Kermit Independent School District | |
Streetaddress: | 601 South Poplar |
County: | (Winkler County) |
Zipcode: | 79745 |
Country: | USA |
Superintendent: | Denise Shetter |
Motto: | "E Pluribus Unum" "Out of Many, One" |
Colors: | Maroon Gold |
Enrollment: | 1,235 (2009) |
Kermit Independent School District is a public school district located in Kermit, Texas, United States that serves students in northeastern Winkler County and encompasses 398.09abbr=offNaNabbr=off. The City of Kermit is located just under the southeast corner of New Mexico at the intersection of Texas State Highways 18, 115, and 302, and is approximately 46abbr=offNaNabbr=off west of Odessa.[1] The enrollment of the district was 1,235 at the beginning of the 2010–2011 school year.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]
The district received national attention in January 2015 after a nine-year-old boy was controversially suspended because he "told a classmate he could make him disappear with a ring forged in fictional Middle Earth’s Mount Doom." The same boy had already been suspended on two previous occasions, which were also questioned by some in the public.[3]
Kermit ISD has three campuses: