Carl Junction School History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#666633" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04dc8c00ddvuvs.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#666633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Carl Junction School History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> </B><B>  </B><A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carl Junction"><U><B>Carl Junction School</B></U></A></div> <div> Carl Junction School Merger Carries</div> <div> Voting 196 to 15, residents of the Carl Junction, Smithfield and Enterprise school</div> <div> districts, approved the proposed consolidation of the districts.  The consolidiation</div> <div> was perfected by electing a board of directors.  Under the consolidation plan, High</div> <div> school pupils of the entire district will attend the Carl Junction high school.  The </div> <div> grade schools will be maintained as they are.  There are 600 pupils in the consolidation</div> <div> district, about 200 of these being High school students.  </div> <bR> <div> The directors elected are:  Charles Roney and W. F. Jarrett, three years; John D. Rockner</div> <div> and A. T. Fare, two years; W. H. Clark and B. A. Johnson, one year.</div> <div> <I>The Webb City Daily Sentinel, March 17, 1926</I></div> <bR> <div> Voters approved a merger of the Brick and Carl Junction school districts in October 1951.  </div> <div> The new district would be named the R-1 District.</div> <div> <I>The Joplin Globe, October 31, 1951, page 1</I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>