Virginia A. Myers becomes the first woman elected President of the NISD Board of Trustees.

Fernandez and Brauchle Elementary Schools open.

Challenge High School opens.

Health Careers High School becomes NISD's first U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School.

U.S. troops are sent to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield.

Nelson Mandela is freed after 27 years in prison in Paarl, South Africa.

Ann Richards becomes the first woman to be elected Governor of Texas in her own right.

Braun Station Elementary School adds the Regional Day School for the Deaf.

Leon Springs Elementary, Stinson Middle School, and Business Careers High School open.

The U.S.-led coalition defeats Iraq in the Persian Gulf War.

The computer beats chess champion Anatoly Karpov.

The Soviet Union collapses.

NISD is San Antonio's 7th largest employer.

Evers Elementary School opens.

Health Careers High School is named one of America's best schools and one of Texas' best schools by Redbook Magazine.

Bill Clinton is elected President of the U.S.

Los Angeles riots begin after the Rodney King verdict finds his attackers "Not Guilty."

U.S. Men's Basketball Team wins the Gold Medal in the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Agustin Orci becomes Northside Superintendent.

Jordan Middle School, named after retired Superintendent Jack Jordan, opens.

The Mackey School is renamed Northside Vocational Transition Program.

Marshall High School is recognized as a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School.

The "grunge" look is fashionable.

Kay Bailey Hutchison is elected the first woman U.S. Senator from Texas.

Terrorists attempt to destroy the World Trade Center with a truck bomb. Six people are killed.

Eighteen elite U.S. soldiers are killed in a two-day battle in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Holmes High School Team is the first in south Texas to win the Texas Academic Decathalon.

Braun Station Elementary wins the Texas Successful School Award for Significant Gains in Academic Performance, and the Texas Successful School Award for Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.

Air Jordan sneakers sell for over $100 a pair.

Professional baseball players strike for an entire season.

Ed Rawlinson becomes Northside Superintendent.

Northside Education Foundation is formed as part of the Strategic Plan to foster community involvement and to raise funds for innovative educational programs.

Communications Arts High School and Sunset High School open.

Oklahoma City bombing is the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil to date.

Windows 95 computer program is unveiled.

O.J. Simpson "Trial of the Century" commands news headlines.

Mary Hull becomes the first elementary in NISD to earn National Blue Ribbon status.

Northside Alternative Elementary School and Northside Alternative Middle School - South open.

"Million Man March" in Washington, D.C.

Television rating system is introduced.

Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, visits Health Careers High School.

Steubing, Virginia Myers, and Monroe May Elementary Schools open.

Northside Alternative Middle School - North opens.

Dolly the sheep is cloned from an adult sheep's cell.

Mother Teresa dies.

Princess Diana is killed in a car accident.

"Titanic" is a box office hit, and the Spice Girls are the popular music rage.

NISD is the 6th largest school district in Texas, and the largest in Bexar County.

Carson Elementary School, Connally Middle School, and O'Connor High School open.

Health Careers High School is a Texas Exemplary school for the 3rd year in a row.

Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa make baseball home run history.

NBA basketball players are on strike for more than half the season.

Clinton/Lewinsky scandal comes to light.

Glenoaks, Brauchle and Locke Hill Elementaries are recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools.

NISD has 3,060 teacher and 62,550 students enrolled. Northside graduates 3,000 students.

Construction begins in Raba and Burke Elementary Schools.

Mary Burns Michael Elementary School opens.

President Clinton is acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial.

San Antonio Spurs win the NBA title.

JFK, Jr. is killed in a plane crash.

U.S. women win their first World Cup Soccer Title.