Grand Saline High School
| Grand Saline High School | |
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| Address | |
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500 Stadium Dr. Grand Saline, Texas 75140-1038 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°41′08″N 95°42′50″W / 32.68556°N 95.71375°WCoordinates: 32°41′08″N 95°42′50″W / 32.68556°N 95.71375°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Motto | Truth, Honor, Loyalty, Indian Pride! |
| School district | Grand Saline Independent School District |
| Principal | Mr.Ricky LaPrade |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 321 (2016) |
| Color(s) | Black & Orange |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class AAA |
| Mascot | Indians/Lady Indians |
| Newspaper | Tomahawk Express |
| Website | Grand Saline High School website |
Grand Saline High School is a public high school located in Grand Saline, Texas (USA) and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Grand Saline Independent School District located in northeast Van Zandt County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Grand Saline's first high school was built in 1925 approximately 2 miles from its present location. It was originally part of an original school building that housed over 300 total students. In the 1940s Grand Saline ISD had fully consolidated with the rural communities and built a school to house grades 1-6 and ease the crowded school. Shortly thereafter, Person's Stadium, the district's first football stadium, was built. In 1963 Grand Saline's Board of Education and the citizens approved the construction of a new high school, a new gymnasium and renovations to Person's Stadium. The new high school was finished in 1964 along with Stadium Drive, which was built for access to the new high school and Person's Stadium. Renovations would not come again until 1992, when GSISD voters approved a bond issue that built a cafetorium, a new parking lot, and additional classroom buildings to ease crowding. The bond issue also added a student commons area which would connect the gymnasium and the classroom wings and create one building. Additionally, voters approved the construction of Indian Memorial Stadium, a new football stadium with an olympic quality track and field set-up and a seating capacity of 4,500 fans, replacing the aging Person's Stadium, which became a practice field.
In late 1999, due to a steady growth in the district, school district officials sought out community and district opinion regarding building a brand new, state of the art high school building on open pasture land next to the current high school at the time. In the Spring of 2000, voters approved the bond issue to build a brand new high school at the price of 7 million dollars. Construction began in Summer of 2002 and was opened for classes in Fall of 2004, with the capacity to house 550 students. The old high school became the district's middle school and a new baseball facility was constructed behind the new school and was finished a full year before the new school was. In addition to much bigger classrooms, the new school houses a gymnasium with 3 basketball courts and seating for 1,200 fans, the capacity to host basketball play-off games, a new fine arts auditorium and a vast library.
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