Fox C-6 School District

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Fox C-6 School District is a school district headquartered in Arnold, Missouri in Greater St. Louis. The district serves northeastern Jefferson County, including suburban areas to the north and rural areas to the south.[1] The district serves Arnold and several unincorporated areas, including portions of Barnhart and Imperial.[2] As of 2014 the district has almost 12,000 students, while about 65,000 people total live within the district boundaries. It is the largest school district in Jefferson County.[1]

History[]

The Fox Consolidated School District formed in 1948 when the Bowen, Lone Dell, Saline, Seckman, and Soulard one-room school houses consolidated. All students were consolidated into the Fox School, which is the current Fox Middle School. The district was originally a K-8 school district, with high school students having a choice of Crystal City High School and Herculaneum High School. The district became K-12 when Fox High School was established in 1955. The was consolidated into the Fox district in 1970.[3]

In 2013 the district hired Kelly Nash, the daughter in law of the president of the school board, Linda Nash, as its food services director; Kelly Nash was previously an assistant manager at a McDonald's. Due to the criticism, the district enacted an anti-nepotism policy.[4]

In May 2014 a group of parents, who had criticized school district policies, accused district administrators of posting defamatory comments about the parents on the . The group of parents subpoenaed Topix to obtain the poster's IP addresses and then filed court orders with AT&T and Charter Communications to get the identities behind the IP addresses.[5] In June of that year the parents filed a libel suit against district officials.[6] The district revealed the names of the accused administrators, who were placed on administrative leave.[7] Superintendent Dianne Critchlow was one of those put on leave, and the district began a search for a new superintendent.[8] The school board accepted Critchlow's resignation effective October 31, 2014, hired an interim superintendent, and fired Critchlow's husband.[9]

Schools[]

High schools[]

Middle schools[]

  • Antonia Middle School (Unincorporated area near Barnhart)
  • Fox Middle School (Arnold)
  • Ridgewood Middle School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)
  • Seckman Middle School (Unincorporated area, Imperial)

Elementary schools[]

  • Antonia Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Imperial)
  • Fox Elementary School (Arnold)
  • George Guffey Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Fenton)
  • Clyde Hamrick Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Imperial)
  • Ray and Nancy Hodge Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Imperial)
  • Lone Dell Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)
  • Meramec Heights Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)
  • Rockport Heights Elementary School (Arnold)
  • Seckman Elementary School (Unincorporated area, Imperial)
  • Sherwood Elementary School (Arnold)
  • Richard A. Simpson Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)

Early childhood[]

  • Don Earl Early Childhood Learning Center (Arnold)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Us" (Archive). Fox C-6 School District. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Jefferson County, MO" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "History of the District" (Archive). Fox C-6 School District. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  4. ^ Thorsen, Leah. "Fox school board approves anti-nepotism policy." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 25, 2013. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Parents say administrators cyberbullied them" (Archive). KSDK. May 29, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "Local school district officials sued amid social media scandal" (Archive). KMOV. June 5, 2014. Updated Friday June 6, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  7. ^ KMOV.com Staff and Chris Stanford. "Names of school employees accused of disparaging parents online released" (Archive). KMOV. June 6, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  8. ^ Williams, Aja J. "Fox C-6 looks for new leader" (Archive). KSDK. June 11, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  9. ^ "Changes announced at FOX C-6 school district following investigation" (Archive). KMOV. June 12, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.

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