Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District

Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District (GLCSD) is a school district serves Greenwood, Mississippi and the rest of Leflore County. It was established on July 1, 2019,[1] as a merger of the Greenwood Public School District and the Leflore County School District.

The initial superintendent is Dr. Mary Brown.[2] Its projected enrollment as of 2018 was to be over 5,000 students.[3]

History

Upon creation of the consolidated district, no existing schools closed.[4]

Operations

The former Greenwood School District headquarters is the headquarters of the consolidated district, with the superintendent and assistant superintendents housed there. Other officials are divided between that building and the former Leflore County School District offices.[5]

There is one band, mass choir, and snow choir common to all of the schools in the consolidated district.[4]

Schools

7-12 secondary schools
High schools (9-12)
Middle schools/junior high schools (7-8)
  • Amanda Elzy Junior High School (Unincorporated area)
  • Greenwood Middle School (Greenwood)
Elementary schools (K-6)
  • Bankston Elementary School (Greenwood)
  • Leflore County Elementary School (Itta Bena)
  • Davis Elementary School (Greenwood) - In 1913 the school building was constructed.[6]
2-6 schools
  • Threadgill Elementary School (Greenwood)
3-5 schools
  • East Elementary School
    • Prior to the 2019 merger it had grades K-5.[4]
K-2 schools
  • Claudine F. Brown Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
    • It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Sidon.[7]
    • Prior to the 2019 merger it had grades K-4.[4]
PK-1 schools
  • Threadgill Primary School (Greenwood). It opened in 1935 as W.C. Williams Elementary School.[6] Enrollment was 400 in 2015.[8] In 2015 the closure of the school was proposed.[9] On May 22, 2015, the Greenwood School District school board voted to close it,[8] but in 2017 it reopened for grades Pre-Kindergarten-1.[10] By 2019 the school adopted its current name.[6]
Other
  • GLCSD Career & Technical Educational Center (Greenwood)

References

  1. ^ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
  2. ^ Sims, Alliyah. "Brown Selected for Superintendent for Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated District". Delta news TV.
  3. ^ Sims, Alliyah (April 6, 2018). "Preparations for Greenwood and Leflore County Public School Consolidation". Delta News TV. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "2 school districts merge into 1 in the Mississippi Delta". Associated Press. July 6, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Edic, Gerard (December 29, 2019). "School district merger is official". Greenwood Commonwealth. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)()
  6. ^ a b c Eric, Gerard (June 1, 2019). "District begins work on repairs". Greenwood Commonwealth. Retrieved March 12, 2022. [...]Threadgill Primary (then still known as W.C. Williams Elementary)[...]
  7. ^ "School Profile". Claudine Brown Elementary School. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021. [...]and 5 miles north of Sidon, MS[...]
  8. ^ a b "W.C. Williams Elementary will close". Washington Times. Associated Press. May 22, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  9. ^ Stole, Bryn; Kalich, Tim (May 19, 2015). "W. C. Williams Elementary may close". The Greenwood Commonwealth. pp. 1, 12. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com. Alternate URL of an Associated Press release at the Washington Times website.
  10. ^ "United States v. Greenwood Pub. Sch. Dist". Casetext. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

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