In 2010 Lisa Falkenberg said "The Lee of today, with its crumbling façade and graffiti on nearby buildings, is far from the glistening school on the prairie that opened in 1962 to relieve overcrowding at prestigious Lamar High."[REF]
During that year, HISD reported that two distinct portions of the 49-year-old main school building's foundation are sinking into the ground at different rates [REF].