Lantrip Elementary School

The school was originally Eastwood Elementary School."[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710153727/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=2011-07-10 }}." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 11, 2008. The developer of Eastwood, William A. Wilson, had deeded the land to have the school built."[https://historicalcommission.harriscountytx.gov/MarkerDedications/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=14 Lantrip Elementary Marker Dedication - September 24, 2011]." Harris County, Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved on February 26, 2017. Lantrip first opened in 1916.Simons, Helen and Catherine A. Hoyt. A Guide to Hispanic Texas. University of Texas Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0292777094}}, 9780292777095. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2tV3F5MH4aYC&pg=PA215 215]. The Houston school district redirected all students from Kirby School (now Cage Elementary School) to Eastwood School, but in 1925 reopened what became Cage.{{cite web|author=Gray, Lisa|url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Gray-The-little-schoolhouse-way-out-on-the-2077472.php|title=Gray: The little schoolhouse way out on the prairie|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2011-07-04|accessdate=2017-03-05}} Eastwood School was renamed after its first principal, Dora B. Lantrip.

Lantrip was previously reserved for white children (Hispanics being categorized as white prior to 1970Kellar, William Henry. Make Haste Slowly: Moderates, Conservatives, and School Desegregation in Houston. Texas A&M University Press, 1999. {{ISBN|1603447180}}, 9781603447188. // p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=owWXO5jkeGUC&pg=PT14 33] (Google Books PT14).) but it desegregated by 1970.

By the 1970s it became a majority Mexican American school.San Miguel, Guadalupe. Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston. Texas A&M University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|1603446052}}, 9781603446051. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qt-FBvCEGc8C&pg=PA141 141].

From 2000 to 2005 the enrollment declined, and the Eastwood area gentrified.{{cite web|author=Garza, Cynthia Leonor|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lantrip-remodeling-preserves-its-history-1949194.php|title=Lantrip remodeling preserves its history|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2005-06-29|accessdate=2017-02-26}}

A new facility opened in 2007 at the school's location. The new facility designed by Sustaita Architects incorporates sections of the original building.Sanz, Alex and Karla Barguiarena. "[http://www.khou.com/news/local/houstonmetro/stories/khou070809_ac_hisdbond.1860a9e8.html HISD voting on $805 million bond]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." KHOU-TV. Thursday August 9, 2007. Retrieved on January 11, 2009. The new building was dedicated on October 24, 2007. HISD had originally planned to completely demolish Lantrip Elementary, but preservationists convinced the district to keep the administration building and the detached, bungalow-style classroom buildings. The district demolished the newer additions and replaced them with new construction."[http://www.ghpa.org/progress/ Preservation Progress] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205190211/http://ghpa.org/progress/ |date=2009-02-05 }}." Greater Houston Preservation Alliance. Retrieved on January 11, 2009.

As part of rezoning for the 2014–2015 school year, some areas in East Downtown previously under the attendance zone of Dodson Elementary School, which closed, were rezoned to Lantrip Elementary."[http://www.houstonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=51135&dataid=101587&FileName=031314OA_POST.pdf AGENDA Board of Education Meeting March 13, 2014]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 15, 2014. "Current Attendance Boundaries" New 03/06/04 Attachment F-2 March 2014 p. 31/119. and "Proposed Attendance Boundaries" New 03/06/04 Attachment F-2 March 2014 p. 32/119.

Beginning in the 2016–2017 school year the elementary zoned grades at Rusk School were to be phased out, with most of Rusk's territory, including portions of East Downtown and the Second Ward, reassigned to Lantrip. PreKindergarten through grade 2 were to be phased out immediately, with 3-5 being phased out in the following five years; elementary grades for Rusk were to be phased out by fall 2019."[http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/136340 Approved Attendance Boundary Maps for 2016-2017]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on June 11, 2016."[http://www.houstonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=194863&dataid=171892&FileName=EaDo%20Final%20Boundaries.pdf Approved Boundaries 16-17]" (EaDo Final Boundaries). Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on June 11, 2016.

Lantrip, along Telephone Road and next to McKinney Street, is in the Eastwood neighborhood of the East End. Lantrip is {{convert|2|mi|km}} from Downtown Houston.

Lantrip was designed by architect Maurice J. Sullivan, who intended for it to be designed more like a house and less like an institution. The school has a Spanish revival theme, using Alamo-style design. The buildings, in beige stucco with a brown trim, featured arcaded loggias, including arches; patios; and tile roof. It was the first Houston school to be laid out in a "cottage plan".

The school uses wooden lockers with inside mesh. The kindergarten classroom once featured an Ima Hogg fireplace,{{cite web|title=Neighborhood News: Lantrip Elementary Update |url=http://eastwoodcivicassociation.org/docs/voice/Eastwood_Voice_May_2004.pdf |website=eastwoodcivicassociation.org |publisher=Eastwood Civic Association |accessdate=15 August 2015 |pages=2–3 |date=May 2004 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803093609/http://eastwoodcivicassociation.org/docs/voice/Eastwood_Voice_May_2004.pdf |archivedate= 3 August 2016 }} which was relocated to the library and preserved when the new facility was constructed.{{cite web|author=Reed, Michael|url=http://www.chron.com/life/health/article/A-hearth-away-from-home-9335218.php|title=A hearth away from home|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2010-01-12|accessdate=2017-03-02}}

The campus, by 2005, remained as a series of detached buildings. Four additions and renovations occurred prior to a 2007 addition which turned them into a single contiguous building.

The campus received a Texas state historical marker, dedicated by the Harris County Historical Commission on September 24, 2011.

Students at Lantrip are required to wear school uniforms."[http://es.houstonisd.org/lantripes/Handbook%20E.pdf Handbook]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Lantrip Elementary School. Retrieved on January 11, 2009. The Texas Education Agency specifies that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniforms. Parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections."[http://www.tea.state.tx.us/commissioner/2001/008901.DOC DOCKET NO. 008-R5-901] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011173814/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/commissioner/2001/008901.DOC |date=2006-10-11 }}." Texas Education Agency. Accessed October 13, 2008.

In the 2004–2005 school year Lantrip had about 770 students, with 95% being Hispanic or Latino.

Residents zoned to Lantrip are also zoned to Yolanda Black Navarro Middle School of Excellence (formerly Jackson Middle School) in Eastwood."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Navarro_MS.pdf Navarro Middle School Attendance Boundary]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 5, 2017. Most residents zoned to Lantrip are also zoned to Austin High School in Eastwood,"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Austin_HS.pdf Austin High School Attendance Boundary]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 5, 2017. while some are zoned to Wheatley High School in the Fifth Ward."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Wheatley_HS.pdf Wheatley High School Attendance Boundary]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 5, 2017.

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