Booker T. Washington High School

at 119 E 39th St, Houston , 77018 United States

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Booker T. Washington High School (nicknamed "Booker T.") is a secondary school located in the Independence Heights community in Houston, Texas.Booker T. Washington, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Booker T. Washington has a neighborhood program that serves neighborhoods outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the northwest part of Houston, including the neighborhoods of Independence Heights, Highland Heights, and most of Acres Homes. The school was named after education pioneer Booker T. Washington.The High School For Engineering Professions is located in the Booker T. Washington campus.HistoryThe school was established in 1893 in Houston's Fourth Ward as "Colored High." The first location for the school, 303 West Dallas, is considered to be within Downtown Houston as of 2007. In 1928 it was renamed Booker T. Washington High School.It moved to its present-day location in Independence Heights in 1959. Lockett Junior High School, which closed in June 1968, was established in the former Washington campus.After Franklyn Wesley retired as principal, Houston ISD chose Mark Bedell, formerly an assistant principal at Worthing High School, as the principal. Victor Keys, an assistant principal and an alumna of Washington, will remain as an assistant principal. Some alumni of Washington High School and members of the community around the school protested the decision to hire Bedell because they wished for the district to hire Keys instead of Bedell. The current principal is LaShonda Bilbo-Ervin.

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Booker T. Washington High School is Houston based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 119 E 39th St TX 77018. Contact phone number of Booker T. Washington High School: +1 (713) 692-5947