Editing Etowah, Arkansas (section)

==Education==
The [[Manila School District]] operates area public schools. The [[Etowah School District (Arkansas)|Etowah School District]] consolidated into the Manila district on July 1, 1986.<ref name=Consolfrom1983>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]." [[Arkansas Department of Education]]. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.</ref> The board of education of the Etowah district had asked for the merger. Because some people in Etowah wanted to consolidate into the [[Lepanto School District]] of [[Lepanto, Arkansas|Lepanto]], a lawsuit was filed to stop the merger, but the Circuit Court of Mississippi County upheld the merger to the Manila district.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawsuit filed in wrong court|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|place=[[Memphis, Tennessee]]|date=June 23, 1987|page=A10}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106629867/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>