Klein ISD Instructional Center

Klein ISD Annex

Klein ISD Police Department

Superintendent Dr. Cain with Krimmel Intermediate Principal Mr. Crowe

Klein Independent School District (Klein ISD) is a school district that covers 87.5 square miles (227 km²) of land in Harris County, Texas, United States. Almost all of the territory is unincorporated; a small portion of Houston is within the district's limits. 41,800 students attend Klein ISD Schools for the 2007-08 school year. Klein ISD is part of the taxation base for Lone Star College System. Dr. Jim Cain is Superintendent of Schools.

[edit] Communities

Klein ISD serves unincorporated portions of northern Harris County, Texas, United States and includes the communities and areas of Klein, Kohrville, Louetta, North Houston, Greenwood Forest, Woods of Wimbledon, Windrose and Gleannloch Farms.

Some areas with Spring postal designations are also served by the district. Some areas outside of the Houston city limits considered to be in the "Acres Homes" area are also served by Klein ISD.

[edit] Bond 2008

On May 10, 2008 a bond referendum for $646.9 million was passed with ~52% (4732 of 9152) of the ballots for it.^[1][2]

[edit] History

Klein ISD Memorial Stadium

The district was named for Adam Klein who led many German immigrants into the area in 1849. Originally named Rural High School District No. 1 in July 1928, it became known as the Klein Independent School District in February 1938. By Board Policy, all high schools will include the name 'Klein' as the first word.

In 1971, Dr. Donald Richard Collins became the district's superintendent, a position he served until his retirement in 2000. Under his tenure, the number of schools in the district rose from 6 to over 30. It was largely under his influence that the district adopted and continued the policy of naming the schools after early immigrants to the area. These families were largely German in ancestry, and in many cases were related to the Klein family. In 2001, Klein Collins High School was named in his honor.

[edit] List of schools

All schools are located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.

[edit] High Schools

Klein High School

• Klein High School
• Klein Collins High School
• Klein Forest High School
• Klein Oak High School
• High School #5

High School Program

• Vistas High School Program

[edit] Intermediate Schools

Kleb Intermediate School

• Doerre Intermediate School
• Hildebrandt Intermediate School
• Kleb Intermediate School
• Klein Intermediate School
• Krimmel Intermediate School (Opened 2007)
• Schindewolf Intermediate School
• Strack Intermediate School
  • National Blue Ribbon School in 1990-91 ^[3]
• Wunderlich Intermediate School

[edit] Elementary Schools

Haude Elementary School

Mittelstädt Elementary School

• Benfer Elementary School
• Benignus Elementary School
• Brill Elementary School
• Ehrhardt Elementary School
• Eiland Elementary School
• Epps Island Elementary School
• Frank Elementary School
• Greenwood Forest Elementary School
• Hassler Elementary School
• Haude Elementary School
• Kaiser Elementary School
• Klenk Elementary School
• Kohrville Elementary School
• Krahn Elementary School
• Kreinhop Elementary School
• Kuehnle Elementary School
• Lemm Elementary School
• McDougle Elementary School
• Metzler Elementary School
• Mittelstädt Elementary School
• Mueller Elementary School
• Nitsch Elementary School
• Northampton Elementary School
• Roth Elementary School
• Schultz Elementary School
• Theiss Elementary School

[edit] Specific schools

[edit] Doerre Intermediate School

Doerre Intermediate School was built in 1983. The school was relieved by the opening of Krimmel Intermediate School in fall 2007. The Doerre mascot is an Indian warrior. The Principal is Cissy Saccomanno. Students continue on to either Klein High School or Klein Oak High School.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Kleb Intermediate School

Kleb Intermediate School is modeled after Doerre. The Principal is Pam Bourgeois. The mascot is the Bearcub. All students continue into Klein High School.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Klenk Elementary School

Klenk has a Houston mailing address but is not located in the city limits. It was founded in the early 1990s. The school's mascot is the cougar. The school is located adjacent to the Cutten Green subdivision. Sandra Simi is its principal. The school feeds to Wunderlich Intermediate School and Klein Forest High School.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Klein Intermediate School

Klein Intermediate was built in the early 1980's. The school's Principal is Bob Anderson. The Klein mascot is the falcon and its school colors are red and black. Klein Intermediate students continue on to Klein Forest High School.

[edit] Krimmel Intermediate School

Opened in Fall 2007,^[4] Krimmel Intermediate School relieved at least three other intermediate schools. The school feeds to Klein Oak High School.

The school administrators are:^[5]

• Principal: Scott Crowe
• Assistant Principals:
  • Dayna Hernandez, 6th grade
  • Larry Rychlik, 7th grade
  • Stephanie Langner, 8th grade

The mascot for the Krimmel Intermediate Knights is Sir Techknowalot, named because of schools use of Tablet PCs. Krimmel is the first school in Klein ISD to distribute Tablet PCs (Compaq TC4400) to each student.^[4]

The school colors are Black and Silver.

[edit] Frank Elementary School

Frank Elementary School^[6] opened in 2007.It is a redesign of Bengnus Elementary School^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Future Schools

• Blackshear Elementary School^{[citation needed]}
• Ulrich Intermediate School
• High School Number 5 (Construction currently paused)^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• List of school districts in Texas

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site