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Sweeny Independent School District
Sweeny Independent School District is a public school district based in Sweeny, Texas, Sweeny, Texas, United States. The district is approximately and serves the City of Sweeny and surrounding area. The mascot of the high school is the Bulldog, and the mascot of the junior high is the Friskie. In 2009, the school district was rated "Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system, academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. History In 1896 Brazoria County went to a Common School District system. There was a total of 22 districts at that time. Two of those districts, 17 and 19, were west of the San Bernard River with the dividing line between the two approximately ½ mile north of what we know today to be FM 521. This put the area that would later become the Sweeny/Old Ocean area in District 17. In 1910-1911 R D McDonald and Burton Hurd plotted the townsite and began selling property and developing Sweeny. Area community members lead by Emmitt Rimmer petiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
