Garland Independent School District

Garland Independent School District is a public school district with its headquarters in the Harris Hill Administration Building in Garland, Texas (USA).

Garland ISD extends from the Dallas city limits, northeast to the county line and serves parts of the communities of Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse. A small portion of Dallas, Wylie and Richardson are served by Garland ISD.

The district encompasses approximately 100 square miles (260 km²). With a student enrollment of 56,459 students, GISD is currently the fourth largest school district in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and is thirteenth largest district in the state of Texas. Garland High School, the district's first high school, is more than one hundred years old.

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

Choice of School Plan

Garland ISD implements a Freedom of Choice/Choice of School plan, which allows parents to choose which school his/her children want to attend within the district for the following school year. The Choice of School plan is a desegregation plan resulting from the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plan stipulates that all schools must adhere to the ethnicity ratios established by the courts while not exceeding the student capacities of each individual campus. Most students choose to attend the school to which they would be assigned absent Free Choice; preference is given to students residing closest to the school facility. Garland ISD schools have defined "transportation areas" that provide school bus transportation to students who live two or more miles from the nearest available school. Garland ISD has the only "free choice system" in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and in the United States of America.

Garland

A garland is a decorative wreath or cord, used at festive occasions, which can be hung round a person's neck, or on inanimate objects like Christmas trees. Originally garlands were made of flowers or leaves.

Etymology

From the French "guirlande", itself from the Italian "ghirlanda", a braid.

Types

Daisy chain

Garland created from the daisy flower, generally as a children's game, is called a daisy chain. One method of creating a daisy chain is as follows: daisies are picked and a hole is made towards the base of the stem, generally by piercing with fingernails or tying a knot. The stem of the next flower can be threaded through until stopped by the head of the flower. By repeating this with many daisies, it is possible to build up long chains and to form them into simple bracelets and necklaces.

ISD

ISD may refer to:

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Track Meet

Track Meet (known in Japan as Track Meet: Mezase! Barcelona (トラックミート めざせ!バルセロナ)) is a sports video game that was released for the original Game Boy. In Germany the game was released as Litti's Summer Sports (endorsed by Pierre Littbarski).

Gameplay

The game offers seven different events in the spirit of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. There are five different opponents to compete against in events like long jump, the 100-meter dash, and weightlifting. Each competitors has his own strengths and weaknesses that either help or hinder his performance on certain events. Once the player has more points than his opponents, he becomes the grand champion of the Summer Olympic Games.

Reception

The German video gaming magazine Power Play gave Track Meet an overall rating of 75 out of a possible 100 points.

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