Almeta Crawford High School

Almeta Crawford High School
Address
801 Caldwell Ranch Blvd

Rosharon postal address
,
Fort Bend County
,
Texas
77583

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
OpenedAugust 9, 2023
School districtFort Bend Independent School District
NCES District ID4819650
Educational authorityTexas Education Agency
NCES School ID481965013932[1]
PrincipalAmber Grady
Grades9–11 (2024 - 2025 school year)
Area485,000 sq ft (45,100 m2)
Color(s)Teal, white, and gray
     
MascotChargers
Websitehttps://www.fortbendisd.com/ACHS

Almeta Crawford High School, also known simply as Crawford High School, is a public high school in Fort Bend County, Texas. Located near Farm to Market Road 521 and south of State Highway 6, just adjacent to Sienna, Texas, the school opened in the fall of 2023.[2] The school, as Fort Bend Independent School District's (FBISD) 12th consecutive high school, will initially consist of 9th and 10th graders in its inaugural year, with the first graduating class expected to be the class of 2026.[2]

The school has a Rosharon postal address,[3] though it is not in the Rosharon census-designated place.[4]

Its attendance boundary includes the following:[5] portions of Arcola south of Texas State Highway 6,[6] portions of the Sienna census-designated place,[7] and the unincorporated area of Juliff.[8]

History

Crawford High School was envisioned by FBISD as a method of alleviating overcrowding at Sienna's Ridge Point High School, which opened a decade earlier in 2010. The school will divert students away from RPHS, in addition to Hightower High School, which since mid-2020 had enrolled students previously zoned to Ridge Point, again to combat the latter's excess.[9] The school was initially planned to open for the 2022-2023 school year, however, due to COVID-related construction delays, the district has pushed back its inauguration to the 2023-2024 school year.[2]

Almeta Crawford, who is ACHS's eponym, was a long-time employee at FBISD, serving for under half a century working at the district, mostly at Dulles High School. In March 2021, Keith Fickel, principal of Sugar Land Middle School, was declared to be the school's upcoming principal.[10] On April 7, 2022, the school's mascot was revealed: the chargers.[11]

The attendance boundaries for the school were established during the 2022 fall semester.[12] The school was opened on August 9, 2023, with Marquis Bordeaux being the first student to step foot in the school.[13]

Seven days following the school's opening, on August 16, a student was arrested when a gun was found in their backpack. The incident led to greater calls for an increased police presence in FBISD.[14][15]

Campus

At 485,000 square feet (45,100 m2), the school is the largest in FBISD to date. The district stated that it will be constructed to environmentally sound, green standards. The school features "learning communities", featuring a combination of classrooms, laboratories, specialized classes, a multi-purpose room, and collaboration ideas. The school is structured in a V-esque shape, with a central courtyard separating the learning communities from the commons, fine art facilities, auditorium, and career and technical education facilities. The campus has three on site gyms, a practice and competition field respectively, a softball field, and a baseball field, in addition to a large field house.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Almeta_Crawford_High (481965013932)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Update on the Construction of Almeta Crawford High School (5/11/2021)". Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Home". Almeta Crawford High School. Retrieved November 29, 2023. 801 Caldwell Ranch Blvd Rosharon, TX 77583 - Compare the resulting location with the CDP map. Note the city of Houston stated: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Brazoria County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 18, 2022. - 2010 map - Compare with the location (indicated by the zip code, street number, and street name) of the high school.
  5. ^ "2023-24 Boundaries Southeast Corridor" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved November 29, 2023. - Compare to CDP and municipal maps.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Arcola city, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 29, 2023. - Compare to the boundary map.
  7. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Sienna CDP, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 29, 2023. - Compare to the boundary map.
  8. ^ Odintz, Mark. "Juliff, TX". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved December 3, 2023. Juliff, TX. Juliff is on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Farm Road 521, and the Brazos River, twenty miles east of Richmond in eastern Fort Bend County. - GNIS: ID#1378507 - The results put Juliff at the intersection of Texas Farm to Market Road 521 and Juliff Manvel Road. - Compare with the school boundary maps.
  9. ^ "Boundary Planning and Enrollment Management / Ridge Point High School". Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Fort Bend ISD Names New Principal for Almeta Crawford High School". Fort Bend Focus Magazine. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  11. ^ Crawford High School Announcement: Mascot and School Colors. Retrieved November 5, 2022 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "Boundary Planning and Enrollment Management / Ridge Point High School". Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  13. ^ Almeta Crawford High School (@ACHS_Chargers) (August 9, 2023). "Marquis B. has the distinction of being the FIRST Charger to arrive on the FIRST first-day ever! #ChargedUp #ForgeAhead ⁦@FortBendISD". Twitter. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  14. ^ "Student caught with gun on Fort Bend ISD high school campus, district officials say". khou.com. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  15. ^ "Several Fort Bend and Humble ISD students charged after guns found at 3 different high schools". ABC13 Houston. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  16. ^ "Introducing Almeta Crawford High School | Siennatx.com". www.siennatx.com. Retrieved November 5, 2022.