Randolph County School District (Arkansas)

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Randolph County School District, [1] [2] also known as Oak Ridge Central Schools (ORC), was a school district based in Randolph County, Arkansas, near Ravenden Springs. The district had elementary and high school divisions.

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On July 1, 2004 the district merged with the Williford School District to form the Twin Rivers School District. [1] On July 1, 2010, the Twin Rivers district was dissolved, [1] and both of the district's schools were closed at the time of the dissolution. [3] Sections of the former Randolph County school district were reassigned to the Mammoth Spring, Maynard, Pocahontas, and Sloan-Hendrix districts. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 21, 2017. The school district's name is stated as "Randolph County" on the Excel spreadsheet
  2. ↑ "Arkansas Education Directory 2001-2002." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 24, 2017. p. 89 (PDF p. 46/58).
  3. ↑ "Minutes State Board of Education Monday, May 10, 2010." Arkansas Board of Education. Retrieved on May 26, 2018. p. 4 (PDF p. 4/10) "Effective July 1, 2010, the Williford and Oak Ridge Central campuses of the Twin Rivers School Districts[ sic ] shall be closed"
  4. ↑ "AGENDA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION May 10, 2010." Arkansas Board of Education. On PDF p. 89/172 there is a map showing the reallocation of Twin Rivers territory to the successor school districts in 2010. This map was prepared by GIS Program Manager Learon Dalby and released on April 5, 2010. Note the county boundaries and compare them to the pre-2004 merger school district boundaries.
  5. ↑ "Arkansas School Districts." University of Arkansas Little Rock. Retrieved on May 26, 2018. This map reflects pre-July 2004 school district boundaries. Note the school district boundaries and compare them to the county boundaries seen on the 2010 map.

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