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In March 2007, Galveston ISD announced that it would introduce plans to change the configurations of its elementary and middle schools within the city of Galveston. [ 22 ] Some parents expressed concern about consolidating the middle schools, because Weis and Central had different student demographics, with Weis having a wealthier student body.
Circa 2003 some Bolivar Peninsula residents in the Galveston Independent School District (GISD) portion who were dissatisfied with the Crenshaw School, the then-two-campus GISD K-8 school on the peninsula, sent their children to High Island schools. [1] Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005. [2]
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 (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "School districts in Galveston County, Texas" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
This meant an exodus of children from the Galveston ISD and into other school districts. If Hurricane Katrina evacuees and out-of-district students are excluded, Galveston ISD lost 12% of its students between the 2002-2003 school year and the 2006-2007 school year; Ball High School is affected as it is the only public high school in Galveston. [5]
The western portion of the Bolivar Peninsula, including the unincorporated communities of Port Bolivar [27] and Crystal Beach, [28] are within the Galveston Independent School District. That portion is served by the Pre-K-8 Crenshaw Elementary and Middle School, located on the peninsula, and Ball High School (9-12), located on the island of ...
As of 2020 there are no particular attendance boundaries in GISD, so parents may apply to any school they wish, but only Bolivar Peninsula residents may have school bus service to Crenshaw K-8. [12] Residents attend Ball High School in Galveston. [13] As it is within Galveston ISD, Crystal Beach is within the Galveston College service area. [14]
Galveston College is led by a president who answers to the Galveston Community College District Board of Regents whose nine members are publicly elected. The president is currently W. Myles Shelton. In the late 1990s interest was shown in creating an endowment that would encourage high school graduates in the community to attend college.