Penelope Independent School District is a public
school district
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North America United States
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based in
Penelope,
Texas
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(
USA
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). In addition to Penelope, the district also serves the
unincorporated community
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of
Birome. The district has one school
Penelope School that serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve.
The school and town were chronicled in the book "Where Dreams Die Hard" by Carlton Stowers, which follows the team for an entire season of football (after dropping the sport for 40 years, the school resumed play in 2000). In 2007, Penelope made the football playoffs for the first time in school history, though it lost in the first round.
Academic achievement
In 2009, the school district was rated "
academically acceptable" by the
Texas Education Agency
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Special programs
Athletics
Penelope High School offers
six-man football
Six-man football is a variant of gridiron football played with six players per team, instead of the standard 11 or 12. It is generally played by high schools in rural areas of the United States and Canada.
History
Six-man football was developed ...
,
volleyball
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,
basketball
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,
track and field
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, and
cross country running
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.
See also
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List of school districts in Texas
This is a list of school districts in Texas, sorted by Region and County.
Geographical school districts in Texas are (with one exception, the Stafford Municipal School District) completely independent from city or county jurisdiction.
Texas sch ...
References
External links
Penelope ISD
School districts in Hill County, Texas
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