Eastside Early College High School (formerly Johnston High School, Eastside Memorial High School) is located in

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. It is a part of the

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(AISD).

History

In August 2008, Eastside Memorial High School opened in accord with AISD's reconstitution plan for the former

Albert Sidney Johnston High School Albert Sidney Johnston High School served as a comprehensive, coeducational high school in the Austin Independent School District from 1960 to 2008. Located in Austin, Texas, the school was named after General Albert Sidney Johnston, who served as ...

. The following year in August 2009, AISD's board of trustees voted to split the school into two separate programs, each with its own principal. The resultant schools were Eastside Memorial Global Tech (for grades 9-10,) under the leadership of Moises Ortiz, and Eastside Memorial Green Tech (for grades 9-12), under the leadership of Connor Grady. The two programs were merged back into a single school in May 2011, using the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) number of Green Tech. In October 2011, AISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen announced a proposal the Eastside Memorial High School and Allan Elementary School could be managed by

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, a charter organization from the

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. In December, AISD's board of trustees approved the proposal for Allan Elementary School, with the charter expanding into Eastside Memorial in Fall 2013. One year later, in December 2014, the contract with IDEA was cancelled for both schools. In December 2011, principal Joseph Coburn resigned, and Bryan Miller was named Interim Principal. Miller was confirmed as principal by AISD's board of trustees in March 2012. The AISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to contract with Talent Development Secondary of

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to manage Eastside Memorial High School in May 2013. In April 2017, the

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announced that Eastside Memorial would become one of 3 high schools in AISD to offer an early college high school program where students have the opportunity to earn high school diploma and associate degree. The school would be officially renamed to Eastside Memorial Early College High School in August 2017. As part of AISD's 2017 Bond program, Eastside Memorial relocated from the Johnston Campus to the Original L.C. Anderson High School campus. A new school building was built on the site. Since the school's namesake memorial remained at the Johnston campus, the school was renamed to Eastside Early College High School in April 2021.

Sports

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

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Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

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Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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Track Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across * Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...

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Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

References

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