Sam Rayburn Independent School District is a public
school district
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based in the community of
Ivanhoe
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,
Texas
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(
USA
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).
In addition to Ivanhoe, the district also serves the communities of
Telephone
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and
Elwood Elwood may refer to any one of the following::
Places
;In Australia
*Elwood, Victoria
;In the United States of America
*Elwood, Illinois
*Elwood, Indiana
*Elwood, Kansas
* Elwood, Missouri
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* Elwood-Magnolia, New Jersey
*Elwood, N ...
in north central
Fannin County.
The district was formed in 1964 by the consolidation of the North Fannin and Telephone districts, and was named after
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time ...
(the long-time
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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who was from Fannin County). Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Steele donated the land on which the school sits. The bell from the original North Fannin school was preserved and sits on the school campus.
In 2009, the school district was rated "
exemplary" by the
Texas Education Agency
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Schools
*Sam Rayburn High/Junior High (Grades 7-12)
*Sam Rayburn Elementary (Grades PK-6)
References
External links
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School districts in Fannin County, Texas