Garland Independent School District
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Garland Independent School District is a school district based in Garland, Texas (USA).
Garland ISD is located in one of the fastest growing areas of Dallas County. Garland ISD extends from the Dallas city limits, northeast to the county line and serves parts of the communities of Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse. A small portion of Dallas and a small portion of Wylie are served by Garland ISD.
Garland ISD is a Free Choice school system [1] which allows the parent to choose which school his or her children want to attend within the district. Most students choose to attend the school to which they would be assigned absent Free Choice; preference is given to students residing closest to the school facility. GISD elementary schools have defined "transportation zones" that determine if students are eligible for transportation to their schools [2]. Garland ISD has the only "free choice system" in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
The district encompasses approximately 100 square miles. With a student enrollment of over 55,000 students, GISD is currently the fourth largest school district in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and is thirteenth largest district in the state of Texas. Garland High School, the district's first high school, is more than one hundred years old.
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[edit] Facilities
[edit] Secondary schools
[edit] High schools
5 in Garland, 1 in Rowlett, 1 in Sachse
AAAAA
- Garland High School (Garland)
- Lakeview Centennial High School (Garland)
- Naaman Forest High School (Garland)
- North Garland High School (Garland)
- Rowlett High School (Rowlett)
- Sachse High School (Sachse)
- South Garland High School (Garland)
Other
- Garland ISD Evening School (on the campus of Garland High School, Garland)
[edit] Middle schools
10 in Garland, 2 in Rowlett, 1 in Sachse
- Austin Academy for Excellence (Garland) - A magnet school for the Garland Independent School district.
- Bussey Middle School (Garland)
- Classical Center at Brandenberg (Garland)
- Coyle Middle School (Rowlett) (opened 1973)
- Sam Houston Middle School (Garland)
- Hudson Middle School (Sachse)
- Jackson Technology Center (Garland)
- Lyles Middle School (Garland)
- Memorial Preparatory School (Garland)
- O'Banion Middle School (Garland)
- Schrade Middle School (Rowlett)
- Sellers Middle School (Garland)
- Webb Middle School (Garland)
[edit] Primary schools
35 in Garland, 8 in Rowlett, 2 in Sachse
- Luke & Betty Abbett Elementary School (Garland) (opened 1989)
- Armstrong Elementary School (Sachse) (opened August 19, 2002)
- James M. Back Elementary School (Rowlett)
- Beaver Technology Center (Garland)(opened in 1960, became a magnet in 1997)
- Bradfield Elementary School (Garland)
- Bullock Elementary School (Garland)
- Randolph Caldwell Elementary School (Garland) (opened 1955)
- Centerville Elementary School (Garland)
- Classical Center at Vial Elementary School (Garland)
- Club Hill Elementary School (Garland)
- Cooper Elementary School (Garland)
- Couch Elementary School (Garland)
- Daugherty Elementary School (Garland)
- Davis Elementary School (Garland)
- Dorsey Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 12, 1996)
- Ethridge Elementary School (Garland)
- Freeman Elementary School (Garland)
- Joyce Giddens-Steadham Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 9, 1999)
- Golden Meadows Elementary School (Garland)
- Handley Elementary School (Garland)
- Heather Glen Elementary School (Garland)
- Carl L. Herfurth Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened 1988)
- Hickman Elementary School (Garland)
- Hillside Academy for Excellence (Garland)
- Keeley Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 1991)
- Kimberlin Academy for Excellence (Garland)
- Lister Elementary School (Garland)
- Luna Elementary School (Garland)
- Montclair Elementary School (Garland)
- Northlake Elementary School (Garland)
- Park Crest Elementary School (Garland)
- Nita Pearson Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened 2004)
- Roach Elementary School (Garland)
- Rowlett Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened 1979)
- Sewell Elementary School (Sachse) (opened 1992)
- Shorehaven Elementary School (Garland)
- Shugart Elementary School (Garland)
- Southgate Elementary School (Garland)
- Spring Creek Elementary School (Garland)
- Stephens Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 15, 1994)
- Toler Elementary School (Garland)
- Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence (Garland)
- Watson Technology Center for Math and Science (Garland)
- Weaver Elementary School (Garland)
- Williams Elementary School (Garland)
[edit] Pre-Kindergarten schools
2 in Garland
- Gloria Cisneros PreKindergarten School
- Florence Parsons PreKindergarten School
[edit] Rentable facilities
Garland Special Events Center
They are also one of the few school Districts to own 8,000 seat arena with an 8,000 square foot grand ballroom seating 400 for Banquets and a lecture hall holding 140 people and two large 1,000 square foot meeting rooms. This facility was built to hold the districts numerous graduating ceremonies but is open the rest of the year to all kinds of events to be held there.
[edit] Former schools
- George Washington Carver School - A segregated all African-American school that was closed when Garland ISD desegregated [3].
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.garlandisd.net/district/freedom_of_choice.asp
- ^ http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/transportation/designated_areas2007.asp
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/garland/stories/DN-garcarver_30eas.ART0.Central.Edition1.24ab2a2.html
| 2006 Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating |
| Exemplary | Recognized | Academically Acceptable | Academically Unacceptable | Not Rated: Other |
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| High schools | Garland | Lakeview Centennial | Naaman Forest | North Garland | Rowlett | Sachse | South Garland |
