Five Corners District

Five Corners District is a management district covering sections of southern and Southwest Houston, Texas, United States.

History

The Texas Legislature created the district in 2007.[1] A business owner named Mehdi Banijamali stated that 25 property owners had signed to have the district created even though there were 1,400 property owners in its boundaries.[2]

On one occasion a group of business owners sued the district, and a settlement ended that suit; as part of the settlement the business owners no longer had their properties assessed.[3] Another suit was filed in 2012 with another group of business owners accusing the district organizers of deliberately excluding some businesses from the district.[2]

Areas

Government and infrastructure

The current Houston Police Department Southwest Patrol Division Station is located in Cambridge Village Park, within the Five Corners district.[5] The beginning of the construction was scheduled for February or March 2016 while the end of construction was scheduled for June–July 2017. It replaced a previous station inside the 610 Loop.[6] It has a total of 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) of space,[5] including a 2,300-square-foot (210 m2) community room.[6] The cost was $21 million.[5]

Education
Madison High School

Residents are in the Houston Independent School District.[7] Zoned middle schools serving sections of Five Corners include Attucks in Sunnyside,[8] Lawson (formerly Dowling) in Hiram Clarke,[9] Billy Reagan K-8,[10] Thomas,[11] and Welch in Fondren Southwest.[12] Zoned high schools serving sections of Five Corners include Madison High School and Worthing High School.[13][14]

In 2019 Susie Tommaney, a contributing writer to the Houston Press, stated "Report cards from area schools are mixed" and that there were "Decent schools, including the area high school[...]".[4]

The private school The Imani School is in 5 Corners.[15]

References
  1. "About." Five Corners District. Retrieved on August 1, 2018.
  2. Mulvaney, Erin (2015-03-13). "Five Corners Improvement District faces trial Monday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  3. Hart, Patricia Kilday (2013-02-02). "Taxing districts proliferate out of public eye". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  4. Tommaney, Susie (2019-04-16). "Houston By the Neighborhood: Five Corners". Houston Press. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  5. "New HPD substation breaks ground in Cambridge Village Park." Five Corners District. Retrieved on August 1, 2018.
  6. Ortiz, Al (2017-12-15). "HPD Opens New Station In Southwest Houston". Houston Public Media. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  7. District Map. 5 Corners District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  8. "Attucks Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  9. "Lawson Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  10. "Billy Reagan K-8 School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  11. "Thomas Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  12. "Welch Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  13. "Madison High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  14. "Worthing High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
  15. Home. The Imani School. Retrieved on January 7, 2019. "12401 S. Post Oak Road Houston, TX 77045"

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