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Traditional: Gregory Lincoln Education Center (zoned school) (Houston); Alternative: Briarmeadow Charter School (HISD charter school) (Houston) Named after the Briarmeadow community, [1] it was created in 1997, with 125 students, [2] to relieve Piney Point and three other elementary schools. [3]
Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center is the headquarters of the Houston Independent School District. The following is a complete list of school districts serving the city limits of Houston, Texas. Aldine Independent School District; Alief Independent School District; Clear Creek Independent School District; Crosby Independent School District
Kazi Shule (Houston) - Kazi Shule was an alternative school for pupils with behavioral problems. It opened as a middle school but became an elementary school in 2001 for the 2001-2002 school year. Closed May 2006. [74] YMCA Of Greater Houston Charter School (ended affiliation with HISD in 2004, [74] Houston)
Houston ISD's "West Region," which includes Walnut Bend and Revere, had about one-fifth of Houston ISD's schools but contained more than half of the 5,500 Katrina evacuees in Houston schools. At the start of the 2006-2007 school year, around 2,900 Hurricane Katrina evacuees were still enrolled in Houston ISD schools.
This announcement was preceded by a rumor in May from then-Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about his selection, which was denied by the TEA. [10] The nine appointed board members are mostly parents of HISD students. They are a racially diverse group that largely lives in more affluent neighborhoods on the west side of Houston.
In April 2014 the HISD school board decided to rename remaining sports team names of Confederate and Native American mascots due to cultural insensitivity. Each school submitted its main choices to the HISD administration. The first mascot choice for the Westbury students was the "Huskies", replacing the "Rebels". [41]
The Houston Academy for International Studies (HAIS) is a Houston Independent School District charter school in Midtown Houston, Texas, United States. [2] It is located on the Houston Community College System's Central College campus. It opened in August 2006.
In December 1991, Austin was one of the largest high schools in Texas, with 2,669 students. Due to the overcrowding, by that month Houston ISD trustees approved a plan to open a new high school in 1995 instead of in 1997. [11] In 1992 superintendent Frank Petruzielo asked Jose Treviño to become the principal of Austin High.