Reagan High School (Houston)
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| Principal Administrator | Robert Pambello |
| Founded | 1927 |
| School type | Public school (U.S.) |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Location | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Enrollment | 1,683 students (2003-2004 school year) |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| School colors | Red, Gray |
John H. Reagan High School is a secondary school located at 413 East 13th Street in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77008.
Reagan, which handles grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Reagan is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood. Reagan, which was named after John H. Reagan, has HISD's computer magnet program.
History
Reagan was first established in 1904 as Houston Heights High School [link]. The campus as it is known today was established in 1927. The campus was designed by John Staub and William Ward Watkin, who were designers of the original campus of Rice University. Reagan was first established as an all-White high school. Reagan was relieved by Waltrip High School when Waltrip opened in 1959. Reagan was desegregated in 1970 and its student body started to become increasingly Hispanic. In 2005, contruction started on a new addition that replaced a demolished older addition in the school [link].The school gained national attention during the immigration rallies in 2006 when Robert Pambello, the principal, placed a Mexican flag on the flagpole to show solidarity with the students' ideas. He was ordered to take the flag down by Houston ISD officials since flying another country's flag next to the U.S. flag is not allowed in HISD schools since it shows loyalty to another country. [link]. Pambello announced that he would resign for personal reasons in May 2006 [link].
Neighborhoods served by Reagan
Reagan, which handles grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Reagan is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood. Reagan takes students from most of the Heights, a portion of Downtown Houston, a portion of the Fourth Ward, East Norhill, Woodland Heights, Magnolia Grove, Stude, and a small portion of Midtown. Other parts of Houston northwest of Downtown within the 610 Loop are zoned to Reagan.Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Reagan include all of Browning, Field, and Harvard, and parts of Crockett, Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, Helms, Jefferson, Ketelsen, Love, Memorial, and Travis.Middle schools that feed into Reagan include parts of the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, Alexander Hamilton, and Hogg.
Notable alumni
- Red Adair (Notable oil well firefighter who extinguished the "The Devil's Cigarette Lighter")
- A.J. Foyt (Race car driver - Did not graduate from high school)
- Racehorse Haynes (Criminal defense attorney)
- Larry Hovis (actor)
- Everett Augustus "Squatty" Lyons (retired Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 4)
- Dan Rather (Journalist)
- Craig Reynolds (professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, and Houston Astros)
External link
Houston Independent School District
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|---|---|
| Magnet K-12 schools | T.H. Rogers |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Magnet High schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | CLC | DeBakey | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. | Middle College |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| K-8 magnet schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | West University | Others |
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