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. Travis High School which serves grades 9 through 12, is part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. Although having a

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address, the school is located outside the city limits of Richmond; FBISD does not serve any portion of the City of Richmond. The school's mascot is the Tiger and the colors are scarlet, gray, and white. The attendance boundary includes Pecan Grove and the employee residences of some of the

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units.

History

Travis High School is named after Texas pioneer

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. The campus opened on August 21, 2006 and received its dedication on October 15 of the same year. The opening of Travis relieved Austin High School and

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, with grades 9 and 10 immediately zoned to Travis, and grades 11 to 12 continuing to go to Austin with a phaseout of one grade per year. Travis was FBISD’s tenth comprehensive high school.

Campus

Travis is located on Harlem Road, right off Grand Parkway/SH 99 and surrounded by the Harvest Green neighborhood, a

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by Johnson Development. Directly to the north across Harvest Corner Drive are a number of commercial shops, including Subway and Kung Fu Tea. Additional shops are to the east across Harlem, including
Summer Moon Coffee
and Exxon.

Athletics

The south half of the campus property contains a turfed football field and track, a baseball field, a softball field, three practice fields, and 8 tennis courts, along with a field house that houses a weight room. In the 2012-2013 school year, Travis was the UIL 5A basketball state champion.

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Travis: * Brazos Bend * Neill * Pecan Grove * Oakland * Patterson (Partial) * Madden (Partial) * Malala (Partial) The following middle schools feed into Travis: * Sartartia Middle School (partial) * James Bowie Middle School * Garcia Middle School (partial)

Notable alumni

* Andrew Harrison, former point guard for the

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*Charcer Burks, current outfielder for

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and former receiver for Iowa State * Steven Sims Jr., wide receiver and return specialist for the

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References

External links

Official website
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