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Ryan Middle School was a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan now occupies the campus. The school, which serves grades 6 through 8, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. It served much Third Ward area and a very small portion of Midtown Houston before its conversion into a magnet school. It is south of Downtown Houston,〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD proposes closing historic Ryan school )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday May 3, 2012. Retrieved on May 4, 2012.〕 and in proximity to the University of Houston.〔Stamps, Bill. "(HISD Considers Closing Historic School )." ''KUHF''. May 7, 2012. Retrieved on May 9, 2012.〕 Cuney Homes and Ewing Apartments, two separate units of public housing, were previously zoned to Ryan before its conversion to a magnet school. ==History== After Yates High School relocated from 2610 Elgin to 3703 Sampson in 1958, Ryan Colored Junior High School opened in Yates's former location. Ryan was named after Yates's second principal.〔"(About )." ''Jack Yates High School''. Accessed October 12, 2008.〕 Allan Turner of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said that the building served as an "educational anchor" for the Third Ward as many professionals in the Third Ward community such as educators, ministers, and lawyers received education in it. Since Ryan's beginning, Turner said that the school's fortunes had risen and fallen as time passed.〔Turner, Allan. "(UH exhibit focuses on Third Ward history, people )." ''Houston Chronicle''. March 23, 2011. Retrieved on March 24, 2011.〕 The school opened as a school only for African-Americans; it was desegregated by 1970. A 2008 ''Houston Chronicle'' article stated that Ryan was considered to be among the lowest performing campuses in Houston ISD. HISD staff stated that the district needed signing bonuses in order to convince employees to take positions at Ryan Middle School.〔"(A plan to fix Ryan Middle School )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 6, 2008.〕 During that year, the principal was fired because he socially promoted 25 students and issued about $70,800 in paychecks not earned by employees.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer and Ericka Mellon. "(Ryan Middle School principal fired over promotions, checks )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday January 18, 2008. Retrieved on May 4, 2012.〕 From 2002 to 2012, the student population fell 70%, from 830 students to 265 students. A proposal to close Ryan Middle School was submitted to the HISD board. If Ryan closed at that time, its students would have been divided between Attucks, Cullen, Dowling, Lanier, and Pershing middle schools.〔"(HISD’s Ryan Middle School slated for closure )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 3, 2012. Retrieved on May 4, 2012.〕 Dallas Dance, the chief of middle schools of HISD, stated that Ryan had 570 middle school-aged students zoned to the campus, but fewer than half of those students chose to attend Ryan.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD proposes closing historic Ryan school )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday May 3, 2012. Retrieved on May 8, 2012.〕 Dance said that over the previous five-year period, HISD had already invested an additional $438,000 per year into Ryan.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD withdraws plan to close Ryan )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Monday May 7, 2012. Retrieved on May 9, 2012.〕 Parents and community leaders protested the proposed closure.〔KHOU.com staff. "(Southeast Houston: Parents fight potential closure of Ryan Middle School )." ''KHOU''. May 3, 2012. Retrieved on May 5, 2012.〕 A group of parents threatened to occupy the campus if HISD had it closed temporarily.〔Cerota, Andy. "(Third Ward residents outraged over possible closure of Ryan Middle School )." ''KTRK-TV''. May 7, 2012. Retrieved on May 7, 2012.〕 On Monday May 7, 2012 the board removed the proposed closure of Ryan from its agenda.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Ryan Middle School off closure list after board intervention )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 8, 2012. Retrieved on May 8, 2012.〕 In its final year of operation, there were 182 students in the 6th and 7th grades at Ryan Middle School.〔Boney, Jeffrey L. "(What’s Going On With HISD? African Americans NOT Getting the Attention They Deserve )" ((Archive )). ''Houston Forward Times''. September 17, 2013. Retrieved on March 16, 2014.〕 In March 2013 the district board voted 5-3 to close Ryan. At the time it had 263 students and was the smallest middle school in HISD. Plans were to rezone the students to Cullen Middle School, from Ryan.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(HISD will close Ryan, tables plan to merge two high schools )." ''Houston Independent School District''. March 7, 2013. Retrieved on March 14, 2013.〕 The closure occurred even though the NAACP and members of the Third Ward community opposed the closure. In April, 2013, Ryan Middle School reopened as the Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan, a magnet middle school, with a rigorous curriculum founded on project-based, hands-on learning for students. Geared to prepare middle school students for the rigors of challenging high school academic programs, students have the opportunity to earn high school credits, and explore pathways in the fields of medicine, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, dentistry, pharmacy, and allied health professions. The school is intended to feed into the Michael E. DeBakey High School for the Health Professions.〔"(HISD OKs plan to rezone Ryan MS students despite NAACP, community opposition )." ABC13. Thursday March 7, 2013. Retrieved on March 15, 2013.〕 For the 2013-2014 school year, 119 of the students who attended Ryan during the 6th or 7th grades during the 2012-2013 school year, or 65% of the total of the 2012-2013 6th and 7th grade students, started attending Cullen Middle School. The remaining students began attending other schools.〔Boney, Jeffrey L. "(What’s Going On With HISD? African Americans NOT Getting the Attention They Deserve )" ((Archive )). ''Houston Forward Times''. September 17, 2013. Retrieved on March 16, 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「Ryan Middle School (Houston)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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