A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School

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3030 Stag Road

Dallas
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Texas
75241

United States
Coordinates 32°41′31″N96°45′54″W / 32.691856°N 96.764896°W / 32.691856; -96.764896 Coordinates: 32°41′31″N96°45′54″W / 32.691856°N 96.764896°W / 32.691856; -96.764896
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Funding type Public
Opened1978
StatusOpen
School district Dallas Independent School District
SuperintendentMr. Floyd Michael Miles
Area trusteeDr.Lew Blackburn
PrincipalLisa Deveoux
Teaching staff81
Grades9-12
Enrollment433 (2015-16) [1]
Hours in school day9:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m.
Color(s)Royal Blue and Silver
        
MascotFalcon
Communities servedDistrict 5
Feeder schoolsSarah Zumwalt Middle School
Website Official Website

A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School is a four-year public high school serving grades 9-12 in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). It is part of the Dallas Independent School District, where it was founded in 1978. As of 2011 it is now a technology magnet school. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

Oak Cliff district in Dallas, Texas, USA

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The school is named for Antonio Maceo Smith (1903–1977), a pioneer civil rights leader in Dallas.

Antonio Maceo Smith was a pioneer civil rights leader in Dallas, Texas, whose years of activism with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other civil rights and community groups led Texans to dub him "Mr. Civil Rights" and "Mr. Organization".

History

Originally located in the Nolan Estes Educational Plaza, the school was moved in 1989 due to complaints about the unsuitability of the physical plant at the plaza, a former shopping center. [3] After the school moved, the attendance boundaries between Smith and South Oak Cliff High School shifted, with students zoned to Stone Middle School and Zumwalt Middle School, except for students also zoned to Bushman Elementary, moving from SOC to Smith, and students zoned to Storey Middle School, except for those who began their educations at Marshall and Oliver elementaries, would be zoned to SOC. [4]

South Oak Cliff High School is a public secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). South Oak Cliff High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD).

After the closing of the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District, Smith took in students from the former school district boundary and continued to serve former WHISD areas until its repurposing. [5] [6]

Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District (WHISD) was a school district in southern Dallas County, Texas serving the cities of Wilmer and Hutchins, a portion of Dallas, and a small portion of Lancaster. The district served urban, suburban, and rural areas. Some unincorporated areas with Ferris addresses were served by WHISD.

For several years, while it served as a zoned school, A. Maceo Smith was a Texas Education Agency "unacceptable" ranked school. [7] In 2011 the district converted A. Maceo Smith into a technology magnet. [8] Many students in its attendance zone were reassigned to Wilmer-Hutchins High School; [6] [9] the majority of the remaining students went to Wilmer-Hutchins, and the previous Smith football team mostly became the new Wilmer-Hutchins team. [10] Some areas of the former Smith zone were reassigned to South Oak Cliff. [11] Since Smith was reconstituted as a magnet school, it avoided the possibility of the TEA reconstituting or closing the school itself due to its poor performance as a zoned school. [7]

Texas Education Agency

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education. The agency is headquartered in the William B. Travis State Office Building in Downtown Austin. Mike Morath, formerly a member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 14, 2015 and began serving on Jan. 4, 2016.

Wilmer-Hutchins High School

Wilmer-Hutchins High School is a public secondary school in Dallas, Texas (USA). A part of the Dallas Independent School District, Wilmer-Hutchins High was formerly part of the now defunct Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District.

Students and programs

Smith's students are predominantly African-American and from low income families. Local companies such as Frito Lay work with students at Paul Quinn College to provide tutoring for Smith students and arrange motivational visits from the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. [12] Another program, Young Men of Distinction, provides mentoring and leadership development to male students. [13]

Paul Quinn College is a private " 'liberal arts-inspired' work college" and historically black college (HBCU) located on 144 acres just south of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. The college is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME).

Dallas Cowboys National Football League franchise in Arlington, Texas

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Smith in the news

The school made the news around the world in 2002 when alligators, poisonous snakes, bobcats, coyotes, and other dangerous animals took over the practice football field after beavers dammed a nearby waterway during the summer. [14] [15]

On May 25, 2007, the Dallas school board voted 6-0 to uphold the firing of Smith principal Dwain Govan over spending on his DISD credit card, in an investigation that indicated 93 district employees had made questionable purchases or in other ways had abused the program. As of the board's vote — from which one board member abstained out of concerns the card's rules had been ill-defined — Govan had yet to account for purchases that included two sets of gold-plated flatware, four portable DVD players, four digital cameras, a flat-screen TV, a printer, $8,747 in Wal-Mart gift cards and approximately $4,650 in restaurant gift cards. A Texas Education Agency hearing examiner recommended upholding the proposal for Govan's termination, but noted that there had been no accusation or evidence that he took district property for his personal use. [16]

Around March 2008, while Dallas ISD prepared for a bond election, some parents felt concern that the district may move the students at Smith to a school in the area formerly controlled by Wilmer-Hutchins ISD. [17]

In early 2015, drama teacher Scot Pankey, with a cast of students, made national and international headlines by performing a choreographed dance to the song "Uptown Funk" performed by Bruno Mars. [18] [19] [20] [21] As of February 2, 2015, the YouTube video had gone viral having amassed over 9 million views. [22]

School uniforms

When it was a zoned school, Smith required school uniforms. [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "A MACEO SMITH NEW TECH H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22.
  3. ↑ Collection of news items relating to A. Maceo Smith HS at Nolan Estes Plaza Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (culled from The Dallas Morning News), Dallas Historical Society message board
  4. ↑ Garcia, Joseph. "DISD BOUNDARY CHANGES OUTLINED." The Dallas Morning News . March 9, 1989. 30A. Retrieved on October 11, 2011..
  5. ↑ "Fall 2006 A. Maceo Smith High School (9-12) Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Fall 2010 A. Maceo Smith High School Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins - Grades 9-12 Archived 2011-02-06 at the Wayback Machine ." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  7. 1 2 Wilonsky, Robert. "Before Dallas ISD Sends TEA Its Plan to Save Unacceptable Schools, Your Input's Needed." Dallas Observer . Wednesday September 7, 2011. Retrieved on September 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Fall 2011 Wilmer-Hutchins High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  10. ↑ Dent, Mark. "Wilmer-Hutchins ready for first football season since 2004" (Partial archive). The Dallas Morning News . August 15, 2011. Also as "Revival of the Hutch", August 16, 2011 - Available from Pressreader.com. Retrieved on October 18, 2018. Quotes: "Closed since 2005 after the district became insolvent, Wilmer-Hutchins has reopened, taking the bulk of A. Maceo Smith's student body." and "Two years ago, they started hearing the rumor of A. Maceo Smith's impending closure,[...]they knew the majority of their core would be back for this year playing the same game[...]call themselves the Eagles rather than the Falcons.[...]"
  11. ↑ "South Oak Cliff High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12 [ permanent dead link ]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
  12. ↑ Lloyd Gite. Playing above the rim - Frito-Lay Inc.'s Lloyd Ward - The B.E. 100s: B.E. Executive of the Year," Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Black Enterprise , June 1995
  13. ↑ University of North Texas. "UNT to host 10th annual Equity and Diversity Conference Feb. 23," Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine January 31, 2007
  14. ↑ "School needs gator aid". British Broadcasting Company. August 12, 2002.
  15. ↑ Bainbridge, Jim (August 11, 2002). "High & Inside: It's tougher than hitting through the windmill". The Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ Hobbs, Tawnell (May 25, 2007). "Trustees uphold principal's firing: DISD: Attorney vows to fight termination over district credit card use". The Dallas Morning News .
  17. ↑ "Dallas school district gets word out on $1.35 billion bond vote". The Dallas Morning News . March 31, 2008.
  18. ↑ "School's incredible Uptown Funk dance goes viral as teacher turns pupils into flashmob" U.K. Mirror. January 29, 2015
  19. ↑ "UN PROF (SEXY) EMBARQUE SES ÉLÈVES POUR UNE FLASHMOB DÉJANTÉE" Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Be.com. January 29, 2015
  20. ↑ "High school's 'Uptown Funk' made Bruno Mars cry" CNN. January 29, 2015
  21. ↑ 'Just watch!' Teacher leads dozens of students in perfect 'Uptown Funk' routine" NBC. Today Show. January 29, 2015
  22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUEg7kd6Cg
  23. ↑ "A. Maceo Smith High School Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine . Dallas Independent School District .
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