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Klein Forest High School

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Type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Jeff Bailey

Grades
  
9-12

Number of students
  
3,589

Established
  
September 4, 1979

Faculty
  
258.3 FTEs

Phone
  
+1 832-484-4500

Founded
  
4 September 1979

Klein Forest High School

Motto
  
Installing Leadership and Purpose in Every Voice

Address
  
11400 Misty Valley Dr, Houston, TX 77066, USA

Similar
  
Vistas High School Program, Klein ISD Central Office, Klein High School, Mueller Elementary School, Frank Elementary School

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Klein Forest High School is the second high school built in Klein ISD. Opening in the Fall of 1979, Klein Forest welcomes students from the southern side of the district, including the Champions area of F.M. 1960. Klein Forest celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009. There are two intermediate campuses and eight elementary schools within its feeder pattern. In the Spring of 2011, Klein Forest opened an NCAA-modeled athletic facility. Klein Forest serves grades 9 through 12. A portion of the Near Northwest district is served by the school.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,589 students and 258.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1. There were 2,258 students (62.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 435 (12.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Awards and recognition

During the 2001-02 school year, Klein Forest High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Feeding pattern

Klein Forest has a high enrollment in the Klein Independent School District with 3,788 students as of the 2010-11 school year. Feeding Pattern Chart

A small portion of Houston is within the school's attendance boundary.

Demographics

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity:

  • 44.6% Hispanic
  • 41.0% African American
  • 2.9% White
  • 11.2% Asian
  • 0.3% American Indian/Alaskan
  • Extracurricular activities

    Klein Forest hosted Texas French Symposium in 2015.

    The school's band program was recognized in 1997 with the Sudler Flag of Honor by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

    Sports

    Klein Forest participates in football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, swimming/diving, golf, softball, track and field, cross-country, tennis, wrestling and soccer.

    Notable graduates

  • Derrick Brew — Gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
  • Ron Edwards — NFL defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs.
  • Steve Jackson — NFL player; played safety for the Tennessee Titans from 1991–99
  • Deon Murphy — CFL running back for the Calgary Stampeders
  • Toure' Murry, 2008 — professional basketball player for the NBA's New York Knicks
  • Ben Pronsky, 1997 — stage and film actor
  • Mark Saccomanno — player for the minor league Round Rock Express baseball team; drafted by the Houston Astros in 2003
  • In 2014, Michael Van Deelen, a teacher at the school, filed a lawsuit against KISD in federal court, accusing it of ignoring complaints about poor behavior from students and retaliating against teachers who complain. In the lawsuit he stated, "Klein Forest High School has pervasive discipline problems. Many of the students can be characterized as violent, out-of-control and/or disruptive. The inappropriate behavior includes verbal abuse of teachers and other students, constant profanity, sexual innuendo, improper dress (including the wearing of 'hoodies' and drooping pants and shorts), skipping class, constant tardies, leaving class without permission, assault and battery."

    References

    Klein Forest High School Wikipedia


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