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Galveston ISD Police Department is a school district police department established under the provision of the Texas Education Code. The department was established during the 1967-68 school year to assist during the consolidation of Central High School (an African American school) into the all Caucasian Ball High School to bring an end to ...
Ball High School is a public secondary school in Galveston, Texas, United States. Ball, which covers grades 9 through 12, is a part of Galveston Independent School District. Ball High School serves the cities of Galveston and Jamaica Beach and the unincorporated communities of Port Bolivar and Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula.
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 part of the High Island Independent School District. [4] Approximately 30 miles from the City of Galveston, it is zoned within the Bolivar Peninsula.
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.
High Island Independent School District. Coordinates: 29.5628°N 94.3909°W. High Island Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Galveston County, Texas, United States. HIISD serves the communities of Caplen, High Island, and Gilchrist on the Bolivar Peninsula.
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.
Clear Creek Independent School District (also extends into Harris County) Dickinson Independent School District. Friendswood Independent School District. Galveston Independent School District. Hitchcock Independent School District. Santa Fe Independent School District. Texas City Independent School District.
48,726 (2010) Pop. density. 342.21/km 2 (886.32/sq mi) Galveston Island (/ ˈɡælvɪstən / GAL-vis-tən) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County.