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Edward O. Smith Education Center was a combined primary and secondary school located at 1701 Bringhurst in the Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, United States. Smith serves grades 1 through 8 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District. By Spring 2011 Atherton Elementary School and E. O. Smith were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site.〔"(Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations )." ''Houston Independent School District''. November 14, 2008.〕 ==History== E. O. Smith Education Center opened in the former Wheatley High School/McGowen Elementary School building in 1950. The school was named after Professor Ernest Ollington Smith,〔"(School History )." E. O. Smith Education Center. Retrieved on November 10, 2010.〕 the first principal of Wheatley.〔Berryhill, Michael. "What's Wrong With Wheatley?." ''Houston Press''. April 17, 1997. (2 ). Retrieved on March 31, 2009.〕 During the beginning of the 1979–1980 school year, E. O. Smith moved into its final facility.〔 Carter Career Center opened in the McGowen/Wheatley/Smith former building.〔 In 2010, the Houston Independent School District Board of Education voted in favor of creating an all-boys academy, the Young Men's College Preparatory Academy. It is located at the current site of E. O. Smith.〔"(HISD board approves creation of all-boys academy )." ''KHOU''. December 9, 2010. Retrieved on December 9, 2010.〕 The boys school was be modeled on Urban Prep Academies of Chicago, Illinois.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD board OKs creation of a school just for boys )." ''Houston Chronicle''. December 10, 2010. Retrieved on December 10, 2010.〕 Students formerly zoned to E. O. Smith Elementary School〔"(E. O. Smith Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 were rezoned to Atherton,〔(Atherton Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Bruce,〔(Bruce Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Dogan,〔(Dogan Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Nat Q. Henderson,〔(N. Q. Henderson Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Ross,〔(Ross Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 and Sherman.〔(Sherman Elementary Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Students formerly zoned to E. O. Smith Middle School〔"(E.O. Smith Middle Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.〕 were zoned to Fleming,〔"(Fleming Middle Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Gregory-Lincoln,〔"(Gregory-Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Jackson,〔"(Jackson Middle Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 and McReynolds middle schools.〔"(McReynolds Middle Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 By 2014 the boys' school had moved to the former Crawford Elementary School.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Judge puts demolition of old Wheatley building on hold pending trial )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 24, 2014. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "The all-boys school is now housed in the old Crawford Elementary on Jensen Street."〕 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「E. O. Smith Education Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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