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By Charlotte Aguilar Houston ISD trustees voted 5-4 along racial lines Thursday night to begin the process of changing the names of Sidney Lanier and Albert Sidney Johnston middle schools and 6-3 to rename Jefferson Davis High School because of their namesakes’ connections to the Confederacy. The three African-American and two Latino trustees supported the […]

The promised community meeting to discuss whether the name of Lanier Middle School should be changed has been set for 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at the school, 2600 Woodhead St. The campus is one of eight in an HISD proposal to remove the names of schools whose namesakes have ties with the Confederacy and to […]

By Charlotte Aguilar A reconstituted Houston ISD board of trustees will consider Thursday whether to approve the renaming of eight schools — including Sidney Lanier Middle School — whose namesakes had ties to the Confederacy. Also identified in the resolution brought forward by Board President Rhonda Skillern-Jones, are Grady, Dowling, Jackson and Johnston middle schools, […]

The West University Elementary School PTO will hold its annual Back to School Breakfast and Red Apple Sale at 7:55 a.m. Monday — the first day of school. Parents are invited to the sale, which is the one-stop shop for PTO membership, additional directories, birthday book club, celebration yard signs, boo bash carnival tickets, auction […]

The West U Elementary School PTO is reminding parents to order school supplies by June 12 for free classroom delivery. Orders placed after June 12 will include a shipping charge, and the order will be sent to homes.  In addition, supplies will be limited after the June 12th deadline. Parents can order online at: www.educationalproducts.com/ShopPacks/. […]

Seven Houston Independent School District students from high four schools are among more than 2,200 high school seniors from across the country to be selected this week to win National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. The students — from Lamar High School, Carnegie Vanguard, Challenge Early College, and the DeBakey High School […]

A proposal to limit enrollment at West U Elementary School has been delayed for at least a year, Principal John Threet announced Monday in the school’s newsletter. At a meeting of the West U PTO Tuesday morning, Threet said that HISD’s plan to cap enrollment at WUES, Twain and Roberts elementary schools “has been delayed […]

Members of the West University Elementary School PTO will want to be on hand Tuesday, March 10, at 8 a.m. for a meeting with Principal John Threet. Threet will provide an update on HISD’s proposal to address overcrowding in several area elementary schools. Threet recently alerted parents of WUES students that their children need to […]

  Parents of students who will be enrolling next year in middle school are invited to join current Pershing Middle School parents and Pershing Middle School Principal, Kim Heckman, at an informational coffee. The coffee will be held Friday, March 6, at 8:15 a.m., at the home of Anne Kayl, 4909 Palmetto Street, in Bellaire. […]

A state mandate to limit class size “waivers” could impact future enrollment at West U Elementary School, Principal John Threet told parents in a letter published in the school’s newspaper. Threet’s letter is the result of an HISD proposal, announced at a meeting last Thursday, in which the district sought public comment regarding plans to […]