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24-665: It was the second high school built in Klein ISD. Opening in the Fall of 1979, Klein Forest welcomes students from the southern side of the district, including the Champions area of F.M. 1960 . Klein Forest celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009. There are two intermediate campuses and eight elementary schools within its feeder pattern. In the spring of 2011, Klein Forest opened an NCAA-modeled athletic facility. Klein Forest serves grades 9-12. A portion of

48-631: A Not Rated grade in Closing the Gaps (score of 61). The school did not receive any of the seven possible distinction designations. For the 2018-19 school year, students who attend these schools are within Klein Forest High School's attendance zone: A small portion of Houston is within the school's attendance boundary. As of the 2022-23 school year, there were 2,497 students eligible for free lunch and 248 eligible for reduced-price lunch. In 2022–23,

72-794: A U.S. Route shield to denote Bus. US 81). For Interstate business routes, an indication of whether the route is a business loop or business spur may also be included (e.g., adding "LOOP 44" inside the Interstate marker). The Michigan Department of Transportation 's official state maps denote Interstate business routes with green shields that look similar to Interstate business route signage. Business routes are maintained by different levels of government in different states. Some incorporate business routes into their state-maintained highway systems; others, such as Indiana and Wisconsin , entrust business route maintenance to local governments. Business routes typically predate their parent highways. They follow

96-511: A previous alignment of FM 1960 through Humble, which was shifted to its present route through the city on June 21, 1978. At this time, the former alignment was designated State Highway Loop 184 . It retained the state loop designation until the current business route was designated on June 21, 1990. The entire route is in Harris County . Business route A business route (or business loop , business spur , or city route ) in

120-551: Is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) long and is one of only three Business Farm to Market Roads in Texas. The road begins in Houston northeast of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and continues through central Humble as Humble Westfield Road to an intersection with the I-69 / US 59 freeway. It then continues as First Street before reconnecting with FM 1960 east of Humble. The route follows

144-644: Is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 290 (US 290) and State Highway 6 (SH 6) in northwestern Harris County . It travels generally to the east, ending at SH 321 in Dayton in western Liberty County . FM 1960 has long been an artery in Greater Houston , though it has been shortened and re-routed over the years. Once consisting of most of the current SH 6 in West Houston as well as its current northern route, it still traverses 26 ZIP codes north of

168-588: Is similar to a county route , where a particular city forms its own highway system, usually of beltways . The city of Pittsburgh , for instance, has a colored belt system . Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina , created Charlotte Route 4 , a loop of surface streets around Uptown Charlotte . A route in Pawtucket, Rhode Island known as the Downtown Circulator was created by the city to help travelers navigate

192-475: The Midwestern United States , although there are a number of city routes in other parts of the U.S., as well. These routes serve the same purpose as business routes, but they feature "CITY" signs instead of "BUSINESS" signs above or below the route shields. The designations of many of these city routes are being phased out in favor of the business route designation. Another definition of a "city route"

216-570: The Near Northwest district is served by the school. In 2017, areas of the Klein Forest zone between Cypress Creek and Farm to Market Road 1960 were rezoned to Klein High School . On January 16, 2020, a firework went off during one of the school's lunch periods. The student responsible for the incident was detained and later expelled. There were 4 students with minor injuries from sitting near

240-500: The United States is a short special route that branches off a parent numbered highway at its beginning, continues through the central business district of a nearby city or town, and finally reconnects with the same parent numbered highway at the business route's end. Their designation is often intended to direct traffic to the business districts bypassed when a new highway is constructed some distance away. Business routes share

264-568: The many business routes stemming off US 1 , all of which are marked as "US 1 Bus.". But within a state's transportation administration, different business routes may be assigned unique names to differentiate them. For example, Texas has 11 different business routes attached to I-35 ; while all are signed as "Business Loop Interstate 35", (BL I-35) they are designated by the Texas Department of Transportation as BL I-35-A, BL I-35-B, and so on. Business routes are typically marked with

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288-596: The 1950s on, construction of the Interstate Highway System drew traffic away from Route 66, hurting the many businesses built on that traffic. Dozens of old sections of US 66 are now designated as business routes for I-15 , I-40 , I-44 , and I-55 . While business routes frequently integrate into the street grid of their town or city, some maintain the higher-speed, limited-access design of their parent highways. These are sometimes called expressway business routes. City routes are most commonly found in

312-425: The Houston city limits. FM 1960 is also one of the very few FM roads with a business segment, which runs through the middle of Humble . Before becoming a Farm to Market road, part of the route was called Jackrabbit Road. On June 27, 1995, the section west of FM 2100 had its internal designation changed to Urban Road 1960 ( UR 1960 ). The designation of this segment reverted to FM 1960 with

336-494: The blasting area. On September 15, 2022, a student made a false threat to the school. This prompted the campus to be evacuated and classes to be cancelled for the day. The student responsible for the threat was detained and later expelled with charges of terroristic threat. Additional police presence remained the rest of the week and the following day classes resumed. During the 2001-02 school year, Klein Forest High School

360-495: The elimination of the Urban Road system on November 15, 2018. In 2011, the segment from SH 249 to Aldine-Westfield Road was designated as Cypress Creek Parkway in an effort to improve the image of the roadway. Landscaped medians with designated turn lanes replaced the broad open center median originally in place. Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A ( Bus. FM 1960-A ) is an east–west business route of FM 1960. It

384-428: The normal red and blue layout with an all-green color scheme. Also, the word "BUSINESS" appears within the shield, at its top above the highway number, instead of "INTERSTATE", and either "LOOP" or "SPUR" may appear below the word "BUSINESS" and above the Interstate number. On maps, business routes are typically denoted by a standard marker containing the route number and the abbreviation "BUS" (e.g., "BUS 81" inside

408-535: The original numbered route through a city or town. Their designation as business routes is largely the product of the era of large-scale highway construction in the United States from the 1930s through the 1970s. Typically, new highway designations carried traffic directly through the center of a given city or town. In later development, bypasses would be constructed around the central business districts they had once passed directly through. As these bypasses were built,

432-441: The original sections of these routes that had once passed directly through a given city or town would often be designated as business routes. These development patterns were the subject of frequent debate, particularly among business owners who feared the loss of customer traffic as highways took motorists away from downtown. For example, U.S. Route 66 was for many years the primary road connecting Chicago and Los Angeles . From

456-402: The parent routes they parallel, some states, such as Maryland , opt to use green shields for business routes off U.S. Highways. In addition, Maryland uses a green shield for business routes off state highways, replacing the state name, "MARYLAND", with the word "BUSINESS". Interstate Highway business routes use the same four-pointed shield design as regular Interstate Highways, but substitute

480-432: The racial/ethnic distribution of students was: Klein Forest participates in football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, swimming/diving, golf, softball, track and field, cross-country, tennis, wrestling and soccer. Farm to Market Road 1960 Farm to Market Road 1960 ( FM 1960 ) is a farm-to-market road in the U.S. state of Texas , maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation . Its western terminus

504-406: The same number as the major (parent) routes they parallel. For example, U.S. Route 1 Business (US 1 Bus.) splits from and parallels US 1 , and Interstate 40 Business (I-40 Bus.) splits from and parallels I-40 . Typically, all business routes off the same parent route have the same name on signage. For example, St. Augustine business loop and Fredericksburg business loop are two of

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528-454: The type of major route the business route branches off. Business routes paralleling U.S. and state highways usually have exactly the same marker shapes and nearly the same overall appearance as the routes they parallel, with a rectangular plate reading "BUSINESS" placed above the shield (either supplementing or replacing the directional plate, depending on the preference of the road agency). To better identify and differentiate alternate routes from

552-473: The word "BUSINESS" above the major route's number or route shield . Alternatively, some states designate business routes by adding the letter "B" after the parent route's number. For example, Arkansas business routes of US 71 are marked as "US 71B". On some route shields and road signs, the word "business" is shortened to just "BUS", though abbreviation is usually avoided to prevent confusion with bus routes . Business route signage varies depending on

576-613: Was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education , the highest award an American school can receive. For the 2021-22 school year, the school received a C grade from the Texas Education Agency , with an overall score of 72 out of 100. The school received a C grade in two domains, Student Achievement (score of 70) and School Progress (score of 76), and

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