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Sometime before 1900 a two-story building was constructed to serve as the community's school; in 1924 a fire destroyed the building. In 1926 grades 11 and 12 opened; the district previously went to grade 10. In 1927 Coach N.C. Crain asked athletes to pick the school colors and mascot while traveling
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The campus had main classroom buildings for elementary and secondary students. It also had a preschool building, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, a home economics building, a building for biological sciences and business classes, an art building, an agricultural classroom/shop facility, the Pickett
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On February 25, 2010, the Delight district asked the ABE to be instead merged into the adjacent Murfreesboro School District, which had 545 students. On July 1, 2010, the Delight district merged with the Murfreesboro district to form the
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In 2001 the Delight district had 29 preschool students; that year it also had 206 elementary school students and 170 secondary students for a total of 376 in K-12. In 2010 it merged into the
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In 1978 the main classroom buildings for both elementary and secondary levels opened. The final gymnasium opened in 1982, replacing a 1950 building that was destroyed in a fire in 1982. The
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By 2010 the student population of Delight had fallen below 350, which required the district to be merged into another district under Arkansas law. That year the Delight district and the
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Most of the districts merged into other districts; dissolutions, in which the district was divided among other districts, are marked in
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Delight School District No. 44 Pike County, Arkansas General Purpose Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2001
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Delight School District No. 44 Pike County, Arkansas Regulatory Basis Financial Statements And Other Reports June 30, 2007
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Delight School District No. 44 Pike County, Arkansas Basic Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2004
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Consolidation/dissolution dates are July 1 of that year unless otherwise stated
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Maps of the Delight school district and predecessor districts
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was dissolved; a portion went to the Delight School District.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Clark County, AR
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Petition for Annexation - Delight and Murfreesboro Districts
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Pike County, AR
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In addition to Delight, the district served residents of
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Delight
Arkansas
34°1′43.41″N 93°29′58.01″W / 34.0287250°N 93.4994472°W / 34.0287250; -93.4994472
Delight, Arkansas
Pike
Clark
Antoine
Bowen
Billstown
Pike City
Pisgah
Okolona
Gurdon School District
South Pike County School District
Okolona School District
Weiner School District
Arkansas Board of Education
Harrisburg School District
South Pike County School District
Works Progress Administration


SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Pike County, AR
U.S. Census Bureau


SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Clark County, AR
U.S. Census Bureau

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