Cañon Elementary School District 50 is a
school district in
Black Canyon City
Black Canyon City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,837 at the 2010 census, up from 2,697 in 2000.
Geography
Black Canyon City is located at (34.0 ...
,
Yavapai County, Arizona. It operates a single
K-8 school, Cañon Elementary School.
The district includes most of Black Canyon City
census-designated place.
History
Beginning in 1974 and through 1976 there was a political conflict over allegations of moving mail to the wrong place and antagonizing a faculty member, targeting the board of education's clerk, who stated that the accusations had no merit. This spilled into a conflict between factions of board members. The conflict continued into 1978, and the accused board member expressed hope that after an election, the conflicts would subside.
the district sends high school students and junior high level special education students to the
Deer Valley Unified School District
Deer Valley Unified School District #97 (DVUSD) is a Pre-K–12 school district, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. DVUSD is the fifth largest school district in the state of Arizona, serving areas of Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, Ant ...
. In 1984, 27 students from Cañon attended DVUSD. That year Deer Valley sued Cañon, which stated it was unable to pay for the tuition costs of the district and acknowledged that it was billed for the correct amount. ''
The Arizona Republic'' described this as a "friendly lawsuit", since according to the DVUSD officials, Cañon district officials stated that the lawsuit was the only mechanism through which it could pay DVUSD.
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Clipping
from Newspapers.com.
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School districts in Yavapai County, Arizona
Public K–8 schools in Arizona
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