The Houston Zoo is a zoo located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. The Houston Zoo was first established in September 1922 in the Sam Houston Park. The zoo was started when Houston schoolchildren bought two ostriches. It was later moved to the Hermann Park area, where it resides today. The zoo did not have admission fees until 1988, when they were first established. The Zoo has 3,100 animals that belong to 500 species. The zoo is served by an offsite light rail station on the Red Line of the METRORail light rail system.
Museum District
The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas. The Museum District is named as it houses most of the city's museums. The district is centered around the pink-colored Wyndham-Warwick Hotel and the large water fountain next to it. The Museum District also houses Rice University, the Houston Zoo, and Hermann Park. Some of the museums include: Holocaust Museum Houston Children's Museum Houston Museum of Health and Medical Science Museum of Contemporary Arts Museum of Fine Arts Houston Museum of Natural Science The area is served by two light rail stations on the Red Line of the METRORail light rail system. One of the stations is used for northbound traffic and one is used for southbound traffic.
HISD
The Houston Independent School District or HISD operates schools in Houston, Bellaire, and West University, Texas. HISD also takes students from Southside Place, Texas. Former HISD Superintendent Rod Paige pushed the district into new heights with the PEER Program. Improving scores from its schools have caused a lot of praise from others nationwide. Kaye Stripling took over when Rod Paige headed to Washington, DC as part of United States President George W. Bush's Bush Administration cabinet.
