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Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men

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Crawford Elementary School, which was previously the site of the YMCPA
Former Young Men's College Preparatory Academy campus at E.O. Smith

Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men (MLCPA), originally Young Men's College Preparatory Academy at E. O. Smith (YMCPA), is a university preparatory secondary school for boys in the Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas. It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. It is named after Mickey Leland.

The school opened in August, 2011 for the 6th and 9th grades, and would gradually become a middle and high school. It first opened in the E.O. Smith Education Center campus in the Fifth Ward. The district modeled the school off of the Chicago Urban Prep Academy in Chicago. The school has admission requirements.[1] It later moved to the former Crawford Elementary School,[2][3][4] in both the Fifth Ward and in Northside.[5]

Some Fifth Ward community members expressed disappointment that the previous E.O. Smith students would be displaced by the opening of the new magnet school.[1]

The HISD board approved the renaming of the school to Leland College Preparatory Academy in 2014.[6]

HISD built the permanent Leland school on the site of the former Carter Career Center, which once served as Wheatley High School and E.O. Smith. The new building used a similar architectural style to the original.[7] A grand opening ceremony was held in 2017.[8]

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  1. ^ a b Mellon, Ericka. "HISD board OKs creation of a school just for boys." Houston Chronicle. December 10, 2010. Retrieved on May 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "School Information." Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "1510 Jensen Dr Houston, TX 77020 HISD Rt 2."
  3. ^ "Home." Crawford Elementary School. December 13, 2005. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "1510 Jensen, Houston, Texas 77020"
  4. ^ Mellon, Ericka. "Judge puts demolition of old Wheatley building on hold pending trial." Houston Chronicle. August 24, 2014. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "The all-boys school is now housed in the old Crawford Elementary on Jensen Street."
  5. ^ "gnmd_map.pdf." Greater Northside Management District. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.
  6. ^ HISD board approves school renaming." Houston Defender. September 15, 2014. Retrieved on December 7, 2015.
  7. ^ "HISD approves settlement on Wheatley/E.O. Smith Archived 2015-12-07 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Defender. September 19, 2014. Retrieved on December 7, 2015.
  8. ^ "Fifth Ward community celebrates opening of new Mickey Leland College Prep campus Archived 2024-03-05 at the Wayback Machine" HISD News Blog. November 14, 2017. Retrieved on March 5, 2024.
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