Canadian Independent School District

Last updated
Canadian High School
Address
Canadian Independent School District
621 South Fifth Street

Canadian
,
(Hemphill County)
,
Texas
79014

United States
Coordinates 35°54′33″N100°23′07″W / 35.909198°N 100.385287°W / 35.909198; -100.385287
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalJames Bryant
Staff29.24 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment293 [1]  (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio10.02 [1]
Color(s)Black and gold [2]
  
Nickname Wildcats [2]
Website Canadian High School

Canadian Independent School District is a public school district based in Canadian, Texas, United States.

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In addition to Hemphill County, where it serves Canadian and Glazier; [3] it includes a section of Lipscomb County, where it serves Higgins. [4]

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [5]

Ken King, a former president of the CISD, is now the Texas state representative from District 88, which encompasses a large swath of the Panhandle and the South Plains, including Canadian and Hemphill County. The current president and vice-president of the trustees are Larry Gatlin and Courtney Trollinger, respectively.

Canadian futures trader and hedge fund operator Salem Abraham is a former trustee and board president.

The Canadian Boys Football and Basketball teams won the State Championships during the 2014-2015 school year. They repeated that feat during the 2015-2016 school year. Canadian ISD is the very first school in UIL history to win Back to Back titles in both Football and Basketball in consecutive years.

History

In 1951 the Baker School Annex, which has seven classrooms and had a cost of $90,000, opened. [6]

Woodie E. Beene served as superintendent until he resigned in 1966 so he could become superintendent of Stamford ISD. Joe R. Cullender succeeded him as superintendent; Cullender was previously principal of the high school. [7]

On July 1, 2020 Higgins Independent School District consolidated into Canadian ISD. [8] CISD superintendent Lynn Pulliam stated that he expected the enrollment of Canadian ISD schools to increase by 35, based upon the overall population of the town of Higgins. [9]

Schools

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Canadian High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Canadian High School". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  3. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hemphill County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lipscomb County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list: It refers to Higgins ISD, which consolidated into Canadian ISD on July 1, 2020
  5. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
  6. ↑ "Canadian Grade School Annex Completed; Open House Today". Pampa Daily News . Pampa, Texas. 1951-04-22. p. 11. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "School Head In Canadian Resigns Post". Pampa Daily News . Pampa, Texas. 1966-09-07. p. 3. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "CONSOLIDATIONS, ANNEXATIONS AND NAME CHANGES FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS Updated January 28, 2020" (PDF). Texas Education Agency . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  9. ↑ "Higgins ISD plans to consolidate with Canadian ISD next year". KFDA. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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