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Como Elementary

4000 Horne Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-815-6500
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Como Elementary School opened in February 1954 when students transferred from the adjacent Como School at 4001 Littlepage. Immediately prior to its construction, the elementary classrooms were located in several wood framed buildings behind the current site. The Como schools were constructed to serve the youth of the Arlington Heights area on Fort Worth's west side. Herman G. Cox's design for the mostly 1-story building was influenced by the International movement with its flat roof with slight overhang. The use of contrasting red and orange brick provides visual emphasis. The classrooms have large window openings, most of which have been partially infilled. An addition of 20 classrooms and other facilities under the 1956 Building Program gave Como Elementary a capacity for 1152 students, making it one of the largest elementary schools for African American youth in the city.

Principal

Most recently, Shawn Rogers Buchanan served as executive director of elementary school leadership at Fort Worth ISD. Buchanan Photo of Como Elementary principal Shawn Rogers Buchanan began her career teaching in Fort Worth in 1994. In 2004, she was promoted to an assistant principal position at Morningside Elementary School and later took the reins as principal at Edward J. Briscoe Elementary School, which was nominated as a National Blue-Ribbon School under her leadership.

Buchanan earned a bachelor’s degree in English education from Grambling State University in Grambling, La, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Texas Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in educational administration from Texas Christian University.

Buchanan will work closely with fellow principals and Leadership Academy Network officers to develop customized, campus-level initiatives to help students excel and thrive. Leadership Academy Network schools are open-enrollment campuses that do not charge tuition or give entrance exams.