Fort Bend Independent School District NEWS RELEASE FROM COMMUNITY RELATIONS Nancy Porter, Director of Communications nancy.porter@fortbendisd.com    281.634.1100

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FBISD names the district’s 11th high school campus opening in August 2010 – Ridge Point High School

FORT BEND ISD — At the Feb. 8 Board Meeting, Trustees approved the name for Fort Bend ISD new high school set to open in August 2010 – Ridge Point High School (High School #11) located at 500 Waters Lake Blvd. in Missouri City. 

The Ridge Point High School name is based on the history and influence of the railroad industry, which developed in the Missouri City/Stafford area in the 19^th century. Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railways (BBB&C) built the first operational railroad in Texas in the 1850s. The line ran through the northern part of Missouri City and ended at Stafford’s Point which is not the city of Stafford. The rail line was later extended along present day State Highway 6. These rail lines were instrumental in the economic growth of the area as they not only provided transportation to markets for crops and livestock, but also served as a shipping point for the Blue Ridge Oil Field and salt mine. The economic growth of the area led to people establishing their residences in the area and commuting by railroad to nearby towns such as Stafford’s Point and Sugar Land.

Karin Grisdale is the principal of Ridge Point High School. She served as Associate Principal at Travis High School before she was named to her new post. Grisdale joined Fort Bend ISD in 2003, after serving in Spring Branch ISD where she was an associate and an assistant principal and a social studies teacher at Stratford High School. Prior to working in Spring Branch ISD, she was a social studies teacher at Davis High School in Houston ISD. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science from Eastern Illinois University, and her Master of Arts in Secondary Education from Central Michigan University.

For more information about Ridge Point High School, go to fortbendisd.com

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