Once upon a time before No Child Left Behind, there was the Laredo Seminary

Laredo Seminary in 1892

Laredo established its public school system in 1882, supplementing private education that had been provided by Ursuline Academy (1868) and Laredo Seminary (1880), founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church South to educate Mexican children. Nannie Emory Holding of Kentucky became the superintendent of the seminary, and the school became known as Holding Institute throughout her tenure. Photograph is from the Sam N. Johnson Collection, Nuevo Santander Museum, Laredo.