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- 1 2 3 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Crab Orchard CUSD 3". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- 1 2 "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Williamson County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Home". Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- 1 2 "District Information." Crab Orchard CUSD #3 website. http://www.cocusd3.org/vnews/display.v/ART/48c571d2b99f3 (Archive).
- ↑ "Protest fails to halt school chief's firing". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. May 15, 1958. p. 19D. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Crab Orchard Superintendent to Take Reins". The Shoppers Weekly . July 8, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ↑ Rhodes, Dusty (October 16, 2017). "Hackers Attack LA, Boston, And…Crab Orchard?". Illinois Public Media . Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ↑ U.S. News & World Report website. "Crab Orchard High School" . Retrieved March 9, 2018.
