Fox C-6 School District

Fox C-6 School District is a school district headquartered in Arnold, Missouri in Greater St. Louis. The district serves northeastern Jefferson County, including suburban areas to the north and rural areas to the south.[1] The district serves Arnold and several unincorporated areas, including portions of Barnhart and Imperial.[2] As of 2014 the district has almost 12,000 students, while about 65,000 people total live within the district boundaries. It is the largest school district in Jefferson County.[1]

History

The Fox Consolidated School District formed in 1948 when the Bowen, Lone Dell, Saline, Seckman, and Soulard one-room school houses consolidated. All students were consolidated into the Fox School, which is the current Fox Middle School. The district was originally a K-8 school district, with high school students having a choice of Crystal City High School and Herculaneum High School. The district became K-12 when Fox High School was established in 1955. The Antonia School District was consolidated into the Fox district in 1970.[3]

In 2013 the district hired Kelly Nash, the daughter in law of the president of the school board, Linda Nash, as its food services director; Kelly Nash was previously an assistant manager at a McDonald's. Due to the criticism, the district enacted an anti-nepotism policy.[4]

In May 2014 a group of parents, who had criticized school district policies, accused district administrators of posting defamatory comments about the parents on the Topix public forum. The group of parents subpoenaed Topix to obtain the poster's IP addresses and then filed court orders with AT&T and Charter Communications to get the identities behind the IP addresses.[5] In June of that year the parents filed a libel suit against district officials.[6] The district revealed the names of the accused administrators, who were placed on administrative leave.[7] Superintendent Dianne Critchlow was one of those put on leave, and the district began a search for a new superintendent.[8] The school board accepted Critchlow's resignation effective October 31, 2014, hired an interim superintendent, and fired Critchlow's husband.[9]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools
  • Antonia Middle School (Unincorporated area near Barnhart)
  • Fox Middle School (Arnold)
  • Ridgewood Middle School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)
  • Seckman Middle School (Unincorporated area, Imperial)

Elementary schools
  • Antonia Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Imperial)
  • Fox Elementary School (Arnold)
  • George Guffey Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Fenton)
  • Clyde Hamrick Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Imperial)
  • Ray and Nancy Hodge Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Imperial)
  • Lone Dell Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)
  • Meramec Heights Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)
  • Rockport Heights Elementary School (Arnold)
  • Seckman Elementary School (Unincorporated area, Imperial)
  • Sherwood Elementary School (Arnold)
  • Richard A. Simpson Elementary School (Unincorporated area near Arnold)

Early childhood
  • Don Earl Early Childhood Learning Center (Arnold)

References
  1. "About Us" (Archive). Fox C-6 School District. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  2. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Jefferson County, MO" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  3. "History of the District" (Archive). Fox C-6 School District. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  4. Thorsen, Leah. "Fox school board approves anti-nepotism policy." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 25, 2013. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  5. "Parents say administrators cyberbullied them" (Archive). KSDK. May 29, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  6. "Local school district officials sued amid social media scandal" (Archive). KMOV. June 5, 2014. Updated Friday June 6, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  7. KMOV.com Staff and Chris Stanford. "Names of school employees accused of disparaging parents online released" (Archive). KMOV. June 6, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  8. Williams, Aja J. "Fox C-6 looks for new leader" (Archive). KSDK. June 11, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  9. "Changes announced at FOX C-6 school district following investigation" (Archive). KMOV. June 12, 2014. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
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