Editing Lancaster, Texas (section)

== Education ==
=== Primary and secondary schools ===
[[File:LancasterHS01.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Lancaster High School (Lancaster, Texas)|Lancaster High School]]]]
Lancaster is served mainly by the [[Lancaster Independent School District]] (LISD). The school district consists of 11 campuses: seven elementary schools, one sixth grade center, one middle school, one [[Lancaster High School (Lancaster, Texas)|high school]], and an alternative school.<ref name="Community Information"/> Approximately 6,800 students were enrolled in LISD as of Fall 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancasterisd.org/ourpages/auto/2012/10/15/49615586/2013%20Lancaster%20ISD%20State%20of%20Schools%20Report.pdf | title = Lancaster ISD 2013 State of Schools Report | publisher = [[Lancaster Independent School District]] | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref>

The [[Dallas Independent School District]] (DISD) serves a small portion of the city that includes the subdivisions of Cedardale Highlands, Taylor Brothers, and Lancaster Gardens.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/demoupdates/Development-Overview-of-Carter-High-SchooL-Zone.pdf | title = Dallas I.S.D. Development Overview | work = Wilmer-Hutchins High School Attendance Zone | publisher = [[Dallas Independent School District]] | date = March 2012 | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> Students living in this area are zoned to Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2013/WH2013.pdf | title = Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary Attendance Zone | work = 2013-14 Elementary School Attendance Zone Maps | publisher = Demographic Studies Department, [[Dallas Independent School District]] | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> Kennedy-Curry Middle School,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2013/KennedyCurry2013.pdf | title = Kennedy-Curry Middle Attendance Zone | work = 2013-14 Middle School Attendance Zone Maps | publisher = Demographic Studies Department, [[Dallas Independent School District]] | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> and [[Wilmer-Hutchins High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2013/Wilmer-HutchinsHS2013.pdf | title = Wilmer-Hutchins High Attendance Zone | work = 2013-14 High School Attendance Zone Maps | publisher = Demographic Studies Department, [[Dallas Independent School District]] | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> The area had been part of the [[Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District]] (WHISD) until the district was ordered closed prior to the start of the 2005–2006 school year. Dallas ISD agreed to absorb WHISD after Lancaster, which was given the first option to take over the district, declined.<ref name="HopeChest1">Schutze, Jim. "Hope Chest." ''[[Dallas Observer]]''. July 21, 2005. [http://www.dallasobserver.com/2005-07-21/news/hope-chest/ 1]. Retrieved on 22 August 2009.</ref>

Two public charter schools are in the city. [[Life School|Life School Lancaster]] opened in 2007 and serves students from kindergarten through sixth grade. In January 2012, the [http://www.aiacharterschools.org/index.cfm?pID=5656 Accelerated Intermediate Academy] (AIA) opened an elementary campus in Lancaster on East Belt Line Road.

=== Colleges and universities ===
[[Cedar Valley College]], a two-year accredited institution affiliated with the [[Dallas County Community College District]] (DCCCD) is located on the border of Lancaster and Dallas. The college offers workforce training, continuing education, and college preparatory programs.<ref name="Community Information"/> As of spring 2013, 6,375 students were enrolled at the campus.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dcccd.edu/Emp/Departments/Public%20and%20Governmental%20Affairs/PGA%20Depts/IR/IR/FactsBriefs/Documents/fbsta_spring2013.pdf | title = Facts Briefs: Student Statistics | publisher = Office of Institutional Research, [[Dallas County Community College District]] | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref>

The [[University of North Texas at Dallas]] campus is located just north of the Lancaster city limits in far southern Dallas.

=== Public library ===
Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library is located in Lancaster Community Park. The library relocated from a building on West Main Street in downtown to its present location in May 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=545 | title = About the Library | work = History of the Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> The 23,000 square foot facility includes a public meeting room, reading lounge, and genealogical center.<ref name="Community Information"/> Lancaster residents can obtain a library card free of charge, which entitles the bearer to borrow materials and use the public-access internet computers. Nonresidents may purchase a library card for a nominal, annual fee.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=546 | title = Getting a Library Card | work = Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref>

Just north of the library is a paved contemplative garden funded by the nonprofit Friends of the Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library organization.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=552 | title = Friends of the Library | work = Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=554 | title = Contemplative Garden | work = Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref>