Office of the Superintendent of Schools
Office of Academics
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Approval To Name A New Career Center The Southside Launchpad: Career And Innovation Center
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This agenda item is to request approval from the Houston Independent School District School Board to name a career center the Southside Launchpad: Career and Innovation Center. The new career center will be built at the site of the former Grimes Elementary School (9220 Jutland Road, Houston, Texas 77033) with an intended opening no later than fall 2028.
Consistent with Board Policy CW(LOCAL), Naming Facilities, the superintendent’s designee appointed a committee of appropriate individuals to recommend a name for the new career center. The committee recommended that the new career center be named the Southside Launchpad: Career and Innovation Center. The name will honor the location of the center on the south side of Houston and will speak to the intended impact of the career center in launching students into high-wage, high-demand jobs.
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THIS ITEM DOES NOT ESTABLISH, MODIFY, OR DELETE BOARD POLICY.
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RECOMMENDED: That the School Board approves naming the new career center the Southside Launchpad: Career and Innovation Center, effective May 15, 2026.