Cabot Public Schools

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Cabot Public School District

"It's About Kids"
Type and location
Type Public
Grades PreK-12
Established 1875
Country United States
Location Cabot, Arkansas, and all of Northern Lonoke County
District information
Superintendent Dr. Tony Thurman
Budget $81 Million
Students and staff
Students 10,388 (96% graduation rate)
Staff 756 certified, 566 classified, 61 National Board certified teachers, 46% advanced degrees
Athletic Conference 7A Central
Colors Red, white and black
Other information
Schools 15
Mascot Cabot Panthers
Website www.cabotschools.org
The front of Cabot High School's main building
The Cabot Public School District or Cabot Public Schools for short, is a public school district system in Lonoke County, Arkansas. The central administrative offices of its schools are located in Cabot. The district serves students in grades PreK-12 in the communities of Cabot, Austin, and Ward, as well as the rest of Northern Lonoke County. There are 15 campuses spread out across the northwestern part of the county. 14 of 15 of them are located in Cabot while the other one is located in Ward. The district is divided up into elementary, middle school, junior high, and high school. Over 10,000 students are enrolled in its schools, making it the largest of the four school districts in its county and the seventh largest school district in the state of Arkansas. Dr. Tony Thurman is the superintendent, Dr. Harold Jeffcoat is the deputy superintendent, and Corey Williams is the school board president.[1]

Information

Cabot Public Schools: Central administration offices[2]

  • Superintendent: Dr. Tony Thurman
  • Assistant Superintendent: Jim Dalton
  • Address: 602 North Lincoln Street - Cabot, Arkansas 72023
  • Phone Number: (501) 843-3363
  • Days: Monday - Friday
  • Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cabot School Board[3]

  • Corey Williams: President, Position 1 (Term Expires 2014)
  • Mark Russell: Vice President, Position 3 (Term Expires 2017)
  • Donna Nash: Secretary, Position 6 (Term Expires 2016)
  • Brian Evans: Member, Position 2 (Term Expires 2016)
  • Ricky Hill: Member, Position 7 (Term Expires 2017)
  • Dean Martin: Member, Position 5 (Term Expires 2013)
  • Wendel Msall: Member, Position 4 (Term Expires 2015)

Schools

Public Charter School

Academic Center of Excellence (Grades 7-12)[4]

  • 21 Funtastic Drive

Public Schools

High School (Grades 10-12)[5]

Freshman Academy (Grade 9)[6]

  • Cabot Freshman Academy (Opening Fall 2014, Address TBA)

Junior High Schools (Grades 7-9)[7]

  • Cabot Junior High School North - 38 Spirit Drive
  • Cabot Junior High School South - 38 Panther Trail

Middle Schools (Grades 5-6)[8]

  • Cabot Middle School North - 1900 North Lincoln Street
  • Cabot Middle School South - 2555 Kerr Station Road

Elementary Schools (Grades PreK-4)[9]

  • Central Elementary School - 36 Pond Street
  • Eastside Elementary School - 17 Bellamy Street
  • Magness Creek Elementary School - 16150 Arkansas Highway 5
  • Mountain Springs Elementary School - 3620 Mountain Springs Road
  • Northside Elementary School - 814 West Locust Street
  • Southside Elementary School - 2600 South Pine Street
  • Stagecoach Elementary School - 850 South Stagecoach Road
  • Ward Central Elementary School (Ward, Arkansas) - 1517 Wilson Loop
  • Westside Elementary School - 1701 South Second Street

Current Building Projects[10]

  • 9th Grade Freshman Academy Facility

Proposed Building Projects[11]

  • CHS Agri Renovation
  • Austin Elementary School
  • Professional Development Center

History

The first school was opened by Professor G. W. Newton in 1875. A two-story frame building was constructed in 1893. By 1900, five teachers were employed. Prompted by steady growth, the district constructed an impressive brick structure, known as Old Main, in 1915. It was demolished in 1972. The school system was racially integrated at the elementary level with the enrollment of five African-American students during the 1965–66 school year; the following school year, upper grades were desegregated. On August 10, 2006, Cabot Junior High School North experienced a devastating fire which was believed to have started as a small electrical fire in the library caused by a faulty light bulb. Although there were 100 people in the building at the time, there were no injuries. The building burned from 2:30 P.M. to about 9:00 P.M., and the structure was a total loss. Cabot Fire and Police Departments say that this is one of the worst structure fires to have ever occurred in Cabot. The school was only about 8 years old. It was rebuilt and reopened about three years later. As of 2010, the school has a minority student population of approximately seven percent, of which two percent is African American. Almost 10,000 students (as of 2010) are schooled in nine elementary schools, two middle schools, two junior high schools, one high school, and the Academic Center of Excellence.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  2. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  3. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/administration/school-board/member-bios/
  4. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/schools/academic-center-of-excellence/
  5. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/schools/cabot-high-school/
  6. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/schools/cabot-freshman-academy/
  7. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  8. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  9. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  10. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  11. ↑ http://www.cabotschools.org/
  12. ↑ http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=925

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