Barbara Jordan High School

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Barbara Jordan High School for Careers is a public secondary school located at 5800 Eastex Freeway in Houston, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Due to the school transitioning, Jordan currently serves full-time enrolled students only grades 11 and 12 for the 2016-2017 school year; as each year passes one grade level will be phased out and Jordan will be a regional career education hub for students enrolled at other HISD high schools.Jordan has a program for pupils who will enter the workforce after graduation for high school. It previously had a program for high school-aged deaf pupils.The school was named after female politician Barbara Jordan.Jordan does not automatically take in students from the surrounding neighborhoods: those students are zoned to either Kashmere High School or Davis High School.HistoryBarbara Jordan High School was originally Houston Technical Institute up until 1979. Houston Technical Institute split its job oriented magnet program between two schools, Milby High School and Barbara Jordan High School For Careers (original name). The 1979/80 class was the last graduating class of Houston Technical Institute. The 1980/81 class was the first graduating class of Barbara Jordan High School For Careers.During the 1984-1985 school year, the percentages of Fs at 23 of 26 HISD high school campuses decreased in the spring semester because of the state-implemented No Pass No Play rule, which requires students in high school athletic programs to attain passing grades. At Jordan and Sterling High School, the percentages of Fs remained the same.