Powell Point, Texas

Powell Point is an Unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.[1]

Powell Point Elementary School

The area is named after Elizabeth Powell, who received the original land grant there from the Mexican Government in 1831.

Government and infrastructure

Fort Bend County does not have a hospital district. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with.[2]

Education

Powell Point is served by the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD).[3][4] Students are zoned to Beasley Elementary School in Beasley,[5] Wright Junior High School (grades 6-8),[6] and Randle High School.[7]

Previously, Kendleton Independent School District (KISD) operated Powell Point Elementary School in the community and served elementary school residents. Beginning in 1985 LCISD served secondary school students in the KISD territory.[8] As a result of the 2010 KISD closure, students at Powell Point were rezoned to Beasley Elementary and Wessendorff Middle School. LCISD, for a two-year period, will operate its Head Start program at Powell Point.[9] The upper elementary and secondary zoning previously consisted of: Wessendorff Middle School, Lamar Junior High School, and Lamar Consolidated High School.[10] Wright and Randle opened in 2021.[11]

The designated community college for LCISD, and for the former Kendleton ISD, is Wharton County Junior College.[12]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powell Point, Texas
  2. Knipp, Bethany (November 2, 2016). "Fort Bend County lacks hospital district". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth. "Powell Point, TX". Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 22, 2022. [...]two miles northwest of Kendleton[...] - Match with the census map and LCISD boundary maps.
  4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2022. - Compare with LCISD boundary maps and the TSHA description of Powell Point.
  5. "Board Approved Attendance Zones In effect starting 2022-2023 School Year" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  6. "Randle-Wright Board Approved Zones 9-17-2020" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  7. "High School Attendance Zones" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved September 21, 2022. - Compare with the Census map.
  8. "Regular Board Meeting Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:00 PM." Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. p. 35 (PDF p. 35/89). "Lamar CISD has provided educational services to Kendleton students in grades 7-12 since 1985."
  9. Pollock, B.J. "It'll be a long bus ride for Kendleton pupils Archived 2011-11-28 at the Wayback Machine." Ultimate Fort Bend (Houston Chronicle). July 27, 2010. Retrieved on October 16, 2011.
  10. "Lamar CISD Attendance Zones Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine." (Direct file link Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine) Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
  11. Washington, Chad (November 19, 2020). "Randle High School to be Lions, wear silver and black". Fort Bend Herald. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  12. Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. - Both the former Kendleton ISD and Lamar Consolidated ISD are in the Wharton College district.

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