Central Consolidated School

Central Consolidated School grew out of five small schools in the Pollok-Central area—Union, Durant, Pollok, Clawson, and Allentown—whose inadequate rural funding led to their consolidation in 1929 as the Central Consolidated Common School District. A new brick building at this site opened in September 1929 for about 200 students in grades one through eleven, with J.W. Dunn as superintendent, nine teachers, and eight students in the first graduating class. Over time, Central Consolidated became the community's focal point, and its expansion brought separate buildings for primary, elementary, junior high, and high school classes, three gymnasiums, a cafetorium, and technology and agricultural buildings. Additional schools, including Cordaway Springs and Simpson, merged with Central Consolidated in 1939-40, and in 1955 it changed from a common school district to an independent school district. Serving students in northwestern Angelina County with education and extracurricular activities, Central Consolidated played a significant role in the county's educational history.

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