Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District

Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District (GLCSD) is a school district serves Greenwood, Mississippi and the rest of Leflore County. It was established on July 1, 2019,^[1] as a merger of the Greenwood Public School District and the Leflore County School District.

The initial superintendent is Dr. Mary Brown.^[2] Its projected enrollment as of 2018 was to be over 5,000 students.^[3]

History[]

Upon creation of the consolidated district, no existing schools closed.^[4]

Operations[]

The former Greenwood School District headquarters is the headquarters of the consolidated district, with the superintendent and assistant superintendents housed there. Other officials are divided between that building and the former Leflore County School District offices.^[5]

There is one band, mass choir, and snow choir common to all of the schools in the consolidated district.^[4]

Schools[]

7-12 secondary schools

Leflore County High School (Itta Bena)

High schools (9-12)

Middle schools/junior high schools (7-8)

Amanda Elzy Junior High School (Unincorporated area)
Greenwood Middle School (Greenwood)

Elementary schools (K-6)

Bankston Elementary School (Greenwood)
Davis Elementary School (Greenwood)
T.Y. Fleming School (Unincorporated area)

In the Minter City area^[6]

2006 National Blue Ribbon School^[7]

Leflore County Elementary School (Itta Benna)
Threadgill Elementary School (Greenwood)
W.C. Williams Elementary School (Greenwood)

3-5 schools

East Elementary School
- Prior to the 2019 merger it had grades K-5.^[4]

K-2 schools

Claudine F. Brown Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
- It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Sidon.^[8]
- Prior to the 2019 merger it had grades K-4.^[4]

Other[]

Leflore County Vo-Tech Center (Unincorporated area)

References[]

^ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
^ Sims, Alliyah. "Brown Selected for Superintendent for Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated District". Delta news TV.
^ Sims, Alliyah (2018-04-06). "Preparations for Greenwood and Leflore County Public School Consolidation". . Retrieved 2019-06-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2 school districts merge into 1 in the Mississippi Delta". Associated Press. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
^ Edic, Gerard (2019-12-29). "School district merger is official". Greenwood Commonwealth. Retrieved 2021-02-25. (Archive)
^ "Home". T.Y. Fleming School. 2001-05-23. Retrieved 2021-05-18. Route 2 Box 1A Minter City, MS 38944
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^ "School Profile". Claudine Brown Elementary School. Retrieved 2021-05-18. [...]and 5 miles north of Sidon, MS[...]

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[1] "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).

[2] Sims, Alliyah. "Brown Selected for Superintendent for Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated District". Delta news TV.

[3] Sims, Alliyah (2018-04-06). "Preparations for Greenwood and Leflore County Public School Consolidation". . Retrieved 2019-06-09.

[2into1AP-4] "2 school districts merge into 1 in the Mississippi Delta". Associated Press. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2021-02-25.

[5] Edic, Gerard (2019-12-29). "School district merger is official". Greenwood Commonwealth. Retrieved 2021-02-25. (Archive)

[6] "Home". T.Y. Fleming School. 2001-05-23. Retrieved 2021-05-18. Route 2 Box 1A Minter City, MS 38944

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[8] "School Profile". Claudine Brown Elementary School. Retrieved 2021-05-18. [...]and 5 miles north of Sidon, MS[...]

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v t Greenwood, Mississippi
Education	Greenwood-Leflore CSD Greenwood HS Delta Streets Academy Pillow Academy() Mississippi Delta Community College(*)
Transportation	Greenwood–Leflore Airport Greenwood station
Media	The Greenwood Commonwealth
Greenwood PSD merged into Greenwood-Leflore CSD effective July 1, 2019. *() Pillow Academy is in an unincorporated area near Greenwood and is not in the city limits. () The main campus is not in Greenwood, but Greeenwood is within its service area

v t Education in Leflore County, Mississippi
Public high schools
Greenwood-Leflore CSD	Greenwood HS Amanda Elzy HS Leflore County HS
Independent schools
Secular private high schools	Delta Streets Academy Pillow Academy
Tertiary
Universities	Mississippi Valley State University
Effective July 1, 2019 the Greenwood PSD and Leflore County SD consolidated into Greenwood-Leflore CSD. The county is in the service area of Mississippi Delta Community College.