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The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
Galena Park Independent School District; Houston Independent School District; Huffman Independent School District; Humble Independent School District; Katy Independent School District; Klein Independent School District; Lamar Consolidated Independent School District; New Caney Independent School District; North Forest Independent School ...
Previously known as the Houston School for Deaf Children, it was given its current name, after a deaf girl, in 1997. [60] The girl died of leukemia circa 1958; a former student of the school, she had been the first area deaf child to be mainstreamed into a public school, as she began attending one in Texas City in 1954.
John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press said that before the interstate system was established in Houston, the neighborhoods were "strongly distinct neighborhoods and districts with poetic names[...]". [1] Beginning in the 1960s the development of the 610 Loop caused the focus of the Houston area to move away from Downtown Houston.
Independence Heights is a community in Houston, Texas, bordered by 40th Street to the north, Yale Street to the west, the 610 Loop to the south, and Airline Drive to the east. [1] The Super Neighborhood boundary created by the City of Houston is bordered by Tidwell to the north, Shepherd Drive to the west, the 610 Loop to the south, and ...
The Houston Heights is a natural buffer to the north. The official boundaries of West End are Durham Drive to the west, Washington Avenue to the south, I-10 to the north and Yale St. to the east. [1] The parts of this area that were the worst affected by neglect, poverty, and the Houston crack epidemic have been completely redeveloped.
The Houston Independent School District serves East Houston. [4] North Forest High School is the sole zoned high school. Until July 1, 2013, [4] North Forest Independent School District served East Houston; that district was formerly named the East and Mount Houston Independent School District. [5]
High school students are zoned to Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Lee High School) [21] and may choose to attend Lamar High School or Westside High School. [22] Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School. [23] Mark White Elementary School is scheduled to open in August ...