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 Castleberry School District Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 46.642 W 097° 23.942
14S E 649938 N 3627740
This big marker, out in front of Castleberry Elementary School, recounts the history of the whole school district.
Waymark Code: WM18XY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2007
Views: 38
Index Entry: Castleberry School District
Address: 5228 Ohio Garden Road
City: River Oaks
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: ED
Year Marker Erected: 1998
Designations: na
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 12203
Marker Text:
Certified by the State of Texas as a common school district in 1898, the Marine School No. 3 was housed in a small frame structure erected on land given by local resident Ike Vinchinor. May Manning was the school's first teacher. In 1902 a second room was added, and the school was known as Rosen Heights School No. 2 from that time until 1919.
A three-room brick structure was erected in 1919 and the name was changed to the Castleberry Common School District in honor of Zack and Fanny Castleberry, who provided well water to the school. The first parent-teacher association was organized in 1922, beginning a long tradition of cooperation and support between families and faculty members. The area grew rapidly in the next decade, and by 1932 another room was added to the schoolhouse. A new two-room frame building was added in 1934, and an additional one-room building was erected in 1936.
Matching bonds, Works Progress Administration projects, and other federal programs enabled the district to expand as necessary, including the erection of a large main building in 1938. Air Force personnel, aircraft mechanics, and their children arrived at nearby Carswell Air Force Base during World War II, and the school district expanded to accommodate them.
In the 1950s local high school students were transferred to the Fort Worth Independent School District. When Fort Worth announced in 1956 its intent to charge tuition for the education of Castleberry students, the Castleberry School District became independent and added a high school to its facilities. By 1998 the Castleberry Independent School District served almost 3000 students in seven schools. (1998)
Incise: Character builder, Irma Marsh, teacher-principal; first superintendent of C.I.S.D., 1924-1972.
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