Arlington Independent School District
School district in Arlington, Texas
Arlington Independent School District (AISD) or Arlington ISD is a school district based in Arlington, Texas, United States.
The Arlington Independent School District covers the majority of Arlington and much of the Tarrant County portion of Grand Prairie. The district serves the entirety of the small towns of Pantego and Dalworthington Gardens. A portion of Fort Worth and Mansfield lies within the district; it only contains a wastewater plant. No Fort Worth residents are zoned to Arlington ISD schools.
Governance
The Arlington Independent School District is governed by a publicly elected school board. The members of the board for the 2023-2024 school year were:
Melody Fowler - president
Justin Chapa - vice president
Sarah McMurrough - secretary
Aaron Reich - board member
David Wilbanks - board member
Brooklyn Richardson - board member
Leanne Haynes - board member
In January 2024, Dr. Matt Smith was named superintendent of Arlington Independent School District.
History
Arlington High School was the district's sole white high school until Sam Houston High School opened in 1963. The district desegregated in 1965.
The public source identifies “Arlington Independent School District” as school district in Arlington, Texas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arlington, Independent and School.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Arlington Independent School District”, the useful work is to connect “school district in Arlington, Texas” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4792360. VIAF identifies the subject as 123451816. The Library of Congress control number is no95017394. Authority coordinates are 32.709, -97.125. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023, 2024, 1963 and 1965.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Arlington Independent School District”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Arlington Independent School District primary sources, Arlington Independent School District archive and Arlington research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Arlington Independent School District”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Arlington Independent School District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.