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Sabine
Independent School District is located in an unincorporated
area on the western edge of Gregg County in Northeast Texas.
This area was incorporated as Liberty City in 1978 but the
following year the city charter was revoked by the voters.
The school district was created by the Gregg County Commissioner's
Court in 1893. By 1907, the school served sixty-five students
under the leadership of Miss Ola Mae Rogers. During the same
period, black students within the district attended Mount
Pleasant School. The school for black students was moved and
renamed the North Chapel School in 1903.
The
County School Board commissioned three schools
within the district for white students in 1911. The three
schools: Sabine, Mount Moriah and Mount Sylvan, provided the
students with an education through seventh grade. Mount Moriah
consolidated with Sabine in 1914. The county then constructed
a new building in 1917 to serve Sabine students. Two classrooms
were located on the lower floor of the two story structure.
The second floor housed the Woodmen of the World Lodge. By
1918, the school had increased to nine grades and three teachers. |