Garland Independent School District

Garland Independent School District
Location
Harris Hill Administration Building
Garland
USA
District information
Type Public
Grades Pre-K through 12
Superintendent Bob Morrison, Ed.D.[1]
Budget 2008-2009
Students and staff
Students 56,459[2]
Teachers 3,773[2]
Staff 3,334[2]
Athletic conference UIL 10-6A[3]
Other information
Coordinates 32°55′33.9″N 96°38′19.7″W / 32.926083°N 96.638806°W / 32.926083; -96.638806Coordinates: 32°55′33.9″N 96°38′19.7″W / 32.926083°N 96.638806°W / 32.926083; -96.638806
Website Garland ISD
GISD headquarters

Garland Independent School District is a public school district with its headquarters in the Harris Hill Administration Building in Garland, Texas (USA).[4]

Garland ISD extends from the Dallas city limits, northeast to the county line and serves parts of the communities of Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse.[5] A small portion of Dallas, Wylie and Richardson are served by Garland ISD.

The district encompasses approximately 100 square miles (260 km2). With a student enrollment of 56,459 students,[2] GISD is currently the fourth largest school district in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and is thirteenth largest district in the state of Texas. Garland High School, the district's first high school, is more than one hundred years old.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[6]

Choice of School Plan

Garland ISD implements a Freedom of Choice/Choice of School plan, which allows parents to choose which school his/her children want to attend within the district for the following school year.[7] The Choice of School plan is a desegregation plan resulting from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[8] The plan stipulates that all schools must adhere to the ethnicity ratios established by the courts while not exceeding the student capacities of each individual campus. Most students choose to attend the school to which they would be assigned absent Free Choice; preference is given to students residing closest to the school facility. Garland ISD schools have defined "transportation areas" that provide school bus transportation to students who live two or more miles from the nearest available school.[9] Garland ISD has the only "free choice system" in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and in the United States of America.

The change in demographics, with GISD's student body becoming about 50% Hispanic and Latino by 2013, interfered with the ethnicity bands set in the 1980s.[10]

Statistics (per 2006)

The attendance rate for students in the district is 96%, compared with a state average of 96%. 48% of the students in the district are economically disadvantaged, 10% enroll in special education, 7% enroll in gifted and talent programs, 22% are enrolled in career and technology programs, and 24% are considered "limited English proficient."[2]

The ethnic makeup of the district is 40.7% Hispanic, 32.5% White, non-Hispanic, 18.7% African American, 7.6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.5% Native American.[11] As of 2015 the district has over 2,000 students of Vietnamese heritage. GISD operates Spanish and Vietnamese bilingual programs, the latter only being available at grades PK-3 at 10 elementary schools and Parsons PreK.[12]

Teachers in the district carry, on average, 10 years of teaching experience and 12% of the teachers on staff are first-year teachers. 74% of the teachers hold bachelors, 24% hold masters, 1% hold doctorates, and less than 1% have no degree.[2]

60% of students in the district took SAT/ACT standardized examinations with an average score of 1009 and 20, respectively. 23% of students took an AP and/or IB examination.[2]

Facilities

Secondary schools

High schools

5 in Garland, 1 in Rowlett, 1 in Sachse
AAAAAA

Other

Middle schools

9 in Garland, 2 in Rowlett, 1 in Sachse

Primary schools

Ethridge Elementary School

36 in Garland, 9 in Rowlett, 2 in Sachse

Pre-Kindergarten schools

2 in Garland

Rentable facilities

Curtis Culwell Center

Curtis Culwell Center is a $31.5 million multi-purpose rentable facility featuring an arena and a conference center. The complex was built by HKS, Inc. and funded by a bond election held in fall of 2002. Although the facility replaced Southern Methodist University's Moody Coliseum as Garland ISD's primary location to host the district's commencement exercises in May 2005, the 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m2) complex was formally completed in August 2005.[18]

The arena seats up to 7,500 for concerts, basketball/volleyball games, and graduation ceremonies. The conference center seats 400 guests in the 8,000 square feet (740 m2) ballroom for banquets and 140 guests in the tiered lecture hall.[19]

This facility was the location of a "contest to draw cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad" that resulted in an attack by two Muslim men who were shot dead by Garland Police.

Former schools

Controversies

Black History Month, 2016

On February 26, 2016 during a presentation at Coyle Middle School, students held up signs saying, “Black Lives Matter,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and “The Whole System Is Guilty.” In response, the Rowlett police chief Mike Broadnax said “Allowing this only promotes the discontent and hatred for police to continue. It’s a bad day.” In response, Coyle Middle School principal Michael Bland emailed school staff stating, "...If any of the political messages on the signs offended anyone, I apologize on behalf of the administration.".[23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ GISD Leadership. Retrieved on 26 October 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Texas Education Agency AEIS Report - Garland ISD. Retrieved on 15 December 2007
  3. ↑ http://www.uiltexas.org/files/alignments/6A_BB-FBRvsd3-1.pdf
  4. ↑ "Contact Us." Garland Independent School District. Retrieved on January 8, 2010.
  5. ↑ GISD Where is GISD?
  6. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
  7. ↑ Choice of School. Retrieved on 24 January 2008.
  8. ↑ Choice of School FAQ. Retrieved on 24 January 2008.
  9. ↑ Designated Transportation Areas. Retrieved on 24 January 2008.
  10. ↑ Leszcynski, Ray. "Garland ISD’s changing demographics test desegregation plan ." The Dallas Morning News. July 19, 2013. Retrieved on June 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/2007/district.srch.html
  12. ↑ "Bilingual Cultural Heritage Program (BCHP) - Vietnamese." Garland Independent School District. April 10, 2015. Retrieved on June 9, 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 4 http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  14. ↑ 2008 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools. Retrieved on 30 October 2008.
  15. ↑ http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/school_operations/documents/Standardized%20Dress%20Schools0809.pdf
  16. 1 2 http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf. Retrieved on 24 January 2008.
  17. ↑ Nevins, Annette (2007-12-16). "Garland magnet school wins national award for its high-achieving students". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  18. ↑ http://www.educationdesignshowcase.com/view.esiml?pid=37. Retrieved on 24 January 2008.
  19. ↑ http://www.specialeventscenter.com/about/about.asp. Retrieved on 24 January 2008.
  20. ↑ Smith, Andrew (2006-07-31). "Alumni of all-black school evoke a distant era". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  21. ↑ Garland ISD: Quick Facts About Us. Retrieved on 30 October 2008.
  22. ↑ Garland ISD: School Spirit & History. Retrieved on 30 October 2008.
  23. ↑ http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/02/26/north-texas-police-chief-offended-by-schools-black-history-program/ Retrieved on 29 February 2016.

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