John F. Kennedy Elementary is located in the North Region of the Houston Independent School District in Houston, Texas. Kennedy is approximately four miles from Downtown Houston and sits in the middle of Independence Heights, which was the first Black City in Texas. John F. Kennedy Elementary is one of seven elementary schools that make up the Booker T. Washington High School Feeder Pattern. Like the other six elementary schools in the feeder pattern, Kennedy is a School-Wide Title I school. Kennedy has, as of the 2012-2013 school year, a student population of 750 students in grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade with the pre-kindergarten students attending full-day.
The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), also known as the American polecat or prairie dog hunter, is a species of mustelid native to central North America. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN, because of its very small and restricted populations.lack-footed ferrets may travel up to 11 miles (18 km) to seek prey, suggesting that they will interchange freely among white-tailed prairie dog colonies that are less than 11 miles (18 km) apart. In areas of high prey density, black-footed ferret movements were nonlinear in character, probably to avoid predators.
Black-footed ferrets are endangered due to habitat loss from agriculutral activities and development on the short-grass praries of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. They are also endangered because people poison and shoot prairie dogs which make up 90% of their diet and provide them with shelter in their burrows.Lastly, canine distemper and the introduced disease sylvatic plague are deadly to black-footed ferrets.hey are also endangered because people poison and shoot prairie dogs which make up 90% of their diet and provide them with shelter in their burrows. Lastly, canine distemper and the introduced disease sylvatic plague are deadly to black-footed ferrets.