The North East Independent School District (commonly NEISD or North East ISD ) is a school district located in San Antonio, Texas , United States. North East ISD serves the north central and northeast areas of Bexar County, covering approximately 132 square miles (340 km ). North East ISD serves the cities of Castle Hills , Hill Country Village , Hollywood Park , Windcrest , and portions of San Antonio , Balcones Heights , Terrell Hills , and Timberwood Park . North East ISD is the second largest school district serving the San Antonio area by student attendance, following Northside ISD .
9-535: The Virgil T. Blossom Athletic Center is a multi-sport athletic complex owned by the North East ISD located in San Antonio, Texas . Best known for Comalander Stadium , a 10,952-seat football stadium, the center is also home to facilities for a number of other sports. The Josh Davis Natatorium , named for the former olympic swimmer, is a state-of-the-art, 1500-seat swimming facility. The Jimmy Littleton Gymnasium
18-399: A shock to the parents of five high school seniors that their elected school board had assumed [control] over their children before and after school, off school grounds, and with regard to their children's rights [of] expressing their thoughts ... We trust that it will come as no shock to the school board that their assumption of authority is an unconstitutional usurption [ sic ] of
27-439: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . North East Independent School District The district's seven main high school campuses were named after nationally or internationally renowned persons until 2018, when Robert E. Lee High School was renamed Legacy of Educational Excellence High School (L.E.E. High School). North East offers seven magnet programs housed at four main campuses, and an additional program at
36-404: Is a 5000-seat basketball, volleyball and wrestling facility. Additionally, there is an 18-court tennis center, two soccer fields, a baseball stadium, and track and field facilities. The complex started with the construction of the football stadium which was funded by a 1960 bond and completed in 1962. The aquatics center followed in 1964 and the field house in 1966. In 1967 the center was named for
45-456: The Perrin Central complex. Each of these programs operates with various levels of autonomy and integration with its primary campus. All of the district's middle schools are named after Texas-renowned persons. The district's elementary schools are named in coordination with the neighborhood or community name. The year the school opened is in parentheses. In addition to on-campus facilities,
54-526: The content, which included information about birth control and advocated for the review of marijuana laws, to be inappropriate and controversial. The Court found that public schools can limit the expression of its students when it materially and substantially interferes with school activities, or with the rights of teachers and other students, but not at non-school-sponsored events, and the district cannot exceed its authority to forbid or punish on-campus activity when punishing off-campus activity. It should come as
63-586: The district owns and operates a number of sports venues. Among these are two 11,000-seat football stadiums, Heroes Stadium and Comalander Stadium , the Josh Davis Natatorium, and baseball, soccer, and tennis facilities at the Blossom Athletic Center . The district signed a 50-year rent-free lease to operate Time Warner Cable Park on Wetmore Road from the City of San Antonio in 2015. North East ISD
72-507: The first district superintendent, Virgil T. Blossom . The complex further expanded in 1970 with the addition of a baseball stadium, then again in 1973 with the addition of eight tennis courts. In 2001 the Davis Natatorium was added. 29°33′00″N 98°28′15″W / 29.549995°N 98.470724°W / 29.549995; -98.470724 This article about a sports venue in Texas
81-630: Was the defendant in Shanley v. Northeast Independent School District , a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling which declared that North East ISD had an overly broad policy and the district's suspension of five students had interfered with their rights to free speech under the United States Constitution. North East had suspended five high school students for publishing an unapproved newsletter and then distributed it to students near campus before and after school hours. The NEISD school board declared
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