Northside becomes a Texas Recognized School District.

Burke and Raba Elementary Schools open.

George W. Bush is elected President of the U.S.

Scientists announce a near-complete map of the human genome.

Mad Cow Disease breaks out in Europe.

DVD movies become as common as VHS tapes.

Northside passes a $495 million bond.

Lewis Elementary School opens.

A U.S. surveillance airplane and its crew are held prisoner in the People's Republic of China.

The World Trade Center is destroyed by terrorists. The U.S. leads a coalition to force the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.

Enron Corporation fraud investigation begins.

Superintendent Ed Rawlinson retires, and Dr. John Folks becomes Northside Superintendent.

Jay High School wins the State 5-A Basketball Championship.

Jay High School Air Force JROTC unarmed and armed drill teams both take first place in their divisions at the National High School Drill Team Overall Championship.

Northside is named a Texas Recognized School District for the third year in a row.

Nichols Elementary, Rhodes Elementary, and Warren High School open.

Torrential rains end a drought in San Antonio and bring flooding to the region.

Twelve European nations adopt the Euro as their official currency.

Stock market plummets, along with investor confidence in corporate earnings statements.

Halle Berry becomes the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress (for "Monster's Ball").

Texas children take the TAKS test for the first time.

Beard Elementary, Blattman Elementary, Ward Elementary, and Rawlinson Middle School open.

The United States invades Iraq and deposes Saddam Hussein.

San Antonio Spurs win the NBA title.

Bob Hope dies at the age of 100.

Filming is completed on "The Alamo" near Dripping Springs, TX, on the largest and most expensive movie set built in the United States to date.

NISD experienced a record enrollment of 74,018

Hundreds on unvaccinated students sent to their doctors as a result of the enforcement of “No Shots-No School” law.

NISD hosted the Texas State Academic Decathlon in 2004.

NISD named a Texas Recognized District for the fifth year in a row.

Bond Issue 2004 was supported by the voters in the amount of $439 million.

Gregory Luna MS, Paul Ott ES, and Thomas L. Hatchett, Sr. ES open.

The District’s Library Media Centers were recognized as the Best in the United States.

Business Careers HS alum Darold Williamson won a Gold Medal at the Athens Olympics in track and field, becoming the first San Antonian to capture gold in field and track.

Jay HS alum Wallace Jefferson appointed Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Judge John Dietz ruled in favor of the plaintiff school districts, of which Northside was one, that the state funding system was unconstitutional.

President George W. Bush reelected President of the United States.

Afghanistan hold first Democratic Elections.

Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas wins an unprecedented 6th consecutive Tour de France cycling title.

NISD is named the Best School District in Texas by H-E-B.

The Northside Education Foundation reaches the $1 million mark in funds raised since the foundation was established in the 1994-95 school year.

NISD launches the Friends of Northside electronic communication initiative.

NISD enrolls over 500 students displaced from Louisiana and Mississippi due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Stevens HS and Krueger ES open.

The Supreme Court of Texas rules that the state must revamp the way it funds schools.

Board member Katie N. Reed is appointed President of the Texas Association of School Boards.

Superintendent John M. Folks, Ed.D. is appointed President of the Texas School Alliance.

George W. Bush is inaugurated for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.

The first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq since 1958 take place.

Pope John Paul II dies, causing widespread grief around the world.

The San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA World Championship title.

President Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.

Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery's "return to flight" mission STS-114, the first space shuttle flight in nearly two and a half years.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita strike the US Gulf Coast affecting the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama.

Tropical Storm Alpha forms making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active on record.

NISD is named "Largest Recognized School District in Texas".

NISD opens four elementary schools -- Fisher, Mead, Murnin and Wanke
-- and the Northside Natatorium.

Superintendent John Folks, Ed.D. is named the Region 20 Superintendent of the Year.

Business Careers High School becomes the first high school in Bexar County to fully implement a school-wide computing initiative by putting a laptop computer in the hands of every student and teacher.

NISD launches InsideNorthsideRadio.

The NISD Board of Trustees approve the largest property tax rate decrease among San Antonio area directs.

The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.

NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.

An estimated 500,000 people take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest a proposed federal crackdown on illegal immigration.

The International Astronomical Union defines "planet" at its 26th General Assembly, demoting Pluto to the status of "dwarf planet" more than 70 years after its discovery.

North Korea claims to have conducted its first ever nuclear test.

Google buys YouTube for USD $1.65 billion.

The U.S. population reaches 300 million.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 12,000 for the first time at 12,011.73.

Democrats win control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994.

US Judge James Robertson orders the US Treasury to change the dollar bill.