Pearland Independent School District

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

Pearland ISD serves most of the city of Pearland (including master-planned communities such as Silvercreek) and the city of Brookside Village.

Pearland ISD is operated by a seven-person elected Board of Trustees.

The Superintendent of Schools is Dr. Bonny Cain. She was named superintendent in 2000, when Dr. James Schleider retired.

Each house or residential area in Pearland is zoned to an elementary school (grades PK-4), a middle school (5-6), and a junior high school (7-8). There is only one ninth grade center that feeds into the one high school in Pearland ISD.

On November 7, 2006, a bond presented by the district passed with 69.84% of the votes being for the bond. A total of $115 million dollars has been alloted to construct a second high school, to be named after deceased Texas Representative and former Pearland High School teacher Glenda Dawson, on the west side of Pearland. The bond also calls for converting the facility that houses the Ninth Grade Center and Junior High South into a third high school, to be named after former Pearland ISD superintendent Robert Turner. Other items on the bond include the construction of two new elementary schools, technology upgrades, and improvements to current campuses.

Currently the school district is rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

1 Administration
2 Controversies
- 2.1 Standardized dress
3 List of schools
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Administration

Dr. Bonny Cain, Superintendent of Schools
Don Marshall, Assistant Superintendent of Business
Cary Partin, Assistant Superintendent of Support Services
Dr. Brenda Waters, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education
Sonia Serrano, Assistant Superintendent of Intermediate Education
Nanette Weimer, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education
Dr. Nyla Watson, Executive Director of Instructional Programs
Mike Watson, Director of Athletics
Retta Cook, Director of Special Programs
L. Renea Ivy-Sims, Director of Communications
Barbara Derrick, Director of Career and Technology Education
Len DePrang, Director of Fine Arts and Languages Other Than English

[edit] Controversies

Pearland High School has been the subject of several sex scandals involving employees and students, which has reportedly caused unrest in the student body.

Pearland High School has received several terroristic threats within the past few years. One of these threats involved evacuating the entire campus and moving the evacuees to the football stadium while police searched the school buildings.

[edit] Standardized dress

Since 2001, All Pearland ISD schools are required to enact a "standardized dress" code, which is similar to a school uniform; this is controversial among students and staff.

[edit] List of schools

Glenda Dawson High School, 2007 - David Moody, Principal
Pearland High School, 1937 - Michele Staley, Principal
Pearland Ninth Grade Center*, 2002 - David Moody, Principal
Pearland Academic Center for Excellence (PACE), 2002 - Cynthia Henry, Principal
Berry Miller Junior High School (scheduled to open in 2008-2009) - TBA, Principal
Pearland Junior High School East Campus, 1972 - Lonnie Leal, Principal
Pearland Junior High School South Campus, 2002 - Brad Brown, Principal
Pearland Junior High School West Campus, 1993 - Pam Wilson, Principal
Alexander Middle School (scheduled to open in 2007-2008) - Annette Chambliss, Principal
Sam Jamison Middle School, 1982 - Sharon Bradley, Principal
Rogers Middle School, 2003 - Kim Radous, Principal
Leon H. Sablatura Middle School, 1997 - Richard Landers, Interim Principal
Herbert C. Carleston Elementary School, 1979 - Lisa Nixon, Principal
Challenger Elementary School, 1993 - Lisa Nelson, Principal
Barbara Cockrell Elementary School (scheduled to open in 2007-2008) - Gerri Roberts, Principal
C.J. Harris Elementary School, 1945 - Ruth Cornett, Principal
E.A. Lawhon Elementary School, 1962 - Marlo Keller, Principal
Magnolia Elementary School (scheduled to open in 2007-2008) - Sharon Gifford, Principal
Massey Ranch Elementary School, 2006 - Katie Kyle, Principal
Rustic Oak Elementary School, 1993 - Beth West, Principal
Shadycrest Elementary School, 1980 - Angela Blair, Principal
Silvercrest Elementary School, 2002 - Cortenay Colling, Principal
Silverlake Elementary School, 1998 - Molly Helmer, Principal

Pearland Ninth Grade Center will no longer exist as the NGC after the 2006-2007 school year. 1/3 of PISD's high school students will attend the facility until Dawson High School's facility is completed in 2009. The remaining 2/3 of the students will attend Pearland High School.