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Delaplaine School District was a school district headquartered in Delaplaine, Arkansas. It served Delaplaine, O'Kean, and
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. It was administratively divided between an elementary school (Delaplaine Elementary School) and a high school ( Delaplaine High School).2003-04 Arkansas Education Directory
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. p. 84 (PDF p. 94/163). Retrieved on April 25, 2018. Until 1962 it had an elementary school in O'Kean.


History

In 1948 the Delaplaine District absorbed the O'Kean district, including the elementary school, and O'Kean High School closed. In 1962 O'Kean Elementary School was shuttered. At some point the
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schools consolidated into the Delaplaine schools. By 2004 new laws were passed requiring school districts with enrollments below 350 to consolidate with other school districts. Delaplaine was one of several districts that were unable to find another district willing to consolidate with it, so the
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was to forcibly consolidate it. On July 1, 2004, it consolidated into the Greene County Tech School District.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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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 April 25, 2018.


References


Further reading

Maps indicating the Delaplaine District:
Map of Arkansas School Districts pre-July 1, 2004
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