Greene County Technical School District (Greene County Tech.) is a public

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based in

Paragould, Arkansas Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...

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. The school district encompasses of land, including portions of Greene County,

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, Craighead County, and

Clay County Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States. Most are named for Henry Clay, U.S. Senator and statesman: * Clay County, Alabama * Clay County, Arkansas (named for John Clayton, and originally named Clayton County) * Clay County, Flor ...

. Within Greene County it serves the southern portion of Paragould and the municipality of Delaplaine, as well as the

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of Walcott. The portion of Paragould in the district makes up . Within Randolph County it serves O Kean. Within Clay County it serves

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. It also serves the

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Greene County areas of Beech Grove, Evening Star, Light, Lorado, - See Beech Grove, Evening Star, Light, Lorado, and Walcott on the map. and Mounds. The district and its five schools provide comprehensive education for more than 3,600 pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students and is accredited by the

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(ADE).

History

It was established on September 17, 1947, and originated from the Greene County Rural School District. On July 1, 2004 the

Delaplaine School District Delaplaine School District was a school district headquartered in Delaplaine, Arkansas. It served Delaplaine, O'Kean, and Peach Orchard. It was administratively divided between an elementary school (Delaplaine Elementary School) and a high schoo ...

consolidated into the Greene County Tech School District.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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. Retrieved on April 25, 2018. In the 2000’s, it passed multiple villages to pay for their athletics.

Schools

Greene County Tech High School Greene County Tech High School (GCTHS) is a comprehensive public high school located in Paragould, Arkansas, United States. It is one of two public high schools in Greene County, Arkansas, along with cross-town rival Paragould High School, and is ...

, located in Paragould and serving more than 700 students in grades 10 through 12. * Greene County Tech Junior High School, located in Paragould and serving more than 500 students in grades 8 and 9. * Greene County Tech Intermediate School, located in Paragould and serving more than 500 students in grades 6 and 7. * Greene County Tech Elementary School, located in Paragould and serving more than 900 students in grades 3 through 5. * Greene County Tech Primary School, located in Paragould and serving more than 900 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 2. The district previously operated Delaplaine Elementary School (K-6) and

Delaplaine High School Delaplaine High School was a middle school and senior high school in Delaplaine, Arkansas. It was initially controlled by the Delaplaine School District, which merged into the Greene County Tech School District on July 1, 2004.

(7-12) after the merger with the Delaplaine district; these schools served the area of the former Delaplaine district. The Delaplaine schools closed in 2007. Delaplaine mayor Larry Myrick stated that the community lost children with families after the school stopped operations.

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* {{Paragould, Arkansas School districts in Arkansas Education in Clay County, Arkansas Education in Craighead County, Arkansas Education in Greene County, Arkansas Education in Randolph County, Arkansas Paragould, Arkansas 1947 establishments in Arkansas School districts established in 1947

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