The Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District (SOCUSD) is a school district headquartered in Sedona, Arizona. It operates Sedona Red Rock High School as well as the West Sedona School, which serves students in grades K through 6.
The district includes portions of Yavapai and Coconino counties. It includes Sedona, as well as Village of Oak Creek (Big Park). It also includes Red Rock.
The formal name is Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District No. 9 of Yavapai and Coconino Counties.
History
In December 1990 a referendum involving voters in both Yavapai and Coconino counties was held on whether this district should be created. 2,321 of 2,509 voters approved creating this district, a result characterized by the Arizona Daily Sun as a "landslide". The district came into existence after June 30, 1991. The district included land formerly in the Flagstaff Unified School District, Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary School District, and Mingus Union High School District.
There had been a previous proposal submitted to the Arizona Legislature to create a bi-county school district in the area in the 1960s.
At the time the Sedona district formed, Sedona students continued to attend Flagstaff for high school. The majority of the territory of the district was created was in Yavapai County, along with most of the voting base, so Yavapai County became the district's county of jurisdiction.
Schools
- West Sedona School (K-6)
- Flagstaff USD previously operated the elementary school in Sedona. The facility has a community swimming pool which opened in 1975. It was formerly a K-8 school. In 2008 many older buildings were replaced with new ones.
- Sedona Red Rock High School (7-12)
- Red Rock Academy (K-12, alternative)
It previously operated the K–8 school Big Park Community School, which opened in 1994. However, the school district voted in May 2020 to close the school due to budget deficit concerns. According to Randy Hawley, a member of the board of trustees, the district was having trouble having enough money to operate Big Park Community School, and the number of students had declined.
References
- ^ "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016" (PDF). Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District. p. 2 (PDF p. 11/167). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yavapai County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2024. - Text list
- "School District Map" (PDF). Yavapai County. Retrieved December 28, 2024. - Indicates locations of unincorporated areas.
- "SEDONA-OAK CREEK JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 9 OF YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES" (PDF). Yavapai County Education Service Agency. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- "Landslide vote allows Sedona school district". Arizona Daily Sun. December 12, 1990. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Legal No. 9048 Canvass the Sedona Unified School District Election, Held December 11, 1990". Arizona Daily Sun. March 19, 1991. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com. - This is in the public notices section and is a primary source.
- ^ "Bi-County School Bill Hit: Senate Unit Refuses Its Introduction". Arizona Daily Sun. Vol. 17, no. 154. January 31, 1963. pp. 1-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bi-County Foes Wire Legislators". Arizona Daily Sun. Vol. 17, no. 192. March 16, 1963. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Rothschild, Becca (August 21, 1991). "Dropout rate falls at FUSD". Arizona Daily Sun. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Sedona seeks funds for pool". The Arizona Republic. May 2, 1978. p. C-6 – via Newspapers.com. - The article talks about a "Sedona School District" and yet this district was not established until 1991.
- "West Sedona School". Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District. Archived from the original on June 28, 1998. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ^ "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016" (PDF). Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District. p. 3 (PDF p. 12/167). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- "Sedona–Oak Creek School District to close Big Park Community School".
- Altavena, Lily (June 12, 2019). "Squeezed by declining enrollment, Arizona's rural schools are suffering". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
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