Beaver Technology Center

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Beaver Technology Center
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Address
3232 March Ln

Garland
,
Dallas County
,
Texas
75042-5466

United States
Coordinates 32°55′17″N96°40′43″W / 32.9213°N 96.6786°W / 32.9213; -96.6786 Coordinates: 32°55′17″N96°40′43″W / 32.9213°N 96.6786°W / 32.9213; -96.6786
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School type Public elementary school
School district Garland ISD
SuperintendentRicardo López, Ed.D. [1]
PrincipalAmber Hope [2]
Staff41 [3]
Grades K – 5
Enrollment580 [3]  (2010)
 •  Kindergarten 90
 •  Grade 1 90
 •  Grade 2 102
 •  Grade 3 95
 •  Grade 4 104
 •  Grade 5 102
Language English
Hours in school day7
Website Beaver Technology Center

Beaver Technology Center is a public elementary school in Garland, Texas.

Garland, Texas City in Texas, United States

Garland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located northeast of Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is located almost entirely within Dallas County, except a small portion located in Collin and Rockwall counties. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 226,876, making it the 93rd-most populous city in the United States of America and the 12th-most populous city in the state of Texas. In 2017, the population rose to 238,002. Garland is second only to the City of Dallas in Dallas County by population and has easy access to downtown Dallas via public transportation including two Dart Blue line stations and buses.

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History

Beaver Technology Center, formerly Beaver Elementary, is named after Mrs. Edith Beaver. Mrs. Beaver and her husband, James Beaver, farmed the land where the school stands. Luke Abbett, the first principal of this school opened the doors to Edith Beaver Elementary in 1960 for 279 students and 12 teachers. The teachers did everything: library, music, art, core subjects, and lunch and recess duty for the 30 plus students in their classes. Within five years, Beaver's population swelled to 650 students, eventually maxing out with over 800 students.[ citation needed ]

Magnet Program

Beaver Technology Center is an elementary magnet school in the Garland Independent School District located in Garland, Texas. Beaver Elementary opened in 1960. In 1997 it reopened as a magnet school for students who have a special interest in math, science and technology, also known as MSTs. Beaver Technology Center is one of two MSTs in Garland, serving students in west Garland, north Garland and Sachse. Watson Technology Center, Beaver's sister school, serves east and south Garland, as well as the community of Rowlett.

In the U.S. education system, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.

Garland Independent School District school district headquartered in Garland, TX serving Garland, Rowlett, Sachse, and other communities

Garland Independent School District is a public school district with its headquarters in the Harris Hill Administration Building in Garland, Texas (USA).

Rowlett, Texas City in Texas, United States

Rowlett is a city in Dallas and Rockwall counties in the U.S. state of Texas, and an eastern suburb of Dallas. The population was 66,285 as of the 2019 Census est. It is a growing, upscale community with nearly $1.5 billion in development in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, located on Lake Ray Hubbard.

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

Texas Education Agency

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education. The agency is headquartered in the William B. Travis State Office Building in downtown Austin. Mike Morath, formerly a member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 14, 2015, and began serving on Jan. 4, 2016.

Statistics (per 2010)

The attendance rate for students at the school is 95%, compared with a state average of 96%. 44% of the students at Beaver are economically disadvantaged, 9% enroll in special education, 4% enroll in gifted and talent programs.

The ethnic makeup of the school is 31.8% Hispanic, 25.7% African American, 29.3% White, non-Hispanic, 20.0% Asian/Pacific Islander, and less than 1% Native American.

The term Hispanic refers to the people that originate from, or reside in, a former Spanish Empire viceroyalty.

White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly and often exclusively for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view. The term has at times been expanded to encompass persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts. The usage of "white people" or a "white race" for a large group of mainly or exclusively European populations, defined by their light skin, among other physical characteristics, and contrasting with "black people", Amerindians, and other "colored" people or "persons of color", originated in the 17th century. It was only during the 19th century that this vague category was transformed in a quasi-scientific system of race and skin color relations.

Asian people or Asiatic people are people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.

The average class sizes at Beaver are 21 students per class (with the exception of kindergarten).

Teachers at the school carry, on average, 10 years of teaching experience and 7% of the teachers on staff are first-year teachers. [3]

Feeder Patterns

Garland ISD is a Free Choice school district, which allows the parent to choose which school his or her children want to attend within the district.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Retrieved on 20 January 2008
  2. ↑ http://www.garlandisdschools.net/BeaverMST/ Archived 2006-12-05 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 20 January 2008
  3. 1 2 3 2007 TEA AEIS Report. Retrieved on 20 January 2008
  4. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
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