La Porte Independent School District is a school district based in La Porte, Texas, United States. The district serves the cities of La Porte, Morgan's Point, and Shoreacres, a small portion of Pasadena, and a small portion of Deer Park. The district includes Lomax, which was once an incorporated city but is now a part of the city of La Porte. In addition to Harris County, the district's territory extends into water within Chambers County. In 2011, La Porte ISD's Lomax Elementary won the national Blue Ribbon school award. In 2017, Jennie Reid Elementary also won the prestigious award. School board The current superintendent of La Porte ISD is Dr. Walter Jackson. David Janda - President Russell Schoppe - Vice President Jeff Martin - Secretary Melissa Crutcher - Trustee Danny Hanks - Trustee Chris Murdock- Trustee Dee Anne Thompson - Trustee History La Porte Independent School District was formed in 1916 and a new three-story red-brick building was constructed near Broadway and "C" streets which would house the bused-in additional students from Lomax and Morgan's Point. In 1917, the student body selected orange and white as the school colors, the bulldog as the school mascot and published a one-time-only yearbook Etropal, which is La Porte spelled backwards. During the years of the depression, 1918-1924 that followed in the wake of World War I many citizens were unable to pay their taxes, and as a result, the school term lasted only six months. In 1921, Mr. C. E. Wade was appointed principal, and he organized the first football team, orchestra, choral club and "mothers' club" during his first year. In 1935, the second yearbook, The LPHS Daze, had a one-time publication by Lynnwood Anderson, editor-in-chief; there was not another yearbook published until 1946 and it was named The Reflector as it stands to date. In 1940, La Porte Elementary was built to accommodate students in grades one through six. The existing building continued to house grades seven through twelve. In 1943, disaster struck the system in the form of "The 1943 Hurricane." The top two floors were severely damaged and were removed. The remaining first floor was repaired and 12 classrooms, cafeteria, music rooms, manual training room, athletic dressing rooms and showers, storage units and a tax office were added to make this the junior high and high school. In 1945, a new gymnasium/auditorium was constructed on Broadway between the elementary