Cordia School is one of two high schools located in

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. It serves students from Prekindergarten to 12th grade.

History

The school was established by Alice Slone from Caney Creek, Kentucky. Slone was sent to

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, by Alice Lloyd to receive her education. Slone returned to Kentucky to teach, and established the school in 1933. In early 2018, Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt deemed the school unsafe, and a health and safety inspection revealed issues. Such as animal feces in the building, and structural cracks. Pruitt said that students and teachers must leave the building. Kentucky Department of Education officials came to a conclusion that the school shall not be occupied by the Knott County School District after February 2, 2018. In late 2018, a ruling came down in favor of Cordia School. The school would stay open and continue to serve students.

Sports

Cordia is home to the Cordia

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s. In 2011 it hired

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to be its

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coach. When Rhodes was hired, the

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banned certain students from playing, claiming that the students were being paid by Rhodes and Cordia to play for them, as they could think of no other reason students from places such

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, and

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would come to Eastern Kentucky to play basketball at Cordia.

Rankings

The school is ranked 120th in Kentucky. The total minority enrollment is 2% and 85% of the students are economically disadvantaged. It is ranked No. 8,521 in the national rankings. 53% of students are

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, and 47% of students are

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References

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