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Encyclopedia > Alief Independent School District

Alief Independent School District is a school district that is based in southwest Houston, Texas. School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... Nickname: Space City Official website: www. ... Official language(s) None. ...


In 1894, Jacamiah Seaman Daughtery founded the town of Alief. Until 1906, Alief, Addicks, and Barker constituted a single School District. From 1906 to 1917, Alief was a Common School District known as Dairy School District #46. In 1917, the district was renamed Alief. Alief had only one school until a separate elementary school was built in 1964.


Alief ISD, which covers 36.6 square miles of land, covers a small portion of southwest Houston and parts of unincorporated Harris County. Alief ISD serves the Alief community and almost all of the district of Westchase. Location in the state of Texas Formed Seat Houston Area  - Total  - Water 4,604 km² (1,778 mi²) 127 km² (49 mi²) 2. ... Alief is an area in Harris County that is mostly within the city limits of Houston, Texas. ... Westchase Houston Westchase is a district located in western Houston, Texas. ...


The Alief ISD area is a part of the Houston Community College System tax base. Houston Community College System (HCCS) is a community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, and Stafford in Texas, and also serves Bellaire, Southside Place, and West University Place. ...

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List of schools

Grades Kindergarten through 4 are considered to be elementary school, 5 to 6 intermediate school, 7 through 8 middle school, and 9 through 12 high school. Each house that is located in Alief ISD is assigned to an elementary school, an intermediate school, and a middle school. Alief ISD has an alternative elementary zoning boundary set for bilingual students, as some Alief ISD elementary schools do not offer bilingual programs.


High schools are assigned by a lottery, which can result in the student going to either Alief Elsik High School, Alief Hastings High School, or Alief Taylor High School. Hastings and Elsik are located adjacent to each other, which is unusual since high schools are usually located in separate locations to accommodate certain areas. High school students who apply may attend Alief Kerr High School, a magnet school. Applicants are usually only rejected on the basis of disciplinary problems. Alief Elsik High School is a secondary school located in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Alief Hastings High School is a secondary school in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Alief Taylor High School is a secondary school located in Alief Independent School District, Houston, Texas. ... Alief Kerr High School is a secondary school located on 8150 Howell Sugar Land Road in an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, near the Alief neighborhood of the city of Houston. ... In the U.S. system of education, a magnet school is a public school that draws students interested in specific subjects such as academics or the arts from the surrounding region (typically a school district or a county). ...


Secondary schools

High schools

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Other Alief Elsik High School is a secondary school located in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Alief Hastings High School is a secondary school in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Alief Taylor High School is a secondary school located in Alief Independent School District, Houston, Texas. ...

Alief Kerr High School is a secondary school located on 8150 Howell Sugar Land Road in an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, near the Alief neighborhood of the city of Houston. ...

Middle schools

  • Jack Albright Middle School
  • Alief Middle School
  • Holub Middle School
  • Killough Middle School
  • O'Donnell Middle School
  • Olle Middle School

Primary schools

Intermediate schools

  • Gary P. Budewig Intermediate School
  • Ivena C. Klentzman Intermediate School
  • Mata Intermediate School
  • Judith G. Miller Intermediate School
  • Owens Intermediate School
  • J. W. Youngblood Intermediate School

Elementary schools

  • Deborah Brown Alexander Elementary School
  • Betty Roberts Best Elementary School
  • Sylvester B. Boone Elementary School
  • Audrey Judy Bush Elementary School
  • Velma G. Chambers Elementary School
  • Chancellor Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Chancellor go to Youens ES)
  • Margaret Collins Elementary School
  • Cummings Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Cummings go to Kennedy ES)
  • Charlotte Taylor Hearne Elementary School
  • Heflin Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Heflin go to Liestman ES)
  • Hicks Elementary School
  • Gladys Birdwell Horn Elementary School (formerly Elementary 23)
  • Michael Kennedy Elementary School
  • Landis Elementary School
  • Liestman Elementary School
  • Mahanay Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Mahanay go to Liestman ES)
  • Martin Elementary School
  • Outley Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Outley go to Youens ES)
  • Willard L. Petrosky Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Petrosky go to Hearne ES)
  • Rees Elementary School (bilingual students zoned to Rees go to Hearne ES)
  • Douglas Smith Elementary School
  • Ruth Conner Sneed Elementary School
  • Cynthia Youens Elementary School (formerly Alief Elementary School)

See also

List of school districts in Texas in alphabetical order A Abbot Independent School District Abernathy Independent School District Abilene Independent School District Academy Independent School District Adrian Independent School District Agua Dulce Independent School District Alamo Heights Independent School District Alba-Golden Independent School District Albany Independent School District Aldine...

External link

  • Alief ISD

  Results from FactBites:
 
Alief Independent School District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (438 words)
Alief Independent School District is a school district that is based in southwest Houston, Texas.
From 1906 to 1917, Alief was a Common School District known as Dairy School District #46.
Alief ISD serves the Alief community and almost all of the district of Westchase.
Jalen M. v. Alief ISD (9385 words)
Alief ISD is one of approximately ten (10) school districts that participate in the RDSPD.
One measure of a school district's provision of a free appropriate public education is whether special education services have been provided in a coordinated and collaborative manner by the key participants- parents, school officials, and any outside personnel serving the child's disability.
Respondent Alief ISD is an independent school district duly constituted in and by the state of Texas, and subject to the requirements of the IDEA and its implementing federal and state regulations.
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