Woodrow Wilson
In 2003, Friends of Montessori proposed that an all-Montessori campus open in a Houston ISD school that would otherwise have been closed due to low enrollment. By 2005, FOM and Houston ISD had entered into a partnership, designating Woodrow Wilson Elementary as the location for the new public school Montessori program. The school began transitioning to Montessori instruction in the fall of 2005, gradually expanding the program. The first middle school community will open in the fall of 2008 with 7th grade, adding 8th grade in Fall 2009. (Learn more about the middle school.)
Woodrow Wilson Elementary was built in 1924 on the site of the home of Republic of Texas president Mirabeau B. Lamar. In 1925, Wilson opened and became the showplace school of the city for many years. Among the school’s most famous alumni are journalist Walter Cronkite and former Texas Governor, Mark White.