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In previous eras Galveston ISD house or residential area was assigned to an elementary school and a middle school. In Port Bolivar, the houses and residential areas are zoned to a K-8 center. All high school students in Galveston ISD were zoned to attend Ball High School. [6] Galveston College serves the catchment area of Galveston ISD. [7]
Circa 2003 some Bolivar Peninsula residents in the Galveston Independent School District (GISD) portion who were dissatisfied with the Crenshaw School, the then-two-campus GISD K-8 school on the peninsula, sent their children to High Island schools. [1] Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005. [2]
High Island School or High Island High School is a public school serving students grades PK–12 located in the High Island community of Galveston County, Texas, United States. It is the only school in the High Island Independent School District. [4] Approximately 30 miles from the City of Galveston, it is zoned within the Bolivar Peninsula.
Galveston's 7,000 students could soon have a new leader from east Texas, according to a statement from the district. Galveston ISD selects lone superintendent finalist [Video] Skip to main content
The tax base of the Galveston ISD grew by 13% in 2005 while Galveston ISD lost many district-zoned non-Hurricane Katrina evacuee students. [11] San Jacinto Elementary School closed in 2006. [12] Alamo Elementary School, which opened in 1935 and received renovations in 1980 and 1986, closed in 2007.
Central High School was a senior high school for African-American students in Galveston, Texas.It was a part of the Galveston Independent School District (GISD).. Lorraine Smith Tigner, quoted in the Galveston County Daily News, stated that Central, established as the Central School in 1885, was the first Texas school for black people.
Jessie McGuire Dent (1891–1948) was one of the 22 founders of the Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta.After graduation from Howard University, and years of teaching high school in her hometown of Galveston, Texas, she successfully sued the Galveston independent school district for unequal pay of Black teachers.
Ball High School (9–12) in Galveston is the district's sole comprehensive high school. Previously students are zoned to Oppe Elementary School (K–4) and Weis Middle School (6–8). [19] Galveston ISD (and therefore Jamaica Beach) is assigned to Galveston College in Galveston. [20] Texas A&M University at Galveston is in nearby Galveston.