Editing Spring Branch, Houston (section)

==Education==
===Primary and secondary schools===
====Public schools====
[[File:NorthbrookHighSchoolHouston.JPG|thumb|[[Northbrook High School]]]]
[[Spring Branch Independent School District]] serves most of the areas within the Spring Branch Management District, all of the [[Memorial, Houston|Memorial]] area in Houston, and several small cities.<ref name=SBSchools>"[http://sbmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sb_schools.pdf Spring Branch Schools]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092125/http://sbmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sb_schools.pdf Archive]). Spring Branch Management District. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>
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Middle schools in Spring Branch ISD serving the Spring Branch area include Landrum Middle School, Northbrook Middle School, Spring Oaks Middle School, and Spring Woods Middle School. In addition Spring Forest Middle School in the [[Memorial, Houston|Memorial]] community of Houston and [[Spring Branch Middle School (Texas)|Spring Branch Middle School]] in the [[Hedwig Village, Texas|City of Hedwig Village]] serve sections of Spring Branch.<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"[http://www.springbranchisd.com/schools/maps/DistrictMapTrackMapMS.pdf Middle School Boundaries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005200959/http://www.springbranchisd.com/schools/maps/DistrictMapTrackMapMS.pdf |date=October 5, 2007 }}." ''[[Spring Branch Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.</ref>
[[File:SpringWoodsHighSchoolHouston.JPG|left|thumb|[[Spring Woods High School]]]]
Most SBISD areas in the Spring Branch District are within the separate attendance boundaries of [[Spring Woods High School]] and [[Northbrook High School]] in Spring Branch. The southern portions of west Spring Branch have students zoned to [[Stratford High School (Houston, Texas)|Stratford High School]] in the [[Memorial, Houston|Memorial]] area of Houston. Some areas of Spring Branch along Westview and [[Interstate 10 (Texas)|Interstate 10]] have students zoned to [[Memorial High School (Hedwig Village, Texas)|Memorial High School]] in the [[Hedwig Village, Texas|City of Hedwig Village]].<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"[http://www.springbranchisd.com/schools/maps/DistrictMapTrackMapHS.pdf High School Boundaries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005201035/http://www.springbranchisd.com/schools/maps/DistrictMapTrackMapHS.pdf |date=October 5, 2007 }}." ''[[Spring Branch Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref>

Some areas within the district are within the [[Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District]].<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/> The area is divided between the attendance zones of Bane Elementary School in Houston, Kirk Elementary School in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]], and Lee Elementary School in unincorporated Harris County.<ref>"[http://www.cfisd.net/aboutour/attend/CY-FAIR%20ELEM%202009-2010.pdf Map of Elementary Schools 2009–2010]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref> The area is divided between the attendance zones of Dean Middle School in Houston and Truitt Middle School in unincorporated Harris County.<ref>"[http://www.cfisd.net/aboutour/attend/CY-FAIR%20MIDDLE%202009-2010.pdf Map of Middle Schools 2009–2010]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref> All residents of that area are zoned to [[Cypress Ridge High School]] in unincorporated Harris County.<ref>"[http://www.cfisd.net/aboutour/attend/maps/CY_RIDGE.pdf Cypress Ridge Boundary Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621065313/http://www.cfisd.net/aboutour/attend/maps/CY_RIDGE.pdf |date=2010-06-21 }}." ''[[Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref>

There is a small segment of land in the Spring Branch district that is within the [[Houston Independent School District]].<ref name=SBSchools/><ref>"[http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WaltripHS.pdf Waltrip High School Attendance Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225101300/http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WaltripHS.pdf |date=2012-02-25 }}." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> The land in this segment is used for industrial, commercial, and transportation/utility reasons.<ref>"[http://www.houstontx.gov/superneighborhoods/SN_LU_Maps/SN_86.pdf Super Neighborhood (SN# 86) Land Use Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518102825/http://www.houstontx.gov/superneighborhoods/SN_LU_Maps/SN_86.pdf |date=2014-05-18 }}." City of Houston. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

====Private schools====
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]] operates [[The Regis School of the Sacred Heart]], a K-8 school for boys,<ref>"[http://www.diogh.org/SchoolPages/schoolpages-new/regis-houston.htm The Regis School of the Sacred Heart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204114656/http://www.diogh.org/SchoolPages/schoolpages-new/regis-houston.htm |date=2008-12-04 }}." ''[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> and St. Jerome School, a coeducational K-8 school, in Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.diogh.org/SchoolPages/schoolpages-new/stjerome-houston.htm St. Jerome School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021034652/http://www.diogh.org/SchoolPages/schoolpages-new/stjerome-houston.htm |date=2008-10-21 }}." ''[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> For the high school levels, [[Saint John XXIII High School]] (formerly Pope John XXIII High School) in western Harris County, within [[Greater Katy]], is in proximity to Spring Branch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/schools/article/Pope-John-XXIII-High-golfers-take-second-place-4954881.php|title=Pope John XXIII High golfers take second place|publisher=[[The Katy Rancher]] at the [[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2013-11-04|access-date=2017-03-25|quote=Pope John XXIII High School, [...] serves Houston's far west side, including areas of [...] and Spring Branch.}}</ref>

Other private schools located in Spring Branch include [[The Awty International School]],<ref>[http://www.awty.org/ Home page]. ''[[The Awty International School]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> Houston Christian High School,<ref>"[http://www.houstonchristianhs.org/contact_us/contactus.aspx Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322113800/http://www.houstonchristianhs.org/contact_us/contactus.aspx |date=2009-03-22 }}." ''Houston Christian High School''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.</ref> Fair Haven Day Methodist School,<ref>[http://www.fairhavendayschool.org/ Home page]. ''Fair Haven Day Methodist School''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> [[Houston Sudbury School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonsudburyschool.org/|title=Home|publisher=Houston Sudbury School|accessdate=2021-03-19|quote=7800 Amelia Rd Suite D Houston TX 77055}}</ref> ILM Academy ([[Islamic Education Institute of Texas]] a.k.a. Darul Arqam) at Spring Branch Islamic Center,<ref name=ILMAcadlink>{{cite web|url=https://www.ieitschools.org/index.html|title=Schools|publisher=Islamic Educational Institute of Texas|access-date=2019-05-22|quote=1209 Conrad Sauer Dr.Houston, TX 77043|archive-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110002156/https://www.ieitschools.org/index.html|url-status=dead}} - [http://ilmacademy.org/ ILM Academy website] - Addresses included in the link: if a school and a mosque share an address, they are co-located.</ref><ref name=Mosquelist>{{cite web|url=https://isgh.org/islamic-centers/|title=Islamic Centers|publisher=[[Islamic Society of Greater Houston]]|access-date=2019-10-28|quote=Spring Branch Islamic Center Address: 1209 Conrad Sauer Houston TX, 77043}} - if a school and a mosque share an address, they are co-located.</ref> St. Mark Lutheran School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gostmark.org |title=St. Mark Lutheran School |publisher=Gostmark.org |date= |accessdate=2022-08-12}}</ref> and [[The Monarch School]]. Originally the Monarch School had a campus in Spring Branch and a campus in [[Hilshire Village, Texas|Hilshire Village]]<!--The website says it is in Spring Branch, but if you check on a map the campus is in Hilshire Village-->.<ref name="IntroMonarchSch">"[http://www.monarchschool.org/AboutUsIntroduction.html Introduction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216162654/http://www.monarchschool.org/AboutUsIntroduction.html |date=2009-02-16 }}." [[The Monarch School]]. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.monarchschool.org/AboutUsMapHours.html Map and Directions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515060742/http://www.monarchschool.org/AboutUsMapHours.html |date=2008-05-15 }}." ''[[The Monarch School]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.monarchschool.org/AboutUsCampuses.html Our Two Campuses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405112603/http://www.monarchschool.org/AboutUsCampuses.html |date=2009-04-05 }}." ''[[The Monarch School]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> In Spring 2009 all programs of The Monarch School moved to a new campus on Kempwood Drive in Spring Branch.<ref name="IntroMonarchSch"/><ref>"[http://www.monarchschool.org/DevelopmentCC1.html The Monarch School Master Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223150133/http://monarchschool.org/DevelopmentCC1.html |date=2009-02-23 }}." ''[[The Monarch School]]''. January 21, 2002.</ref> [[The Parish School]] is located in a plot of land bordering the Spring Branch District.<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"[http://www.parishschool.org/Home.html Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119151958/http://www.parishschool.org/Home.html |date=2008-11-19 }}." ''[[The Parish School]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> The Parish School moved from its former campus, now the site of [[The Rainard School]], to the new campus in 2005.<ref name="Rainardhome">"[http://www.rainard.org/cgi-bin/site.cgi?p=Campus.html&t=5 Rainard has moved to its new campus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208080351/http://www.rainard.org/cgi-bin/site.cgi?p=Campus.html&t=5 |date=December 8, 2006 }}." ''[[The Rainard School]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20020121035106/http://www.parishschool.org/ "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow."]." ''[[The Parish School]]. January 21, 2002.</ref> Western Academy, a 3-8 boys private school, is in Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.westernacademy.net/contact/ Contact]." Western Academy. Retrieved on November 28, 2013. "Western Academy 1511 Butlercrest Houston, Texas 77080"</ref>

[[School of the Woods]] is a college prep Montessori School for early childhood through grade 12 in nearby [[Hilshire Village, Texas|Hilshire Village]]; some of the school property is in Houston.<ref>"[http://www.hcad.org/records/details.asp?crypt=%94%9A%B0%94%BFg%84%93%83%7Bpg%8El%87tXw%5DW%9E%99%A2%D3%89%95%C2e%7CU%8A%80%86%C0%AB%A8%AD%86%5E&bld=1&tab=2 7812 Bobbitt Lane]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6ZNmzUME7?url=http://www.hcad.org/records/details.asp?crypt=%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDg%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%7Bpg%EF%BF%BDl%EF%BF%BDtXw%5DW%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%D3%89%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDe%7CU%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%5E&bld=1&tab=2 Archive]). Harris County Appraisal District Public Records</ref><ref>"[http://sbmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sb_schools.pdf Schools]" (Map) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092125/http://sbmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sb_schools.pdf Archive]). Spring Branch Management District. Retrieved on June 19, 2015.</ref>

===Community colleges===
[[Houston Community College System]] (HCC) serves Spring Branch ISD. [[Lone Star College]] serves Cy-Fair ISD.<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Sec. 130.182.  HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. Sec. 130.191.  LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref>

HCC operates the Spring Branch Center, a part of the Northwest College, in [[Memorial City, Houston|Memorial City]]. The facility was known as the Town and Country Campus until 2009.<ref>Casey, Rick. "[https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/6565797.html Suburbs: ‘Raise our school taxes']." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. August 8, 2009. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.</ref> The college is inside the former [[Town and Country Mall]].<ref>Georgandis, Nick. "[http://www.katytimes.com/articles/2007/06/26/news/01news.txt HCC officials determined to fight governor's funding vetoes]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[The Katy Times]]''. June 25, 2007. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.</ref> In 1999 a former {{convert|112000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} [[AMC Theatres]] and [[Kmart (United States)|KMart]] building in Town and Country was re-tenanted to HCC.<ref>"[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2000/05/29/focus30.html Moody Rambin Interests Inc.]" ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. May 26, 2000. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.</ref> HCC signed its lease to occupy portions of the Town & Country Square Shopping Center in 1999. During that year the owners of the Town & Country Square Shopping Center filed a lawsuit against HCC for trying to stop a [[Barnes & Noble]] from opening in the shopping center premises.<ref>Nissimov, Ron. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090100/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57837576.html Article: Bookstore Sparks Lawsuit Against Houston Community College System.]" ''[[Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News]]''. November 29, 1999. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.</ref>

===Public libraries===
[[File:RingLibraryHoustonTX.JPG|thumb|Elizabeth L. Ring Neighborhood Library]]
The [[Houston Public Library]] operates the Arnold L. Hillendahl Neighborhood Library at 2436 Gessner Road and the Elizabeth L. Ring Neighborhood Library at 8835 Long Point Road.<ref>"[http://www.houstonlibrary.org/branches/hil_home.html Hillendahl Neighborhood Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916204805/http://www.houstonlibrary.org/branches/hil_home.html |date=2008-09-16 }}." ''[[Houston Public Library]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.houstonlibrary.org/branches/rin_home.html Ring Neighborhood Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022085549/http://www.houstonlibrary.org/branches/rin_home.html |date=2008-10-22 }}." ''[[Houston Public Library]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/about/buildings.html HPL's Named Buildings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531152957/http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/about/buildings.html |date=2008-05-31 }}." ''[[Houston Public Library]]''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> The [[Harris County Public Library]] (HCPL) system operates the Spring Branch Memorial Branch at 930 Corbindale Road in the [[Hedwig Village, Texas|City of Hedwig Village]]. The {{convert|10500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch opened in 1975.<ref>"[http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/sm/sminfo.htm Spring Branch Memorial Branch Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517211403/http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/sm/sminfo.htm |date=May 17, 2008 }}." ''[[Harris County Public Library]]''. Retrieved on November 29, 2008.</ref>