Two of those districts, 17 and 19, were west of the San Bernard River with the dividing line between the two approximately ½ mile north of what we know today to be FM 521.

In 1910-1911 R D McDonald and Burton Hurd plotted the townsite and began selling property and developing Sweeny.

At this time there was already a one-room school building where Miss Mae Rice taught for a while until she could no longer stand the rowdy boys.

In 1912, the Sweeny Civic Club led by Marie Ellis were not content with the lack of schooling within the community.

In March 1913 a petition for an election to incorporate Sweeny for school purposes only was submitted to county commissioners and approved.

The trustees soon approved attaching another room to the current one room building, building a new brick schoolhouse, hiring two temporary teachers Miss Myrtle Hester and Miss Hester Rice for intermediate and primary students and hiring Dr. Wallace as first principal.