Altheimer Unified School District


Altheimer Unified School District No. 22, previously the Altheimer-Sherrill School District, was a school district headquartered in Altheimer, Arkansas. It served Altheimer, Sherrill, Wabbaseka, and other portions of Jefferson County, including the unincorporated areas of Tucker, Plum Bayou, Pastoria, and Wright.
In its final years the district operated two schools: Martin Elementary School and Altheimer-Sherrill High School. In the pre-desegregation era white students attended Altheimer High School and black students attended Altheimer Training School.

History

Fred Martin, Jr., formerly the principal of the high school, became the superintendent of the Altheimer-Sherrill School District in 1982. Martin left the district in 1988 and became the mayor of Altheimer.
Altheimer-Sherrill School District annexed the former Wabbaseka-Tucker School District on August 16, 1993. As the Altheimer Unified School District it began operations on September 1, 1993, making Wabbaseka, Tucker, and Plum Bayou a part of the district.
The district received a school property in Wabbaseka when it annexed the Wabbaseka district; the district ended all use of the property in 1996. Altheimer Unified sold it to the City of Wabbaseka for $674,623 in the 2001 fiscal year. By June 2001 it was not yet used for a new purpose.
The Altheimer Library of the Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Library System was built on land sold by Altheimer Unified to the county government for $3,784.
The Altheimer Unified School District consolidated into the Dollarway School District on July 10, 2006.