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The Houston City Council followed suit on June 25, 1998, designating Old Sixth Ward a Historic District. Although Old Sixth Ward contains many homes from the late 19th century, Houston's lax preservation laws, allowing demolition of most historic properties after a 90-day wait, may eventually eliminate this historic area.
When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called "wards". [ citation needed ] The ward system, a precursor to today's City Council districts, was a common political tool of the early 19th century, and is still ...
Montgomery Colored School and Lincoln High School (originally Lawson High School) were the pre-desegregation schools for black students in Montgomery. [ 85 ] Racial desegregation of the Houston Independent School District (HISD), resulting from the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, [ 86 ] occurred in the 1970s. [ 87 ]
The high school movement is a term used in educational history literature to describe the era from 1910 to 1940 during which secondary schools as well as secondary school attendance sprouted across the United States. During the early part of the 20th century, American youth entered high schools at a rapid rate, mainly due to the building of new ...
Robertson Stadium, then known as Houston Public School Stadium, was erected from March 1941 to September 1942. Also that year, Pan Am started air service. World War II sparked the reopening of Ellington Field. The Cruiser Houston was named after the city. It sank after a vicious battle in Java, Indonesia in 1942. August 1942 also saw the new ...
DeBakey High School is also in the Third Ward area. [75] Energy Institute High School is in the former Dodson Elementary School in East Downtown, [76] [77] which once served the Third Ward. [78] The William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity has a campus on Scott Street serving students from 6th to 8th grade at “The Lawson Academy”.
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
When Houston was established in 1837, the city's founders divided it into political geographic districts called "wards." The ward designation is the progenitor of the nine current-day Houston City Council districts. Much of the predominantly African American First Ward was demolished and renovated as part of a gentrification effort. Much of the ...