Carlisle School District is a public school district based in
Carlisle, Arkansas
Carlisle is a city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. It is the easternmost municipality within the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Carlisle was incorporated in 1878. As of the 2010 census i ...
,
United States
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. The school district encompasses of land in
Lonoke County
Lonoke County is located in the Central Arkansas region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,356, making it the 11th-most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat is Lonoke and largest city is ...
and
Prairie County including all of the municipalities of Carlisle,
Allport, and
Humnoke.
The mascot and athletic emblem for the schools is the
Bison
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with black and gold serving as the schools' colors. The varsity and junior varsity teams compete in the 2A Region 6 Conference as administered by the
Arkansas Activities Association
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. The district and its schools are accredited by the
Arkansas Department of Education
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(ADE).
History
On July 1, 1998, the former Humnoke School District consolidated with the Carlisle School District.
[ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]
" Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.
In 2007, the district proposed a property tax increase because it believed that the increase could help it build a new high school. An Arkansas state law passed in 2005 had the potential of helping Carlisle School District pay for a new high school.
[Hahn, Heather.]
District seeks rise in tax for school
" ''Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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By virtue of one of i ...
''. June 11, 2007. Retrieved on April 4, 2013. "The Carlisle School District is seeking a property-tax increase of 9 mills in Tuesday's special election in hopes of benefiting from a 2005 state law that would help the district pay for a new high school."
Schools
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Carlisle High School, serving more than 350 students in grades 7 through 12.
* Carlisle Ełementary School, serving more than 450 students in prekindergarten through grade 6.
References
Further reading
Maps of Carlisle and Humnoke districts:
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External links
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Education in Lonoke County, Arkansas
Education in Prairie County, Arkansas
School districts in Arkansas
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