Lady Bird Johnson High School
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| Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School | |
| Address | |
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| 23203 Bulverde Road San Antonio, Texas 78259 |
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| Information | |
| School district | North East ISD |
| Principal | Kristopher Wickerham |
| Enrollment |
3,000 (expected) (2008-2009) |
| School type | Public High School |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Motto | Johnson High School |
| Mascot | Jaguar |
| Color(s) | Columbia Blue, Navy and Silver |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Feeder schools | Bush Middle School Tejeda Middle School |
| Rival schools | Reagan High School Churchill High School MacArthur High School |
| Athletic conferences | 5A Division I |
| Homepage | http://www.neisd.net/johnson |
Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School is a Texas brand new high school in the North East Independent School District named after U.S. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. The school is located in the Stone Oak and Encino Park neighborhood of North San Antonio.
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[edit] Facts
Lady Bird Johnson High School is slated to open for the first day of school in fall 2008, despite an abnormal amount of rainfall in 2007 created delays for the site's construction crews. The school mascot is the Jaguar. “Johnson Jaguars” was selected in November, 2007 after an extended process in which suggestions were accepted from the general public, a committee of students and parents reviewed and narrowed the field of suggested mascots to a ballot of three finalists, and student vote determined the final decision.
[edit] Past principals
| Principal | Years Served |
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| Kristopher Wickerham | 2008-Present |
[edit] Inside Look
The campus complex is designed to serve up to 3,000 students and has more than 125 classrooms, including:
60 General Instruction classrooms, 20 Science classrooms (14 full labs, 2 modified labs, 4 classrooms), 19 Career and Technology classrooms, 16 Special Education classrooms, 3 Art classrooms, 3 JROTC classrooms and a separate JROTC Rifle Range and Quadrangle, 2 air-conditioned Gymnasiums with complete support areas for Athletics, Separate classrooms/areas for Band, Choir, Orchestra, Computer Science, Dance/Pep/Cheer, Photojournalism, Theatre Arts, and Speech, Auditorium (seating approximately 750 students), Cafeteria (seating approximately 750 students), Courtyard with Amphitheatre, Library/Media Center, Separate Field/Practice Areas for Band, Tennis, Football, Baseball, Softball, and Soccer, Approximately 1,000 parking spaces.
[edit] School Year
Johnson uses a traditional U.S. school calendar, with classes beginning the last Monday of August and ending in late May or early June. Students are given several holidays throughout the year (all federal holidays and one local holiday), in addition to two weeks off in December and January for holiday break and one week off in spring for spring break.
The academic calendar is broken into two semesters (fall and spring) and further subdivided into nine-week grading periods, during which students are issued three-week progress reports and a report card at the end of the period, which contributes one quarter of their final grade in the class.
Classes are graded on a 100-point grading scale, and each grade the student earns over their four-year high school career contributes to their ultimate class ranking. The 100-point grade is then converted into a four-point scale grade which appears on their high school transcript. Special weights are associated to classes based on their rigor (Advanced-placement classes are weighted one full grade point more (on the four-point scale). Consequently, if a student achieved a 3.3 in an advanced placement class, they would receive a 4.3 GPA ranking), and less rigorous courses might actually count against the student.
NEISD does not award competitive honors to students - any student earning a GPA of 100 or higher "ties" for the position of class valedictorian. In some schools, this can lead to a very large number of class valedictorians (as many as 100) as a result of large graduating class sizes and the extra weight given to advanced placement classes. Cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude awards are given based on the students' 100-point scale GPA upon graduation.
[edit] School Name
[edit] Lady Bird Johnson High School
On July 11, 2005, the North East Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name its newest high school Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, which is the campus’ official name and will be used on letterhead and other formal documents. This decision was made after receiving recommendations from a school naming committee composed of future students and parents. The school is also often referred to by North East staff and members of the community as Johnson High School, Lady Bird Johnson High School and, simply, Lady Bird. It is important to note the school is purposefully not adopting "LBJ" as a reference to the campus and, when using initials, will instead use "CTJ". Our use of "CTJ" is intended to help separate our school's identity from the various other "LBJ" High Schools in Texas named for Lady Bird's husband, President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
