Milby High School
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Charles H. Milby High School is a public secondary school located at 1601 Broadway in Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77012. Milby, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
Milby is located inside the 610 Loop in southeast Houston. Milby contains Houston ISD's Science Institute Magnet Program. As of 2006, the school's principal administrator is Richard Barajas.
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[edit] History
Milby began its life in 1926 as an all-White high school. HISD desegregated in the 1970s.
In 1988, Milby High School's enrollment swelled over 3,000 people due to many Latino immigrants arriving in southeast Houston; Milby was mostly Hispanic by 1988 [1].
In the fall of 2000 Chávez High School opened to relieve Milby, and Milby's enrollment fell by 1,000 that year [1].
A petroleum academy will open in Milby in fall 2008 [2].
In 2007 Johns Hopkins University referred to Milby as a "dropout factory" [3].
[edit] Student body
Milby, during the 2004-2005 school year, had 2,197 students [1].
- 93% were Hispanic
- 5% were African-American
- 1% was Asian
- 1% was White
- Less than 1% was Native American
86% of Milby students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
[edit] School uniform
Milby High School, as of 2006, has a school uniform policy [2].
Uniforms consist of collared shirts and navy blue, khaki, capris, or skirts.
Shirts may be colored yellow, gold, white, or navy blue and may be tennis shirts, oxford shirts, or down-style collared shirts or blouses.
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 [3]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
[edit] Neighborhoods served by Milby
Several neighborhoods inside and outside the 610 Loop, including Harrisburg, Pecan Park, Pecan Park Place, Mason Park, Manchester, Pineview Place, and most of Magnolia Park, are located in Milby's attendance zone.
[edit] Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Milby: Briscoe, Brookline, Crespo, Dávila, De Zavala, Gallegos, Rucker, Sanchez, and Southmayd. Deady, Edison, and Stevenson Middle Schools feed into Milby.
[edit] Notable alumni
Among the Milby alumni are three Houston City Council members, two members of the local media, two judges, a state senator, a US representative, an NFL player, former big league catcher and a tv wrestler.
- Carol Alvarado - Houston Councilwoman
- Miguel "Mike" Barajas - KRIV (TV) FOX news reporter
- Michael Berryhill - Freelance writer who worked for the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Press
- Hannah L. Chow - Retired Harris County Criminal Court judge
- South Park Mexican (Carlos Coy) - [4], also attended Woodson Middle School (expelled from Milby for assaulting a female student [5]) - Rapper and convicted child molester
- Diana Dávila - Member of the Houston ISD board of education
- Donald Driver - NFL Wide Receiver for the Green Bay Packers
- Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. - Texas State Senator and retired captain of the Houston Fire Department
- Robert "Bob" Alton Gammage - Texas State Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Representative
- Frank O. Mancuso [6] retired City Councilman (served from 1963-1993), and former major league catcher, and member of the World Series bound 1944 St. Louis Browns. Mancuso also played for the Washington Senators, as well as the Cardinals' farm club, The Houston Buffaloes. There is a Houston Public Library branch and a Harris County baseball complex named after Mancuso.
- K.T. Oslin - A country western singer.
- Gordon Quan - Houston Council member-at-Large and former Houston Mayor Pro-Tem
- George Wagner a.k.a. Gorgeous George - Early television wrestler.
- Andrea Yates - killer of her five children [4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Milby High School," SchoolDigger
- ^ "Houston ISD's Milby High blazes course for nation," Houston Chronicle, August 27, 2007
- ^ "Report points to 'dropout factories'," Houston Chronicle, October 31, 2007
- ^ "Profile of Andrea Yates," About.com
[edit] External links
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 |
