Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (Texas)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt High School
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Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (Texas)
525 Bonnie View Road

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75216

Coordinates 32°44′30″N96°47′43″W / 32.74175°N 96.79532°W / 32.74175; -96.79532
Information
Other nameRoosevelt High School
School type Public, comprehensive high school
MottoPride, Respect, and Responsibility [1]
Founded1963;62 years ago (1963)
LocaleCity: Large [2]
School district Dallas Independent School District
Area trusteeMaxie Johnson (District 5)
Principal [1]
Teaching staff56.97 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9-12
Gender coeducational
Enrollment677 (2023-2024) [2]
   Grade 9 216
   Grade 10 178
   Grade 11 157
   Grade 12 126
Student to teacher ratio11.88 [2]
Language English
Color(s)  Columbia blue
  white   red
  navy [1]
SportsBaseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, & Wrestling
Mascot Mustang [1]
Team nameMighty Mustangs
Communities served Southeast Oak Cliff
Feeder schoolsOliver W. Holmes Humanities/Communications Academy
Students considered a racial minority 649 (99.4%) (2016-17) [2]
Students not considered a racial minority4 (0.6%) (2016-17) [2]
Website www.dallasisd.org/roosevelt
Last updated: September 9, 2019;6 years ago (2019-09-09)

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School is a public secondary school in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA), serving grades 9 - 12. The school opened in 1963 [3] and is part of the Dallas Independent School District.

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The school serves several South Dallas communities, including Cadillac Heights and some Oak Cliff neighborhoods. [4] [5]

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. [3] 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. [6]

The school is named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. President in honor of him passing and assisting lower class citizens opportunity for growth. School colors chosen were Columbia blue, White, and Cardinal red. [7] Most recent colors used for FDR are navy blue, light blue and white.

In 2005, after the closure of Wilmer-Hutchins High School. Roosevelt absorbed some WHISD high school students. [8]

In 2011 the district re-opened Wilmer Hutchins High. [9] Some former WHISD zones covered by Roosevelt were rezoned to Wilmer-Hutchins. [10] [11]

Notable alumni

NameClass YearNotabilityReference
Lew Blackburn1974a trustee of the Dallas ISD school board [12]
Waymond Bryant 1969(?)former American football linebacker, played for the Chicago Bears [13]
Donnie Echols 1976former NFL football tight end who played for the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints and Cleveland Browns. [14]
Jeff Fuller 1980former NFL football safety who played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1984 to 1989. He played in two Super Bowls as a member of the 49ers. [15]
Roy Martin 1985sprinter, US high school record holder [16]
Evelyn Henry-Miller1976Chief Financial Officer, TDIndustries; formerly executive vice-president for The Dallas Morning News[ citation needed ]
Aaron Wallace NFL player [17]
Richmond Webb NFL player; 7-time NFL pro bowler and 5-time all-pro selection [18]
Kevin Williams 1989(?)former football wide receiver in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers [ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "General Information / Quick Facts". www.dallasisd.org. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public Schools - Franklin D Roosevelt H S (481623001343)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Carlos Conde. "School OK'd on condition," The Dallas Morning News, January 24, 1963, section 4, page 1.
  4. "Dallas Floodway Extension Project". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
  5. "Fall 2009 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins (Grades 9-12)" (PDF). April 29, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  6. Connally, Sue (June 14, 1956). "Forest assigned to Negro pupils: District added to Crozier's". The Dallas Morning News . Section 1; pp. 1, 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.
  7. "School History - Franklin D. Roosevelt". Franklin D. Roosevelt Alumni Association. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  8. "Fall 2006 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (9-12) Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District. June 6, 2006. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  9. Hobbs, Tawnell D. (November 24, 2010). "Dallas school district to open 3 Wilmer-Hutchins campuses, close 2 others". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  10. "Fall 2010 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Attendance Zone with Wilmer-Hutchins - Grades 9-12" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District . Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  11. "Fall 2011 Wilmer-Hutchins High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District. March 22, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  12. "Board Members / Lew Blackburn". DallasISD.org. Dallas Independent School District . Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  13. "Waymond Bryant". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  14. Clark, Dean (November 20, 1979). "Echols Puts His Heart Into Tight End". Tulsa World . p. 24 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  15. "Texas A&M Aggie's son chasing Super legacy". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010.
  16. Townsend, Brad (June 22, 2008). "Former phenom Roy Martin couldn't outrun hard times". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015.
  17. Zwerneman, Brent (September 1, 2003). Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Aggie Football (1st ed.). Sports Publishing LLC. p. 175. ISBN   1582616000.
  18. "Lt Richmond Webb". Sports Illustrated . September 5, 1994. Retrieved February 14, 2019.