Odessa considers naming new schools after local Black leaders
Odessa ECISD explores honoring influential Black figures in education as names for three new schools. Board to consider committee recommendations with a 2014 15 opening target. community meetings continue through April. Site locations chosen in West Odessa and near 87th Street with a construction manager expected next board meeting. Labor shortages may delay the timeline.
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Odell Crawford
Black Chamber of Commerce
Roy Gentry
Crawford
Virgil Hendley
Blackshear
Hendley
Gene Collins
Odessa
Joseph Rutledge
Sanchez
ECISD
West Odessa
16Th Street
Knox Avenue
87Th Street
North Dawn Avenue
Ratliff Ranch
Odessa-Schlemeyer Field
West 16Th Street
Kellys Turner Park
West University Avenue
North Tripp Avenue
ECISD Names Many Schools After Texas Figures
A long list details ECISD school names honoring Texas figures and places from Carver to Zavala, with openings ranging 1948 to 1989. The report notes a March board meeting to consider approving land for a new school site and potential land trades behind Cavazos Elementary to add a park near Kellus Turner Park.
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ECISD
Carver
George Washington Carver
Lamar
Mirabeau Lamar
The
Republic of Texas
Austin Montessori
Stephen F. Austin
Blackshear
E.L. Blackshear
Prairie View A&m College
Blanton
Annie Webb Blanton
Texas
Burleson
Edward Burleson
Battle of San Jacinto
Burnet
David G. Burnet
Cameron
Ewen Cameron
Mexico
Cavazos
Laura Cavazos
U.S
Secretary of Education
Dowling
Richard W. Dowling
Murry Fly
Murry H. Fly
Odessa College
Gale
Gale Pond
Goliad
Gonzales
Hays
John C. Hays
Texas Ranger
Ireland
John Ireland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sanchez
Cavazos Elementary
Kellus Turner Park
School board to hire construction manager next meeting
The school board is expected to hire a construction manager at its next board meeting. The manager will provide a crystallized timeline for the new schools.
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John “Scott” Gardner
Abel Marquez
OPD
Abraham Lincoln
16Th U.S
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Bill Clinton
Buddy West
Chris Kyle
Collin Sewell
Sewell
George Washington
George W. Bush
Mae Jemison
Mary Barker
Neil Armstrong
Ron Paul
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Jordan
Barbara Jordan
Milam
Ben Milam
Battle of San Antonio
Noel
W.D. Noel
Pease
Elisha Marshall Pease
Reagan
Sen
John Reagan
Texas Railroad Commission
Ross
Lawrence Sullivar
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Travis
William B. Travis
Alamo
Zavala
Manual Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala Y Saenz
Nimitz Junior High
Chester Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
City
Permian
Permian Basin
Steven C. Riley, MD
William G. Reilly, MD
Hillary E. Brunner
DPM
Blue Cross
United Healthcare
Cigna
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Pulsepoll.com
America
Orchard Parkess
Ermmice
Andrews
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Accent-Granite.com
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Sherwood Medical Center
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Imperial Shopping Center
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