Bradley School District 20 was a
school district
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based in
Bradley, Arkansas,
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.
The school district encompassed of land in
Lafayette County and supported all of Bradley. The final superintendent was Gammye Moore.
History
By 2013 the Bradley district had only 357 students. The state had a law stating that a merger would be forced if any school district had fewer than 350 students for three or more years. Gary Hines, the superintendent of Emerson-Taylor, had argued in favor of the consolidation with his district, citing the proximity between Bradley and Taylor.
The Emerson-Taylor School District and the Bradley school district jointly requested a merger. In May 2013 the
Arkansas Board of Education
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approved the district's merger with the Emerson-Taylor district, resulting in the
Emerson-Taylor-Bradley School District
Emerson–Taylor-Bradley School District (ETBSD) is a public school district headquartered in Taylor, Arkansas, United States. The school district supports more than 950 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in the 2015-2016 school year ...
effective July 1, 2013. In the hearing on consolidation, Mark Keith, the superintendent of the
Lafayette County School District, argued that Bradley should have consolidated with his district and stated his opposition to the consolidation with Emerson-Taylor. Moore became the assistant superintendent of Emerson-Taylor-Bradley.
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Schools
* Bradley Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
* Bradley High School, serving grades 7 through 12.
References
Further reading
Map of the Bradley district:
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External links
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Education in Lafayette County, Arkansas
Defunct school districts in Arkansas
2013 disestablishments in Arkansas
School districts disestablished in 2013
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