Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District
School district in Yavapai County, Arizona
The Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District (SOCUSD) is a school district headquartered in Sedona, Arizona. It operates Sedona Red Rock High School as well as the West Sedona School, which serves students in grades K through 6.
The district includes portions of Yavapai and Coconino counties. It includes Sedona, as well as Village of Oak Creek (Big Park). It also includes Red Rock.
The formal name is Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District No. 9 of Yavapai and Coconino Counties.
History
In December 1990 a referendum involving voters in both Yavapai and Coconino counties was held on whether this district should be created. 2,321 of 2,509 voters approved creating this district, a result characterized by the Arizona Daily Sun as a "landslide". The district came into existence after June 30, 1991.
The public source identifies “Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District” as school district in Yavapai County, Arizona. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sedona-Oak, Creek and Unified.
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