The Fort Bend Independent School District, also known as Fort Bend ISD or FBISD, is a school district system in the U.S. state of Texas based in the city of Sugar Land.
The district spans 170 square miles (440 km2) covering almost all of the city of Sugar Land, the city of Meadows Place, the Fort Bend county portion of Missouri City, Arcola, small sections of Houston, small sections of Pearland (including some of Shadow Creek Ranch, which is attempting to secede from FBISD), the unincorporated communities of Clodine, Four Corners, Juliff, and Fresno, and the Fort Bend County portion of Mission Bend.
Fort Bend Independent School District was created by the consolidation of the Sugar Land ISD and Missouri City ISD in 1959. The school district is the seventh largest public school system in the state of Texas and third largest within the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Area. The school district is currently the largest employer in Fort Bend County with more than 9,000 district employees, and encompasses some of the wealthiest locales in the State of Texas.
Fort Bend ISD is distinguished by its honors. In 2010, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
The district is the only school district in the nation to be named a 2011 National School District of Character by the National Schools of Character Program in Washington DC--and only one of two districts in Texas to be honored with this designation. The Washington Post ranked Clements, Austin, Kempner, Travis, Dulles, Hightower and Elkins High Schools as seven of the Top 2011 High Schools in the Nation.
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History
Fort Bend ISD was formed when Sugar Land ISD and Missouri City ISD merged after an election on April 18, 1959. The first superintendent was Louis P. Rodgers (died May 1967).
Originally FBISD was racially segregated, with white high school students attending the consolidated Dulles High School, with its permanent campus in Sugar Land, and black high school students attending M.R. Wood School in Sugar Land. In 1963, FBISD had 600 students. The school district desegregated in September 1965; in the post-desegregation period Dulles was the district's sole high school until Willowridge High School opened in 1979. In 1969 the school district had 1,000 students, and its enrollment was increasing. Between 1979 and 1997, a new high school opened at intervals no more than five years apart. The district became the fastest growing school district in the State of Texas. In August 1997 the district had over 14,000 students at its high schools, then numbering six.
A portion of Stafford was formerly a part of Fort Bend ISD, but it broke away and formed the Stafford Municipal School District. In 1977, the FBISD portions of the city of Stafford left FBISD for the Stafford MSD, and the move was found to be constitutional in 1981. Residents in Stafford's ETJ are served by Fort Bend ISD, not Stafford MSD.
Circa 1997 FBISD was the fastest-growing school district in Texas, with new comprehensive high schools opening in increments of fewer than five years.
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Divisions/Administration Buildings
The Fort Bend ISD Police Department is headquartered in Stafford. Its current headquarters was the former FBISD Administration Building located off FM1092 which was later converted into a vehicle maintenance facility after the administration HQ was moved to Sugar Land.
FBISD's current administration building is located in Sugar Land, near the Town Square and First Colony Mall. There is also the FBISD Annex, which contains an auditorium/banquet hall for FBISD, as well as a shop for teachers of FBISD.
Athletics and extracurriculars
FBISD is known for having some of the best athletic teams in Houston. All 11 high schools contain 2 gyms, Tennis Courts, a football/soccer/track field, a baseball field, and softball field, each fitted with LED scoreboards.
FBISD also manages 2 athletic complexes, complete with turf and Video/LED scoreboards from NEVCO:
- Kenneth Hall Stadium (Football/Soccer/Track) and Buddy Hopson Field House (Gym) located next to Hightower
- Edward Mercer Stadium (Football/Soccer) and Wheeler Field House (gym) located next to the Admin Building
- Frankie Field (Baseball) is also located next to Mercer, but it is Clements's Home Field
Louis P. Rodgers Memorial Auditorium in Dulles High School was built in 1969.
Recognitions
Seventy percent of the district's campuses received an Exemplary or Recognized rating from the Texas Education Agency in 2002. That same year, the district was named a Recognized District by the Texas Education Agency for the second consecutive year, making it one of the largest public school districts in Texas to receive that rating. Currently the district is ranked "academically acceptable" and has been for the last several years.
Austin High School and Clements High School, both in Sugar Land, have been recognized by Texas Monthly magazine in its list of the top 10 high schools in the state of Texas. In addition, Clements, Austin, and Elkins high schools ranked 313th, 626th, and 702nd, respectively, among the top 1000 schools in the United States by Newsweek.
Fort Bend ISD has been named one of the top 100 School Districts in the Nation for a Fine Arts Education, according to a nationwide survey of public and private school programs.
Governance
The current Superintendent is Charles E. Dupre who was hired in 2013 after Dr. Jenney retired and left. Dupre previously served in Pflugerville Independent School District. In June 2008, the University Council for Education Administration, housed at the University of Texas at Austin, awarded Dupre the Excellence in Education Leadership Award for his dedication to improving the training and development of school leaders.
FBISD is served by a board of trustees who are periodically elected. Each trustee represents one of the seven regions in the school district.
Schools
High schools
- (AHS) Stephen F. Austin High School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 14, 1995 [1])
- (BHS)George H. W. Bush High School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 16, 2001 [2])
- (CHS)William P. Clements High School (Sugar Land) (Occupied 1983 [3])
- (DHS)John Foster Dulles High School (Sugar Land) (Opened 1961 [4])
- Home of the FBISD Math/Science Academy
- (EHS)Lawrence E. Elkins High School (Missouri City) (Opened fall 1992 [5])
- 2002 National Blue Ribbon School
- Home of the FBISD Engineering Academy
- (HHS)L. V. Hightower High School (Missouri City) (Opened August 13, 1998 [6])
- Home of the FBISD Medical Academy
- Home of the FBISD Digital Media Academy
- (KHS)Isaac H. Kempner High School (Sugar Land) (Occupied September 1988 [7])
- (MHS)Thurgood Marshall High School (Missouri City) (Opened August 15, 2002 [8])
- (RPHS)Ridge Point High School (Sienna Plantation/Missouri City) (Opened August 2010 [9])
- (THS)William B. Travis High School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 21, 2006 [10])
- Home of the FBISD Global Studies Academy
- Home of the FBISD International Business/Marketing Academy
- (WHS)Willowridge High School (Houston) (Occupied September 1979 [11])
Middle schools
- (BMS)Billy Baines Middle School (Sienna Plantation/Missouri City) (Opened August 21, 2006 [12])
- (DCMS)David Crockett Middle School [13] (Unincorporated area) (Opened Fall 2007)
- (DMS)John F. Dulles Middle School (Sugar Land) (Reopened and occupied 1983 [14]) (Occupied March 1965 [15])
- (FCMS)First Colony Middle School (Sugar Land) (Opened September 1985 [16])
- 1999-2000 National Blue Ribbon School
- (FSMS)Fort Settlement Middle School (Sugar Land) (Opened August 16, 2001 [17])
- 2007 National Blue Ribbon School
- (GMS)Macario Garcia Middle School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 14, 1995 [18])
- (HBMS) Hodges Bend Middle School (Unincorporated area) (Occupied September 1987 [19])
- (JBMS)James Bowie Middle School [20] (Unincorporated area) (Opened Fall 2011)
- (LOMS)Lake Olympia Middle School (Missouri City) (Opened fall 1992 [21])
- (CMMS)Christa McAuliffe Middle School (Houston) (Occupied fall 1986 [22])
- (MCMS)Missouri City Middle School (Missouri City) (Occupied October 1975 [23])
- (QVMS)Quail Valley Middle School (Missouri City) (Occupied September 1978, Closed 1994, Reopened August 14, 1996 [24])
- Home of the FBISD Gifted and Talented Academy (Opened fall 2007 [25])
- (SMS)Sartartia Middle School (Sugar Land) (Opened August 16, 2001 [26])
- (SLMS)Sugar Land Middle School (Sugar Land) (Occupied August 1975 [27])
- ([R]TMS)Ronald Thornton Middle School (Sienna Plantation) (Opening date: August 2017)
Elementary schools
- (AE)Armstrong Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened August 25, 2008 [28])
- (APE)Austin Parkway Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Occupied September 1989 [29])
- (BPE)Barrington Place Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Opened fall 1990 [30])
- (BRE)Blue Ridge Elementary School (Houston) (Occupied August 1969 [31])
- (BBE)Brazos Bend Elementary (Houston) (Occupied August 20, 1997)
- (BGE)Briargate Elementary School (Houston) (Occupied August 1977 [32])
- (WBE)Walter Moses Burton Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 14, 1996 [33])
- (CBE)Colony Bend Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Occupied August 1981 [34])
- (CME)Colony Meadows Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Opened fall 1991 [35])
- (CWE)Commonwealth Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Opened August 14, 1997 [36])
- (CSE)Cornerstone Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Opened August 27, 2007 [37])
- (RDE)Rita Drabek Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 16, 2001 [38])
- (DE)Dulles Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Occupied August 1976 [39])
- (AFE)Arizona Fleming Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 17, 1994 [40])
- (GE)Edgar Glover Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened August 17, 1994 [41])
- (LGE)Lula Goodman Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 15, 2000 [42])
- (HE)Highlands Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Occupied in the fall of 1986 [43])
- (MHE)Mary Austin Holley Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
- (HRE)Heritage Rose Elementary School (Rosharon)(ES # 45) (Opened Fall 2010 [44])
- (HGE)Hunters Glen Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened September 1985 [45])
- (JE)E.A. Jones Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened 1963)
- (BJE)Barbara Jordan Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 15, 2002 [46])
- (LVE)Lakeview Elementary School (Sugar Land)
- (LLE)Lantern Lane Elementary School (Missouri City) (Occupied January 1979 [47])
- (DLE)Donald Leonetti Elementary (Sienna Plantation) (Opening Fall 2017)
- (LCE)Lexington Creek Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened August 17, 1994 [48])
- (CVME)Carolyn and Vernon Madden Elementary (Richmond) (Opened August 24, 2015)
- (ME)Meadows Elementary School (Meadows Place) (Occupied August 1973 [49])
- (MBE)Mission Bend Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Occupied August 1981 [50])
- (MGE)Mission Glen Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Occupied fall 1986 [51])
- (MWE)Mission West Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened fall 1991 [52])
- (OE)Oakland Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 21, 2006 [53])
- (OCE)Oyster Creek Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 14, 1999 [54])
- (PE)Palmer Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened September 1985 [55])
- (RPE)Rosa Parks Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 27, 2007 [56])
- (PGE)Pecan Grove Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Occupied September 1988 [57])
- (QVE)Quail Valley Elementary School (Missouri City) (Occupied August 1975 [58])
- (RGE)Ridgegate Elementary School (Houston) (Occupied January 1981 [59])
- (RME)Ridgemont Elementary School (Houston) (Occupied August 1973 [60])
- (SOE)Scanlan Oaks Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 12, 2004 [61])
- (JSE)Schiff Elementary School (Missouri City) (Opened August 25, 2008 [62])
- (JSES)Seguin Elementary School (unincorporated area, Grand Mission) (Opened August 24, 2009 [63])
- (SWE)Settlers Way Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Occupied August 1984 [64])
- (SCE)Sienna Crossing Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened August 13, 1998 [65])
- (SME)Sugar Mill Elementary School (Sugar Land) (Occupied 1984 [66])
- (ASE)Anne McCormick Sullivan Elementary (Riverstone, Unincorporated area) (Occupied Fall 2016)
- (TWE)Townewest Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Occupied August 1978 [67])
- (WSE)Walker Station Elementary School (Unincorporated area) (Opened fall 1992 [68])
Other schools
- (FHCL)Ferndell Henry Alternative Center
- Hosts district's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP)
- (PHS)Progressive High School
- Classes to help students who are behind in credits/grades
- (TEC)Technical Education Center
- Hosts CTE classes for all High schools in FBISD
- James Reese Career and Technical Center (Opening Fall 2018)
- Newer center to replace aging TEC
Academies
Fort Bend ISD opened several magnet programs to foster small learning communities with a career based focus. Several Academies are housed at different schools and are magnet programs that require an application. The District provides busing throughout the district for Academy students, irrespective of which school they choose to attend, located at their zoned Elementary Campus (or another location deemed appropriate by staff/parents). A few of the Academies were shut down due to low application and attendance rates.
Middle School Academies
- Quail Valley Middle School Academy for the Gifted and Talented (For GT Identified)
High School Academies
- Global Studies Academy (GSA) (Travis HS)*
- International Business and Marketing Academy (IBMA) (Travis HS)*
- Engineering Academy (EA) (Elkins HS)
- Math and Science Academy (MSA) (Dulles HS)
- Medical Science Academy (MSA) (Hightower HS)
- Digital Media Academy (DMA) (Hightower HS)
*The GSA and IBMA academies are under a transition period to Travis HS.
- GSA for '18 are held at Clements HS.
- IBMA for '18 are held at Bush HS.
C.O '19 (+) for both academies are at Travis
Former schools
- Oaklane Elementary School (Arcola, then unincorporated ) (1-8 elementary school for Blacks [69]) (Closed September 1965)
- Staffordshire Elementary School (Stafford) (1-4 elementary school [70]) (Closed September 1965)
- Annie Wilcox Elementary School [71] (Closed August 1969 [72])
- M. R. Wood Alternative Education Center (formerly a 1-12 school for black students [73]
- Hosts kids who have special needs
- Originally housed DAEP Program for entire district (west side when FHCL opened)
See also
- Sugar Land, Texas
- Houston, Texas
- Missouri City, Texas
- Meadows Place, Texas
- Pearland, Texas
- Arcola, Texas
References
External links
- Fort Bend Independent School District website
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