Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (Dallas, Texas)

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School
Pride, Respect, Dignity, and Responsibility
Address
525 Bonnie View Road
Dallas, Texas, 75203
United States
Information
School type Public, comprehensive high school
Founded 1963
School board 972-925-3700
School district Dallas Independent School District
Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D.
Area trustee Lew Blackburn, Ph.D. (District 5)
School number 972-925-6800
Principal Dr. Leicha Shaver
Assistant Principal Peggi Bailey-Coleman
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 779  (2007-2008)
Grade 9 258
Grade 10 200
Grade 11 164
Grade 12 167
Language English
Color(s)           Columbia blue & White
Mascot Mustang
Team name Mighty Mustangs/Lady Mustangs
Communities served Southeast Oak Cliff
Feeder schools Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School Academy
Students considered a racial minority 776 (99.6%)
Students not considered a racial minority 3 (0.4%)
Learning Community Superintendent's - Leslie Williams
Website
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Franklin D. Roosevelt High School is a public high school in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA), serving grades 9 - 12. The school opened in 1963[2] and is part of the Dallas Independent School District.

The school serves several communities, including Cadillac Heights.[3][4]

History

Construction of the school began in 1961 at 525 Bonnie View Road in the Oak Cliff area. Built before the school district integrated its high schools, the campus was the first new "Negro high school" built in Dallas since 1939 at the time it opened in January 1963.[2] The school was built to serve a maximum capacity of 2000 students and at its opening was expected to draw about 1200 students from the Oak Cliff area, most previously attending Madison High School — which had itself been converted to a "Negro school" in 1956 to relieve overcrowding at Booker T. Washington and Lincoln high schools.[5]

The school is named for former U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

In 2005, after the closure of the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District. Roosevelt absorbed some WHISD high school students.[6]

In 2011 the district re-opened Wilmer Hutchins High School.[7] Some former WHISD zones covered by Roosevelt were rezoned to Wilmer-Hutchins.[8][9]

Notable alumni

References

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Schools portal
  1. ^ Texas Education Agency. "2008 Campus AEIS Report". http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&prgopt=2008/aeis/alltypec.sas&year4=2008&search=campback&year2=08&topic=aeis&ptype=HTML&third=0&sublevel=camp&gifname=g_aeis08campus&title=AEIS+Report&level=Campus&campback=057905013. Retrieved 20 December 2008. 
  2. ^ a b Carlos Conde. "School OK'd on condition," The Dallas Morning News, January 24, 1963, section 4, page 1.
  3. ^ "Dallas Floodway Extension Project." (Direct image link) Trinity River Corridor. Retrieved on July 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Fall 2009 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins (Grades 9-12)." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 17, 2010.
  5. ^ Sue Connally. "Forest assigned to Negro pupils: District added to Crozier's," The Dallas Morning News, June 14, 1956, section 1, pages 1 and 9. Note: At that time, "district" was used in Dallas to refer to the attendance zone of a specific school, rather than the system as a whole.
  6. ^ "Fall 2006 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (9-12) Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Hobbs, Tawnell D. "Dallas school district to open 3 Wilmer-Hutchins campuses, close 2 others." The Dallas Morning News. November 24, 2010. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  8. ^ "Fall 2010 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins - Grades 9-12." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  9. ^ "Fall 2011 Wilmer-Hutchins High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  10. ^ "Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Aggie Football". pp. 175. http://books.google.com/books?id=V2Zs89BshzIC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=%22aaron+wallace%22%2B%22roosevelt+high%22&source=web&ots=XUOmy3fsu8&sig=LZu_KdGAM353nduMaXtXkh4w5iU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA175,M1. 
  11. ^ "Lt Richmond Webb". CNN. 1994-09-05. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005602/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-02. 
  12. ^ "Kevin Williams". http://www.cowboyshistory.com/returner.html. 
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