Cord-Charlotte School District

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Cord-Charlotte School District was a school district headquartered in unincorporated Independence County, Arkansas, serving Charlotte and Cord. It had separate elementary school and high school divisions. The school mascot was the Indian (Native American).

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The previous school building was demolished on May 6, 1936. In 1937 the historic Cord-Charlotte School was built by Works Progress Administration (WPA) employees; they were used to deal with area unemployment. In the 1950s new school building were constructed, although the historic building remained as one of the school buildings. It became a storage facility by 2001. [1]

Cord-Charlotte High School closed in 2003 as part of the Equal Educational Opportunity act (Act 60) consolidations. [1] The district merged with the Newark School District on July 1, 2004, forming the Cedar Ridge School District. [2] The elementary school remains open, as part of the new Cedar Ridge district. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cord-Charlotte School Building". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Department of Arkansas Heritage . Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  2. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls Archived 2015-09-12 at the Wayback Machine ." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.

Further reading

Map of the Cord-Charlotte district: