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29-536: Each individual library serves as a home to specialty collections of the university libraries. The following is a list of libraries on the University of Houston campus: The original library of the University of Houston was established in 1927 when the school was known as Houston Junior College. With 1,988 volumes, the library was housed as a section of the San Jacinto High School library, where

58-570: A 2000+ seat state-of-the-art theater, updated facilities and possibly a recording studio. Construction was temporarily delayed due to the discovery of a possible American Civil War -era cemetery. In June 2007, the project page for the building displayed "CANCELLED." The site that was to have the new HSPVA instead has the new Carnegie Vanguard High School . On October 13, 2016, the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7 to 2 to accept

87-489: A Magnet school, HSPVA does not automatically enroll students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to Northside High School . There are six art areas: vocal music, instrumental music, dance, theatre, visual art, and creative writing. There are subdivisions within some of these art areas. Instrumental Music breaks down into band, orchestra, jazz, mariachi, and piano. Theatre breaks down into musical theatre, acting, and technical theatre. HSPVA

116-554: A design element. Other new elements were introduced including six 5,000-pound beams that have been installed to enable modern, column-free bathrooms, and an elevator tower, and four stair towers added to the rear of the building. In the auditorium, seating, plaster, and flooring were redone as well. The school received a Landmark Award for the renovation. In 1969, 51.6% of San Jacinto's students were black and 48.4% were White. The figure for White students included non-Hispanic white students and Hispanics together. For several years prior to

145-534: A naming rights contract from the Kinder Foundation for a $ 7.5 million for capital improvements to the new facility. The school's name was to become Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts when the school moved to the new downtown location. The Kinder funds provide primarily upgrades to theater equipment and some performance spaces, such as outfitting the mini-theater. The contract

174-530: A planned move to Timbergrove Manor due to its lack of proximity to Downtown Houston, artist landmarks, and the Houston Museum District , even though the district had already paid $ 500,000 for planning as of 1979. The school moved to 4001 Stanford Street, the site of the former Montrose Elementary School, in 1982. The cost was $ 1.3 million, and the HISD board had given the green light to the move

203-628: A sculpture for the library. The sculpture, entitled A,A , was erected in front of the library in June 2004. San Jacinto High School (Houston, Texas) San Jacinto High School was a secondary school located at 1300 Holman Street in Houston , Texas ; now part of the Houston Community College Central College, Central Campus. San Jacinto High School was located in the area now known as Midtown . It

232-622: Is the new location for HSPVA. It formerly housed Sam Houston High School ; at a later point the building housed the HISD headquarters. The building is five stories and 168,000 square feet (15,600 m ) in size, at a cost of $ 88.4 million. Gensler Architects designed the building. Groundbreaking occurred on December 14, 2014. The previous campus was on Blocks 12 and 13 of the Lockard Connor and Barziza Addition, in Montrose . As of 2014 , many students practiced their creative arts in

261-490: The 1970 desegregation, HISD had a policy stating that students wanting to take a vocational program could transfer to another school that offered that program whether it was a "white" school or a "black" school if the program was not offered at their zoned school. In 1937 there were five students of Mexican origin enrolled at San Jacinto. 29°44′15″N 95°22′36″W  /  29.737412°N 95.376577°W  / 29.737412; -95.376577 High School for

290-779: The Lamar Fleming building on-campus to primarily serve the university's College of Pharmacy . However, in 2010, the Pharmacy library was closed and its collections integrated in the main library to allow the College of Pharmacy to reclaim the space. In the Summer of 2016, the print collection of books and bound journals located at the Weston A. Pettey Optometry Library were moved to the MD Anderson Library to make room for

319-664: The Performing and Visual Arts Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Kinder HSPVA, HSPVA or PVA ) is a secondary school located at 790 Austin Street in the downtown district of Houston, Texas . The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District . The school provides education for grades nine through twelve. The school is divided into six departments: instrumental music, vocal music, dance, theater (including technical theater), visual arts, and creative writing. HSPVA

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348-501: The Performing and Visual Arts was housed at San Jacinto from 1971 to 1981. Houston Community College System purchased the school grounds. In 2014, Skanska USA Building completed $ 35 million in work to update and restore the San Jacinto Memorial Building, which was originally built in phases between 1914 and 1936. Hidden, original windows were encountered during the demolition and restored/left in place as

377-478: The campus was also the first home to Houston Junior College, which eventually became the University of Houston . Lamar High School opened in 1937, relieving San Jacinto. In 1962, Houston Technical Institute (HTI) was added to the campus; HTI programs lasted until 1981. In 1966 HISD purchased a former Hebrew temple, Temple Beth Israel , that it began using as an annex for San Jacinto since its population

406-542: The college shared building space. Ruth Wikoff was the school's first professional librarian . At the request of Wikoff, President Edison Oberholtzer relocated the library to its own space by converting the high school's music room. After Houston Junior College became the University of Houston in 1934, and moved to its current location in 1939, the library was housed in the Roy G. Cullen building ; UH's first permanent building. Although originally having only three staff members,

435-654: The group, the district and HSPVA Friends had conflicting interpretations of their accord in the said recouping, and Plocek stated "The Friends never really paid much of the bill". By the late 1990s parents advocated for another move due to overpopulation, but again rejected the idea of the Timbergrove site due to the lack of proximity. In the 1990s, there was a proposal to move HSPVA to the Bob R. Casey Federal Building in Downtown Houston . HISD later proposed moving

464-535: The library before it was moved into the new building. Four years later, the library's volumes reached 145,000, and expenditures were $ 200,000. The university then expanded the library services by creating the University of Houston Libraries system. The Weston A. Pettey Optometry Library began as a reading room in 1952 when the College of Optometry opened. In 1967, the Pharmacy Library was established in

493-419: The library continued to grow by continually annexing more rooms in the building. In 1940, the library had over 12,200 volumes, and by 1951, the library had 50,000. This same year, the library, with several benefactors' help and the M.D. Anderson Foundation, was able to build the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library as a new location. Hugh Roy Cullen and Leopold Meyer donated enough money to add 6,000 more volumes to

522-554: The naming rights, but did not suggest or request the school's name be restored. By contract, the name change became effective when the new downtown campus was occupied. In January 2019, HSPVA moved from its Montrose campus to the downtown site at 790 Austin Street. The former campus now houses the Arabic Immersion Magnet School . The demographics for the 2017 - 2018 school year are listed below. As of 2017 Anglo white students made up less than 50% of

551-578: The new Health Sciences Library. Today, there are six branches. In 1968, an eight-story tower was added to M.D. Anderson Library, and the Brown wing of the library was added in 1977. The most substantial changes to M.D. Anderson Library took place in 2004 when a new wing was added. The new wing was built as a front entrance to the library, along with the John O'Quinn Atrium, and a 24-hour lounge area. The university hired James Sanborn , of Kryptos fame, to build

580-475: The only board members to vote against the deal. Most speakers at the board meeting, including community members and HSPVA students and parents, supported the deal (17 speakers in favor, 11 against). In April 2017, in response to a petition asking the Kinders to give the name back, Richard Kinder wrote to the superintendent of Houston Independent School District. Citing negative controversy, he offered to release

609-465: The previous year. Keith Plocek of the Houston Press wrote that partly due to the 9th grade being reassigned to the high school level in 1981, "The building on Stanford Street was overcrowded from the get-go" as the facility was only intended for grades 10-12. The HSPVA Friends booster club stated an intention to raise funds to recoup the money used for the Timbergrove site planning; according to

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638-566: The school hallway due to the small size of the campus. Many Montrose-area residents attended performances even though they do not have children enrolled in the school. Students sometimes traveled to area cafes and restaurants after the official end of the school day but before additional rehearsals. HSPVA has no actual feeder patterns. Since it is a magnet school it takes students from all over HISD, and from districts outside of HISD. HSPVA takes students from many HISD middle schools. In addition, some students who are enrolled in private schools in

667-665: The school near the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center in Houston's Freedmen's Town Historical District in the Fourth Ward . HISD officials agreed to pursue a relocation at that time as Friends of HSPVA agreed to raise about 50% of a projected $ 30 million cost to develop a new site; otherwise HISD officials were reluctant to promote building a new HSPVA when there were schools with campuses in much worse repair. The Fourth Ward building would have included

696-662: The student body, and the three ZIP codes with the highest numbers of students in HSPVA included Meyerland , Montrose, and the West University areas. The HSPVA student body had a higher percentage of Anglo white students than that of HISD as a whole. That year 15% of the students were low income. HSPVA historically had higher rates of minority enrollment as it had affirmative action policies, but these policies were withdrawn after 1997. A block in Downtown Houston

725-477: Was a part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on December 4, 2012. The campus, built in 1914, initially housed South End Junior High School; it closed in 1926 when the high school opened. It was established in 1926 after Central High School , which was located near Downtown Houston , was closed. From 1927 until 1934,

754-479: Was approved by the school board after the Kinder Foundation said it would withdraw the funds if the board did not vote, six days after the public announcement of the deal. One HISD board member, Jolanda Jones, spoke against the deal, arguing that it was selling out the rights to name a school and that HISD was not giving attention to the non-specialty schools in the district. Jones and Diana Davila were

783-473: Was established in 1971. HISD chose Ruth Denney as the school's founding director. The district asked Denney to choose between three potential sites: W. D. Cleveland Elementary School, Montrose Elementary School, and the former Temple Beth Israel building. After touring them, Denney selected the temple building and in May 1971 the final plans for HSPVA were presented to the school board. Parents rallied against

812-487: Was increasing. Elaine Clift Gore, the author of Talent Knows No Color: The History of an Arts Magnet High School , wrote that by fall 1969 San Jacinto's vocational program became "the premier HISD vocational high school". The school was renamed the Houston Technical Institute on June 1, 1971. The neighborhood program ended in 1971, and the technical program was abolished in 1985. High School for

841-693: Was placed as the top school in the Greater Houston Area by Children at Risk 's 2009 annual ranking of high schools, and it has continued to be ranked as an "A" grade or higher by Children at Risk. Since 2003, HSPVA has had eight students named US Presidential Scholars in the Arts ( Presidential Scholars Program ) by the US Department of Education as selected by the National YoungArts Foundation ( YoungArts ). As

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