Save Wharton Elementary School

Houston Independent School District (HISD) has proposed the consolidation of Wharton Elementary and placed the Wharton Elementary Property at 900 West Gray on its disposition list for possible sale. We need your help right now to stop this proposal!
 

Updates 

June 26, 2008: HISD board votes to expand Wharton dual language program, no word yet on Wharton's consolidation status

June 26, 2008: More positive press coverage from The Houston Chronicle, thank you Jennifer Friedberg for your insightful article

June 26, 2008: Houston city council member Wanda Adams supports our neighborhood schools

June 25, 2008: Houston city council members will voice their support of neighborhood schools at Thursday's HISD board meeting

June 18, 2008: Council member Peter Brown supports our neighborhood schools

June 17, 2008: HISD Postpones action on school closures, consolidation.

June 16, 2008: Houston Chronicle editorial urges preservation of Wharton Elementary.

June 16, 2008: River Oaks Examiner article on Wharton Elementary. “If we are to lose our greenspace, we will do so screaming and chained to trees.” Thank you David Robinson, president of the Neartown Association for your support.

June 15, 2008: Keep sending your letters. They are having a large positive impact on decision makers. Here is a small sample of letters that have been sent so far. Be inspired. Make your voices heard. Save Wharton Elementary!

June 13, 2008: Community leaders meeting with Houston Independent School District Superintendent of Schools, Abelardo Saavedra, PhD

June 12, 2008: Five friends of Wharton speak at the HISD board meeting

June 11, 2008: HISD fails to show how Wharton closure benefits the local community