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Terlingua Common School District (TCSD) is a public school district based in unincorporated Brewster County, in the U.S. state of Texas. Its only school, Big Bend High School, is located adjacent to the Study Butte census-designated place, and with a Terlingua postal address.[1]

The district, which also serves Lajitas,[2] has one school — Big Bend High School, for grades K-12.[3][4] Previously it was administratively divided between Big Bend High and Terlingua Elementary[5] (Grades K–8[6]). Previously the elementary school was called the "Terlingua Common School".[2]

History

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As of 2007, the Texas State Energy Conservation Office awards Terlingua ISD money due to the colonias served by the district.[7]

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[8]

Operations

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In 1996 Sam Howe Verhovek of The New York Times wrote that "The district is still extremely poor, though it is growing".[9]

Service area

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Its service area includes Terlingua, Study Butte, and Lajitas.[9] Big Bend High School also takes high-schoolers within the San Vicente Independent School District, which serves residents from K through 8.[10] San Vicente ISD is based in Panther Junction,[11] and Big Bend High school accordingly serves Panther Junction as well.[9]

Prior to fall 1996 Alpine High School of the Alpine Independent School District served as the high school for students from Terlingua CSD, with the bus ride being the longest in the United States. In 1996 Big Bend High School opened.[6] San Vicente began sending students to Big Bend High when it was established in 1996; San Vicente itself does not have enough of a taxation base, as of 1996, to establish its own high school.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Terlingua Common School District". Texas Education Agency. 2001-03-06. Archived from the original on 2001-03-06. Retrieved 2021-06-16. 2281 ROADRUNNER CIRCLE TERLINGUA TX 79852 Therefore the school is outside of the following:
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Les (1976-12-19). "Last bastion of silence: Town enjoys lack of TV". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 2B. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. It states the students attend Terlingua Common School.
  3. ^ "Big Bend HS". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  4. ^ "Big Bend HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  5. ^ "Terlingua Common School District". Texas Education Agency. 2001-03-06. Archived from the original on 2001-03-06. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  6. ^ a b Pressly, Sue Ann (1997-08-10). "Town's New High School Makes Grade With Students". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  7. ^ "Texas Colonias". www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
  9. ^ a b c Verhovek, Sam Howe (1996-05-27). "End Near for 179-Mile Bus Trip to High School". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-16. - Alternate title: "Longest school bus ride about to end", in Wilmington Star-News, May 27, 1996, page 3A. The article mentions Panther Junction as an area served by the high school, but it has a separate elementary district.
  10. ^ "Jessi Milam". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  11. ^ Tucker, Albert Briggs (2008). Ghost Schools of the Big Bend. Howard Payne University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780615191348.
  12. ^ Trotter, Andrew (1996-09-11). "Take Note". Education Week. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
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