Briargrove Elementary School

Briargrove Elementary School is a primary school located in Houston, Texas, United States.
Briargrove, which serves grades Kindergarten through 5, is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
History
Briargrove opened in January 1958 at 5300 San Felipe, which was the south side of Grady Elementary School (the campus is now Grady Middle School). The school moved to its permanent site at 6145 San Felipe in fall 1958 .
In fall 2006 the school moved to a temporary site at 5430 Hidalgo; the former school building at 6145 San Felipe was torn down to make way for a brand new school building. In fall 2007, the school moved to the new campus at 6145 San Felipe.
The new campus was built by FKP Architects, with Heery International, Incorporated as the project manager. The original budget for the campus is $16,000,000 .
Neighborhoods served
Subdivisions served by Briargrove include Briargrove and Tanglewood as well as areas within the Uptown Houston district north of Westheimer Road and a small section of the city of Hunters Creek Village.
School uniforms
Briargrove requires its students to wear school uniforms. Uniform-compliant tops consist of oxford, polo, and turtleneck shirts in red, navy, hunter green, yellow, and white and white blouses for girls. Uniform bottoms may be plaid, khaki, or navy shorts, jumpers, and trousers. Navy, red, and hunter green pullover sweatshirts and navy, red, and hunter green belts are permitted. Students on field trips wear Briargrove T-shirts. The Texas Education Agency specifies that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
Feeder patterns
All residents normally zoned to Briargrove Elementary School
Normally zoned residents are zoned to Lee High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2008. but have Lamar and Westside as alternate choices.

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