bachanon Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 http://www.conroeisd.net/images/school/14.jpg Main Entrance: State HWY 242 and Honor Roll Drive http://www.conroeisd.net/images/school/cphs/newhs_site.jpg Site Plan The campus is scheduled to open in the fall of 2005. The campus is located west of I-45 and east of Gosling on the south side of SH242. The new Woodlands high school will have a capacity of roughly 2400 students. The school will open with grades 9-11. The campus will have 62 regular classrooms, 15 science rooms, 7 computer labs, 3 art rooms, 1 library, 1 band hall, 1 orchestra hall, 1 choir room, and 1 black box (drama) classroom. In addition, there will be two gyms, an auditorium, agriculture shop classrooms, a sub-varsity stadium/track, and an administration area. http://www.conroe.isd.tenet.edu/schools/newhs_cafeteria.jpg Rendering of Cafeteria http://www.conroe.isd.tenet.edu/schools/newhs_mainstreet.jpg Rendering of "Main Street" Monday and Tuesday night this past week, CISD held a parent meeting on the progress of College Park HS. The renderings pale in comparison to the current construction photos shown this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new major on the block Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 looks really nice. Alot better than "The Prison" as we called it, the current Woodlands high school senior campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 Buildings start taking shape for College Park High School Meetings to help kids, parents decide courses, schedules start Tuesday in The Woodlands By CARISSA D. MIRE Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Meetings for parents and students to discuss course selection for The Woodlands College Park High School are set for Tuesday for juniors, followed by a meeting for sophomores on Jan. 27 and on Feb. 3 for freshmen. However, meetings are just a small part of what makes College Park High School Principal Mark Murrell excited about the new campus, set to open to ninth-, 10th- and 11th-graders in August. Seniors will be added in the 2006-2007 school year. Historical texture "I'm just ready to be here," he said during a recent tour of the 350,000-square-foot building, which is nearing the final stages of construction. Murrell said he's extremely pleased with the three-story building's design, especially the front entrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 When College Park High School opens in August, approximately 1,700 students will roam its halls, Murrell estimated. When it opens its doors to seniors during the 2006-2007 school year, the number will increase to around 2,400, the campus' capacity.What are the names of the other high schools in the Conroe ISD/Woodlands area and what are their capacity limits? This seems kinda small for the Woodlands. Is this a trend away from the mega-campuses of 5,000 students? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 i think the woodlands high school holds under 2000 kids. maybe it's a new standard. i hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 i think the woodlands high school holds under 2000 kids. maybe it's a new standard. i hope so.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>TWHS has two CampusesMcCullough has about 2,500 students and covers grades 9 - 10The main TWHS campus holds the same number for 11 - 12.However, this may change with the opening of College Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 1 black box (drama) classroomhaha, i went to copperas cove high school(by kileen) and we had 3 of those things.and "honor roll drive" sounds so cheesy it makes me want to fail on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bachanon Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 there are tours of the new campus throughout july.college park website: http://info.conroeisd.net/senior/collegepark/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 It looks like McCollough became a 9th grade campus, with TWHS handling 10-12... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 The woodlands??????? :ugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringTX Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 It looks like McCollough became a 9th grade campus, with TWHS handling 10-12...<{POST_SNAPBACK}>McCullough is a junior high for now (starting this fall). In a few years, it will be a 3rd high school for The Woodlands. Branch Crossing (formerly junior high) is now a 9th grade center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 we toured college park high school this last week. it's amazing what they can do with 54 million dollars and 350,000 square feet.the theatre/arts departments and science labs are better than some university facilities. state of the art. there are also security cameras throughout the hallways and stairwells, and the teachers' id badges will be also security cards that give time and date records of every locked exterior door they enter or exit.there are noise reduction panels throughout all of the major public areas. it is very well thought out.we're very excited to have it in our community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Brooklyn Bagels is located near College Park High on Honor Roll Drive. They will be making stops at the school, every hour on the hour, delivering bagels to teachers and staff, throughout the day. They also say that students have the phone number to BB keyed into their cell phones and BB will meet the students at the school in the morning with their bagel order, so the kiddos won't be late. I'm wondering if the new high school has Starbucks coffee coming out of their water fountains, too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 the principal, who guided our tour, did say that starbucks may be available to the students at some point (but not from the water fountains). chick fil a and quiznos will also be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 What are the names of the other high schools in the Conroe ISD/Woodlands area and what are their capacity limits? This seems kinda small for the Woodlands. Is this a trend away from the mega-campuses of 5,000 students?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm not sure too many high schools went for the 5,000 student campuses, other than Plano and possibly a very few others. 2,500 seems more the norm.The super sized Plano schools were built strictly to funnel more students for football superiority. It was hell on many of the teens going there, being thrust into such an overwhelmingly large setting. Hopefully, school administrators have seen the lack of wisdom in that approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Plano ISD now has five 9-10 campuses with about 1,800 students and three 11-12 campuses with 2,500 students each.Would it be better if Plano ISD simply had eight 9-12 campuses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 The Woodlands is one of the biggest schools that I've seen in Texas so far. Two places I've like to live in Houston. Woodlands is one, Uptown, and now I'm having eyes on Pearland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 as much as i'm proud of the woodlands "highlander" and now "cavalier" heritage...i wish we had still smaller schools. it is too easy to fall through the cracks with 2400 students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 2400 in 9-10 isn't so bad - Lamar and Bellaire in Houston ISD have over 3,000. Alief Elsik and Hastings each have about 3,800 total in two campuses (9 and 10-12).Does 2000 per school sound better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringTX Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 The 4000+ for a high school is (or was) common in the Woodlands and nearby. The Woodlands High School last year was over 4000 (between 2 campuses). Both high schools in Spring ISD are well over 4000 right now.But now that trend seems to be changing. The Woodlands plans for its 2 high schools to eventually settle around 3000. And they have a 3rd high school planned (the old McCullough). Spring ISD is building 2 more high schools and they're aiming for under 3000 for both. Everybody's citing research now that shows that smaller schools lead to more successful students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Actually, Spring High School's 2002-2003 population count was 2890, and Westfield's (across two campuses) was 3935.Also, Alief Elsik and Hastings lost population when Alief Taylor opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 I remember when Kingwood was the biggest high school and when my graduating class was the biggest in Houston. Now it isn't so anymore...thank goodness, because I see no benefit whatsoever with kids being treated like cattle. I don't think my counselor or teachers even knew my name half the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 opening day of new College Park High finds school already crowded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 the article identifies The Woodlands HS on Research Forest as overcrowded (despite the opening of The Woodlands College Park HS), not The Woodlands College Park HS on 242. College Park's capacity is around 2,400 and current enrollment is closer to 1,800 (according to principal Mark Murrell). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Oops, my mistake. I should have said the Woodlands High School was crowded...Did you know about this proposed new stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 yes. in fact, the swimming coach implied at a parent/student meeting that the natatorium (to be built at/near the new stadium site) was already in the works. i don't remember hearing the word "proposed". he did encourage everyone to support these upcoming issues. it seems that the school districts are so confident of funding that it's all just "red tape" (my words). i'm all for these facilities, but i don't like feeling that i'm being fleeced. the football team booster club has had two fundraisers since may (i have a football player in the house). my school taxes have skyrocketed for a rental property i have in spring isd. don't get me wrong, i love this stuff (not the tax increases, the activities surrounding and including education). i went to a private school in a metal building for 10 years and was better off (imho) than the majority of kids being educating with 250 million dollar plus bond issues every few years. i digress. with all that said, i'm excited about the new stadium and natatorium. i wish i could be confident that the school districts were being frugal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 McCullough campus is now 7th and 8th onlyBranch Crossing became 9th onlyTWHS is now 10-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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