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As of 2019 the Presidio High School rocketry club consistently won competitions against schools from wealthier, urban communities. A Texas Monthly article in 2019 covered the club. A Filipina teacher named Shella Condino established the club after taking a job at Presidio High in 2006; the club began operations in 2008.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [1] On April 17, 2013, an explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant leveled several blocks of West and caused fires to spread across several blocks, including West Middle School. [2] All five schools were shut down for the remaining week. [3]
In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2] The campus was heavily damaged in the April 2013 West Fertilizer Company explosion and demolition of the school building began in mid-December 2013. Classes were held at a temporary site until the new West High School campus opened in 2015. [3]
In 1988, there were 9,800 students, with 3,900 of them in senior high school. [3] In 1991, Miraleste High School and Palos Verdes High School were closed and all high school students on the Peninsula were funneled to the former Rolling Hills High School campus, re-named Peninsula High School. [4]
The consolidation of the Plemons, Stinnett, and phillips independent school districts into PSPCISD was effective July 1, 1987. [2] Each of the predecessor school districts had its own mascot, and the "Comanches" was chosen as the mascot for the unified district.
Port Arthur Independent School District is a public school district based in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. The district serves most of Port Arthur and a portion of Groves . In 2012, the school district was rated " academically acceptable " by the Texas Education Agency .
Point Isabel Independent School District is a public school district based in Port Isabel, Texas, United States. In addition to Port Isabel, the district serves the towns of Laguna Vista and South Padre Island , as well as the unincorporated Cameron County community of Laguna Heights .
West Orange-Cove was ultimately formed from the West Orange, Cove, and Orange Independent School Districts. Shortly after West Orange and Cove consolidated (1965–1966), the new West Orange-Cove was forced to by the Texas Education Agency absorb Orange Public Schools, which had recently dropped its status as an ISD, and operated through the City of Orange.