John H. Reagan High School (Houston, Texas)
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| Principal Administrator | Connie Berger |
| Founded | 1927 |
| School type | Public school (U.S.) |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Location | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Enrollment | 1,683 students (2003-2004 school year) |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| School colors | Maroon, White |
John H. Reagan High School is a secondary school located at 413 East 13th Street in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77008.
Reagan, which handles grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Reagan is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood. Reagan, which was named after John H. Reagan, has HISD's computer magnet program.
The school gymnasium is the home court of the Houston Takers, a professional men's basketbal team in the American Basketball Association.
As of 2006, the principal of Reagan High School is Connie Berger. [1].
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[edit] History
Reagan was first established in 1904 as Houston Heights High School [2]. The campus as it is known today was established in 1927. The campus was designed by John Staub and William Ward Watkin, who were designers of the original campus of Rice University. Reagan was first established as an all-White high school. Reagan was relieved by Waltrip High School when Waltrip opened in 1959. Reagan was desegregated in 1970 and its student body started to become increasingly Hispanic; by 1988 Reagan was mostly Hispanic [3].
In September 2004, construction started on a new addition that replaced a demolished older addition in the school [4]. The lead architect was Rey de la Reza Architects, with Gilbane as the main project manager. The campus will have a total of 15 acres of space. Construction is expected to end Spring 2007 [5]
The school gained national attention during the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests when Robert Pambello, the principal, placed a Mexican flag on the flagpole to show solidarity with the students' ideas. He was ordered to take the flag down by Houston ISD officials since flying another country's flag next to the U.S. flag is not allowed in HISD schools since it shows loyalty to another country [6]. Pambello announced that he would resign for personal reasons in May 2006 [7].
In 2007 Johns Hopkins University referred to Reagan as a "dropout factory" [1].
[edit] Enrollment
Reagan High School has an enrollment of 1708 students in grades 9-12. 88% percent of the student population is Hispanic, 4% White, 7% African American and 1.%Asian
[edit] School Remodeling
Set to end in the summer of 2007, the remodeling of Reagan HS include the building of a new cafeteria, gymnasium complex, academic building, vocational building, and a library. The classes that cannot be held on the new buildings are temporarily being held on portable trailers.
[edit] Neighborhoods served by Reagan
Reagan, which handles grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Reagan is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood. Reagan takes students from most of the Heights, a portion of Downtown Houston, a very small portion of the Fourth Ward, East Norhill, Woodland Heights, Brooksmith, Magnolia Grove, Stude, Proctor Plaza [8], the Old Sixth Ward, and a small portion of Midtown. Other parts of Houston northwest of Downtown within the 610 Loop are zoned to Reagan.
At one point, all of the Houston Heights was zoned to Reagan. In 1997, a small portion was rezoned to Waltrip [9].
[edit] Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Reagan include all of Browning, Field, and Harvard, and parts of Crockett, Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, Helms, Jefferson, Ketelsen, Love, Memorial, and Travis.
Middle schools that feed into Reagan include parts of the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, Alexander Hamilton, and Hogg.
[edit] School uniforms
As of 2006, Reagan students are required to wear school uniforms [10], which were established in fall 2005.
Uniforms consist of white and maroon polo shirts with the Reagan logo and black, denim, khaki, or navy trousers. The required uniform shirts began in fall 2007.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [11]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Red Adair (Notable oil well firefighter who extinguished the "The Devil's Cigarette Lighter")
- A. J. Foyt, Sr. - father of A. J. Foyt, Jr.
- [Racehorse Haynes] (Criminal defense attorney)
- Larry Hovis (actor)
- Everett Augustus "Squatty" Lyons (retired Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 4)
- Dan Rather (Journalist)
- William E. Paradoski, Jr. (Class of 1960, Editor of the Statesman, 2nd generation Reagan alumni; retired award winning TV News Director and Anchorman in Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee)
- Craig Reynolds (professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, and Houston Astros)
- Martha Wong, former Texas state representative
- John Faulk (1964 Graduate) Candidate for the Texas 18th Congressional District 2008
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Houston Independent School District
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|---|---|
| Alternative and magnet K-12 schools | T. H. Rogers |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | C.L.C. |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Sterling | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Alternative and magnet high schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | DeBakey | East Early College Eastwood Academy | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. | Liberty (Newcomer) |
| Alternative 9-11 schools | Houston Academy for International Studies |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| Alternative and magnet K-8 schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Briargrove | Longfellow | Neff | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | Twain | Walnut Bend | West University | Others |
