Manor Independent School District

Manor Independent School District
Location
Manor, TX Central Texas United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PK-12
Established	1885
Students and staff
Students	9,200
Other information
Website	http://www.manorisd.net/

Manor Independent School District (MISD) is a public school district based in Manor, Texas (USA). The district serves much of Manor, as well as a wide section of northeastern Austin and a small portion of Pflugerville. In 2022, the school district received a C rating from the Texas Education Agency.

As of 2013 MISD covers 21.8 square miles (56 km²) of land within the City of Austin, making up 6.9% of the city's territory.

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 President Barack Obama visited Manor New Tech High School as part of his jobs and opportunity tour. Manor New Tech High School specializes in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

The school district and Manor Senior High School have garnered public controversy when a fatal incident occurred on October 29th, 2024, where an 18 year-old student named Darrin Ray Loving was murdered in the high school by another student, 18 year-old Mac Brown Mbah Mbanwei.

Schools

Manor High School

Manor Middle School

Manor Elementary School

Decker Elementary School

High schools (grades 9-12)

• Manor High School (grades 9-10)
• Manor New Technology High School
• Manor Excel Academy
• Manor Senior High School (grades 11-12)
• Manor Early College High School

Middle schools (grades 6-8)

• Decker Middle School
• Manor Middle School
• Manor New Technology Middle School

Elementary schools (grades PK-5)

• Blake Manor Elementary
• Bluebonnet Trail Elementary
• Decker Elementary
• Manor Elementary
• Oak Meadows Elementary
• Pioneer Crossing Elementary
• Presidential Meadows Elementary
• Shadowglen Elementary
• Lagos Elementary

K-8 Schools

• Manor Rise Academy

Murder of Darrin Loving

On October 29th, 2024, Darrin Ray Loving, an 18 year-old black student who was disabled and attended special needs classes, was stabbed by another black student, 18 year-old Mac Brown Mbah Mbanwei, on the campus grounds of Manor Senior High School. The Manor Police Department was called to Manor Senior High School after the stabbing was reported to have taken place. The incident occurred around 12:45 PM (Central Standard Time) on a Tuesday, and after many unsuccessful attempts from EMS 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's SRO (School Resource Officer), who was patrolling the lunchroom at the time. The officer began looking around for the perpetrator, and students redirected him to the boy's 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 a kitchen knife in Mbanwei's possession and seized the knife. Mbanwei was then arrested immediately after and was escorted outside the school.

Mbanwei was booked into the Travis County Jail and charged with first-degree murder, with a bond of $1 million USD (United States Dollar). The district's superintendent has declined to share details about Mbanwei or Loving's behavioral records due to federal privacy laws. Mbanwei had a court hearing on November 18th, during which, Judge Brandy Mueller, the presiding Judge of the 403rd Court District, ordered Mbanwei to be examined by an expert competency evaluator, to determine if the defendant is mentally competent to stand trial at this time. The next hearing is set for January 6th, 2025.

External links

• Manor ISD
• Manor New Technology High School