Ola School District

Defunct school district in Arkansas, United States

Ola School District No. 10 or Ola Public Schools was a school district headquartered in Ola, Arkansas. Earl E. Jamison, Jr. was the last superintendent.[1] Ola Elementary School and Ola High School were its schools.

Ola Elementary School had four buildings; the main building and gymnasium were made of natural rock and opened in 1941. Circa 2001 it had 320 students.[2] Circa 2001 the school district in total had 560 students.[3]

By 2004 new laws were passed requiring school districts with enrollments below 350 to consolidate with other school districts. The school boards of the Ola district and the Perry-Casa School District agreed to a consolidation in which Perry-Casa annexes Ola, and voters in those districts approved the plans.[4] On July 1, 2004, it merged with the following and other districts into the Two Rivers School District.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Earl E. Jamison, Jr.." Ola School District. February 11, 2004. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ola Elementary School." Ola School District. January 24, 2001. Retrieved on May 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "admin.htm." Ola School District. February 11, 2001. Retrieved on May 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Albanese, Elizabeth (2004-04-05). "Arkansas School District Takes Stand Against Consolidation". Bond Buyer. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  5. ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 21, 2017.

Further reading

Map of the district:

  • Map of Arkansas School Districts pre-July 1, 2004
  • "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Yell County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)

External links

  • Ola School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
  • Ola School District No. 10 Yell County, Arkansas Regulatory Basis Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2004
  • Ola School District No. 10 Yell County, Arkansas General Purpose Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2003
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Defunct school districts in Arkansas since 1983
Most of the districts merged into other districts; dissolutions, in which the district was divided among other districts, are marked in italics.
1980s
  • 1983: Coal Hill/Hartman
  • Cloverbend
  • Plum Bayou
  • 1984: Dell
  • Greenway/Rector (former)
  • Lafe
  • Leachville/Monette
  • Linwood
  • Portland
  • 1985: Banks
  • Beedeville
  • Belleville/Havana
  • Big Flat/Fifty Six
  • Bodcaw, Cale, Laneburg, Oakgrove/Willisville
  • Caraway/Lake City
  • Desha
  • Floral/Pleasant Plains
  • Glendale
  • Grapevine
  • Knobel
  • New Edinburg
  • Oak Grove/Paragould (former)
  • Oxford/Violet Hill
  • Ross Van Ness
  • St. Charles
  • Thornton
  • 1986: Common
  • Etowah
  • Gilham
  • Lepanto/Tyronza
  • Luxora
  • Oakland
  • Village
  • Wilmot
  • 1987: Chidester
  • Okolona
  • Palestine/Wheatley
  • Wilmar
1990s
  • 1990: Garland
  • Oil Trough
  • Washington
  • Wilmar
  • Camden (October 16)
  • 1991: Griffithville, Judsonia,/Kensett
  • Enola/Mount Vernon
  • 1992: Winthrop
  • Poughkeepsie/Strawberry
  • 1993: Desha-Drew
  • Grubbs/Tuckerman
  • Tri-County
  • Wabbaseka-Tucker (September 1)
  • 1994: Parkdale
  • Prattsville
  • Stanford
  • 1995: Amity/Glenwood
  • 1998: Humnoke
2000s
2010s2020s
Consolidation/dissolution dates are July 1 of that year unless otherwise stated
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