Wabbaseka-Tucker School District

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Wabbaseka-Tucker School District, previously the Wabbaseka School District No. 7, [1] was a school district in Jefferson County, Arkansas, serving Wabbaseka, Tucker, and Plum Bayou.

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The district operated two schools: Wabbaseka Elementary School and Wabbaseka High School. [2] At one time the district also operated Tucker Elementary School. [3]

History

By the 1980s the administration of the Plum Bayou-Tucker School District sought to be annexed by the Wabbaseka School District due to financial difficulties; the Plum Bayou-Tucker district was to be dissolved with Wabbaseka absorbing the new territory. [4] On July 1, 1983, the consolidation into the Wabbaseka Tucker School District occurred. [5] The former Plum Bayou-Tucker district had employed 21 teachers; the consolidated district retained 19 of them. [4]

In 1989 the district had 283 students. [6]

On September 1, 1993, the Wabbaseka-Tucker district consolidated with the Altheimer-Sherrill School District to form the Altheimer Unified School District. The territory merged into the Dollarway School District on July 10, 2006. [5] and it joined the Pine Bluff School District effective July 1, 2021. [7]

Jefferson County, Arkansas school district mergers
Pine Bluff Linwood Dollarway Hardin Altheimer-Sherrill Wabbaseka Plum Bayou-Tucker
Pine BluffDollarwayWabbaseka-Tucker
Altheimer Unified
Dollarway
Pine Bluff

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References

  1. "Wabbaseka School District No. 7 v. Johnson". Justia . Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. Arkansas Education Directory 1990-1991. p. 56. (See archive at archive.is). "Wabbaseka-Tucker School District[...]Wabbaseka Elementary Sch.[...]Wabbaseka High School 07-12"
  3. CIC School Directory, Volume 3. Curriculum Information Center, 1983. p. 15 (View of page without view of content, see search result showing information). "Tucker Elem School/ L A Evans General Delivery, Wright 72182, [...] Wabbaseka Jr-Sr High School/ Mr Jean C Edwards P 0 Box 210, Wabbaseka 72175, [...]"
  4. 1 2 "WOODARD v. WABBASEKA-TUCKER PUB. SCH. DIST Supreme Court of Arkansas 286 Ark. 110 (Ark. 1985)." Arkansas Supreme Court at Casetext.com. Opinion delivered May 20, 1985. Retrieved on August 1, 2017. See PDF text
  5. 1 2 "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.
  6. Barnes, Steve. "The burden of unfairness". The Baxter Bulletin . Mountain Home, Arkansas. p. 4A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  7. Howell, Cynthia (2020-12-11). "State votes to combine Dollarway, Pine Bluff schools". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved 2021-02-23.