North Forest High School

North Forest High School is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the North Forest Independent School District. It consists of a main campus and a ninth grade center.[1] The Ninth Grade Center is in the former Oak Village Middle School,[2] and it shares the campus with YES Prep North Forest.[3]

Originally the school, founded in 2008 as a consolidation of Forest Brook High School at 7525 Tidwell Road and M. B. Smiley High School on Mesa Drive, was located on the campus of the former Forest Brook campus.[4]

The Smiley campus was built in 1953, the Oak Village campus was built in 1967, and the Forest Brook campus was built in 1972.[5] In September of that year Hurricane Ike hit Houston and Forest Brook received damage. Therefore the school was relocated to the former Smiley campus.[6]

In a six year period until 2011, North Forest High was consistently ranked "academically unacceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[7]

In the 2010-2011 school year NFISD opened the Ninth Grade Center at the former Oak Village Middle School campus. The Ninth Grade Center houses newly-arrived ninth graders. People repeating the ninth grade attend the main campus of North Forest High School.[8]

As of 2011 North Forest High has a school uniform standard dress policy.

The Jones Cowart Stadium is on the property of NFHS.[9]

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  1. ^ "North Forest High School Ninth Grade Center and Main Campus Standard Dress Code." North Forest Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011. "A standard dress code has been approved for North Forest High School. All students North Forest High School attending both the main campus at 10725 Mesa Drive and the Ninth Grade Center at 6602 Winfield Road are required to adhere to the required dress code."
  2. ^ "Directory of Schools." North Forest Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011. "Forest Brook High School 7525 Tidwell Road Houston, Texas 77016" and "Oak Village Middle School 6602 Winfield Road Houston, Texas 77050"
  3. ^ "Welcome to YES Prep North Forest!." YES Prep. Retrieved on July 17, 2011. "Address: 6602 Windfield Rd [sic] Houston, TX 77065"
  4. ^ Mellon, Ericka. "North Forest picks name for merged school / Forest Brook, Smiley students now North Forest High Bulldogs." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday May 20, 2008. B2. Retrieved on August 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Window on State Government--NFISD Texas School Performance Review, Chapter 5." Texas Education Agency. Retrieved on November 14, 2011.
  6. ^ Home page. North Forest High School. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
  7. ^ "North Forest ISD to shut down." KTRK-TV. Friday November 11, 2011. Retrieved on November 13, 2011.
  8. ^ "2010-2011 District Guide & Back-to-School Handbook." North Forest Independent School District. 20. Retrieved on November 22, 2011.
  9. ^ "2009-2010 Improvement Plan." North Forest Independent School District. Page 7 (8/43). Retrieved on November 13, 2011.

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