Forum Park, Houston

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Forum Park is a community in Houston, Texas. It is bounded by Texas State Highway Beltway 8, U.S. Route 59 (Southwest Freeway), and Bissonnet Road. [1] A portion of the community resides in the Greater Sharpstown district. [2]

Houston City in Texas, United States

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated population of 2.312 million in 2017. It is the most populous city in the Southern United States and on the Gulf Coast of the United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States and the second most populous in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA. With a total area of 627 square miles (1,620 km2), Houston is the eighth most expansive city in the United States. It is the largest city in the United States by total area, whose government is similarly not consolidated with that of a county or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties.

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Texas State Highway Beltway 8 highway in Texas

Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an 88-mile (142 km) beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County.

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The community includes many large apartments and townhouses with high population densities. [3] As of 2009, many apartments and townhouses were not well maintained. The pools at the complexes were not well maintained, and trash pickup was not up to standard. [3]

City government

Houston City Council District J now covers Forum Park. [4] District J was created to allow Hispanics to more easily elect representatives who cater to them. [5] Robert Jara, a political consultant of the group Campaign Strategies, drew the boundaries of District J in order to ensure that Sharpstown and Gulfton were together in one area. That way, the Hispanic residents could lobby for influence with their city council representative, whether he or she is of Hispanic origin or not. [6] In the 2000s, Forum Park was in District C. [7] In the 1990s, Forum Park was in District F. [8]

Houston City Council

The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.

Education

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Betty Roberts Best Elementary School

Residents are within the Alief Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Betty Roberts Best Elementary School in Forum Park, [9] [10] Klentzman Intermediate School, [11] [12] and Olle Middle School. [13]

Alief Independent School District

Alief Independent School District is a school district that is based in southwest Houston, Texas, United States.

All Alief ISD residents are assigned high schools through a lottery. Outcomes include Elsik, Hastings, and Taylor. The district also maintains two magnet schools, Kerr High School and Alief Early College High School. [14]

Alief Elsik High School

Alief Elsik High School is a high school in the Alief region of Houston, Texas, United States.

Alief Hastings High School High school in Houston, Texas

Alief Hastings High School is a public high school in the Alief area of Houston, Texas, United States. Originally Alief Junior-Senior High School, which became Alief Middle School, housed all of the secondary students in the district. The school's present location opened, while still under construction, for the fall semester of 1972. All high school students moved to that building, with the first graduating class in May 1973.

Alief Taylor High School

Alief Taylor High School is a public high school in the Alief Independent School District. It is located in an unincorporated area in the Alief community of Harris County, near Houston. Opened in 2001, Alief Taylor is the newest high school in the district. It is named after Edward "Doc" Taylor, who taught AP American History at Alief Hastings High School.

Parks and recreation

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Forum Park

The City of Houston operates Forum Park in the community. The park includes a trail system. [15] In 1993 the community Forum Park had no parks within the community. During that year, Houston City Council member John Goodner argued that Forum Park needed a park under the city's "Neighborhoods to Standard" program. Goodner said "They desperately need a park. You can't tell kids to ride their bicycles across the freeway to get to the nearest park." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Robinson, James. "14 areas of city targeted to get major facelifts/Officials recommending subdivisions for patching" (). Houston Chronicle . Tuesday July 20, 1993. A11. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Map Major Roads Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine .." Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on August 15, 2009.
  3. 1 2 McShan, Jeff. "Neighborhood war zone searches for ways to bring peace." KHOU-TV . February 5, 2009. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  4. ↑ City of Houston, Council District Maps, District J Archived January 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine .." City of Houston. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ Shauk, Zain. "Hispanic-opportunity district draws three candidates." Houston Chronicle . Friday October 14, 2011. Retrieved on November 4, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Political challenge: Revised council redistricting plan offers Hispanics a third majority district." (editorial) Houston Chronicle . Wednesday May 18, 2011. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ "District C." City of Houston. September 4, 2008. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  8. ↑ "map3.gif." City of Houston. February 11, 1997. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Elementary School Attendance Zones." Alief Independent School District. 2015. Retrieved on December 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Elementary School Bilingual Attendance Zones." Alief Independent School District. 2014. Retrieved on December 1, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Intermediate School Attendance Zones." Alief Independent School District. 2014. Retrieved on December 1, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Intermediate School Bilingual Attendance Zones." Alief Independent School District. 2014. Retrieved on December 1, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Middle School Attendance Zones." Alief Independent School District. 2014. Retrieved on December 1, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Alief ISD High School Information." Alief Independent School District. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Our Parks A-F Archived September 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .." City of Houston. Retrieved on December 30, 2011. "9900 Sugar Branch, 77036"

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