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John J. Pershing Middle School is a middle school in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood, near the Texas Medical Center.〔Ouchi, p. (149 ).〕 The school, that serves around 1,650 students in grades 6 through 8, is managed by the Houston Independent School District. Pershing has a neighborhood program, a Pre-AP Gifted and Talented program, and is a fine arts magnet school. ==History== West University Place Pershing Junior High School, which was named after John J. Pershing, was established in 1928. Pershing originally was connected to West University Elementary School (which was located in the city of West University Place after the city incorporated in 1938); the school moved to its own campus at 7000 Braes Boulevard in Houston in 1949.〔Viren, Sarah. "(It won't be strictly `old school' at Pershing now / Emotions mixed as students leave vintage campus for all-new digs )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday January 14, 2007. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on November 14, 2011.〕 The campus was worth $2 million. This relieved West University Elementary. An arson incident occurred in August 1958.〔Gonzales, J.R. "(John J. Pershing Middle School )." ''Houston Chronicle''. March 4, 2010. Retrieved on November 14, 2011.〕 In September 1991 Pershing was one of 32 HISD schools that had capped enrollments; in other words the school was filled to capacity and excess students had to attend other schools.〔Markley, Melanie. "(32 schools hit enrollment cap )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday September 26, 1991. A17. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.〕 In 1992 there was a proposal to convert Gordon Elementary in Bellaire into a middle school to serve Bellaire residents. This proposal was favored by those zoned to Jane Long Middle School but it was opposed by those zoned to Pershing as they did not want to lose access to the school. The Gordon proposal ultimately did not happen.〔McAdams, p. (58 ). "Bellaire residents who lived east of the 610 loop were zoned to Pershing Middle School"〕 Pershing had, in March 2002, a waiting list of 1,000 students for 120 places. Originally, Houston ISD planned to remodel Pershing's 1949 campus. When HISD found that building a new campus from scratch would be more cost-effective, HISD decided to pursue that goal.〔 Construction started on Pershing's brand new two-story campus at 3838 Bluebonnet (on the same site as the old campus) during the summer of 2005. Construction was expected to end in Summer 2007, and the new campus was originally expected to open in Fall 2007 (). The lead architect for the campus was PGAL, with Gilbane as the lead project manager. The original budget was $16,900,000 United States dollars. The construction costs totaled $24.4 million, and the final costs, including books, computers, and architect engineers, totaled $31 million. The new building opened on Thursday, January 18, 2007; originally the building was slated to open the previous day, but weather conditions lead to the temporary closing of all HISD schools for January 17.〔 Portions of the former Pershing building remain because many chimney swift birds appeared in the chimney. The Migratory Bird Act makes the act of tearing down the Pershing chimney illegal.〔"(Flight of the chimney swifts )." ''West University Examiner'', July 17, 2007〕 In April 2014 two librarians at the school were informed that budget cuts would eliminate their positions. Michelle Leigh Smith of the ''Village News and Southwest News'' stated that "parents believe many of HISD Superintendent Terry Grier's policies are tearing the district apart" and that because principal Kim Heckman "is considered one of Grier's rising stars" therefore "()ome believe Heckman is carrying out his agenda" at Pershing.〔Smith, Michelle Leigh. "(Pershing MS Faces New Round of Staff Reductions )" ((Archive )). ''Village News and Southwest News''. April 8, 2014. p. 1, 13. Retrieved on April 13, 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「Pershing Middle School (Houston)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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