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North Forest High School (NFHS) is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District; it was a part of the North Forest Independent School District until the district closed on July 1, 2013.〔Barajas, Erik. "(North Forest ISD officially closes today )." ''KTRK-TV''. July 1, 2013. Retrieved on July 1, 2013.〕 ==History== Founded in 2008 as a consolidation of Forest Brook High School at 7525 Tidwell Road and M. B. Smiley High School on Mesa Drive, the school was originally located on the campus of the former Forest Brook High School.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(North Forest picks name for merged school / Forest Brook, Smiley students now North Forest High Bulldogs )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday May 20, 2008. B2. Retrieved on August 16, 2009.〕 The Smiley campus was built in 1953, the Oak Village campus was built in 1967, and the Forest Brook campus was built in 1972.〔"(Window on State Government--NFISD Texas School Performance Review, Chapter 5 )." Texas Education Agency. Retrieved on November 14, 2011.〕 In September of that year Hurricane Ike hit Houston and Forest Brook was damaged. Therefore, the school was relocated to the former Smiley campus.〔(Home page ). ''North Forest High School''. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.〕 In the 2010-2011 school year, NFISD opened the Ninth Grade Center at the former Oak Village Middle School campus.〔"(2010-2011 District Guide & Back-to-School Handbook )" ((Archive )) North Forest Independent School District. p. 20 (21/24). Retrieved on November 22, 2011. "The Ninth Grade Center is located at 6202 Winfield at the former Oak Village campus. The North Forest ISD Ninth Grade Center is dedicated to first-time ninth graders. All ninth grade repeaters will attend North Forest High School."〕 It opened under the direction of the Texas Education Agency (TEA)-appointed manager George McShan.〔Reeves, Kimberly. "(Administrator Not Surprised to See North Forest ISD Shuttered by State )." ((Archive )) ''Houston Press''. Friday July 15, 2010. Retrieved on July 18, 2011.〕 The Ninth Grade Center houses newly arrived ninth graders. People repeating the ninth grade attend the main campus of North Forest High School.〔 In January 2012 the school had 1,285 students. In January 2012 an 18-year-old male student shot a 16-year-old male student. The perpetrator evaded the school's usage of metal detectors for incoming students. After the shooting, the school began requiring all students to have transparent backpacks. NFISD planned to extend the school's metal detector hours to 10 AM.〔Shauk, Zain. "(Teen shot at North Forest High School )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 10, 2012. Retrieved on July 3, 2013.〕 After assuming control of the campus in 2013, HISD replaced all of the faculty members and spent $1.6 million to improve the campus. After Pam Farinas took over the position of the school principal in 2013, a university outside of Texas told her that it does not recruit students from North Forest High. Around 2014, organizations had decined requests from North Forest High for field trips.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(North Forest High no longer ‘like a party’ )." ''Houston Chronicle''. March 31, 2014. Retrieved on April 29, 2014.〕 In 2014 students reported that the school restrooms now have soap and toilet paper. They also stated that the school hallways were not "like a party" like they were prior to the HISD takeover, and that there were no longer fires set in the restrooms.〔 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「North Forest High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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