Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Irving ISD was one of approximately 43 school districts out of over 1200 in Texas to receive the rating in 2010. During the 2011 school year, Irving was one of only 23 school districts out of over 1200 to repeat the 5-star rating. In 2015, Irving ISD was one of two winners of the national AP District of the Year by College Board.
Jack E. Singley Academy (formerly The Academy of Irving ISD) is a career-oriented public high school in Irving, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Irving Independent School District . The Academy grants admission to students through a non-merit based selection process, which requires applying to the school during the spring ...
A 14-year-old student, Ahmed Mohamed, was arrested on September 14, 2015, for bringing an alleged hoax bomb to school, questioned, and released. Under Texas law, it is illegal to possess a "hoax bomb" with an intent to "make another believe that the hoax bomb is an explosive or incendiary device" or to "cause [an] alarm or reaction of any type by an official of a public safety agency or ...
By the early 1960s the city had a population of approximately 45,000. A number of manufacturing plants operated in Irving, along with transportation, retail and financial businesses. The University of Dallas in Irving opened in 1956, and Texas Stadium was completed in 1971 as the home field of the Dallas Cowboys.
PFSweb, Inc. was founded in 1994 as Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (PFS) [4] by Texas-based Daisytek International Corporation. [5] [6] The company first specialized in running call centers for clients and then expanded to provide electronic-commerce sales and order processing, product warehousing, packaging, and fulfillment services.
Ranchview High School is a public high school located in Irving, Texas . The school opened in 2002 [ 2 ] as part of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD). Ranchview serves students in Irving (including portions of Las Colinas and Valley Ranch ), Coppell , and Farmers Branch . [ 3 ]
Nimitz High School is one of five public high schools in the Irving Independent School District. As of 2018, the school ethnicity was 1% Native American, 2.1% Asian, 7.7% African American, 8.7% White, and 79.5% Hispanic.
The Highlands School is located in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas on Northgate Drive between Texas State Highways 114 and 183. The campus is located next to the University of Dallas and works closely with the school. It is in close proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.