West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District
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505 N. 15th, Orange, Texas P.O. Box 1107, Orange, TX 77631 (409)882-KIDS |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Transforming Lives for the Benefit of Society |
| Established | 1967 (Final Consolidation of Districts) |
| Superintendent | James Colbert Jr. |
| Enrollment | 2538 |
| Color(s) | Navy Grey |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| Website | www.woccisd.net |
505 N. 15th, Orange, Texas P.O. Box 1107, Orange, TX 77631
The West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district in Orange County, Texas (USA).
The district serves the cities of West Orange and Pinehurst as well as portions of Orange, including the majority of Orange below I-10, and the Old Peveto area. The district has 5 schools, including West Orange-Stark High School.
West Orange-Cove was ultimately formed from the West Orange, Cove, and Orange Independent School Districts. Shortly after West Orange and Cove consolidated (1965–1966), the new West Orange-Cove was forced to by the Texas Education Agency absorb Orange Public Schools, which had recently dropped its status as an ISD, and operated through the City of Orange . The final consolidation was in 1967. The district's name upon consolidation was West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District.
Although unknown when the dates of operation were, the children of the West Orange area went to a small building, serving grades only up to 8, on Western Avenue, until it caught fire. This having been shortly after Lorena Oates Elementary was erected, in 1949, a new campus was constructed, to serve the ‘upper’ grades, on Western. It had a state-of-the-art auditorium, and the district's administrative offices. Before this campus was built, high school students would attend Orange, or Lutcher-Stark (depending on the years) High School, of the Orange ISD. The class of 1956 was the first to graduate from West Orange High, then represented by the purple and white Chief. In 1966, West Orange ISD constructed, one block down from Lorena Oates Elementary, a separate West Orange High School campus. The Western Avenue campus became West Orange Junior High School.
Cove ISD, which also served grades K-8, in one building, was part of the 1967 consolidation. Until then it served as a school for the Cove Incorporation, which was dissolved subsequently with the consolidation. The Cove school saw at least two buildings in its duration. One, still standing on the corner of Campus, dates back to the 50’s.
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