Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men

Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men (MLCPA), originally Young Men's College Preparatory Academy at E. O. Smith (YMCPA), is a university preparatory secondary school for boys in the Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas. It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. It is named after Mickey Leland.

The school opened in August, 2011 for the 6th and 9th grades, and would gradually become a middle and high school. It first opened in the E.O. Smith Education Center campus in the Fifth Ward. The district modeled the school off of the Chicago Urban Prep Academy in Chicago. The school has admission requirements.Mellon, Ericka. "HISD board OKs creation of a school just for boys." Houston Chronicle. December 10, 2010. Retrieved on May 23, 2011. It later moved to the former Crawford Elementary School,"School Information." Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "1510 Jensen Dr Houston, TX 77020 HISD Rt 2.""Home." Crawford Elementary School. December 13, 2005. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "1510 Jensen, Houston, Texas 77020"Mellon, Ericka. "Judge puts demolition of old Wheatley building on hold pending trial." Houston Chronicle. August 24, 2014. Retrieved on January 23, 2015. "The all-boys school is now housed in the old Crawford Elementary on Jensen Street." in both the Fifth Ward and in Northside."gnmd_map.pdf." Greater Northside Management District. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.

Some Fifth Ward community members expressed disappointment that the previous E.O. Smith students would be displaced by the opening of the new magnet school.

The HISD board approved the renaming of the school to Leland College Preparatory Academy in 2014.HISD board approves school renaming." Houston Defender. September 15, 2014. Retrieved on December 7, 2015.

HISD built the permanent Leland school on the site of the former Carter Career Center, which once served as Wheatley High School and E.O. Smith. The new building used a similar architectural style to the original."HISD approves settlement on Wheatley/E.O. Smith ." Houston Defender. September 19, 2014. Retrieved on December 7, 2015. A grand opening ceremony was held in 2017."Fifth Ward community celebrates opening of new Mickey Leland College Prep campus " HISD News Blog. November 14, 2017. Retrieved on March 5, 2024.

Effective 2026, Fleming and McReynolds middle schools were scheduled to move onto the property of Leland Middle and merge into a comprehensive middle school, Fleming-McReynolds Middle School, that shares the property with the boys' school.

Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men

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