Marshall High School (Portland, Oregon)

Marshall High School
Address
Marshall High School
3905 SE 91st Avenue
Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County, 97266
United States
Coordinates 45°29′39″N 122°34′20″W / 45.494088°N 122.572349°WCoordinates: 45°29′39″N 122°34′20″W / 45.494088°N 122.572349°W
Information
Type Public
Opened 1960
Closed 2011
School district Portland Public Schools
Grades 9-12[1]
Number of students 751[2]
Color(s) Scarlet, navy, and white    [3]
Athletics conference OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 5A-1[3]
Mascot Minutemen[3]
Website www.marshall.pps.k12.or.us

Marshall High School is a former public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. The school opened on September 6, 1960, and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.[4] The school was closed in 2011 as the Portland Public Schools district moved to consolidate students and resources into fewer high schools.[5]

Student profile

In its last year of operation, the student population was 45% white, 23% Latino, 16% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 10% African American.[2] The Marshall boundaries contained more potential students (1640) than any other in the Portland area, though the Marshall enrollment was only 751 students.[2] In 2009, 9% of the students transferred into the school.[6]

Academics

Since 2004, Marshall comprised three small schools:[7] the BizTech High School of Business and Technology, Pauling Academy of Integrated Sciences, and the Renaissance Arts Academy.[5]

Athletics

Among Marshall's most successful sports teams were the boys basketball team (reaching the postseason in 2009-10) and the cheerleading squad (which finished 4th in Oregon in 2009-10). The girls basketball team won two consecutive state championships in 1981 and 1982. Coached by Ken Trapp and John Hughes, the 1981 championship team was the first in Oregon history to finish undefeated at 26-0. Coached by Rod Jones, the girls volleyball team won the state championship in 1978 and finished second in 1982, 1985 and in 1987 second under coach John Hughes. In 1980 the girls soccer team reached the quarter finals. In 1981 the softball team finished 3rd in the state.[10] Marshall football reached the state quarterfinals in 1973, and last reached the playoffs since 2003, but hadn't won a playoff football game since 1990. The school recorded the first winless season in the school's 50-year history during the 2007-2008 season after falling in the last game of the season to also winless Roosevelt High School 25-22 in a match-up of two teams that have struggled for the better part of the decade.[11] JMHS hired a new football coach on June 23, 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Melton, Kimberly (2010-01-21). "What will be the fate of my high school?". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/Marshall/
  4. ↑ "School Bells Ring Again; Record Enrollments Expected". The Oregonian, September 6, 1960, p. 29.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Buxton, Matt (June 13, 2011). "Marshall High School closing: Anger, resignation, hope mark end of an era". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ Melton, Kimberly (2010-02-04). "How many transfer, and where do they go?". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  7. ↑ The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_high_school_dropout_rat_1.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  10. ↑ http://www.OSAA.org
  11. ↑ "Pamplin Media Group". Pamplin Media Group.