Huntsville Independent School District
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In addition to Huntsville, the district serves the city of Riverside as well as rural areas in central Walker County. The current Superintendent is Dr. L. Scott Shepherd.
Schools
High school
- Huntsville High School (Grades 9–12) [1]
Middle school
- Mance Park Middle School (grades 6-8)
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Elementary schools
- Huntsville Elementary (Grades PK3–5)
- Samuel W. Houston Elementary (Grades PK3–5)
- Scott Johnson Elementary Template:Webarchive (Grades PK3–5)
- Estella Stewart Elementary (Grades PK3–5)
Former schools
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- Huntsville Intermediate School (Grades 5-6)
- Gibbs Pre-K Center (Grades PK3-PK4)
Standardized dress
Huntsville ISD has standardized dress for grades 6–12 adopted by the board summer 2017.[2]
Demographics
By 2007 a Huntsville community report stated that over 50% of the HISD students are "classified as economically disadvantaged"; this is a higher percentage than the overall state percentage. As of 2007 over 18% of the students do not graduate from high school.[3]
Notable alumni
- Erin Cummings, Huntsville High School Class of 1995 - Television, film, and stage actress and former Kilgore College Rangerette.
- Charles Harrelson, criminal and father of Woody Harrelson, occasionally attended Huntsville High on and off from 1951-1953.[4]
- Richard Linklater, director, attended Huntsville High from 1975 to 1978 and heavily based Dazed and Confused (1993) on the experience.
- Rex Wayne Tillerson 69th United States Secretary of State from February 2017, to March 2018 under President Donald Trump.
Racial integration
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The district was fully racially integrated in 1968. Elementary schools began to be integrated before 1965. In 1965, students from non-white schools were allowed to apply to attend Huntsville High School instead of the non-white high school, Samuel W. Houston High School. One of the first African-American students to attend Huntsville High School was Joreen Kelly. She later became a teacher at Huntsville High School. The first African-American student to integrate Huntsville Elementary school was Janet Smither. (Now known as Janet Johnson)[5]
References
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- ↑ Rainwater, Mary. "HISD to hear update on high school construction." Huntsville Item. June 17, 2010. Retrieved on August 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Standardized Dress Guidelines." Huntsville Independent School District. Retrieved on September 13, 2010.
- ↑ Massingill, Ruth and Ardyth Broadrick Sohn. Prison City: Life with the Death Penalty in Huntsville, Texas. Peter Lang, 2007. Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN. 26.
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External links
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