Editing Kendleton, Texas (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===

====Public schools====

Kendleton is served by the [[Lamar Consolidated Independent School District]] (LCISD).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48157_fort_bend/DC20SD_C48157.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-21}} - Compare with LCISD boundary maps.</ref> Students are zoned to Beasley Elementary School in [[Beasley, Texas|Beasley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lcisd.org/docs/default-source/general-information/zoning/beasley-and-bowie-zoning/bowie-and-beasley-board-approved.pdf?sfvrsn=76eae7e0_2|title=Board Approved Attendance Zones In effect starting 2022-2023 School Year|publisher=[[Lamar Consolidated Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-09-21}}</ref> Wright Junior High School (grades 6-8),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lcisd.org/docs/default-source/general-information/zoning/randle-wright-zoning/board-approved-0917/randle-wright-board-approved-attendance-boundary-zones-9-17-20.pdf?sfvrsn=4aae13e0_2|title=Randle-Wright Board Approved Zones 9-17-2020|publisher=[[Lamar Consolidated Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-09-21}}</ref> and [[Randle High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lcisd.org/docs/default-source/students-parents-documents/district-map/lamar-cisd-high-school-attendance-zones.pdf?sfvrsn=e8f453e0_8|title=High School Attendance Zones|publisher=[[Lamar Consolidated Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-09-21}} - Compare with the Census map.</ref>

Historically the Kendleton area schools served Kendleton and surrounding communities. In 1903 the school system had 202 African-American students in three schools, and 12 White students in two schools.<ref name="Handbook"/> Previously primary school students attended the [[Kendleton Independent School District]] (KISD)'s Powell Point Elementary School, located [[Powell Point, Texas|Powell Point]], an unincorporated area north of Kendleton. In 1985 LCISD began serving secondary school students in the KISD territory, while primary school students went to Powell Point.<ref>"[https://secure.lcisd.org/Administration/BoardofTrustees/BoardBooks/images/2010April_Board_Book.pdf Regular Board Meeting Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:00 PM]{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[Lamar Consolidated Independent School District]]. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. p. 35 (PDF p. 35/89). "Lamar CISD has provided educational services to Kendleton students in grades 7-12 since 1985."</ref>

On March 25, 2010, [[Texas Education Agency]] (TEA) Commissioner Robert Scott announced that he was closing the Kendleton Independent School District. The closing is effective July 1, 2010. Kendleton ISD will be merged with Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Commissioner Scott's statement was, "While it saddens me to close a school district, years of effort, including reconstituting its school, have failed to turn this district around. I believe students would be ill-served if Kendleton is allowed to continue to operate. The Texas Education Agency pledges to work with the citizens of Kendleton and Lamar Consolidated to make this transition as smooth as possible." As a result of the closure, students at Powell Point were rezoned to Beasley and Wessendorf. LCISD, for a two-year period, was to operate its head start program at Powell Point.<ref>Pollock, B.J. "[http://ultimatefortbend.com/stories/8143--it-ll-be-a-long-bus-ride-for-kendleton-pupils It'll be a long bus ride for Kendleton pupils] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128225417/http://ultimatefortbend.com/stories/8143--it-ll-be-a-long-bus-ride-for-kendleton-pupils |date=2011-11-28 }}." ''Ultimate Fort Bend'' (''[[Houston Chronicle]]''). July 27, 2010. Retrieved on October 16, 2011.</ref> In July 2011 mayor Darryl Humphrey said that his community was still recovering from the closing of Powell Point Elementary.<ref name="POClose"/>

Previously Kendleton was zoned to Wessendorff Middle School, Lamar Junior High School, and [[Lamar Consolidated High School]] of LCISD.<ref name=Mapin2011>"[http://beta.lcisd.org/Schools/DistrictMap.aspx Lamar CISD Attendance Zones] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812094046/http://beta.lcisd.org/Schools/DistrictMap.aspx |date=2011-08-12 }}." ([http://beta.lcisd.org/Files/DistrictMap/Lamar.swf Direct file link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812093856/http://beta.lcisd.org/Files/DistrictMap/Lamar.swf |date=2011-08-12 }}) [[Lamar Consolidated Independent School District]]. Retrieved on July 2, 2010. [https://www.lcisd.org/docs/default-source/general-information/zoning/randle-wright-zoning/20200615-meeting/randle-wright-current-zones.pdf?sfvrsn=afc116e0_2 Also see the high school attendance zones prior to the 2021 openings of Wright JHS and Randle HS]</ref><ref>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4838848_kendleton/DC10BLK_P4838848_001.pdf Block map of Kendleton] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st48_tx/c48157_fort_bend/DC10SD_C48157_001.pdf school district map] of the [[2010 U.S. Census]]. Note that [[Kendleton ISD]] existed previously [https://web.archive.org/web/20180525114938/https://secure.lcisd.org/Administration/BoardofTrustees/BoardBooks/images/2010April_Board_Book.pdf but sent secondary students to Lamar CISD (see page 35 of this document)]</ref> Wright and Randle opened in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Washington|first=Chad|url=https://www.fbherald.com/news/randle-high-school-to-be-lions-wear-silver-and-black/article_9319656c-2b2d-11eb-8617-b32a5aec1dd9.html|title=Randle High School to be Lions, wear silver and black |newspaper=[[Fort Bend Herald]]|date=2020-11-19|accessdate=2022-09-21}}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===

The designated community college for LCISD is [[Wharton County Junior College]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211.  WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.] - Both the former Kendleton ISD and Lamar Consolidated ISD are in the Wharton College district.</ref>

[[Bay Ridge Christian College]] was located north of Kendleton in an unincorporated section of Fort Bend County.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bayridgecc.com/directions.htm |title=Bay Ridge Christian College |access-date=2008-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720010813/http://www.bayridgecc.com/directions.htm |archive-date=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>