Pike Road Schools is a school district headquartered in unincorporated Montgomery County, Alabama.[1] It serves the community of Pike Road.[2]
History edit
Montgomery Public Schools gave approval to the separation of the Pike Road district in 2013.[3]
The Pike Road district began educational operations in 2015, with a K-8 school. It was to add one year per grade level.[4] As a result, the overall student body in the Montgomery district had a higher percentage of African Americans as non-African Americans had left the district.[5]
In 2017 the Montgomery district agreed to sell Georgia Washington Middle School to the Pike Road district.[6] The building was sold so the Pike Road district could quickly acquire space to build a senior high.[7] In 2018 the contract of sale was signed.[8] It became Pike Road High School.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Home". Pike Road Schools. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
Physical: 9045 Vaughn Road Montgomery, AL 36117
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Montgomery County, AL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2022. - Compare to 2010, prior to the district's establishment: Map and Text list
- ^ Edgemon, Erin (October 23, 2013). "Montgomery Public Schools officially separates from Pike Road". Al.com. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Davis, Bethany (August 14, 2015). "Brand new Pike Road School opens to students". WSFA-TV. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ Amy, Jeff (September 4, 2019). "Study finds carving up school districts worsens segregation". Associated Press. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "MPS votes to sell middle school building to town of Pike Road". WSFA. October 10, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Pike Road's purchase of Montgomery County school a win-win, official says".
- ^ "Contract signed for sale of Georgia Washington to Pike Road". WSFA. May 14, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "A look inside: Georgia Washington Middle School transforms into Pike Road High School".
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