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Booker T. Washington High School (nicknamed "Booker T.") is a secondary school located in the Independence Heights community in Houston, Texas.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(Effort to save historic Booker T. High gains steam )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday February 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.〕 Booker T. Washington, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Booker T. Washington has a neighborhood program that serves neighborhoods outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the northwest part of Houston, including the neighborhoods of Independence Heights, Highland Heights, and most of Acres Homes. The school was named after education pioneer Booker T. Washington. The High School For Engineering Professions is located in the Booker T. Washington campus. ==History== The school was established in 1893 in Houston's Fourth Ward as "Colored High." The first location for the school, 303 West Dallas, is considered to be within Downtown Houston as of 2007.〔"(School Histories )." ''Houston Independent School District''. Retrieved on February 3, 2012.〕 Originally it was the only secondary school for black people in the city. In 1925 the school board stated that it would build a new black high school due to the increasing black population. The ''Houston Informer'' stated that the schools need to be named after prominent black people from the city and/or other successful black persons. The original colored high school was renamed after Booker T. Washington, a famous black educator who became the namesake of many black schools in the Southern United States.〔Steptoe, Tyina Leaneice. ''Dixie West: Race, Migration, and the Color Lines in Jim Crow Houston''. ProQuest, 2008. ISBN 0549635874, 9780549635871. p. (211 ).〕 The school was given its current name in 1928. Washington was relieved by the construction and opening of Jack Yates High School and Wheatley High School in the 1920s.〔Kellar, William Henry. ''Make Haste Slowly: Moderates, Conservatives, and School Desegregation in Houston''. Texas A&M University Press, 1999. ISBN 1603447180, 9781603447188. p. (31 ) (Google Books PT12).〕 It moved to its present-day location in Independence Heights in 1959.〔"(School Days, School Days )." Rice University. Retrieved on February 3, 2012.〕 Lockett Junior High School, which closed in June 1968, was established in the former Washington campus.〔 After Franklyn Wesley retired as principal, Houston ISD chose Mark Bedell, formerly an assistant principal at Worthing High School, as the principal.〔()〕 Victor Keys, an assistant principal and an alumna of Washington, will remain as an assistant principal. Some alumni of Washington High School and members of the community around the school protested the decision to hire Bedell because they wished for the district to hire Keys instead of Bedell.〔(HISD's pick for principal draws ire )〕〔(HISD under fire after naming new Booker T. Washington principal )〕 The current principal is LaShonda Bilbo-Ervin. Wesley died September 11, 2007, at age 88. Wesley served as the principal of the campus for more than 40 years. He worked as an educator for more than 65 years, spending all of the years except for 10 in HISD. In 2007, a Johns Hopkins University study commissioned by the Associated Press cited Washington as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.〔"(Report points to 'dropout factories' )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 31, 2007.〕 In February 2012, because the school population was at a historic low of 823, several members of the Independence Heights community, led by Sylvester Turner, a Texas Legislature representative, advocated for reinvestment in the school. They advocated for making Washington competitive with Reagan High School and Waltrip High School.〔 The leaders argue that HISD had neglected the school.〔"(Community leaders fear historic high school in danger )." ''WLS-TV''. Thursday November 17, 2011. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.〕 Turner and Washington High School officials established a donation campaign. As of January 19, 2012, the campaign raised $135,000. Kroger donated $10,000 of the funds.〔"(Kroger Donates $10,000 to Booker T. Washington High School )." ((Archive )) Houston Independent School District. January 19, 2012. Retrieved on February 8, 2012.〕 Around 2012, each year 400 students from Booker T. Washington transfer to Reagan and Waltrip.〔 By 2015 the district purchase several houses around the high school as part of its program to rebuild the high school.〔Schiller, Dane. "(Neighborhood a battered ghost town waiting for new 'Booker T' )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 22, 2015. Retrieved on January 25, 2015.〕 After criminals began taking parts from the houses residents argued that the way the houses were acquired could attract criminality.〔Schiller, Dane. "(Abandoned houses leave ghost town for new Booker T )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 23, 2015. Retrieved on January 25, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Booker T. Washington High School (Houston)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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