Howard P. Carter Career Center was a high school located in the Fifth Ward area of Houston, Texas, United States. The school, serving grades 6 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District.[1] The school served as a vocational school and pregnant girls' school. Carter Career Center had many students who are single parents. It had a day-care center that is supported by corporations, the state, the federal government, and foundations.[2] The building now houses the DeVry Advantage Academy.[3]
The campus, built in 1913, originally housed McGowan Elementary School, a school for White children.[4] The old E.O. Smith campus became the career center.[5] On January 31, 1927 Wheatley High School first opened at 3415 Lyons Avenue in the former McGowan Elementary School building.[6] In 1949 Wheatley moved into a new campus.[5] 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.[4] Carter Career Center opened in the McGowen/Wheatley/Smith former building.[5]
In 2006, Kay On Going School's separate campus closed and the program moved into Carter Career Center.[7][8][9] A $4.5 million addition, funded through a 2004 bond issue, was opened in August 2007. This includes culinary classrooms, high-tech laboratories, and a nursing school.[10]
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