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Sixth-graders get to know new home at Lee High: YES charter school opens on the campus; classes start this fall.

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| July 12, 2007 | Radcliffe, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2007 Houston Chronicle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jennifer Radcliffe

Jul. 12--For just a few weeks, these 100 pint-size sixth-graders are the big men and women on the Lee High School campus.

That status will be as short-lived as the mandatory summer session to teach them the ropes of YES Prep Public Schools, a charter school that opened Wednesday on the third floor of the super-size campus in the Gulfton area.

When school resumes in earnest next month, the middle-schoolers will share the space with about 2,000 older teens in a charter-traditional school partnership that's unique in Texas.

The younger students already are planning their strategies for coping with potential bullies: "I'd just keep walking," 10-year-old Saul Bravo advised. "You don't want to get in a fight with the…

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