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Hightower High School is a secondary school (grades 9-12) located at 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, Texas, United States. Hightower is administered by Fort Bend Independent School District and its mascot is Poseidon, but they are known as the Hightower Hurricanes. Hightower serves parts of Missouri City. The school also serves the city of Arcola, the unincorporated area of Fresno, the neighborhood of Lake Shore Harbour, which is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Missouri City. In addition, Hightower previously served the master-planned community of Sienna Plantation and the unincorporated area of Juliff. The school is named after Lockhart Valentine (L.V.) Hightower, a former principal in the district.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hightower High School About Page Link )〕 Hightower had served as an American football coach for Sugar Land High School.〔Solomon, Jerome. "(FOOTBALL 1997/HIGH SCHOOLS/FORT BEND BONANZA/Phillips, Dulles in hunt to add to town's memories )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday August 28, 1997. Special 33. Retrieved on December 31, 2011.〕 ==History== Hightower opened on August 13, 1998 and was dedicated on October 11 of the same year.〔"(Campus History )." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on December 31, 2011.〕 The $35 million school campus, when opened, had fewer than 600 students and 50 teachers. The school only served Freshmen and Sophomore classes during its first year.〔Spivak, Todd. "Cut Short." ''Houston Press''. Thursday June 26, 2006. (3 ). Retrieved on December 31, 2011.〕 Debbie Dunlap was the first principal. She said that her style of managing the school was "to be supportive. I just let the teachers do their jobs."〔 Todd Spivak of the ''Houston Press'' said that Dunlap "was hailed for assembling a staff that some say included the best high school teachers in the Houston area" and that the school "quickly gained a reputation for academic excellence and became a destination school for veteran teachers."〔 Dunlap left her position in 2003 so she could work for a teacher certification company.〔 Patricia Paquin became the next principal. Many of the teachers that were at the school during Dunlap's term as principal left during Paquin's term. During each year of Paquin's term, until 2006, between 35 to 55 teachers left. Todd Spivak of the ''Houston Press'' said that many teachers believed that Paquin micromanaged too closely.〔Spivak, Todd. "Cut Short." ''Houston Press''. Thursday June 26, 2006. (4 ). Retrieved on December 31, 2011.〕 In the 2005-2006 school year, Paquin gave over 1,800 suspensions. Spivak said "This would appear to indicate the work of a strict disciplinarian. But many teachers and parents say student behavior at Hightower is getting only worse, with fights breaking out on a regular basis."〔 Pavlos Karnezis, a 12th grade honors student who was sent to jail and later expelled from school for bringing a knife to class in November 2005.〔Spivak, Todd. "Cut Short." ''Houston Press''. Thursday June 26, 2006. (1 )-(3 ). Retrieved on December 31, 2011.〕 Paquin could have chosen lighter stipulations for Karnezis' expulsion. Despite the fact that teachers had vouched for his character, Paquin had chosen the most severe punishment possible, sentencing him to a boot camp.〔 Karnezis' parents, Thomas and Kathy, fought and had the entire expulsion decision overturned in 2006, allowing Karnezis to return to class.〔Spivak, Todd. "Cut Short." ''Houston Press''. Thursday June 26, 2006. (4 )-(6 ). Retrieved on December 31, 2011.〕 Viretta West is the current principal of Hightower, and was very similar to Dunlap, by supporting sports and academics together. One of her famous quotes is: "''It's ALWAYS a great day to be a HURRICANE!"'' By 2006 Hightower had over 2,600 students and 140 teachers.〔 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「Hightower High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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