Reason why white flight is so prevalent (Houston, Huntsville: rental, houses)

[ipuck]

Klein Forest High School teacher files federal lawsuit against school district over student discipline | abc13.com

Reading this is really scary. I can't imagine the kids in there.

"I am going to stick you." Wow. I thought he was teaching in Huntsville prison.

The teacher fear for his life teaching there.

This is Klein Forest HS by 1960 and Champions area.

I believe 60% of the school are hispanics.

[hbcu]

drive around klein forest and get back with me..not exactly a rough area

problem with Klein Forest as it has been the dumping ground for Klein ISD...When they were forced to desegregate they drew crazy lines miles from the district's true home and carved out areas as far as Acres Homes and parts of Inwood....Eisenhower High is literally across the street from areas zoned to Klein Forest

when they built Klein Forest, they shifted the Houston based neighborhoods there but the school never was considered bad then as parts of Champions was zoned there

The area began to grow and its also in the unincorporated part of the city which mean no zoning, nothing so land was cheap, developments were cheap, etc....well, those area either became rental and very cheap to attract people so that;s how it went

[dmarmy]

Originally Posted by ipuck

Klein Forest High School teacher files federal lawsuit against school district over student discipline | abc13.com

Reading this is really scary. I can't imagine the kids in there.

"I am going to stick you." Wow. I thought he was teaching in Huntsville prison.

The teacher fear for his life teaching there.

This is Klein Forest HS by 1960 and Champions area.

I believe 60% of the school are hispanics.

Beware of the FM1960 boogie man!
Seriously people grow up!
Bad kids can be found in all schools. Not convinced? Look at Columbine.

[ipuck]

Seriously???

Then the million dollar questions is would you let your kid go to school there?

[jerbear30]

Capitalism is the reason why white flight is so prevalent.

[ipuck]

Originally Posted by jerbear30

Capitalism is the reason why white flight is so prevalent.

There are lot of neighborhoods that are not pricy that the people move to so i disagree with your statement unless you mean something else.

Look at further up on 290 on cypress and tomball. Most of those houses are not expensive, but are mostly white. It is not higher income that they move, it is the school and what they don't want their kids associated with.

Also regarding the previous statement about Klein Forest HS not a rough area. It is not at all. I know alot of friends still live around there. It is just like the poster said the way the school zone is aligned where a lot of "free" and "discounted lunch" students goes there.

There is no parenting involved with alot of those kids and the problem is bought into the school. I do wish the school would found a way to permanently remove the problem kids and give the rest of the students a chance.

[Swack]

So are you saying that even when corrected for socioeconomic status, minorities are still to blame?

[hbcu]

I hung around KF waiting up pick someone up a year ago and was there when school let out....nothing over there screamed "scary" as that's a very diverse school....the bigger a school is the more people you deal with obviously...

But Klein Forest reminds me of Klein Collins...you just don't hear about KC but that area with its explosive growth and cheap housing is going through the same thing

[Schumacher713]

Except there is no white flight right now. We are actually having reverse white flight. It has been this way for many years.

[txdemo]

Originally Posted by Schumacher713

Except there is no white flight right now. We are actually having reverse white flight. It has been this way for many years.

More white fright than white flight.