Fort Sam Houston Independent School District is a public

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based in

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(United States).

History

The district was formed in 1951 and opened for class in September 1952 for the purpose of serving the children of military personnel residing on

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and

Camp Bullis Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation is a U.S. Army training camp comprising in Bexar County, Texas, USA, just northwest of San Antonio. Camp Bullis provides base operations support and training support to Joint Base San Antonio. The camp ...

; previously, the children were assigned to surrounding districts. Initially only grades 1-6 were offered, but in 1961 construction began on a junior/senior high school to offer secondary education (grades 7-12) on post. The 6th grade was later moved to the junior/senior high school and the PK and kindergarten grades later added.

Eligibility

Currently, only students whose parents physically reside on either Fort Sam Houston or Camp Bullis have automatic right to attend Fort Sam Houston ISD schools; students whose parents are assigned to either installation, but reside off-post, can be accepted as transfer students, but the parents must provide transportation.

Jurisdiction

Fort Sam Houston ISD is not part of the

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school system; it is an independent school district subject to the jurisdiction of the

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. It is one of three school districts in the state whose boundaries are coterminous with a military installation; the other two (also in the San Antonio area) are

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and Lackland. As the district's boundaries are coterminous with those of Fort Sam Houston, the facilities of which by law are exempt from property taxation, the district has no taxable base; thus, funding is provided from

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Impact Aid funds and state public school foundation funding.

Schools

Robert G. Cole Junior-Senior High School Robert G. Cole Middle and High School is the only public middle school and public high school for the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District, and is classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is named after Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Co ...

(Grades 6-12) * Fort Sam Houston Elementary School (Grades PK-5) **

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in 1993-94 Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)

References

External links

Fort Sam Houston ISD

Fort Sam Houston
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