Preparing For Consolidation
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Parents of students at Paron`s school say they are
resigned to seeing their 262-student district consolidated next
year.
But they have many unanswered questions about how the merger
will work. The kindergarten through 12th-grade school is the hub of
the tiny town. The town consists of the school, a convenience
store, post office and volunteer fire department.
Ray Davis is a 1983 Paron graduate with three children in the
district. He says depending on whether Paron High continues to
exist or is merged with a neighboring school, he will send his
children to the Pulaski County School District to avoid the
half-hour or longer bus ride to Benton, Perryville or Fountain
Lake.
Paron Superintendent George Lawson says he has talked with
surrounding districts about merging, but consolidation will be
difficult because Paron isn`t close to another school. The district
has yet to finalize an agreement with another school district and
Lawson wouldn`t speculate about Paron`s options.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
