Texas City Independent School District

Texas City Independent School District
Texas City, Texas United States of America
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre K through 12
Superintendent	Cynthia Lusignolo, Ed.D.
Governing agency	Texas Education Agency
Students and staff
Students	6,244
Teachers	385.9
Staff	912.6
Other information
Website	http://www.tcisd.org

Texas City Independent School District is a public school district based in Texas City, Texas. It serves most of Texas City and La Marque as well as a portion of Tiki Island.

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

Beginning in the 1870s, children in the small developing town of Texas City, Tx were educated in various locations throughout the city by an ever-changing staff of teachers, as there was no formal education system yet available to the town. This all changed, however, in December 1904 as the very first School Board of Trustees were elected and by January of the following year the new board established the Texas City Independent School District. The first formal school in TCISD, Central School, was housed in a small wooden building on 3rd Ave and educated students from first to eight grade. As the town quickly grew and Central School was outgrown, the town held and passed a bond election in 1910 to build Kohfeldt Elementary School on land which was donated by Franz Kohfeldt and would house students from the first through fifth grades, as well as the Wolvin School, which educated students from sixth through eleventh grades and was built at the intersection of 3rd Street and 6th Avenue N. on land donated by A.B. Wolvin. These two schools were both completed and opened in 1912, followed by the Gonne School in 1920 which was a two story office building converted to house the cities students in fifth, sixth and seventh grades. Also, in 1912, the cities first school for black students was opened at the First Baptist Church on first avenue with Mrs. Drucilla Kittrell teaching grades one through seven.

In the late 1920s the city saw continued growth and in 1928 passed more bond issues allowing for the construction of the new Central High School which would house students from eighth to eleventh grades, as well as the conversion of Wolvin High School into an elementary school.

As the city continued to grow into the mid 1930s yet another bond issue was passed to expand the high school adding a gymnasium, home economics and vocational facilities in separate buildings on the sight of Central High. Also two new elementary schools, Danforth and Heights, would be open in September 1939 and the aging facilities of Kofheldt, Wolvin and Gonne would be closed. However, in 1941, Wolvin would reopen as a Junior High to help ease overcrowding, but was then heavily damaged by a hurricane in 1943 and would be closed again, this time permanently.

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