Desha-Drew School District Explained

Desha-Drew School District
State:	Arkansas
Country:	United States
Closed:	July 1, 1993
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Desha-Drew School District was a school district in Desha and Drew counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas, with the administration in Desha County.^[1]

It operated the B. C. Prewitt Memorial Elementary and Junior High School in Tillar.^[2] It also operated a school called Tillar School.^[3]

In 1989 34.9% of the certified employees were black while 94.4% of the student body was black.^[4]

On July 1, 1993, it was disestablished with territory given to the Dumas School District and the McGehee School District.^[5]

Further reading

• Web site: Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Desha County, 1952-1954. Arkansas Digital Archives. - Image - Shows the map of the school district portion in Desha County
• Web site: Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Drew County, 1952-1954. Arkansas Digital Archives. - Image - Shows the map of the school district portion in Drew County
• Web site: Opinion No. 1992-131. - Letter from Arkansas Attorney General Winston Bryant to Charlotte Schexnayder, a member of the Arkansas Legislature, about the disestablishment of this district

External links

• Web site: Tillar High School Eagle. Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. - Catalog entry for the high school newspaper in the state archives

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Desha County, 1952-1954. Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)
   Web site: Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Drew County, 1952-1954. Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download) - The Drew county map notes that the district's administrative offices were in Desha County.
2. Book: Gertler, Diane Bochner. Directory: Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Large School Districts with Enrollment and Instructional Staff, by Race: Fall 1967, Volume 20121. U.S. National Center for Educational Statistics. 1969. 35.
3. Book: Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Selected Districts. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office for Civil Rights. 1968. 35.
4. News: State says more than half of schools have no black teachers, administrators. Associated Press. Newspaperarchive.com. Blytheville Courier News. Blytheville, Arkansas. 1989-02-20. 10.
5. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.