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Gulf Coast Trades Center / Raven School (GCTC) is a charter boarding school located in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, near New Waverly.〔"(We can be reached at: )" Gulf Coast Trades Center. Retrieved on December 8, 2011. "Gulf Coast Trades Center / Raven School 143 Forest Service Rd. 233 New Waverly, TX 77358"〕〔"(Education Service Center, Region VI )." (Map) Educational Service Center 6. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 The school, operated by the nonprofit agency Gulf Coast Trades Center Inc.,〔Staff. "(School sues to regain grant eligibility )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday February 16, 1990. A30. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 is in proximity to Houston.〔Tedesco, John. "(Teen's death is probed as homicide )." ''San Antonio Express-News''. December 19, 1998. Metro/South Texas. Retrieved on December 8, 2011. "Sydney recently had finished a carpentry program at Gulf Coast Trades Center, a school outside Houston for delinquent high school students."〕 The school, located within the Sam Houston National Forest, is a center for adjudicated children who learn construction trades. GCTC is an alternative to being committed into the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) (previously the Texas Youth Commission, TYC).〔Kuhles, Beth. "(Neighborhood planned for low-income seniors, disabled )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday August 5, 2009. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 GCTC functions as a contract facility for the state juvenile prison system.〔"(Residential Placements )." Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.〕 ==History== The school first opened in 1971. Thomas "Mike" Buzbee Sr. served as the President and CEO of the center from 1971 until his 2007 death.〔Smith, Stewart. "(Trade center president known for self-sacrifice )." ''Huntsville Item''. March 19, 2007. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 The school was named after the Gulf Coast Building Trades Council and the Houston Mayor's Office, the founders of the school's private component. Originally the school was affiliated with the Houston Independent School District (HISD). In 1988 the school ended ties with HISD.〔"(School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names )." ((Archive )) Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 From 1984 to 1988 the U.S. Department of Education distributed $1.3 million in Pell Grant funds to GCTC. In 1988 the U.S. Department of Education audited the GCTC and asked for the 1.3 million back. In July 1988 the department revoked GCTC's authority to award grants, with the revocation date retroactively being March 1984. In 1990 the GCTC sued the U.S. Department of Education in federal court, asking for the authority to distribute Pell Grants.〔 In 2001 the report of the study "Less Cost, More Safety: Guiding Lights for Reform in Juvenile Justice" of the American Youth Policy Forum praised the GCTC.〔Eiserer, Tanya. "(Tarrant juvenile justice program receives praise County youth reform effort called 'guiding light' )." ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''. June 7, 2001. 1 METRO. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 As of 2007 about 800 children were enrolled at the school. Most of them are between 16 and 19 years of age.〔 In 2009 the students built a neighborhood for disabled people and low income seniors in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, near Willis.〔 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「Gulf Coast Trades Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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