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    Mount Carmel High School At 6700 Mount Carmel Dr.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted · Edited by VicMan

    Hopefully you guys can get a deal like the one that saved O'Connell. IMO the archdiocese should try to get a South Belt/Clear Lake location.

    I graduated from Mt. Carmel in 1983 and can say that the education I received from there made me a more rounded person. From this education, I had the interest to go to college and receive a bachelor's degree. I would not be who I am today if it were not for Mt. Carmel.

    As a Hispanic from a blue collar family from the East End, Mt. Carmel provided me an alternative education not offered in my zoned school district. And I am not the only one. Many other Hispanic families similar to my background realized the importance of Catholic education. These families would rather spend their incomes on tuition costs for their kids' education than upgrading their lifestyles and move out from the inner-city into the suburbs. Our families had different priorities.

    Years ago, there was rumors that Mt. Carmel might move to a different location, a site more centrally located along I-45 in southeast Houston.

    Here is a website dedicated to saving this unique school: http://www.savemtcarmel.org/

    Klein Restroom Problems

    in The Great Northwest

    Posted

    Do you think the outcome would be different if you had asked a staff member for permission to use the staff toilet?

    IMO that punishment is too harsh, considering that the toilet was a single room (and therefore there isn't as much sense) - I think a lunch detention would have been a better punishment.

    This post brings up some good memories from my junior year at Klein High school back in 1997. At the time, the mens restrooms were in terrible shape, including no doors on any of the stalls. Based on the original poster it sounds like nothing has changed. Well, one day at school I had to do my business and I absolutely refused to use the normal men's bathroom. So in my infinite wisdom I decided to make a pit stop in the teacher's restroom. Well my luck went south when I came out of the bathroom and a female teacher happened to be standing right there waiting for the bathroom. I didn't even notice but I accidently went in the FEMALE teacher's restroom (it was a single stall restroom)...ahh good times. Needless to say I ended up getting a couple days of suspension for that one:)

    The Next Slum?

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    spring ISD has long been home t osome very questionable neighborhoods.... it's definitely not a recent trend.

    Those neighborhoods became questionable in the 1990s and 2000s - and now the questionable neighborhoods are moving north.

    See the schooldigger stats for free lunch.

    Klein Restroom Problems

    in The Great Northwest

    Posted

    Can't be worse than a Starbucks bathroom. There's nothing consistently worse than Starbucks bathrooms. It's been a decade since I've seen a truck stop restroom worse than one at Starbucks.

    One would think the Starbucks toilets would be way better...

    Tremont Tower Condominiums At 3311 Yupon St.

    in Montrose

    Posted

    Pricing is getting more realistic... some may even say ridiculously low...

    http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=Y

    Sixth floor! 99K! maint fee needs to be lower... Other units for sale in the upper 80K range...

    This is in Houston ISD - The zoned schools are Wilson ES, Lanier MS, and Lamar HS.

    With that said, what will happen to the Tremont now? Will it change ownership? Will it get a more competent and less heavy-handed leadership?

    The Next Slum?

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted · Edited by VicMan

    Will Spring then be like what Aldine is now?

    In terms of "Spring, Texas" addresses in Spring ISD, the demographics of the schools are changing:

    High school

    * Spring: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...720/school.aspx

    Middle schools

    * Dueitt: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...602/school.aspx

    * Twin Creeks: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...044/school.aspx

    Elementary schools:

    * Anderson: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...601/school.aspx

    * Burchett: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...788/school.aspx

    * Hirsch: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...717/school.aspx

    * Jenkins: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...715/school.aspx

    * Salyers: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...662/school.aspx

    * Smith: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...330/school.aspx

    * Winship: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...713/school.aspx

    Look at the free/reduced lunch rates - Notice how they are climbing.

    As for the Klein ISD areas with "Spring, Texas" - they do not seem to have high numbers of free/lunch kids yet - some are changing slowly and some are stable:

    High schools:

    * Klein Collins: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...631/school.aspx

    * Klein Oak: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...759/school.aspx

    Middle schools:

    * Hildebrandt: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...901/school.aspx

    * Schindewolf: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...281/school.aspx

    Elementary schools:

    * Haude: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...900/school.aspx

    * Krienhop: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...771/school.aspx

    * Lemm: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...524/school.aspx

    * Metzler: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...773/school.aspx

    * Northampton: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...904/school.aspx

    * Roth: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...007/school.aspx

    As for the school in Conroe ISD with a Spring address:

    * A. D. Ford Elementary School: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...997/school.aspx

    Westbury High School At 11911 Chimney Rock Rd.

    in Other Houston Neighborhoods

    Posted

    Here is a population graph showing the changes to Westbury High School over the years: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...609/school.aspx

    But in 2006-2007 the population dipped to 2,099 with African-American percentages going from 52% to 49% and Hispanic going from 38% to 42%: http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Westbury_HS.pdf

    Also here is the school's boundary map http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolbounda.../WestburyHS.pdf

    Delta Airlines

    in Planes

    Posted

    ...this may be a short-lived victory... this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I read... "good" for CO... for now. Later, they could suffer a hostile takeover. That will surely ruin their world. That is what I am hearing... If US Air and UAL merge... WHAT A MESS! ... the whole AmericaWest, US Air merger is still a work in progress... now they are going to add United to the mix. CLUSTER!

    How would CO get a hostile takeover? I would think CO would resist in the same manner that Alaska Airlines would resist hostile takeovers.

    Mount Carmel High School At 6700 Mount Carmel Dr.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted

    Some Chronicle article blog respondents suggested that the new co-cathrdral was built with voluntary donations. Thess donations were not all that voluntary. The diocese solicits every year through it's DSF campaign. If the campaign does not collect the amount it anticipated, then the diocese bill's the individual parishes to make up the difference it thought it should have received. So if you sent money and specifically asked that it be used only for inner city schools, you were fooled. All of us catholics paid for this downtown edifice whether we wanted to or not. Sure the diocese has some well healed philanthropists that pay for certain high profile items, but the building itself was built off the backs of the parishes.

    I'd also like to know exactly what happened with the idea of moving Mt. Carmel to the South Belt...

    Mount Carmel High School At 6700 Mount Carmel Dr.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted · Edited by VicMan

    The Chronicle article expands on this: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5729344.html

    The other schools are associated with, but not operated by, the archdiocese; that's why I wondered how many students would transfer to the other schools. It turns out that the other schools all have higher tuitions and some do not accept 4th year (senior) students. If the majority of students will not stay in the Catholic school system, then where will they do? Other private schools? Comprehensive high schools? Charter schools? Magnet schools?

    my bad. when you said "also 200 kids" i thought you meant besides the high school students.

    st thomas has poor students too. they give scholarships, etc. a friend's three brothers all went there on scholarship.

    i'm not sure why you're saying won't it have to absorb?? they are their own entities. tuition is more at these schools so each student will also have to come up with more money.

    Mount Carmel High School At 6700 Mount Carmel Dr.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted · Edited by VicMan

    that is our lady of mt carmel elementary school which is completely different

    i guess they would both go ballistic if that was suggested.

    1. Maybe Fox got it wrong, as the news story said: "About 200 students attend the school, which opened in 1956. "

    2. Maybe St. Thomas could successfully resist it, as St. Thomas caters to wealthier students and doesn't seem to have a problem getting students. What about Incarnate Word? If it is not at capacity, won't it have to absorb students and some teachers?

    EDIT: Schooldigger also states that the student body is near 200 kids: http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/...543/school.aspx

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