Carthage Independent School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Carthage

Carthage, Texas

Carthage is a city in Panola County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,664 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Panola County, and is situated in East Texas near the Louisiana state line.-Geography:...

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Texas

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April 1, 2008. The Carthage ISD Board of Education announced that the new superentindent replacing current superentindent Reba Allison is Dr. Joseph Glenn Hambrick or Elkhart

Elkhart

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In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable

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Schools

• Carthage High
  Carthage High School (Carthage, Texas)
  Carthage High School is a public secondary school located in Carthage, Texas.The school serves about 800 students in grades nine through twelve and is part of the Carthage Independent School District.- Athletics :Sports offered at CHS are:*Football...
  
  (Grades 9-12)
• Carthage Junior High (Grades 7-8)
• Baker-Koonce Intermediate (Grades 4-6)
• Libby Elementary (Grades 2-3)
• Carthage Primary (Grades PK-1)

Athletics

The high school football stadium partially collapsed on September 29, 2006. It was declared structurally unsound, and after a bond election approved funding a new stadium was completed in July 2008. The new Carthage Bulldog Stadium has a seating capacity of 6,000.