Walnut Bend Elementary School

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Walnut Bend Elementary School is a primary school located in Houston, Texas. As a result of a bond proposal passed in 2002, it has been completely rebuilt over the old school; the first LEED "Green School" in the Houston Independent School District.

The school serves the Walnut Bend and Briargrove Park areas.

[edit] History

Walnut Bend opened in 1964 [2].

In 2002, Houston voters approved an $808.6 million bond issue to "Rebuild HISD"^[1], which included a $13.2 million allocation to the old Walnut Bend Elementary. The original school was built in 1960 and could not sustain all of the elementary-grade students in its attendance zone. The original school was demolished, making way for a new school that could handle more students. At the same time, it was the first HISD school to apply for LEED certification^[2].

After Hurricane Katrina occurred, Walnut Bend Elementary School's enrollment increased from around 600 to around 800 with the addition of 184 evacuees; Walnut Bend, out of all of the Houston-area elementary schools, took the most Katrina victims ^[3].

[edit] Attendance Zone and Feeder Patterns

Walnut Bend Elementary School Attendance Zone is bounded:

• on the South by Westheimer Road
• on the East by East Rivercrest between Westheimer Road and Buffalo Bayou
• on the North by Buffalo Bayou from Walnut Bend to Westheimer Road, on Cranbrook from Lakeside to Walnut Bend, and on Lynbrook from Wilcrest to Lakeside

and

• on the West by Wilcrest from Westheimer Road to Lynbrook, on Lakeside from Lynbrook to Cranbrook, and on Walnut Bend from Cranbrook to Buffalo Bayou.^{[4] [5]}

All residents of the Revere attendance boundary are zoned to Paul Revere Middle School [3] (or West Briar Middle School as an option [4]) and Westside High School [5].

[edit] School uniforms

Walnut Bend requires its students to wear school uniforms^[6].

[edit] External links

• Walnut Bend Elementary School

[edit] References