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Tomball Independent School District is a school district serving Tomball, Texas, United States as well as the surrounding area.
Tomball ISD serves students in northern Harris County and southwestern Montgomery County, Texas, including the City of Tomball, Lakewood Grove, Northepointe, Village Creek, Creekside Park Village (a section of The Woodlands), and the communities of Hufsmith, Decker Prairie, and Rose Hill. Tomball ISD is approximately 20 miles northwest of Houston's central business district and 15 miles southwest of the Woodlands.
Tomball ISD is part of the taxation base for Lone Star College (formerly North Harris Montgomery Community College District).
An expansive Grand Parkway thoroughfare opened in February 2016 and has enhanced residents' access to Tomball from Cypress and Spring. This development, in addition to other roadway and economic developments, will continue to stimulate both enrollment and economic growth for several more years. The tax base is diverse with the top ten leading taxpayers comprising only 12.34% of the total base. Hewlett Packard Co. is 4.7% of market value; Baker Hughes is 2.0%; Tomball Regional Hospital is 1.5%, and Noble Energy is 1.1% of market value.
In 2010, the school district was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
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History
In 1908, school was first held in Tomball in the Woodmen of the World Building, which was a one-room framed building that educated nearly 15 students. The community soon made plans to build a school. Land on Cherry Street was donated, and by 1910 a school was built. The two-story red brick schoolhouse, which was part of the Harris County School System, consisted of two classrooms downstairs and an auditorium upstairs. By 1916, sixty-two students attended the Tomball school. As of 1928, the community grew and consisted of four schools. By 1931, the district employed five teachers.
By 1935, the original schoolhouse on Cherry Street was torn down and replaced with a new buff-colored brick building. The school opened in 1936 with grades one through 11. In 1937, a petition was presented to the Harris County School Board requesting that Tomball have its own school district. That petition was granted and all funds and debts were transferred to the Tomball Independent School District. The school on Cherry Street had grown so much that by 1938 a second campus was needed. Therefore, the district built a new red brick high school and a gymnasium located in the 700 block of Main Street.
Continued Growth Decker Prairie, Bauer, and the Kohrville areas eventually became part of the district, and the Rosehill community was annexed in 1954. In 1961, the high school on Main Street burned to the ground. Classes were held in churches and community facilities for years to come.
Despite the fire that destroyed the high school on Main Street, enrollment continued to grow. By 1970, the district enrolled 1,246 students. By 1974, students began attending classes at the new Tomball High School on Sandy Lane.
In 2000, voters approved a $98.4 million bond referendum that enabled the district to renovate Tomball High School. The district also renovated the transportation center and five other existing campuses. New facilities including Willow Wood Junior High, Northpointe Intermediate, Rosehill Elementary, a district aquatic center, and other athletic facilities were also constructed under the 2000 bond referendum. The district also expanded its fine arts, athletic, agriculture, and other extracurricular and instructional programs to serve the needs of its students.
In 2007, voters passed Bond 2007 - a $198 million bond program, which funded Canyon Pointe, Creekside Forest, and Timber Creek Elementary Schools, and Tomball Memorial High School. Additional support facilities including a new Ancillary Building, Agriculture Project Barn, and the Technology/Staff Development Center were also completed under Bond 2007.
The 2007 bond referendum also funded the John P. Neubauer Administration Building, which was named after former Superintendent John Neubauer. The administration building was built on Cherry Street at the site where the original 1936 buff-colored brick school once stood. A replica of the front façade of the original school was incorporated into the design of the new building.
In May 2013, voters approved Bond 2013 - a $160 million bond program that funded four new schools and addressed security and technology district-wide. Wildwood Elementary and Oakcrest Intermediate School opened in the southern portion of the district in August 2015. Creekview Elementary School, located in The Woodlands, also opened its doors in August 2015. Creekside Park Junior High opened in The Woodlands in August 2016.
In November 2017 voters approved Bond 2017 - a $275 million bond program that will fund two new schools, an agricultural barn, a swim training facility, a District stadium, expansion to Tomball Memorial High School and renovations to Tomball Intermediate. The funds will also be utilized for instructional technology, school buses, and land purchases as well as the installation of utilities.
Tomball ISD now encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. The district currently educates over 160,800 students (2017) at 18 campuses.
Three new Tomball ISD campuses were scheduled to open in 2015.
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Board of Trustees
Administration
School campuses
School Campuses - Feeder Patterns
See also
- List of school districts in Texas
References
External links
- Tomball Independent School District
- Tomball ISD Scholarship Foundation
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