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Gainesville Independent School District
The Gainesville Independent School District is a public school district in Cooke County, Texas, United States, based in Gainesville, Texas. For the 2015-2016 school year, the academic performance report issued by the Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.
for GISD declared the school district as having "met standard", the highest rating schools can earn on the State of Texas' accountability system. Recent Superintendents have been Dr. Desmontes Stewart (2018–present), Dr. Jeffrey "Jeff" Brasher (2011-2018); William "Bill" Gravitt (2007-2011); Dr. Charles A. Luke (2005-2007); Mike Rosenberg (1998-2005); Dr. Thomas Meyers (19 ...
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Gainesville, Texas
Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 16,002 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Texoma region and is an important Agri-business center. History Founded in 1850, the city of Gainesville was established on a tract of land donated by Mary E. Clark. City residents called their new community "Liberty", which proved short-lived, as a Liberty, Texas, already existed. One of the original settlers of Cooke County, Colonel William Fitzhugh, suggested that the town be named after General Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Gaines, a United States general under whom Fitzhugh had served, had been sympathetic with the Texas Revolution. The first hint of prosperity arrived with the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach in September 1858, bringing freight, passengers, and mail. In 1860, Cooke County voted against secession. In 1862, during the Civil War, the Great Hanging at Gainesville, a controversial trial and lynching of 40 suspected ...
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Cooke County, Texas
Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668. The county seat is Gainesville. The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region. Cooke County comprises the Gainesville, TX micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX- OK combined statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which (2.6%) are covered by water. Major highways * Interstate 35/ U.S. Highway 77 * U.S. Highway 82 * Farm to Market Road 51 Adjacent counties * Love County, Oklahoma (north) * Grayson County (east) * Denton County (south) * Wise County (southwest) * Montague County (west) Demographics ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to ...
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Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.Welcome to the Texas Education Agency
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ...
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Gainesville High School (Texas)
Gainesville High School is a public high school located in Gainesville, Texas, United States. It is part of the Gainesville Independent School District located in north central Cooke County and classified as a 4A-Division 1 school by the UIL. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. Academics In 2013, Gainesville High School was runner up in the district 9-3A competition. Athletics The Gainesville Leopards compete in the following sports: * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Fishing * Powerlifting * Soccer * Softball * Tennis * Track and Field * Volleyball State Titles *Football **2003(3A/D1) *Boys Basketball UIL Centennial Webpage
**2002(3A) State Runner Up: Football - 1974(3A), 1976(3A), 1978(3A), 2005(3A/D1), Boys Basketball - 2000(3A)


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Walnut Bend Independent School District
Walnut Bend Independent School District is a public school district located in northeastern Cooke County, Texas (USA). The district has one school that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) through eighth grade. High school students take a bus to Callisburg Independent School District. In 2009, the school district was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.
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