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Grand Prairie Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas, United States.
GPISD is a 58-square-mile (150 km2) district serving more than 26,000 students within the Dallas County portion of Grand Prairie. The district boasts 39 campuses, including 25 elementary schools, seven middle schools, two ninth grade centers, three high schools and two alternative education schools. The District employs more than 3,372 staff members and offers a variety of services and programs designed to help students radiate success.
To attend a GPISD school, kindergarten children must be five years old on or before September 1 of the current school year. Special early childhood programs are available for children ages 3–5 who are handicapped or developmentally delayed, and for infants from birth to age two who are blind or deaf.
Students entering GPISD from other accredited schools are admitted at the level authorized by individual transcripts. A student enrolling in Grand Prairie schools must be a resident of the GPISD and must provide satisfactory proof of residency and required immunizations. Elementary students attend school from 8:10 a.m. – 3:20 p.m. Middle school students attend school from 8:45 a.m. – 3:55 p.m. High school students attend school from 7:35 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Grand Prairie is a city located in Dallas and Tarrant and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is also a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a southwestern suburb of Dallas with a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census making it the fifteenth most populous city in the state of Texas.
The city of Grand Prairie was first established as Dechman by Alexander McRae Dechman in 1863. Dechman, who was from Birdville, learned that he could trade his oxen and wagons for land in Dallas County. In 1863, Dechman bought 239.5 acres (96.9 ha) of land on the eastern side of the Trinity River and 100 acres (40 ha) of timber land on the west side of the river for a broken-down wagon, oxen team and US$200 in Confederate money. He tried to establish a home on the property, but ran into difficulties, so he returned to his family in Birdville before joining in the Civil War. In 1867 he filed a town plat consisting of 50 acres (20 ha) with Dallas County.
The Arkansas Delta is one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas. Willard B. Gatewood Jr., author of The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox, says that rich cotton lands of the Arkansas Delta make that area "The Deepest of the Deep South."
The region runs along the Mississippi River from Eudora north to Blytheville and as far west as Little Rock. It is part of the Mississippi embayment, itself part of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. The flat plain is bisected by Crowley's Ridge, a narrow band of rolling hills rising 250 to 500 feet (76 to 152 m) feet above the flat delta plains. Several towns and cities have been developed along Crowley's Ridge, including Jonesboro. The region's lower western border follows the Arkansas River just outside Little Rock down through Pine Bluff. There the the border shifts to Bayou Bartholomew, stretching south to the Arkansas-Louisiana state line.
While the Arkansas Delta shares many geographic similarities with the Mississippi Delta, it is distinguished by its five unique sub-regions, including the St. Francis Basin, Crowley's Ridge, the White River Lowlands, the Grand Prairie, and the Arkansas River Lowlands (also called "the Delta Lowlands").
Grande Prairie was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1993.
On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.
The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton asked if men and woman were allowed to drink together in establishments.
Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Grande Prairie voted in favour of the proposal by a solid majority. Voter turnout in the district was abysmal, and one of the lowest districts in the province falling well under the province wide average of 46%.
High School Football: South Grand Prairie vs. Grand Prairie October 6, 2023 Gopher / Warrior Bowl Grand Prairie, TX
High School Football: Grand Prairie vs. Arlington Sam Houston October 26, 2023 Gopher / Warrior Bowl Grand Prairie, TX
Grand Prairie ISD Middle School Football City Championship Game Schedule Wednesday, October 25, 2023 5:30 P.M. – 7th Grade A-Team City Championship Game Reagan M.S. vs. YMLA - Kennedy M.S. 7:00 P.M. – 8th Grade A-Team City Championship Game Reagan M.S. vs. Truman M.S. Gopher / Warrior Bowl Grand Prairie, TX
High School Football: South Grand Prairie vs. Arlington Bowie October 20, 2023 Gopher / Warrior Bowl Grand Prairie, TX
High School Football: Grand Prairie vs. Arlington Lamar October 13, 2023 Gopher / Warrior Bowl Grand Prairie, TX
High School Football: Grand Prairie vs. Royse City - August 25, 2023
School lunches were not on the Grand Prairie ISD school board meeting agenda Thursday night but still, some parents showed up to express their disappointment with them.
High School Football: Grand Prairie vs. Arlington Bowie - September 29, 2023 Gopher/ Warrior Bowl Grand Prairie, TX
A disturbing video has surfaced from a high school in Grand Prairie that shows racism on full display in a classroom full of students.
Join us Saturday, March 4 from 9 a.m. - noon at Dubiski Career High School for the Grand Prairie ISD Experience! For more information visit www.GPISD.org
Grand Prairie Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas, United States.
GPISD is a 58-square-mile (150 km2) district serving more than 26,000 students within the Dallas County portion of Grand Prairie. The district boasts 39 campuses, including 25 elementary schools, seven middle schools, two ninth grade centers, three high schools and two alternative education schools. The District employs more than 3,372 staff members and offers a variety of services and programs designed to help students radiate success.
To attend a GPISD school, kindergarten children must be five years old on or before September 1 of the current school year. Special early childhood programs are available for children ages 3–5 who are handicapped or developmentally delayed, and for infants from birth to age two who are blind or deaf.
Students entering GPISD from other accredited schools are admitted at the level authorized by individual transcripts. A student enrolling in Grand Prairie schools must be a resident of the GPISD and must provide satisfactory proof of residency and required immunizations. Elementary students attend school from 8:10 a.m. – 3:20 p.m. Middle school students attend school from 8:45 a.m. – 3:55 p.m. High school students attend school from 7:35 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.