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The school first opened in 1971. Thomas "Mike" Buzbee Sr. served as the President and CEO of the center from 1971 until his 2007 death. [7] The school was named after the Gulf Coast Building Trades Council and the Houston Mayor's Office, the founders of the school's private component.
Barbara Jordan Career Center, formerly Barbara Jordan High School for Careers, is a public vocational school center at 5800 Eastex Freeway (U.S. Highway 59) in Houston, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Prior to July 1, 2018, the school served as its own self-contained secondary school.
The Westchester Academy for International Studies (WAIS) is a public charter school in the Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston, Texas.It serves grades 6–12 and is an International Baccalaureate continuum school, authorized for Middle Years, Career-related, and Diploma Programmes.
Texas State Technical Institute-Waco (TSTI-Waco) was the first school in the United States to offer an associate of applied science degree in laser electro-optics technology. The program began in September 1969. [2] [3] The name changed to its present one in 1991.
The school was originally conceived as a day school that granted certificates. [4] In 1976, the Keller School became an evening program offering MBAs , focused on working adults. [ 4 ] The school was fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1977, becoming the first for-profit school to be accredited by the body.
Previously known as the Houston School for Deaf Children, it was given its current name, after a deaf girl, in 1997. [15] 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.
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Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools (EFCTS), formerly Eastland Vocational Center (1968–2001), [2] is a joint career & technical school district in Ohio. It serves 16 school districts in Franklin , Fairfield , and Pickaway counties.