Nursery
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Nursery Independent School District
Our Mission:
Nursery ISD is committed to improved outcomes for all students through a collaborative effort on the part of the Board of Trustees, administration, professional and paraprofessional staff, parents and community members. We believe that all students can learn.
Our History:
The town of Nursery began in 1883 when the world famous horticulturist and pomologist, Gilbert Onderdonk, bought a tract of land along a branch of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad about 10 miles north of Victoria, Texas to establish a branch of his nursery there. Nursery became the official name of the settlement in 1884 and the community was laid out and surveyed during the next few years.
During the next few decades, Nursery grew into a bustling community boasting two cotton gins, a train station, a couple of blacksmith shops, a doctor, barber shops, a gristmill, a hotel, a church, a pool hall, a dance hall, a post office, and many stores and restaurants. At its peak, the population of Nursery reached several hundred people.
The first public school was built in 1890 with another segregated school established in 1893. Originally, the schools housed grades first through high school. In the 1930's, the Nursery School fielded such teams as a boy's basketball team, a track team and a girl's volleyball team. In the latter part of the 20th century, the high school classes were transferred to the larger Victoria and Cuero school systems. Nursery ISD remains committed to the quality education of the elementary grades that remain today on the Nursery campus.
The current school's main building was constructed in 1912 and houses the first, fourth and fifth grades. Also in the original building are the library and the computer lab. Newer buildings house the second and third grades and kindergarten. Finally, the latest addition to the Nursery ISD campus houses a gym and meeting hall. New playground equipment has also recently been added to the campus thanks to the Nursery PTO.
Nursery ISD is committed to improved outcomes for all students through a collaborative effort on the part of the Board of Trustees, administration, professional and paraprofessional staff, parents and community members. We believe that all students can learn.
Our History:
The town of Nursery began in 1883 when the world famous horticulturist and pomologist, Gilbert Onderdonk, bought a tract of land along a branch of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad about 10 miles north of Victoria, Texas to establish a branch of his nursery there. Nursery became the official name of the settlement in 1884 and the community was laid out and surveyed during the next few years.
During the next few decades, Nursery grew into a bustling community boasting two cotton gins, a train station, a couple of blacksmith shops, a doctor, barber shops, a gristmill, a hotel, a church, a pool hall, a dance hall, a post office, and many stores and restaurants. At its peak, the population of Nursery reached several hundred people.
The first public school was built in 1890 with another segregated school established in 1893. Originally, the schools housed grades first through high school. In the 1930's, the Nursery School fielded such teams as a boy's basketball team, a track team and a girl's volleyball team. In the latter part of the 20th century, the high school classes were transferred to the larger Victoria and Cuero school systems. Nursery ISD remains committed to the quality education of the elementary grades that remain today on the Nursery campus.
The current school's main building was constructed in 1912 and houses the first, fourth and fifth grades. Also in the original building are the library and the computer lab. Newer buildings house the second and third grades and kindergarten. Finally, the latest addition to the Nursery ISD campus houses a gym and meeting hall. New playground equipment has also recently been added to the campus thanks to the Nursery PTO.