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Superintendent. Dr. Jerry Gibson. Enrollment. 6700 [1] Other information. Website. www .gisd .org. Galveston Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Galveston, Texas, United States . In 2013, the school district was rated as having "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency .
High Island School or High Island High School is a public school serving students grades PK–12 located in the High Island community of Galveston County, Texas, United States. It is the only school part of the High Island Independent School District. [4] Approximately 30 miles from the City of Galveston, it is zoned within the Bolivar Peninsula.
Circa 2003 some Bolivar Peninsula residents in the Galveston Independent School District (GISD) portion who were dissatisfied with the Crenshaw School, the then-two-campus GISD K-8 school on the peninsula, sent their children to High Island schools. Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005.
The tax base of the Galveston ISD grew by 13% in 2005 while Galveston ISD lost many district-zoned non-Hurricane Katrina evacuee students. San Jacinto Elementary School closed in 2006. Alamo Elementary School, which opened in 1935 and received renovations in 1980 and 1986, closed in 2007.
The Friendswood Independent School District was established on December 21, 1948. The district covers 15 square miles (39 km 2) and borders the Alvin, Pearland and Clear Creek school districts. All of the district's school's mascots are some version of a horse. In 2009, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.
Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.
The district serves 192.3 square miles (498 km 2) of exurbs in western Chambers County, Texas, and is located at the intersection of Interstate 10 and State Highway 146. The area is composed of four distinct communities: Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree, Cove, and Beach City. It has approximately 3400 students. [citation needed]
May 15, 2024 at 2:39 PM. A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay and forcing a shutdown of the Texas span, officials said, in the latest accident ...