Lake Worth Independent School District
| Lake Worth Independent School District | |
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Lake Worth, TX Region 11 USA |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Superintendent | John R. Hebert |
| Governing agency | Texas Education Agency |
| District ID | 4826490 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 3,296 |
| Teachers | 233.8 |
| Staff | 474.5 |
| Athletic conference | UIL Class AAA |
| Colors | green and white |
| Other information | |
| Mascot | bullfrog |
| Website | http://www.lake-worth.k12.tx.us |
Lake Worth Independent School District is a public school district based in Lake Worth, Texas (USA).
In addition to Lake Worth, the district serves small portions of Fort Worth and Sansom Park.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
Lake Worth ISD has six schools - three in Lake Worth and three in Fort Worth.
On May 6, 1916, local citizens voted 16-1 to incorporate Rosen Heights Independent School District. Rosen Heights Independent School was founded in 1923 with 16 pupils in a vacant store donated by a Mr. Hodgkins. In 1936, the district acquired land in Lake Worth to build a school building. The first reference to the building as Lake Worth School was on May 8, 1940. After a fire burned down the original school building, in the fall of 1943 school began in a yet-unfinished new school building.
In 1940, the City of Fort Worth, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and Consolidated Aircraft began plans to build an airfield and aircraft assembly plant in the Lake Worth vicinity. The next year, the Board of Trustees asked the Texas State Legislature for assistance in providing additional room and equipment for the anticipated growth the airfield would bring.
The Rosen Heights Independent School District school board resisted an effort by the City of Fort Worth to annex the school district in 1946.
Starting in February 1948, multiple attempts were made to pass a municipal bond election for $50,000 to build new classrooms, including a 170-183 loss in August 1949. The bond eventually passed in August 1950; at the time, Rosen Heights' total taxable value was $2,731,164.
During 1948-1950, the school board and superintendent sent multiple letters to Carswell Air Force Base, congressmen, and the War Department, requesting that the base reroute their flight plans as to not fly over the Lake Worth school building. In November 1954, an attorney was named to address the issue of the planes flying over the school.
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