The Delta Special School District was a school district of Rohwer,

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Desha County, Arkansas Desha County ( ) is a county located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, with its eastern border the Mississippi River. At the 2010 census, the population was 13,008. It ranks 56th of Arkansas's 75 counties in terms of populati ...

, USA. Its territory is now in the

McGehee School District McGehee School District is a public school district headquartered in McGehee, Arkansas. The school district encompasses of land, in Drew and Desha counties. History In July 1993 the Desha-Drew School District dissolved, with portions going ...

. It also included Watson. The district had two schools, Delta Elementary School and Delta High School. The district facility was located northeast of McGehee.

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The district formed in 1972 by the merger of the Desha Special School District and the Watson School District. In 2004, the

Arkansas Legislature The General Assembly of Arkansas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Arkansas Senate with 35 members, and the lower Arkansas House of Representatives with 100 ...

approved a law that forced school districts with fewer than 350 students to consolidate with other districts. Both the McGehee and Delta school districts petitioned the

Arkansas Board 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 la ...

, asking for an annexation of Delta into McGehee. The board approved the annexation on April 26, 2004. On July 1, 2004, the Delta Special School District and the

Arkansas City School District The Arkansas City School District was a school district of Arkansas City, Arkansas. Its territory is now in the McGehee School District. The district had two schools, Arkansas City Elementary School and Arkansas City High School. The athletic ...

were merged into the McGehee district.

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