = USA

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| schools = 3

| established = 1985

| superintendent = Jeff Priest

| staff = 63.0 (FTE) (as of 2007-08){{cite web |title=District Detail for Riverside School District |url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?DistrictID=0500012 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdate=2010-05-08 }}

| faculty = 86.0 (FTE) (as of 2007-08)

| grades = PK-12

| students = 835 (as of 2007-08)

| ratio = 9.7 (as of 2007-08)

|colors = {{color box|Maroon}} Maroon
{{color box|Gray}} Gray

| website = {{URL|http://riversiderebels.net}}

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Riverside School District is a public school district in Craighead County, Arkansas. It serves Lake City and Caraway.{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05031_craighead/DC10SD_C05031_001.pdf |title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Craighead County, AR |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2018-06-04}}

History

Riverside School District was created on July 1, 1985, by the consolidation of the Caraway and Lake City school districts."[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.

In October 2009, construction began on a new junior-senior high school building in Lake City, adjacent to the current West Elementary building.{{cite news |first=Nan |last=Snider |title=Riverside breaks ground on multi-million dollar building |url=http://www.thetown-crier.com/story/1581021.html |work=Northeast Arkansas Town Crier |date=2009-10-22 |accessdate=2010-05-08 }}

The new High School building's construction finished in late 2011.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Schools

  • Riverside High School (7-12)
  • Riverside East Elementary School (PK-6)
  • Riverside West Elementary School (PK-6)

References

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Further reading

These include maps of predecessor districts:

  • {{cite web|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/school-district-maps/16/|title=Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Craighead County, 1952-1954|work=Arkansas Digital Archives|publisher=Arkansas State Archives}} ([https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/context/school-district-maps/article/1015/type/native/viewcontent Download])