Alvin Community College - Alvin, TX
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N 29° 23.790 W 095° 14.507
15R E 282459 N 3254005
Established in 1948 as Alvin Junior College. The college and Alvin ISD had the same boundaries. The system's 6-4-4 plan, provided 6 grades in elementary, 4 grades in Jr High, and 4 grades in high school and college. It was the first such plan in TX.
Waymark Code: WMRAMA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2016
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Texas State History online
With the implementation of additional programs in 1965, expansion was necessary. In 1966 the college moved to its new million-dollar plant on its sixty-acre campus, and the first Texas prison extension program began at the Ramsey Unit in Rosharon with AJC faculty teaching sixty inmates on Saturdays. By 1983 the college's inmate enrollment was more than 1,000.
In 1971 AJC became a separate administration and tax district. An elected board of trustees assumed the management, control, and operation of the district and in 1975 approved an $8 million bond issue for major expansion. The college was renamed Alvin Community College in 1976. ACC continues to expand its programs and to increase its enrollment.