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The district spans 174 square miles covering almost all of the city of Sugar Land, the city of Meadows Place , the Fort Bend county portion of Missouri City , the Fort Bend county portion of Arcola , small sections of Houston , small sections of Pearland , the unincorporated communities of Clodine , Mission Bend , and Fresno , and the Fort Bend county portion of the community of Rosharon . Fort Bend ISD is the ninth largest Public School system in the state of Texas and third largest within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area . Fort Bend Independent School District was created by the Consolidation of the Sugar Land ISD and Missouri City ISD in 1959 . Fort Bend ISD has nine High School s, eleven Middle School s, and thirty-seven Elementary School s. The school district also has the Technical Education Center, the M. R. Wood Alternative Education Center, and the Progressive High School to serve a variety of vocational interests as well as special learning needs. Fort Bend ISD is the largest employer in Fort Bend County with more than 7,800 district employees. A portion of Stafford was formerly a part of Fort Bend ISD, but it broke away and formed the Stafford Municipal School District . Residents in Stafford's ETJ, however, are served by Fort Bend ISD, not Stafford MSD. All houses or residential areas in Fort Bend ISD are assigned to an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. HISTORY Fort Bend ISD was formed when Sugar Land ISD and Missouri City ISD merged after an election on April 18 , 1959 . RECOGNITIONS Seventy percent of the district’s campuses received an Exemplary or Recognized rating from the Texas Education Agency in 2002 . That same year, the district was named a Recognized District by the Texas Education Agency for the second consecutive year, making it one of the largest public school districts in Texas to receive that rating. Austin High School and Clements High School , both in Sugar Land , have been recognized by '' Texas Monthly '' magazine in its list of the top 10 high schools in the state of Texas. In addition, Clements, Austin, and Elkins high schools ranked 313th, 626th, and 702nd, respectively, among the top 1000 schools in the United States by '' Newsweek ''. Fort Bend ISD has been named one of the top 100 School Districts in the Nation for a Fine Arts Education , according to a nation-wide survey of public and private school programs. SCHOOLS High schools
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GIFTED AND TALENTED MENTORSHIP PROGRAM The GT Mentorship Program is part of the district's Gifted and Talented curriculum. This course is one honors credit in social studies as an advanced studies course. Students participate in a semester long seminar course followed by a semester long field experience working one-on-one with a mentor in the student's chosen field. During the fall semester, students gain self-directed learning by conducting in-depth research on a topic that has particular interest to them as well as going on informational interviews in the community, developing a resume, and improving their professional skills. In this course idea production, not replication is stressed. Students must be prolific with original ideas, especially with regard to their final projects. The Mentorship Program is offered to juniors and seniors in FBISD high schools who have been identified as gifted and talented. Students must complete an application process during their sophomore or junior year to be considered for the program the following school year. Student applications are screened by a selection committee to determine which students will be invited for an individual interview. Class size is limited to a maximum of 15 students and is highly selective. The Mentorship Program offers academic challenge and requires a high level of student responsibility. The students selected are outstanding in their high school classes academically as well as in extracurricular activities. The rigorous curriculum and demands of this course require students to be focused, goal-oriented, self-motivated, mature, determined to pursue enriched learning, and passionate about a particular field or topic. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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