J. O. Combs Unified School District
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The J. O. Combs Unified School District is a public school district
located in Pinal County, Arizona
.
. The district was named for a Mr. J. O. Combs, who donated five acres of land to the district in the early 1950s.
The elementary school district remained rural, with slow growth. The school did keep adding on and growing, building a cafeteria in the 1960s, replacing several of its older structures (including some demolished by storms), and adding a new well and new junior high building in 1987.
In 2003, Kathryn Sue Simonton Elementary School opened, marking the first modern elementary school in the district. All Combs USD students attended the new site. New schools quickly opened after that: Jack W. Harmon Elementary in 2004, Ellsworth Elementary and a new Combs Middle School in 2007, and Ranch Elementary in 2008. An alternative Combs Traditional Academy opened in 2010.
In 2006, the voters in the district approved its unification. While the district didn't actually unify with anything, the move gave the newly-renamed J.O. Combs Unified School District authority to operate a high school. Combs High School
opened in 2008.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
located in Pinal County, Arizona
Pinal County, Arizona
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*72.4% White*4.6% Black*5.6% Native American*1.7% Asian*0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*11.5% Other races*28.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
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History
The first public school in the area began to form in 1949, and by 1954, barracks from Phoenix's Osborn School District had been acquired and placed at the site. In 1958, it finally broke away from the Apache Junction Unified School DistrictApache Junction Unified School District
The Apache Junction Unified School District is a school district in Apache Junction, Arizona, additionally serving the town of Gold Canyon. It was formed in 1952 and serves 5,000 students at four elementary schools, one middle school, one alternative school, and one high school....
. The district was named for a Mr. J. O. Combs, who donated five acres of land to the district in the early 1950s.
The elementary school district remained rural, with slow growth. The school did keep adding on and growing, building a cafeteria in the 1960s, replacing several of its older structures (including some demolished by storms), and adding a new well and new junior high building in 1987.
In 2003, Kathryn Sue Simonton Elementary School opened, marking the first modern elementary school in the district. All Combs USD students attended the new site. New schools quickly opened after that: Jack W. Harmon Elementary in 2004, Ellsworth Elementary and a new Combs Middle School in 2007, and Ranch Elementary in 2008. An alternative Combs Traditional Academy opened in 2010.
In 2006, the voters in the district approved its unification. While the district didn't actually unify with anything, the move gave the newly-renamed J.O. Combs Unified School District authority to operate a high school. Combs High School
Combs High School
Combs High School is a high school in San Tan Valley, Arizona. It is the only high school in the J.O. Combs Unified School District, which also includes four elementary schools and one middle school. It opened in 2008, ahead of the initial scheduled plan that called for an August 2009 opening.The J.O...
opened in 2008.
Elementary schools
- Jack W. Harmon Elementary
- Elsworth Elementary
- Simonton Elementary
- Ranch Elementary
- Combs Traditional Academy