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Houston ISD grants school bus transportation to any Houston ISD resident attending his or her zoned school or attending a magnet program who lives 2 miles (3.2 km) or more away from the campus (as measured by the nearest public roads) or must cross treacherous obstacles in order to reach the campus. Certain special education students are also ...
At first it had grades 7-8, with the 9th grade opening in 1969. Its magnet program began on January 9, 1993, making it Richard W. Dowling Middle School of Fine Arts; the HISD board approved the establishment of the magnet program the previous November. [49] As of 2009, 99% of the student body consists of racial and ethnic minorities. [50]
It re-opened as a relief school in 1988 for Elrod and Cunningham schools. [3] It was scheduled to re-open in September 1988. [4] Harvin C. Moore, a HISD board member, took two education-related trips to China and visited a Chinese immersion program in San Diego, California. Since then, he advocated for the creation of a Mandarin speaking magnet ...
It opened as Brunner High School, a part of the Brunner Independent School District, in 1912. Brunner ISD merged into Houston schools in 1913-1914 and it was converted into a grade 1-9 school, West End Junior High School.
After the 1970 desegregation resulting from the Civil Rights Movement, HISD had established magnet programs and other alternative education programs. [5] Many upper and middle class blacks sent their children to Bellaire High School , Lamar High School , and other schools previously only for Whites; [ 11 ] until 1970 HISD counted its Hispanic ...
It serves students in grades nine through twelve and is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Heights High School is HISD's Magnet School of Computer Technology and offers the International Baccalaureate Programme (IB) Middle Years Program (till 10th grade) and twenty Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Students join one of the ...
Jones had the Vanguard gifted and talented magnet program from fall 1977 to spring 2002. [22] Ericka Mellon of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the program was "prestigious". [2] Throughout its history, the Vanguard program of Jones had a high of 300 students. [23] As of 2002 the Vanguard program had 187 students.
Wheatley is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Wheatley, named after Phillis Wheatley , is located inside the 610 Loop in the Fifth Ward . Wheatley has a technology magnet program inherited from the closure of Middle College for Technology Careers in spring 2006; Wheatley's program began in fall 2006.