Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District

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The Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District (SOCUSD) is a school district headquartered in Sedona, Arizona. It operates Sedona Red Rock High School as well as the West Sedona School, which serves students in grades K through 6.

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The district includes portions of Yavapai and Coconino counties. [1] It includes Sedona, as well as Village of Oak Creek (Big Park). [2] It also includes Red Rock. [3]

The formal name is Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District No. 9 of Yavapai and Coconino Counties. [4]

History

In December 1990 a referendum involving voters in both Yavapai and Coconino counties was held on whether this district should be created. 2,321 of 2,509 voters approved creating this district, a result characterized by the Arizona Daily Sun as a "landslide". [5] The district came into existence after June 30, 1991. [6] The district included land formerly in the Flagstaff Unified School District, Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary School District, and Mingus Union High School District. [1]

There had been a previous proposal submitted to the Arizona Legislature to create a bi-county school district in the area in the 1960s. [7] [8]

At the time the Sedona district formed, Sedona students continued to attend Flagstaff for high school. [9] The majority of the territory of the district was created was in Yavapai County, along with most of the voting base, so Yavapai County became the district's county of jurisdiction. [6]

Schools

It previously operated the K–8 school Big Park Community School, which opened in 1994. [12] However, the school district voted in May 2020 to close the school due to budget deficit concerns. [13] According to Randy Hawley, a member of the board of trustees, the district was having trouble having enough money to operate Big Park Community School, and the number of students had declined. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016" (PDF). Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District. p. 2 (PDF p. 11/167). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yavapai County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-12. - Text list
  3. ↑ "School District Map" (PDF). Yavapai County. Retrieved 2024-12-28. - Indicates locations of unincorporated areas.
  4. ↑ "SEDONA-OAK CREEK JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 9 OF YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES" (PDF). Yavapai County Education Service Agency. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Landslide vote allows Sedona school district". Arizona Daily Sun . 1990-12-12. p.  2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Legal No. 9048 [...] Canvass the Sedona Unified School District Election, Held December 11, 1990". Arizona Daily Sun . 1991-03-19. p.  14 – via Newspapers.com. - This is in the public notices section and is a primary source.
  7. 1 2 "Bi-County School Bill Hit: Senate Unit Refuses Its Introduction". Arizona Daily Sun . Vol. 17, no. 154. 1963-01-31. pp.  1-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Bi-County Foes Wire Legislators". Arizona Daily Sun . Vol. 17, no. 192. 1963-03-16. p.  1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Rothschild, Becca (1991-08-21). "Dropout rate falls at FUSD". Arizona Daily Sun . p.  5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Sedona seeks funds for pool". The Arizona Republic . 1978-05-02. p.  C-6 – via Newspapers.com. - The article talks about a "Sedona School District" and yet this district was not established until 1991.
  11. ↑ "West Sedona School". Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District. Archived from the original on 1998-06-28. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  12. 1 2 "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016" (PDF). Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District. p. 3 (PDF p. 12/167). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  13. ↑ "Sedona–Oak Creek School District to close Big Park Community School".
  14. ↑ Altavena, Lily (2019-06-12). "Squeezed by declining enrollment, Arizona's rural schools are suffering". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved 2024-12-27.
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