Terlingua Common School District (TCSD) is a public
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based in
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Brewster County
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, in the
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. Its only school,
Big Bend High School
Big Bend High School is a public K-12 school located in unincorporated area, unincorporated Brewster County, Texas, Brewster County, Texas (United States, USA), adjacent to the Study Butte, Texas, Study Butte census-designated place, and with a Te ...
, is located adjacent to the
Study Butte census-designated place
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, and with a
Terlingua
Terlingua ( ) is a mining district and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Brewster County, Texas, United States. It is located near the Rio Grande and the villages of Lajitas and Study Butte, Texas, as well as the Mexican state o ...
postal address.
The district, which also serves
Lajitas,
[ ]
Clipping
from Newspapers.com
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. It states the students attend Terlingua Common School. has one school —
Big Bend High School
Big Bend High School is a public K-12 school located in unincorporated area, unincorporated Brewster County, Texas, Brewster County, Texas (United States, USA), adjacent to the Study Butte, Texas, Study Butte census-designated place, and with a Te ...
, for grades K-12. Previously it was administratively divided between Big Bend High and Terlingua Elementary (Grades K–8
). Previously the elementary school was called the "Terlingua Common School".
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History
As of 2007, the Texas State Energy Conservation Office awards Terlingua ISD money due to the colonias served by the district.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable
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Operations
In 1996 Sam Howe Verhovek of ''The New York Times
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'' wrote that "The district is still extremely poor, though it is growing".[ - Alternate title:]
Longest school bus ride about to end
, in ''Wilmington Star-News
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'', May 27, 1996, page 3A. The article mentions Panther Junction as an area served by the high school, but it has a separate elementary district.
Service area
Its service area includes Terlingua, Study Butte, and Lajitas.[ Big Bend High School also takes high-schoolers within the ]San Vicente Independent School District
San Vicente Independent School District is a public school district in Brewster County, Texas, Brewster County, Texas (United States, USA).
The district has one school – San Vicente Elementary – located on the grounds of Big Bend National Park ...
, which serves residents from K through 8. San Vicente ISD is based in Panther Junction,[
Prior to fall 1996 ]Alpine High School
Alpine High School is a public high school located in the city of Alpine, Texas (USA) and is classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Alpine Independent School District located in north-central Brewster County. In 2015, the school ...
of the Alpine Independent School District
The Alpine Independent School District is a school district based in Alpine, Texas, United States. The district operates one high school, Alpine High School.
History
Prior to 1996 Alpine High School served as the high school for students from ...
served as the high school for students from Terlingua CSD, with the bus ride being the longest in the United States. In 1996 Big Bend High School opened.[ San Vicente began sending students to Big Bend High when it was established in 1996; San Vicente itself does not have enough of a taxation base, as of 1996, to establish its own high school.]
See also
* Non-high school district A Non-high school district is an American form of public school district which does not itself provide a high school, but instead reimburses nearby public districts with high schools for the education of students in the non-high district. At least ...
(Regarding the pre-1996 period)
References
External links
Terlingua CSD
* - Has boundary of the district
2010 Map
{{Region 18 School Districts in Texas
School districts in Brewster County, Texas