Charles Bender High School

The board had been conferring with architects; it was of a unanimous opinion that Robert E. Lee High School at Goose Creek, reduced to size, was about what was needed for Humble, and that the architect Harry D. Payne would meet with the board.

At the same meeting, Payne presented preliminary plans for the new high school at standard scale.

On April 15, 1929, the children of Charles Bender send a letter to the school board thanking them for honoring their father.

On December 6, 1929, Payne offered his fee as 3% for coordinating contract, instead of the agreed upon 5%, to allow better purchase of equipment for the school.

On January 4, 1930 the Bender family donated $3,025 to furnish the stage scenery for the high school.

In 2003, after the opening of the Instructional Support Center in Kingwood, the former Charles Bender High School building was abandoned and has been vacant ever since.

[3] Impossible Is Un-American was a motto of Charles Bender High School engraved over a back door.

The motto descends from the original Humble High School building (built in 1918).

[4] In May 2011, the school district transferred ownership of the building to the City of Humble, who have hopes of preserving it.