About Seabourn Elementary

S. M. Seabourn was named for Samuel Monroe who was a prominent Wylie landowner and roofing contractor.  He

opened and operatured the first movie theater in Mesquite using Delco lights in 1911.  He traveled to Mesquite by

buggy once a week to run the theater.  The family moved to Mesquite in 1935.  Our school was opened in 1966 and the first principal was Dr. Byron Butler.