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Lovelady Independent School District is a public
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, wh ...
based in Lovelady,
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), located within Houston County. The district has two campuses - Lovelady Junior High/High School (Grades 7-12) and Lovelady Elementary/Middle School (Grades PK-8). In 2009, the school district was rated " recognized" by the
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. The
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J. Dale Wainwright Unit (previously Eastham Unit), which has employee housing,Perkinson, Robert. '' Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire''. First Edition.
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. "Most of them lived in state-issued housing on the units, as he still does."
is located within the Lovelady district. On April 13, 2014, there was minor damage at the High School after a tornado ripped through the town. Lovelady ISD is one of the few districts in Texas that does not allow out of district transfers, with the exception of children of nonresident employees.


Consolidations

Lovelady consolidated with Pearson Chapel, Weldon, Cutt, Austonio, and Creek Schools, all during World War II except Austionio, which was in 1964.


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* {{Region 6 School Districts in Texas School districts in Houston County, Texas