Needville Independent School District

Needville Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas (USA) (with a Needville postal address).^[1]

Needville Independent School District
Bluejay Stadium
Address
16227 Highway 36, Needville, Texas 77461 Harris county United States
District information
Motto	- Fly
Established	December 17, 1997
School board	, Jim Kocian,
Budget	0 (2019–20)
Students and staff
Students	100
Teachers	27
Staff	38
District mascot	bluejay
Other information
Website	www.needvilleisd.com

The district has an area of 200 square miles (520 km²).^[2] In addition to Needville, the district also serves the town of Fairchilds, a portion of Pleak,^[3] and the unincorporated communities of Guy and Long Point.^{[citation needed]}

History

Needville ISD, originally Needville Rural High School District, was formed by the merger of the Big Creek, Brown, Concord, Forester, Guy, Marlow, Modena, Needville, Seiler, and Williams School districts on December 17, 1946; this made it the first consolidated school district to form in Fort Bend County. The district's first board meeting was held on January 9, 1947.^[2]

Students from the community of Damon attend Needville High since Damon Independent School District did not have a high school. Damon ISD signed a contract with Needville ISD in 1949 so Damon ISD residents could go to school at Needville High.^[2]

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.^[4]

In 2014, the school suspended a high school student for refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance. After media attention, the suspension was eventually lifted due to unconstitutionality.^[5]

The School also gained notoriety in 2018 when it threatened to suspend students for participating in protests or demonstrations against gun violence in schools, leading Constitutional law experts to call the policy a violation of student's First Amendment rights.

Schools

• Needville High School (Grades 9-12)
• Needville Junior High School (Grades 7-8)
• Needville Middle School (Grades 5-6)
• Needville Elementary School (Grades PK-4)
• Before 2007, high school students in Needville attended the old high school across the street. After parts of the school were burnt down due to arson in 2007, the school was put out of use and is only used for certain occasions such as U.I.L. Academic events.^[6]

• 
  Needville High School
• 
  Needville Junior High School
• 
  Needville Middle School
• 
  Needville Elementary School

References

1. "Home". Needville Independent School District. Retrieved 2021-02-01. 16319 Highway 36 Needville, Texas TX 77461 - It has a Needville address but is outside of the Needville city limits
2. "History of the District Archived 2017-01-17 at the Wayback Machine." Needville Independent School District. Retrieved on December 5, 2016.
3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
4. "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
5. "A Kid Got Suspended from School for Refusing to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance".
6. Hanson, Eric; Chronicle, Copyright 2007 Houston (2007-05-08). "Teen admits to Needville school fire". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• Official website
• You're Facing The ACLU Now, Needville - Houston Press
• Long-Haired Native American Boy Blocked From School - Houston Press