Drew Central School District 5 is a public school district located in
Drew County, Arkansas
Drew County is a county located in the southeast region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,509, making it the 39th most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat and largest city is Monticello. ...
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Established in 1927, the school district covers , almost all in rural
Drew County
Drew County is a county located in the southeast region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,509, making it the 39th most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat and largest city is Monticello. ...
, from where all the students are bussed into Monticello.
[History of the Drew Central Schools]
" Drew Central School District. Retrieved on October 15, 2017. The majority of Monticello itself is not in Drew Central School District, but is within a district of its own,
Monticello School District. The school administration and buildings of Drew Dentral Schools are in a section of the Monticello city limits that is within the Drew Central Schools boundaries, adjacent to the
University of Arkansas at Monticello
The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is a public university in Monticello, Arkansas with Colleges of Technology in Crossett and McGehee. UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degrees ...
(UAM).
[SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Drew County, AR]
" U.S. Census Bureau
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. Retrieved on October 15, 2017. These buildings are on of land leased by the university to the school district.
[ Dependent minor residents of the UAM housing for married students and students with families, HHFA Apartments, are assigned to this district.][Campus Map]
" University of Arkansas at Monticello
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. Retrieved on October 15, 2017. Look for the "Married Student Apartments" on the northwest corner. Additionally Wilmar is in the Drew Central district,[ as is the ]unincorporated area
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of Selma
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*Selma, Nova Scotia, Canada
*Selma, Switzerland, village in the Grisons
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*Selma, Alabama, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches
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.[ - See Selma on the map.]
History
The Drew County School Board established the A and M Training School #5 as a laboratory school
A laboratory school or demonstration school is an elementary or secondary school operated in association with a university, college, or other teacher education institution and used for the training of future teachers, educational experimentation, ...
for the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello). In 1934 school district's name changed to Drew Central School District #5. Growth in both the school district and the college as well as a fire that had destroyed the school buildings contributed to a decision for the school district to become independent of the college. The college gave the school district a 99-year lease to a plot of land. In 1983 the district added to the lease.[
Multiple districts consolidated into Drew Central.][ In 1979 the Collins and Selma school districts dissolved, with portions of the students going to the Drew Central school district.][ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]
." Arkansas Department of Education
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. Retrieved on October 13, 2017. this was the latest such consolidation.[
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Schools
* Drew Central Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4.
* Drew Central Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8.
* Drew Central High School
Drew Central High School is a public secondary school in Monticello, Arkansas, United States. It is part of Drew Central School District, which serves rural Drew County and a small section of Monticello. It in a section of the Monticello city li ...
, serving grades 9 through 12.
From 1990 until 1992, the district operated schools in Wilmar after the consolidation of the Wilmar district. In 1992 the remaining Wilmar school(s) was/were consolidated into the Drew Central schools.[
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References
Further reading
These include maps of predecessor districts:
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Education in Drew County, Arkansas
School districts established in 1927
1927 establishments in Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Monticello