Delaplaine High School
Delaplaine High School was a middle school and senior high school in Delaplaine, Arkansas. It was initially controlled by the Delaplaine School District, which merged into the Greene County Tech School District on July 1, 2004.[1] After the consolidation it was operated by the GCT school district and served students from the former Delaplaine School District boundary.[2] It served Delaplaine and O'Kean, the latter since 1948 when the O'Kean district merged into the Delaplaine district.[3]
The Delaplaine campus had a total of 245 students at the time of its closure. All seven members of the Greene County Tech board approved the closure due to the funds that came with the merger of the Delaplaine district drying up, financial issues, and more stringent Arkansas state standards.[4]
The school, along with Delaplaine Elementary, closed in 2007. Delaplaine mayor Larry Myrick stated that the community lost children with families after the school stopped operations.[5]
Now all areas of the school district are assigned to Greene County Tech High School in Paragould.
References[]
- ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on April 25, 2018.
- ^ Home. Delaplaine High School. December 8, 2004. Retrieved on April 25, 2018.
- ^ "O'Kean". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Harris, Amanda (2006-11-22). "Various woes led to closure at Delaplaine". . Jonesboro, Arkansas.[dead link]
- ^ "Rural Arkansas struggles after schools close". KAIT. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
External links[]
- Delaplaine High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) - While it was a GCT school
- Delaplaine School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Coordinates: 36°14′02″N 90°43′22″W / 36.2340°N 90.7227°W
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