The fenced, maximum security state school is located on a 160-acre (65 ha) tract east of Gainesville,[2] 75 miles (121 km) north of Dallas, along Farm to Market Road 678 and near Interstate 35.
[4] The facility, originally the Texas State Training School for Girls, was established in 1913 and opened in September 1916.
They unlocked several doors, climbed on rooftops, and broke windows, causing thousands of dollars in damages.
[7] The school has an American football sports team, the Tornadoes, which accepts low-risk juvenile delinquents.
[10] Gainesville State School students Orlando Contreras and Felipe O'Campo, under the supervision of professional artist Tina Blytas, created a multicultural mural posted within the state school facility.
The mural depicts the Statue of Liberty, an Aztec calendar, a leopard symbolizing Africa, and chained hands breaking free that represent the emancipation of slaves.
The people depicted in the mural include Bessie Coleman, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Selena, and Emiliano Zapata.