Samnorwood Independent School District (SISD) was a public school district based in the community of Samnorwood, Texas (USA).
History
The district had one school. It came into existence in 1934 by combining seven local schools: Aberdeen, Abra, Dpzoer. Lutie, Nicholson, Plymouth, and Prairie View. Samnorwood ISD later absorbed the China Grove, Elm Valley, Enterprise, Hackberry, Lone mound, Needwood, and Roundup school districts.[1]
On July 1, 1991, Lela Independent School District stopped operations, and Samnorwood ISD, along with Shamrock Independent School District, educated Lela ISD students until that district was formally merged into Shamrock ISD on July 1, 1992.[2]
The secondary grades were discontinued in the fall of 2011 when only one high school student graduated. The district itself was closed and consolidated with the Wellington Independent School District effective July 1, 2012.[3][4] The Texas Education Commissioner's Rule for District Takeover was used to close the district due to having too few students. Of the five school districts in Texas closed involuntarily under this rule from 2006 to 2015, Samnorwood ISD was the only one with a student body made up of mostly non-Hispanic white students.[5]
References
- ^ "Samnorwood ISD closes doors" (PDF). County Star News. 2012-06-06. p. A11. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATIONS, ANNEXATIONS AND NAME CHANGES FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- ^ http://tea.texas.gov/Finance_and_Grants/State_Funding/Additional_Finance_Resources/School__District_Consolidations_and_Annexations/ TEA Consolidation list; to access the actual document click on the list link.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATIONS, ANNEXATIONS AND NAME CHANGES FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS." Texas Education Agency. Updated August 1, 2016. Retrieved on February 23, 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Wiley (December 2017). "STATE TAKEOVERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS: A REVIEW OF A CASE DISTRICT (PhD Thesis)" (PDF). University of Houston. p. 44 (PDF p. 55).
These five districts were largely minority districts with the exception of one – Samnorwood ISD.
Further reading
- "SAMNORWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT v. G.I. Forum; League of United Latin American Citizens, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees". at Findlaw
External links
- Samnorwood Independent School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Collingsworth County, TX" (PDF). 2010 U.S. Census. U.S. Census Bureau.
- Map of Collingsworth County showing area school districts prior to SISD consolidation - Texas Education Agency - Web version