Kay On-Going and Night High School had the highest percentages of Fs that were recorded due to excessive absences.
[6] In 1988 a report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching expressed a favorable assessment of Kay On-Going.
In 1989 district officials told the Houston Chronicle that the reports did not reflect the true pregnancy rate among HISD students.
[9] In the 2005-2006 school year HISD was required to provide free tutoring to low income students at Kay On-Going because, for three consecutive years, Kay On-Going did not meet state academic targets,[1] which were set by the No Child Left Behind federal act.
The school had around 30 unused classrooms, and HISD administrators argued that the Texas Medical Center location would be of use to pregnant students.
[9] Jennifer Radcliffe of the Houston Chronicle said that the proposed plan yielded a "mixed" reaction in DeBakey parents and students.
The district also stopped considering Kay On-Going a separate institution; instead test scores of the girls were included with their zoned schools.
The chief of staff for the Houston Federation of Teachers, Helen Wheatley, criticized the decision to dissolve Kay On-Going.