Holak

I know I e said part of this before, so I'm sorry if I repeat myself.

I went to the original Inez Carrol on Raymac between 1979 till '84 maybe? I remember Mrs. Lawrence being the principal at the time. Some of the teachers were Mrs. Hubble and Mrs. Figaro. Mrs. Figaro was a sweet lady. That are has changed quite a bit. I used to live on Mosher Lane. My childhood house is now gone due to flooding in that area. I miss living there. I miss the friends who I used to hang out with as well. I wish I could find out what happened to my old teachers. I realize that most of them have most likely passed on.

On 6/10/2010 at 1:28 AM, billyf said:

I know I'm a little (ok a lot) late replying to this. Our second grade class was shared with another class (so two teachers) and was on the first hall when you walked in the front of the school. I never knew it was a "newer" addition until I viewed these aerials, but it makes sense now. These were the only classrooms that had indoor hallways in the school. These classrooms had natural gas heaters whereas the older wings had radiators (later removed). Neither was used when I was there as they used the same system for heat as they used for cooling. Each classroom in the school had these big, noisy belt driven Mcquay air handlers on the ceiling. These were common in many Aldine ISD schools built before the 1970s. There were no thermostats so when the cooling system was on you froze and when the heat was on you sweat. We use to have to open the windows at times it got so bad.

I remember the stage in the cafeteria well and yes with no windows it could get very dark in there. I still remember that smell of bread and chocolate milk when you walked in. Oh and those orange 1960s walls. They removed the tray washing machine when I was in the second or third grade for some reason. I remember they use to tell us to keep the food on the tray when we put them in there and I thought that was odd. I still remember that sanitizer smell and the steam. After they removed the tray washer they started putting the food in a separate trash can from the milk cartons. I think they sold the left overs to pig farms. I joked once to the lunch lady that they reused it for us. lol

The hall and grade setup was the same when I was there. I never knew any fifth graders there. I think there might have been a class or two, but in my neighborhood the 5th graders went to Bethune near Acres Home. I was at Sweetwater Christian in the 5th grade so I never went there. My bus driver was Mrs. Pride and she drove route 114 from the 70s till the late 90s.

I went to Inez Carrol up to the 4th grade. I do not remember a 5th grade there at Inez. After Inez, I went to Bethune and my parents were not happy about that at all. 

I do remember Mrs. Pride, the bus driver. She was a nice woman

This is too cool! I also went to Inez Carrol from 1979-1984 or 1985. I grew up on Mosher Lane, just South of Halls Bayou. 

I learned last month that they demolished the house I grew up in.

I was saddened to hear that they demolished the school years ago. I've got a lot of memories from Inez Carrol.

- Derek J Holak