Temple Independent School District is a public school district based in Temple, Texas, United States. Temple schools began instruction June 12, 1883. It is the largest employer in Temple, with 1300 employees.

31°05′47.7″N 97°20′43.4″W / 31.096583°N 97.345389°W / 31.096583; -97.345389

District Leadership

• Superintendent of Schools: Dr. Bobby Ott, Ed.D.
• Assistant Superintendent of Student Services: Eric Haugeberg, M.Ed.
• Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction: Lisa Adams, Ed.D.
• Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations: Kent Boyd, M.Ed.
• Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources: Donna Ward, Ed.D.
• Chief of Communications and Community Relations: Christine Parks, M.Ed.

Board of trustees

In 2011, TISD Board of Trustees was named "Board of the Year" by the ESC XII Service Center.^[1]

• District 1 - Virginia Suarez, Secretary (term May 2016-May 2019)
• District 2 - Linell Davis (term May 2017-May 2020)
• District 3 - Dan Posey, President (term May 2018-May 2021)
• District 4 - Ronnie Gaines, Vice President (term August 2018-May 2021)
• District 5 - Sandhya Sanghi (term May 2018-May 2021)
• District 6 - Shannon Gowan (term May 2016-May 2019)
• District 7 - Shannon Myers (term May 2018-May 2021)

Quick Facts

• Through the years, Temple ISD has produced over 200 National Merit Scholar Award winners, including Black Achievement and Hispanic Recognition Scholars.
• Temple ISD was the first District in Central Texas to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma and has, to date, awarded over 100 IB diplomas.
• Temple ISD is expanding the International Baccalaureate program to include a Middle Years Programme at Travis Middle School Science Academy in 2012 and a Primary Years Programme in 2013 at an undetermined elementary school.
• The District has exceeded state and national averages in SAT scores for 13 consecutive years and has received numerous other state and national recognition.
• Temple High School has been recognized as one of "America's Top Public High Schools" by Newsweek.
• Temple High School has been recognized by Achieve Texas as a Best Practices high school for the Institutes of Study and Career & Technology Programs.
• Bonham Middle School and Western Hills Elementary School have been recognized as a "Best Public School" by Texas Monthly.

Schools

High School (Grades 9-12)

• Temple High School
• Edwards Academy

Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

• Bonham Middle School
• Lamar Middle School
• Travis Middle School Science Academy

Elementary Schools (Grades K-4)

• Meridith-Dunbar Elementary
  • 1987-88 National Blue Ribbon School^[2]

Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)

• Cater Elementary
• Hector P. Garcia Elementary - It opened in 1998 and has an English-Spanish bilingual program for all students. As of 2019^[update] it had about 500 students.^[3]
• Jefferson Elementary
• Kennedy-Powell Elementary
• Raye-Allen Elementary
• Scott Elementary
• Thornton Elementary
• Western Hills Elementary

Early Childhood Center (Pre-Kindergarten)

• Bethune Early Childhood Center
• Dickson Early Childhood Center

References

External References

• Temple ISD
• Temple ISD Twitter
• Temple ISD YouTube