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Jane Long Academy, formerly Jane Long Middle School, is a public grade 6-12 middle and high school in Sharpstown, Houston, Texas. It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Long serves portions of Sharpstown and Gulfton.〔"(Long Middle Attendance Zone )" ((Archive )). Houston Independent School District. April 9, 2014. Retrieved on November 25, 2015.〕 Jane Long serves Sharpstown original sections 1, 1A, and 2.〔"(SCA's Sections and Boundaries )." Sharpstown Civic Association, Inc. Retrieved on August 8, 2011. ((Archive ))〕 The campus has a grade 6-8 neighborhood program and also houses Futures Academy, a non-zoned high school program. Las Américas Newcomer School, a school for new immigrants, is on the Long campus. ==History== The school, named after Jane Wilkinson Long, opened in 1957.〔"(Overview )." Jane Long Middle School. Retrieved on November 14, 2013. ((Archive ))〕 Around the early 1990s portions of the City of Bellaire west of the 610 Loop were zoned to Jane Long Middle,〔McAdams, p. (57 ). 〕 while portions inside the 610 Loop were zoned to Pershing Middle School.〔McAdams, p. (58 ). "Bellaire residents who lived east of the 610 loop were zoned to Pershing Middle School" 〕 After its formation, the Bellaire Area School Improvement Committee (BASIC) installed a gifted and talented magnet at Jane Long. A 32% tax increase championed by HISD superintendent Frank Petruzielo funded the new magnet program which opened in August 1992.〔 The new principal started work that month. Donald R. McAdams, a former HISD school board member and author of ''Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools-- and Winning!: Lessons from Houston'', wrote that the magnet program was "successful" and that the new principal was "extraordinary."〔 McAdams stated that "In a few years Long showed dramatic improvement in appearance, discipline, and test scores."〔 McAdams described as a school that was "unacceptable" to non-Hispanic White Bellaire residents since it was less than 10% white.〔 McAdams added that even with the new program, to many parents in Bellaire, Long was "never going to be acceptable" due to the overwhelming Hispanic presence.〔 McAdams recalled that one parent told him "I don't care how good the gifted program becomes. I don't care what you do to Jane Long, I will never place my daughter there with all those Hispanic boys."〔 In October 2006, Michael Marquez, president of the Hispanic Housing and Education Corporation, which operated the Las Américas apartments, announced to HISD in a letter that the organization would terminate the lease agreement between HISD and the apartment complex because of issues related to maintenance and management, affecting the HISD schools housed there. The district decided to vacate the property instead of appealing the decision.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(Education / Apartment complex and HISD part ways / Both sides cite maintenance as an issue at the ad hoc site for low-income pupils )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday January 31, 2007. B2. Retrieved on December 13, 2008. 〕 In summer 2007, the former Las Américas Education Center closed.〔"(School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names )." ((Archive )) Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on September 24, 2008. 〕〔"(Agenda September 12, 2000 )." County of Harris, Texas. September 12, 2000. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.〕〔Barguiarena, Karla. "(Gulfton area charter schools face closure )." ''KHOU-TV''. March 8, 2007. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.〕 The middle schools that were in the complex, Las Américas Middle School and Kaleidoscope Middle School, moved to the Long Middle School campus.〔"(Charter School Agreements Renewed, But Las Américas to Close )." Houston Independent School District. June 15, 2007. Retrieved on May 24, 2009〕〔(Home Page ). Las Américas Middle School. February 17, 2005. Retrieved on December 13, 2008. "5909 Glenmont, Houston, TX 77081"〕〔(Home Page ) . Kaleidoscope and Las Américas Middle Schools. July 13, 2009. Retrieved on November 2, 2013. "6501 Bellaire, Houston, TX 77074"〕 As of 2010 Long had 700 students. The building capacity is for 1,790 students. Diana de la Rosa, the principal, stated that area charter schools are attracting students who would otherwise attend Long. In the 2010-2011 school year the school had 244 sixth graders when it had been expecting 200. De La Rosa credited the institution of an after-school program jointly operated by Citizen Schools, the addition of monthly parenting workshops, and the extension of the school hours of Long Middle.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD faces politically tough choices in closing schools )." ''Houston Chronicle''. December 20, 2010. Retrieved on February 22, 2014. 〕 By 2011 Long Middle School had increased the school day for sixth grade students by three hours as part of its partnership with Citizen Schools. For that reason, in 2011 Jane Long was selected as one of four schools to participate in the Partners in Learning program.〔Christian, Carol. "(Jane Long one of four U.S. schools in Microsoft program )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 27, 2011. Retrieved on November 3, 2013. 〕 In 2014 the district scheduled the elimination of the Long Vanguard program for the 2015-2016 school year.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD magnet programs put on watch )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 16, 2014. Retrieved on October 17, 2014.〕 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「Jane Long Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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