H.P. Carter Career Center
History
The campus, built in 1913, originally housed McGowan Elementary School, a school for white children. On January 31, 1927 Wheatley High School first opened at 3415 Lyons Avenue in the former McGowan Elementary School building. In 1949 Wheatley moved into a new campus. E.O. Smith Education Center opened in the former Wheatley building in 1950. During the beginning of the 1979–1980 school year, E.O. Smith moved into its current facility. Carter Career Center opened in the McGowen/Wheatley/Smith former building.
In 2006, Kay On Going School's separate campus closed and the program moved into Carter Career Center. A $4.5 million addition, funded through a 2004 bond issue, was opened in August 2007. This included culinary classrooms, high-tech laboratories, and a nursing school.
References
- ^ "Howard Carter Career Center Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine" Profile. Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on November 23, 2008.
- ^ "Partners in education", Training & Development, 1 May 1992.
- ^ "School Histories Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Accessed December 2, 2011.
- ^ "School History Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." E.O. Smith Education Center. Retrieved on November 10, 2010.
- ^ "History." Wheatley High School. March 22, 2003. Retrieved on July 19, 2009.
- ^ Berryhill, Michael. "What's Wrong With Wheatley?." Houston Press. April 17, 1997. 2. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.
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- Home Page Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. Carter Career Center. Retrieved on November 23, 2008.
- Fifth Ward, Houston from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ "Career center annex expands options", Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, 4 August 2007.
External links
- Official site at the Wayback Machine (archive index)