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Kashmere High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas that serves grades 9 through 12; it is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Kashmere contains the Conrad O. Johnson School of Fine Arts, a Houston ISD magnet school program. ==History== Kashmere High School opened in 1957 at Hirsch Road at Kelly Street. In 1968 Kashmere moved to a new campus at 6900 Wileyvale Road and the North Kelley campus became Key Middle School.〔"(School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names )." ''Houston Independent School District''. Accessed September 24, 2008.〕 Kashmere, with Jack Yates High School and Sam Houston High School, are the three high schools in Houston ISD which were consistently low-performing in test scores from 2001 to 2004. Because of this problem, there were movements to have the state or another organization take over the schools for a period so the test scores will be at acceptable levels. While Yates got an acceptable rating in 2005, Sam Houston and Kashmere continued to get unacceptable ratings. In August 2006 the school learned that it again was getting an unacceptable rating from the Texas Education Agency.() When the Houston ISD administration threatened closure if another "unacceptable" rating came the following year, the local community protested. In summer 2007, Abelardo Saavedra, the superintendent of HISD, formally requested that all of the schools under consideration for closing due to academic performance should stay open.() Kashmere received an acceptable rating in 2007 because the Texas Education Agency has a provision allowing for a school to receive an acceptable rating even if the school fails in some of its criteria as long as the failures are within five points of the passing rate.〔"(Exceptions rule used to Kashmere's benefit )," ''Houston Chronicle'', August 7, 2007〕 From the period 2005 to 2015 members of the surrounding community protested plans to close Kashmere; the school had low test scores and low enrollments.〔Michels, Patrick. "Houston's Learning Curve." ''Politico''. May 21, 2015. p. (3 ) ((Archive )). Retrieved on July 20, 2015.〕 In 2007 a Johns Hopkins University/Associated Press study referred to Kashmere as a "dropout factory," meaning that at least 40% of an entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.〔"(Report points to 'dropout factories' )," ''Houston Chronicle'', October 31, 2007〕 During that year 58% of children zoned to Kashmere chose to attend a different Houston ISD school.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(Critics: In HISD, too many don't go where zoned / Black leaders argue bond has no fix to get kids back to schools in their neighborhoods )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 14, 2007. B1 MetFront.〕 As of 2015 many students zoned to Kashmere transfer to Barbara Jordan High School.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kashmere High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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