Wink-Loving Independent School District

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Wink-Loving Independent School District
Location
Wink
, Texas
United States
District information
Type Public
SuperintendentScotty Carman
Enrollment403 (2013)
Other information
Website www.wlisd.net

Wink-Loving Independent School District is a public school district based in Wink, Texas, United States in Winkler County, Texas. The district serves students in southern and western Winkler County along with all of Loving County.

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Wink-Loving ISD was established in 1928 and in the following year built a two-story Junior/High School with a mission revival styling designed by the Butler Company of Lubbock, Texas. In 1948, WLISD built a band hall and cafeteria (now administration building). In 1959, the district built an elementary school. In 1962, WLISD built a gym and pool building. Due to Loving County's school district enrollment falling to two students, it was incorporated with Wink County's school district. In 1978, WLISD extended the elementary school. In 1981, the district added a physical fitness center, then in 1982 built a new cafeteria and remodeled the old 1948 cafeteria turning it into the administration building.

In 2018, the school district was rated "failing" by the Texas Education Agency. [1] The same agency had rated the school district "academically acceptable" in 2009. [2]

In November 2018, Superintendent of Schools Scotty Carman and the Wink ISD school board voted 6–1 in favor of demolishing the historic but decrepit 90-year-old high school building and auditorium addition to make room for future development. Demolition was to begin in January 2019.

In 2020, the school district voted to replace the 1959 elementary school, 1948 band hall, 1948 administration building, and 1982 cafeteria. In August 2021, the new band hall was opened. The new elementary school and cafeteria opened for the 2022–2023 school year. The old elementary school was planned to be demolished after the asbestos is removed and a new administration building and auditorium were to be built on the grounds.

Schools

Located in western Winkler County, the district has two campuses, both in Wink.

Controversy

In July 2024, the ACLU of Texas sent Wink-Loving Independent School District a letter, alleging that the district's 2023-2024 dress and grooming code appeared to violate the Texas CROWN Act, a state law which prohibits racial discrimination based on hair texture or styles, and asking the district to revise its policies for the 2024-2025 school year. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Education Agency Department Of Performance Reporting Preliminary 2018 Accountability Ratings". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gross, Kristi (July 24, 2024). "ACLU of Texas Finds 51 School Districts Likely Remain in Violation of the CROWN Act". ACLU of Texas. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  4. ↑ Leffingwell, Kelsey (July 24, 2024). "51 Texas school districts violating CROWN Act, ACLU says". Spectrum News . Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
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