Westside High School

Last Night: Dame Julie Andrews at the Hobby Center

Pipeline to the Pros

One of the straightest paths to the NBA begins on the summer hoops circuit. All the kids have to do in return is wear the right shoes.

The Edge Hip Hop Festival

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Backlash Upon Backlash at HISD

The uproar you hear is screaming parents

Range War

The shootout over gun club safety

Letters to the Editor

The shootout over gun club safety

Dance Fever

HISD kills a reality show on high school dancers

Guest Column: HISD's Ethnic Gap

Stats show how district policies help whites with educational opportunities

Tee Time

Lee High School dropped football, deciding golf was a better sport for its kids, no matter how poor or new to this country they might be

The Great Divide

Principal Lawrence Allen is a role model to some, an inept bumbler to others. Jones High School is split: Magnet-program parents versus the local community. It's up to Superintendent Kaye Stripling to make it right. Lucky her.

Stepchild?

Is Westbury High the victim of neglect? Or do jealous parents just mistakenly think HISD takes better care of other schools?

Going Public

Everybody knows that HISD is supposed to be second-rate. So why are private school kids defecting back to the district that nobody wanted?

Cutting Class

Park trees make a last stand against HISD expansion

How Many Brave HISD Parents Refused To Let Their Kids's Brains Be Rotted By Obama? Not Many

​HISD is releasing some scattered statistics on how many parents sent in "opt-out" forms so their children could remain God-fearing Americans instead of becoming Communist by listening to a president tell them to stay in school.District spokesman Norm Uhl  says no survey of the district's 300 ... More >>

Student Culinary Competition: "When Flipping Burgers Just Isn't Enough"

Dallas was recently the host for the student culinary competition in that region.​Students armed with knives are set to meet at Westside High School on February 20. Local school districts know all about it and are doing absolutely nothing to stop it. At issue: Knife skills: who can chop, ... More >>

This Guy's Been Exposing Himself To Schoolgirls

Courtesy HPDIf you see this guy, just keep looking him in the eye​Houston police have released a composite sketch of a man who they say has been exposing himself to girls from West Briar Middle School and Westside High School.His MO appears to pretty set: As kids are walking home after school' he ... More >>

Oh Brother Grier, Where Art Thou?

Photo by Margaret DowningTerry Grier: Wheatley parents complain about his absence​Thursday's Houston ISD school board meeting was packed and a significant portion of the crowd included those who wanted to talk about the recent removal of Wheatley High School assistant principal Sandra James Wa ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: God of Carnage, Sonia and Suzy, Triple Focus

Photo by Margaret DowningTerry Grier: Wheatley parents complain about his absence​Thursday's Houston ISD school board meeting was packed and a significant portion of the crowd included those who wanted to talk about the recent removal of Wheatley High School assistant principal Sandra James Wa ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Bus Stop, Gee's Bend, Triple Focus, Weekend with Pablo Picasso

Photo by Margaret DowningTerry Grier: Wheatley parents complain about his absence​Thursday's Houston ISD school board meeting was packed and a significant portion of the crowd included those who wanted to talk about the recent removal of Wheatley High School assistant principal Sandra James Wa ... More >>

Fast and Ferocious

Marcus Manchild eyes national acclaim.