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In 2023 the Texas Education Agency announced that it will remove the superintendent and the board of trustees, and therefore begin to directly control HISD. [47] The Houston Independent School District takeover formally began on June 1, 2023 with the appointment of a new superintendent and board of managers. [ 48 ]
Forest Brook Middle School became a part of HISD during the merger with the North Forest Independent School District on July 1, 2013. [20] When HISD assumed control, the facilities were in a damaged state, 30-40% of students were habitually late to school, and 75-80% of students performed below grade level.
On June 1, 2023, the Texas Education Agency released the names of the superintendent and board of managers appointed by Mike Morath to lead the district. [9] Mike Miles , the charter school leader and former superintendent of Dallas Independent School District whose time overlapped with Morath as a board member, was named as the superintendent.
In September 1991, Milby was one of 32 HISD schools that had capped enrollments; in other words, the school was filled to capacity and excess students had to attend other schools. [10] On November 14, 1991, 18-year-old Francisco Contreras received four gunshot wounds in his feet and leg outside of the cafeteria at Milby.
The student demographics at Nimitz High School for the 2023-2024 school year was: Hispanic: 50%; Black: 44%; White: 3%; Asian: 1%; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 1%; Two or more races: 1%; Native American: <1%; 86% of students were Economically Disadvantaged, 6% were English Language Learners [6]
Jack Yates Senior High School is a public high school located at 3650 Alabama Street, very near Texas Southern University, in the historic Third Ward in Houston, Texas.Yates High School handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD).
The district broke ground for the Furr building in 1960; the campus opened in fall 1961. [4] The school was named after Ebbert L. Furr, a landholder who owned the land that Furr High School is located on.
According to the 2014 accountability rating by the Texas Education Agency, [23] Debakey high school met the standard, and had academic achievements in Reading/English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. DeBakey was also in the top 25 percent in closing performance gaps.