Consolidation Update: Sparkman
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Sparkman School District officials have
given up on finding a voluntary consolidation partner and will
instead ask the state to pair their schools with the Harmony Grove
district.
Sparkman has 270 students and therefore is among 57 small school
districts ordered by the state to join another district under Act
60.
Sparkman failed to formalize an agreement after talks with the
Bearden and Arkadelphia districts. Sparkman also talked with
Carthage, but the two small districts mutually decided against
merging.
The Harmony Grove School Board voted four-to-three this month to
reject a proposed annexation of the Sparkman district.
Sparkman Superintendent Jerry Moore said there`s no incentive
for Sparkman`s neighbors to take it.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
