| Manor Independent School District | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Manor, TX Central Texas Travis CountyUnited States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Established | 1885 |
| Superintendent | Robert Sormani |
| Schools | 16[1] |
| NCES District ID | 4828890[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 9,658[1] |
| Teachers | 621.16 (on anFTE basis)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 15.55:1[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Manor Independent School District (MISD) is a publicschool district based inManor, Texas, United States. The district serves much of Manor, as well as a wide section of northeasternAustin and a small portion ofPflugerville.[2] In 2022, the school district received a C rating from the Texas Education Agency.
As of 2013[update] MISD covers 21.8 square miles (56 km2) of land within the City of Austin, making up 6.9% of the city's territory.[3]
Samsung Austin Semiconductor and Applied Materials Austin, located in Austin, Texas and in the Manor Independent School District, have developed strong partnerships with Manor ISD, with increased support of STEM initiatives and building an effective mentoring program.




In May 2013, former PresidentBarack Obama visited Manor New Tech High School[4] as part of his jobs and opportunity tour. Manor New Tech High School specializes inScience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
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On October 29, 2024, Darrin Ray Loving, an 18 year-oldblack student who was disabled and attendedspecial needs classes, was stabbed by another black student, 18 year-old Mac Brown Mbah Mbanwei, on the campus grounds of Manor Senior High School. TheManor Police Department was called to Manor Senior High School after the stabbing was reported to have taken place. The incident occurred around 12:45 PMCST on a Tuesday, and after many unsuccessful attempts fromEMS to tend to Loving’s wounds and revive him, Loving succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene at 1:13 PM.
The incident was said to have occurred around lunchtime for the school and in the restroom of the school, in which Loving and Mbanwei got into a physical altercation according to witnesses. According to the witnesses who were near the bathroom at the time, both students got into an altercation which ended with Mbanwei mortally wounding the latter by stabbing him multiple times, around the neck area and his chest. Loving then began losing blood at an alarming rate and ran outside the bathroom into the halls, leaving a trail of blood before collapsing and succumbing to his wounds. Students who witnessed the altercation quickly began to yell and were in a state of panic after seeing Loving's corpse on the ground and the chaos caught the attention of the school'sschool resource officer, who was patrolling the lunchroom at the time. The officer began looking around for the perpetrator, and students redirected him to the boys' restroom in the cafeteria, where he had glanced into the restroom and saw Mbanwei with his hands in his pockets. The officer ordered Mbanwei to remove his hands from his pockets, to which he refused, and there was a physical struggle between the two until the officer had found akitchen knife in Mbanwei's possession and seized the knife.[5] Mbanwei was then arrested immediately after and was escorted outside the school.
Mbanwei was booked into theTravis County Jail and charged withfirst-degree murder, with a bond of$1 million. The district's superintendent has declined to share details about Mbanwei or Loving's behavioral records due tofederal privacy laws. Mbanwei had a court hearing on November 18, during which, Judge Brandy Mueller, the presiding Judge of the403rd Court District, ordered Mbanwei to be examined by an expert competency evaluator, to determine if thedefendant is mentallycompetent to stand trial at this time. The next hearing was set for January 6, 2025.