|
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 |
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.
Reagan was first established in . 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
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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.
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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.
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.
