High Island Independent School District

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High Island Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Galveston County, Texas, United States.

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HIISD serves the communities of Caplen, High Island, and Gilchrist on the Bolivar Peninsula.

History

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. [1] Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005. [2]

The school district lost approximately 15% of its students in 2008 due homes and residences destroyed by Hurricane Ike. In the fall of 2009 the district reported an enrollment of 186 students. [3]

Academic achievement

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [4]

Schools

Special programs

Athletics

High Island High School plays six-man football.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Carter. "Board sets aside money for work on new school" (). The Galveston County Daily News . February 27, 2003. Retrieved on January 5, 2015. "The existing school — made up of two campuses about a half-mile apart — have been a sore spot for many residents who felt the district was shortchanging the peninsula. The peninsula generates about $3 million revenue from local property taxes and state contributions to the district. Some residents responded through the years by sending their kids to the neighboring High Island Independent School District."
  2. ↑ "About or School". Crenshaw School. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. ↑ Rhiannon Meyers. "Most Superintendents in Area Decline Pay Raises". Galveston Daily News . Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  4. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.


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