Searcy County School District No. 17 (SCSD), formerly Marshall School District #17 (MSD), is a public

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headquartered in

Marshall, Arkansas Marshall is the largest city in and county seat of Searcy County. It is located in the Ozarks at the foot of the Boston Mountain Range south of America's first National River, the Buffalo National River. Marshall serves as a hub for area touri ...

. The school district encompasses of land in Searcy, Van Buren and

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counties.SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Searcy County, AR
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. Retrieved on June 17, 2018.SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Van Buren County, AR
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. Retrieved on June 17, 2018. Prior to the 2004 merger with the

Leslie School District Leslie School District No. 23 or Leslie Public Schools was a school district headquartered in Leslie, Arkansas. It operated the Leslie School a.k.a. the Leslie Public School, which had all grades in a single building; high school students occupied ...

, the Marshall school district served portions of Searcy and Marion counties. The district serves all of Marshall and

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, the

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of Witts Spring,ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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consolidated into the Marshall District on July 1, 2003, and the Marshall and Leslie districts consolidated on July 1, 2004. a small section of Dennard, and the Searcy County portion of Big Flat. It also serves Harriet. - See Harriet on the map, compare to the school district map.

History

The

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created the Marshall School District in 1909 as a special act.Executive Summary Searcy County Public Schools
." AdvancED. p. 2 (PDF p. 4). Retrieved on October 16, 2017. "As a result, the Marshall School District annexed the Leslie School District and formed the Searcy County School District." In 1948 31 school districts were consolidated into the Marshall district. They were: Bee Branch, Bohannon, Bryan, Canaan, Clark, Cooper, Cozahome, Dongola, Fair View, Flat Rock, Grandview, Happy Hollow, Hickory Hollow, Kimbrell Creek, Landis, Liberty Hall, Loafer's Glory, Maple Grove, Martin Box, O'Neal, Pine Grove, Pumpkin Flat, Rambo, Red Hill, Red Oak, Rock Creek, Rock Springs, Spring Creek, Walnut Grove, Watts, and Zack. On July 1, 1993, the Tri-County School District dissolved, with the Marshall district taking a portion of it. On July 1, 2003, the

Witts Springs School District Witts Springs School District No. 1 was a school district headquartered in Witts Springs in unincorporated Searcy County, Arkansas. The district's final superintendent was Glenda Hendrix. History On July 2, 2001, an act of arson caused the dest ...

consolidated into the Marshall district. The

ordered this consolidation to occur. The Marshall district continued operating the elementary grades at the Witts Springs Grade School, while high school students were bused to Marshall High School. Witts Springs Elementary closed in 2004 due to a low student enrollment. On July 1, 2004, the Marshall School District and the

consolidated to form the Searcy County School District, with the Marshall district annexing Leslie. This consolidation occurred because the Leslie district had fewer than 350 students and an Arkansas law passed in 2004 required school districts to have at least 350 students. In 2006, Marshall Elementary School was accredited by AdvancED. In 2009, Marshall High School and the Searcy County School District were awarded accreditation by AdvancED.

Schools

All schools and the district are accredited by the

(ADE). * Marshall ABC Preschool * Marshall Elementary School (K-3) ** Originally a PreK-6 school, reconfigured in 2012 as K-4, then as K-3 in 2014 * Leslie Intermediate School (4-6) ** Originally a PreK-6 school named Leslie Elementary School, reconfigured in 2012 as a 5-6 school named Leslie Intermediate School, reconfigured as 4–6 in 2014 * Marshall High School (Marshall) Career and technical education: * North Central Vocational Center (Leslie)—serves students in grades 9 through 12 in support of student's career and technical education needs. Former schools: *

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- Closed in 2007 * Witts Springs Elementary School - Closed in 2004

References

External links

Searcy County School District
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