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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 Jester State Prison Farm units.

History

Travis High School is named after Texas pioneer William B. Travis. 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 George Bush High School, 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 master-planned community by Johnson Development. Directly to the north across Harvest Corner Drive are a number of commercial shops, including

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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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References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Fort Bend Independent School District high schools Educational institutions established in 2006 2006 establishments in Texas