[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 64 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GOOSE CREEK 
                CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 12, 2019

  Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate the 
centennial anniversary of Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School 
District in Baytown, Harris County, Texas.
  Goose Creek ISD was created by an act of the Texas Legislature in 
February 1919. On July 26, 1919, the first Goose Creek School Board was 
organized and hired John F. Crawford as the district's first 
superintendent. Many of the first students to attend Goose Creek 
schools where children of employees of the nearby Humble Oil and 
Refining Company, later known as ExxonMobil. In 1922, the first school 
bond election provided the necessary funding for building Anson Jones 
Elementary School, Baytown Elementary, and Goose Creek High School.
  Goose Creek experienced tremendous growth during the mid-twentieth 
century with the annexation of Highlands in 1936 and the unification of 
the Tri-Cities of Goose Creek, Pelly, and Baytown in 1948. Cedar Bayou 
ISD merged with Goose Creek ISD on March 6, 1954, forming the Goose 
Creek Consolidated Independent School District.
  Today, Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District is the 
largest employer in the community. With nearly 24,000 students and 
twenty-eight schools, Goose Creek is the fifty-eighth largest school 
district in the State of Texas.
  Madam Speaker, it is my distinct honor to recognize and celebrate the 
100th anniversary of Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School 
District. May God continue to bless the students, faculty, and 
communities the district serves.

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