McGehee School District is a public

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headquartered in McGehee,

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. The school district encompasses of land, in

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and Desha counties.

History

In July 1993 the Desha-Drew School District dissolved, with portions going to the McGehee School District and the other going to

Dumas Public Schools Dumas Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Dumas, Arkansas. It serves territory in Desha and Lincoln counties, including Dumas, Gould, Mitchellville, and Winchester. It also serves Arkansas Department of Corrections prison ...

.Consolidation/Annexations of LEA's (1983-2010)
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. Retrieved on March 6, 2011. In 2004 the

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approved a law that forced school districts with fewer than 350 students to consolidate with other districts.Dumas inherits Gould district’s deficit
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. May 11, 2005. Retrieved on March 7, 2011. On July 1, 2004, 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 ...

and the Delta Special School District were subsumed into the McGehee district. In 2011 an African-American student sued the district for forcing her to share valedictorian status with a white student who had a lower grade point average (GPA). The students both had one B grade, and otherwise all A grades, but the white student had 1.5 more regular course credits, which due to course weighting resulted in her lower GPA. The case was dismissed in US District Court in 2013, which found that the school acted according to its published policy that in determining class rank, "a student with a greater number of courses will not be penalized."

Attendance area

In Desha County, the district includes: McGehee, Arkansas City,

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, Watson, and that county's portion of Tillar. It also includes the

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of Rohwer, - See Rohwer on the map. Compare with the U.S. Census school district maps. and Rosedale. The district also extends into

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, where it includes that county's portion of Tillar.

Schools

The schools are McGehee Elementary School (prekindergarten through grade 6), McGehee Jr. High School (grades 7 through 8), and McGehee high School (grades 9 through 12). Both schools and the district are accredited by the

(ADE) and AdvancED. Previously the middle school division was called Conner Junior High School. After the acquisition of the Delta Special School District, the McGehee district continued to operate Delta Elementary School and Delta High School. After the acquisition of the

, it operated the Arkansas City campus as a K-6 school. By October 2005 the district no longer operated the Arkansas City facility, and the Delta campus became elementary only. The Delta campus housed the district's Alternative Learning Environment (ALE) program. By October 2006 the Delta campus was no longer in operation.Campuses
" McGehee School District. October 15, 2006. Retrieved on July 28, 2011.

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History

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