Purpledevil Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Has anyone noticed Alamo Elementary has been torn down on E. 27th? That was an old old school. Also, Cooley was over there off of Rutland and W. 17th(?). Last I saw of Cooley, it was in pretty neglected looking shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 That media center is called Rudy Vara center for Technology my father said it was a grocery store of some sort. Across the street from this used to be a school I believe. I compared it with an old photograph and the structure looks fairly the same. The media center that LiveEastEnd is talking about is the old Weingarten's Grocery on Telephone.  And the old Cage is down the street a bit, nearer the intersection with Lawndale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanabi-chan Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Is Hohl Elementary still a funtioning HISD school ? Is that the one on Yale near Donovan? If so, I believe it is a charter school: High School Ahead Academy. I work in the area and pass by that place on my way home every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yes, that's the one. Donovan runs smack dab into it. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, it has been in service as HSAA for around 4 school years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff wonsley Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Seven years later… I believe that was Westchester Jr High, which I attended in the 70s, though I think it was called I-10 or Katy Fwy by then, unless Old Katy Rd is something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 biff, your junior high was on Old Katy, the two lane, two way blacktop road north of the MKT tracks. The Katy Freeway was on the other side of the tracks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff wonsley Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thank you, mollusk. I understand the distinction. As kids we didn't really pay attention to the address of our school! Strange how Westchester Jr wasn't even open for 20 years, I don't think, though I know why it was closed. Sister & I used to walk from our home on the other side of the freeway. I can't imagine my child walking under a major interstate to school these days. Maybe I'm just overprotective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerjunkie Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thank you, mollusk. I understand the distinction. As kids we didn't really pay attention to the address of our school!Strange how Westchester Jr wasn't even open for 20 years, I don't think, though I know why it was closed. Sister & I used to walk from our home on the other side of the freeway. I can't imagine my child walking under a major interstate to school these days. Maybe I'm just overprotective.  Ive walked under the Gulf Freeway on my way home from school... you're not being overprotective, it was a nightmare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackofinfo Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 What about the staff such as teachers, principles, librarian, etc...Especially from Ben Milam elementary on Roy st. I attended from around 1982-85 and my son was there 1999-2002. I remember Mr. Walker, Mrs. Rodgers (when my son attended), Faz, Valencia to name a few. Where they continued their career. Any school pictures/information of them like in yearbooks, website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/32479  ...an update to the link for finding some of the defunct HISD schools and other school histories.  ... wondering --- Why isn't previous Fullerton Elementary (Harrisburg Blvd.) on the list... or have I just missed it? This link says it was donated to the mission... http://www.opendoorhouston.org/about/our-history/ If my childhood memory is correct, there was a huge old Victorian structure with a double porch that sat to the left of Fullerton Elementary. In the late 60's, it was a type of halfway house, remember the men all around as we passed by... had a chain link fence, with a gate, long sidewalk entry, and a bus stop waiting area just outside it...it always intrigued me. I have always wondered about it's history. Was a worn wooden structure, 2 story, with porch that ran the length of the front facade. It may have had corinthian columns, not sure. Anyone remember it?   Edited September 22, 2017 by NenaE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAMP54 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I attended Southland Elementary school Off Tiewester st. K-6th grade. 1959-1967. I repeated 4th grade and was in a wonderful teacher’s class that set me on the right pathway. Mrs. W.......?  It was a German Jewish sounding name.  Ring any bells? I’ve tried to find any records but can’t. Any help is appreciated. I became a teacher and retired recently due to failing health. I live in New Braunfels so I’m limited to internet searches. Thanks  Anthony (Tony) Pearson aamp54@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveinfan Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I am still trying to find out what the name of the school that was at the corner of Little York and Homestead Road. It has been torn down. On the property now is the Northeast College North Forest Campus. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 11 hours ago, driveinfan said: I am still trying to find out what the name of the school that was at the corner of Little York and Homestead Road. It has been torn down. On the property now is the Northeast College North Forest Campus. Â Northwood Middle School is the closest possibility I can find. History of North Forest schools is a little sketchy in places. Northwood was closed due to declining enrollment, and was being used for storage in 2003. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister1 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I came across some information about the original Brock Elementary School in the First Ward. It is said that the school originally sat where Brock Park sits at now in between Bingham St. and Colorado St. It was Originally named Booker T. Washington Elementary before being moved to the site of the old Hawthorne Elementary school on the corner of Houston Avenue and Bingham (1418 Houston Ave.). Does anyone have any more information or pictures of the old Brock/Booker T. Washington Elementary School? Many thanks in advance. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 From another post, here's a link to the Red Book that has the same picture of BTW as above. There may be more information in the lined book https://archive.org/details/redbookofhouston00sote/page/88/mode/2up?view=theater Original post  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister1 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 4/26/2022 at 8:46 AM, driveinfan said: I am still trying to find out what the name of the school that was at the corner of Little York and Homestead Road. It has been torn down. On the property now is the Northeast College North Forest Campus. Â What year was this in? I know that property was owned by Northshore ISD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveinfan Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I believe it would have been around early to mid 70's  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Original Brookline Elementary burns yesterday  https://abc13.com/vacant-building-fire-near-telephone-and-griggs-road-in-southeast-houston/14608340/  On 6/20/2007 at 12:33 PM, isuredid said: Here is an article from 1951 on the old Brookline School. I wonder how hard it would be to remove the stuco from the Brookline and Cage Schools and take them back down to red brick: http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/dahornburg/Old_Brookline_School_1951.jpg   Edited April 3 by gnu duplicate entry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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