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Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School〔"()." ''Houston Independent School District''. June 4, 2007. Retrieved on November 26, 2008.〕 is a public high school with a new location in Fourth Ward, Houston, Texas.〔http://www.vanguardian.org/01-00Overviewx/Default.htm〕〔https://maps.google.com/maps?q=fourth+ward+houston&hl=en&sll=40.697488,-73.979681&sspn=0.73819,1.454315&t=h&hnear=Fourth+Ward,+Houston,+Harris,+Texas&z=15〕 The high school was formerly located in Sunnyside, Houston,.〔http://www.houstontx.gov/houstonhope/sunnyside.html〕 Carnegie Vanguard High School serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District. It is the only Vanguard Program high school in Houston ISD and offers all Advanced Placement core classes. Carnegie is the only Vanguard high school in the Houston ISD with 100% of the students gifted and talented in academics. The students come from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Each student has been identified as having intellectual, creative, and leadership abilities beyond those typically seen in their age and grade levels. The school encourages students to use their gifts, talents, and leadership to contribute to the betterment of their community. Some Houston ISD students transfer to Carnegie Vanguard to escape their neighborhood schools which do not have good academic performance, causing the attendance figures of those schools to suffer.〔Spencer, Jason. "(Transfer policy hinders schools / `Talent drain' makes it hard for some campuses to meet standards )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday September 4, 2005. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕 Ericka Mellon of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said that Carnegie is "prestigious."〔Mellon, Ericka. "(POOR RATINGS, TROUBLED FINANCES )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday March 25, 2007. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on November 26, 2011.〕 CVHS is rated Exemplary by the Texas Education Agency (Highest Rating by TEA), ranked 11th in the nation by Newsweek in 2011, ranked #13 in the Nation by Washington Post in 2011, and ranked #2 in the Houston Area by Children at Risk in 2012. It is also a National Blue Ribbon School. The school is named after Andrew Carnegie.〔"(School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names )." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on September 24, 2008. "It is named for Andrew Carnegie, the famous Scottish immigrant who rose to become a steel tycoon and philanthropist."〕 The principal administrator is, as of 2013, Ramón Moss. Carnegie's mascot is the rhinoceros. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008.〔"(Twenty-six Texas public schools named NCLB- Blue Ribbons Schools )." ''Texas Education Agency''. September 9, 2008. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Feds award 26 Texas schools with 'blue ribbon' )." ''Houston Chronicle''. September 9, 2008. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕 ==History== The Houston ISD Vanguard program was designed to serve the needs of gifted and talented students. From fall 1977 to spring 2002 the Houston ISD High School Vanguard Program was a separate program located at Jesse Jones High School.〔(Carnegie Vanguard — School Information )〕 It is one of the many "Magnet" schools in Houston ISD designed to attract a diverse ethnicity of students without forced bussing that were created by former HISD Superintendent Billy Regan. To that end, for a few years, students outside of HISD were allowed to attend its Magnet schools beginning in 1981. That year, the high school magnet programs began teaching 9th grade; the comprehensive programs at all the high schools were still 10th-12th grade (until 1983). The move that prompted the program's separation from Jones High School was the reinstatement of Lawrence Allen, a fired Jones principal who was reinstated several days later, when he was in charge only of the comprehensive program at Jones.〔Downing, Margaret. "The Great Divide." ''Houston Press''. March 7, 2002. (1 ). Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕 Parents and staff members decided to move the Vanguard Program to a new campus, so Carnegie Vanguard High School opened in August 2002 in the former Carnegie Elementary School building off of Scott Street and Airport Boulevard near the Sunnyside neighborhood.〔Martin, Betty L. "(HOUSTON ISD / Bond benefits Carnegie Vanguard )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday December 20, 2007. ThisWeek 4.〕 The elementary school students who attended Carnegie Elementary were moved to Woodson Middle School, which became the Woodson K-8 School.〔Downing, Margaret. "A Split Decision." ''Houston Press''. April 18, 2002. (1 ). Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕 Carnegie began its first year as a separate school (2002–2003) with 173 students. This increased to 238 students in 2003-2004 and 254 students in 2004-2005.〔"(Carnegie Vanguard High School )." ''SchoolDigger''. Retrieved on November 26, 2008.〕 In November 2008 Houston ISD proposed to rebuild Carnegie on a site adjacent to Worthing, rebuild Worthing, and have the two schools share the same cafeteria. School board member Larry Marshall, whose jurisdiction includes Carnegie and Worthing, expressed support for this proposal or otherwise to house Carnegie and Worthing on the same plot of land.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Plan for Carnegie-Worthing shared campus raises concern -- UPDATED )." ''Houston Chronicle''. November 11, 2008.〕 Parents at Worthing accepted the proposal while parents at Carnegie rejected the proposal and asked for it to be discontinued.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(School plan seen as win-lose proposition )." ''Houston Chronicle''. November 12, 2008. Retrieved on January 19, 2010.〕 The Carnegie parents said that the higher violence levels at Worthing and the parents' fears of backlash against Carnegie students at Worthing cause them to be opposed to HISD's proposal.〔Downing, Margaret. "Backlash Upon Backlash at HISD." ''Houston Press''. December 2, 2008. (1 ). Retrieved on November 16, 2010.〕 Peter Brown, the Houston City Council At-Large Position 1, opposed the idea. Brown said that the renovation of Worthing would be less costly than the consolidation. Brown also cited a Gates Foundation study to support his point.〔"(Letters: Lingering worries after Ike )." ''Houston Chronicle''. November 30, 2008.〕 On December 4, 2008 Abelardo Saavedra, the HISD superintendent, said that he would for now shelve plans since the plans had insufficient support from the board of trustees. School board trustee Paula M. Harris expressed support for the consolidation plan, arguing that magnet schools and small neighborhood schools, many of which were closed by the district, should be treated in the same manner.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Carnegie-Worthing shared campus on hold for now )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Retrieved on December 4, 2008. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕 Margaret Downing of the ''Houston Press'' added that Worthing parents did not like how the controversy "denigrated" the school.〔Downing, Margaret. "(Carnegie Parents Can Breathe A Sigh Of Relief -- For Now )." ''Houston Press''. Thursday December 4, 2008. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.〕 In 2009 the HISD administration proposed relocating Carnegie to the Fourth Ward. District administrators favored the move because students come from across the school district, and the central location would make transportation easier.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Fourth Ward site likely for new Carnegie Vanguard High School )." ''Houston Chronicle''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved on November 24, 2009.〕 During that year the school board approved of the plan.〔Mark, Steve. "(Exit for 2 HISD trustees, new campus for Carnegie Vanguard )." ''West University Examiner''. December 11, 2009. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.〕 The former school grounds, have since been used for tactical training by multiple agencies, including the United States Army. 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「Carnegie Vanguard High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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