CCISD boasts long, proud history

It celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2008.

The district was formed back in 1948 with the consolidation of the schools in Webster, Seabrook, Kemah and League City.

Clear Lake City, Taylor Lake Village, El Lago and Nassau Bay were not even in the planning stages back then.

Former principal and CCISD trustee Ralph Parr, who grew up in the school district, remembers back when Webster and League City both had high schools, while Seabrook and Kemah had intermediate schools and sent their older students to Webster High.

At the time of the merger, CCISD had fewer than 1,000 students. In recent years, enrollment has grown by 1,000 a year until today it is the 27th largest district in the state with 43 campuses and almost 39,000 students.

With the consolidation, Webster High became the only high school. Then, when Clear Creek High was built in 1957, after a bond election was approved, Webster High became Webster Intermediate, leaving Creek as the only high school until Clear Lake High opened in 1972.

Clear Brook High opened its doors in 1988, Clear Springs High in 2008 and in 2010 Clear Falls High became the centerpiece of the new Education Village between Kemah and League City.

NEW LOOK FOR CREEK

Clear Creek High has since undergone a $40 million renovation, giving it an all new look and many more years of service to the community.

Meanwhile, Webster Intermediate students were rezoned to the new Westbrook Intermediate and the building remodeled to house Clear View Education Center for at-risk students.

While that structure is the oldest CCISD building housing a school, the oldest school building is the former Bay Elementary School structure, which was converted into the CCISD Records Center when the new Bay Elementary was built in Seabrook in 1996.

REBUILT IN 1997

Another elderly lady was the original Stewart Elementary, built in 1949 in Kemah. Its replacement opened its doors in 1997.

Other openings:

Webster Intermediate 1939

Seabrook Intermediate 1966

Clear Lake Intermediate 1973

League City Intermediate 1982

Became the Clear Creek

Ninth Grade Center 1999

Creekside Intermediate 1992

Space Center Intermediate 1992

Brookside Intermediate 1995

Victory Lakes Intermediate 2002

Westbrook Intermediate 2005

Bayside Intermediate 2010

Bay Elementary 1996

Stewart Elementary 1997

McWhirter Elementary 1956

League City Elementary 1961

C.L. City Elementary 1964

Ross Elementary 1965

White Elementary 1966

Whitcomb Elementary 1968

Armand Bayou Elementary 1975

Green Elementary 1976

Weber Elementary* 1979

Landolt Elementary 1979

Hall Elementary 1980

Ferguson Elementary 1990

Ward Elementary 1990

Brookwood Elementary 1992

Wedgewood Elementary 1993

Hyde Elementary 1995

North Pointe Elementary 1995

Bauerschlag Elementary 2002

Goforth Elementary 2002

Falcon pass Elementary 2002

Weber Elementary 2003

Gilmore Elementary 2005

Robinson Elementary 2006

Parr Elementary 2009

Mossman Elementary 2009