Aldine Independent School District
| Aldine Independent School District | |
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2520 W.W. Thorne Blvd. Houston, TX 77073 ESC Region 4 USA |
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| Coordinates | 29°56′5″N 95°21′21″W / 29.93472°N 95.35583°W |
| District information | |
| Type | Independent school district |
| Motto | "Producing The Nations Best!" |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Established | 1935 |
| Superintendent | Wanda Bamberg |
| Schools | 78 (2013-2014) |
| District ID | 4807710 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 67,450 (2013-2014) |
| Teachers | 4,237.98 (2009–10) (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis) |
| Student-teacher ratio | 17.0 (2011-2012) |
| Other information | |
| TEA District Accountability Rating for 2013-2014 | Met Standard |
| Website | Aldine ISD |
The Aldine Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It serves portions of Houston and unincorporated Harris County. Aldine ISD serves the communities of Aldine, most of Greenspoint, most of East Aldine, and portions of Airline, Acres Homes, Kinwood, Bordersville, and Inwood Forest. The district is part of the taxation base for the Lone Star College System. As of August 2014, Dr. Wanda Bamberg serves as superintendent of schools.
The origin and story of the Aldine Independent School District (AISD) begins before the founding of the district itself in 1935. What would eventually become AISD actually started as a series of one-room schoolhouses in the late 1870s located in what was then sparsely populated and rural north and north central Harris County, Texas.
In 1876, after a series of new education laws, Harris County authorized the creation of several school communities. Harris County School Community No. 1, the Westfield School Community, was established by W. L. Higgs, H. Illonefield and James McLeod on September 30, 1876. Harris County School Community No. 13, the Durdin School Community, was established by G. L. Durdin, Pleasant Smith Humble, and H. Smith on December 22, 1876. On 18 November 1881, the trustees of Westfield Community No. 1 (H. Tautenhahn, Redding Jackson and S. Yarborough) were authorized to sell off the old school house and one acre of land, and put the proceeds towards the debts against the new school house.
On 17 February 1882, the area was defined as Harris County Election Precinct No. 23, with the following boundaries: "Beginning where the HE & WT Railroad crosses the line of Harris and Montgomery Counties. Thence with County Line to mouth of Cypress Creek. Thence up said creek to the east line of the G H Delesdernier survey. Thence with line of Delesdernier & Walters surveys to SW corner of Walter Survey. Thence to head of Halls Bayou. Thence to HE & WT Railroad at or near N. W. Corner of Harris and Wilson Surey. Thence with said Railroad to place of beginning. The voting place of said precinct shall be "H. Tantenhahn Store" and H. Tantenhan the Presiding Officer (voting) there of."
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