Jasper School District

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Jasper Public School District 1[1] is a public school district based in Jasper, Arkansas, United States. The school district supports early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 900 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 200 educators and staff at its six schools and district offices.

Jasper is geographically one of the state's largest school districts and encompasses 612.59 square miles (1,586.6 km2) of land in Newton,[2] Johnson,[3] Madison,[4] Franklin,[5] and Carroll counties.[6]

History[]

In 1980 the Newton County School District dissolved, with a portion going to the Jasper district.[7]

On July 1, 2004, the Kingston School District and the merged into the Jasper district.[8] The consolidation gave the new Jasper school district a low population density, so it qualified for extra state funding. Circa 2006 it collected an extra $711,000 meant for isolated school districts. Around the time the Jasper district was considered to be having financial problems.[9]

Schools[]

Elementary education:

  • Jasper Elementary School, located in Jasper, Newton County serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
  • Kingston Elementary School, located in Kingston, Madison County serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
  • Oark Elementary School, located in Oark, Johnson County serving kindergarten through grade 6.

Secondary education:

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-11. Retrieved 2005-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Newton County, AR (PDF) (Map). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  3. ^ School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Johnson County, AR (PDF) (Map). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. ^ School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Madison County, AR (PDF) (Map). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. ^ School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Franklin County, AR (PDF) (Map). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  6. ^ School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Carroll County, AR (PDF) (Map). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  7. ^ Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 17 (PDF p. 17/27).
  8. ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
  9. ^ Shiras, Ginger (2006-01-19). "Schools get $1.22 million Deer-Mt. Judea, Jasper collect isolated funds". . Retrieved 2018-05-23.

Further reading[]

These include maps of predecessor districts:

External links[]

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