Wright, Arkansas

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Wright, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Wright is located in Arkansas
Wright
Wright
Coordinates: 34°26′06″N 92°03′59″W / 34.43500°N 92.06639°W / 34.43500; -92.06639Coordinates: 34°26′06″N 92°03′59″W / 34.43500°N 92.06639°W / 34.43500; -92.06639
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyJefferson
Elevation
220 ft (70 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72182
Area code(s)501
GNIS feature ID56551[1]

Wright is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Wright is located on , 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west-northwest of Sherrill. Wright has a post office with ZIP code 72182.[2]

Education[]

It is a part of the Pine Bluff School District.[3] The schools serving Wright are Forrest Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and Dollarway High School.

It was formerly in the Plum Bayou-Tucker School District.[4] On July 1, 1983, the consolidation into the Wabbaseka Tucker School District occurred. On September 1, 1993, the Wabbaseka-Tucker district consolidated with the Altheimer-Sherrill School District,[5] forming the Altheimer Unified School District (operator of Altheimer-Sherrill High School).[6] That in turn merged into the Dollarway School District on July 10, 2006.[5] Altheimer-Sherrill High closed in 2007, with students moved to Dollarway High.[7] Altheimer Martin Elementary School closed in 2013.[8]

In December 2020 the ruled that the Dollarway School District should merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021; the post-merger school district began to operate all existing schools from both districts.[9] Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory became a part of the PBSD.[10] The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wright, Arkansas
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-29. - The map shows Dollarway School District as not yet merged into Pine Bluff School District; the merger occurred on July 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Jefferson County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. . (Download)
  5. ^ a b "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "School closures hit a community". . 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2017-08-04. The former Altheimer district included students from Altheimer, Wabbaseka, Sherrill, Tucker, Pastoria, Wright and the Plum Bayou communities. - Alternate location at the Arkansas Department of Education (PDF page 3/13)
  7. ^ Colvin, Eplunus (2020-10-02). "Closing schools took life out of Altheimer, residents recall". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  8. ^ Hardy, Benjamin (2016-07-28). "School's out forever". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  9. ^ Howell, Cynthia (2020-12-11). "State votes to combine Dollarway, Pine Bluff schools". . Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  10. ^ "Annexation/Transition FAQ". Pine Bluff School District. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  11. ^ Murrel, I. C. (2021-06-28). "Dollarway alumni honor district". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2021-07-04.


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