Cage Elementary School

The parents opposed closure requests during that decade; the parent-teacher organization of Cage at the time had 314 persons on its membership roster.

At that time the alternative middle school Project Chrysalis moved to the Cage campus.

[8] Around 2005 a historical preservation group stated that repairs costing $400,000 were necessary to put the school in a usable condition.

[9] In 2011 HISD put Cage up for sale, stating that it needed to ensure its budget would remain balanced.

[10] In October 2011 several area residents asked HISD to sell the former Cage school to the City of Houston.

[4] The City of Houston offered to buy the old Cage in exchange for a right-of-way purchase credit of $100,000.

[8] Activist Lenwood Johnson, known for his advocacy for the Fourth Ward, criticized Mayor of Houston Annise Parker for seeking to preserve the original Cage Elementary while not doing enough to preserve the Fourth Ward.