Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)

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Benjamin Franklin High School
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Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)
5405 SE Woodward Street

Portland
,
Oregon
97206

United States
Coordinates 45°30′08″N122°36′25″W / 45.502136°N 122.606896°W / 45.502136; -122.606896
Information
Type Public
Opened1914
School district Portland Public Schools
PrincipalChris Frazier [1]
Number of students1,966
Color(s)Maroon and grey    [2]
Athletics conference OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 6A-1 [2]
MascotLightning [3] [2]
NewspaperThe Franklin Post
Feeder schoolsBridger K-8, Harrison Park MS, Hosford MS, Kellogg MS, Lane MS, Mt. Tabor MS, Sunnyside K-8
Website https://www.pps.net/Domain/116

Franklin High School (FHS) (formally Benjamin Franklin High School) is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located in central southeast Portland in the South Tabor neighborhood. It is the largest high school in the Portland Public School District. Its attendance boundary is expansive, with six middle schools feeding into it [4] and covering the neighborhoods of Southeast Portland, Mt. Tabor, Lents, and Belmont. [5]

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Franklin High School, main south entry in 2021
Franklin High School, athletic wing from the north portico in 2021 Franklin High School (Portland, OR) 2.jpg
Franklin High School, athletic wing from the north portico in 2021
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Franklin High School, performing arts wing in 2021
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Franklin High School, new library in former auditorium

History

Founded in 1914, Franklin is Portland's fourth high school. The city's high schools were filled to capacity at the time, and the population in southeast Portland was rapidly growing. It was initially founded in part of the Creston elementary school, with nine instructors and 115 student in the spring 1914 semester. [6] The current brick building, designed by Floyd Naramore, [7] opened in September 1917. [8]

In 1942, a statue of Benjamin Franklin, after whom the school was named, was installed outside of Franklin High School.

Due to the baby boom and the passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new addition for arts, industrial arts, and home economics departments was slated. [8]

In October 2010 the school decided to discontinue its competitive robotics team due to the lack of any school official sanctioning the team, allegedly by locking the team out of their workspace without access to their tools, or the more than $7000 the team had raised to sustain the program. The team had been a part of the school for seven years. [9]

Between 2015 and 2017, the school was modernized and expanded, with funding from a $482 million bond measure in 2012. The modernization included a new arts center, a new gym, biomedical, and culinary arts building, seismic retrofitting, and a new entrance. [10]

Student profile

In the 2017–2018 school year, Franklin's student population was 48.9% White, 20.5% Hispanic, 16.4% Asian, 5.6% African American, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 0.6% Native American, and 7.4% mixed race. [11]

In 2008, 80% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 354 students, 282 graduated, 52 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 15 were still in high school the following year. [12] [13] In 2009, 31% of the students were transfers into the school. [14]

Notable alumni

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  7. ↑ Ritz, Richard Ellison (2002). "Naramore, Floyd". Architects of Oregon: A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased – 19th and 20th Centuries. Portland, Oregon: Lair Hill Publishing. pp. 293–294. ISBN   0-9726200-2-8.
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  14. ↑ Melton, Kimberly (February 4, 2010). "How many transfer, and where do they go?". The Oregonian . Retrieved 2010-02-12.
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  16. ↑ "Oregon Stater". correction to previous article. Oregon State University Alumni Association. July 2002. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-11-29. Correction: An article about Douglas Engelbart in the April 2002 issue of the Stater incorrectly stated that Engelbart grew up near Salem. He grew up in southeast Portland and attended Franklin High School.
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  20. ↑ "Howard Hobson; Basketball Pioneer And Coach Was 87". Obituary. New York Times. June 10, 1991. Retrieved 2010-11-29. Mr. Hobson, who was born in Portland, began his basketball career as a player at Franklin High School.
  21. ↑ "Meet Blazers Broadcaster Steve Jones". Portland Trail Blazers. Retrieved 2010-11-29. One of the most respected and watched NBA analysts, Steve "Snapper" Jones returns for a 21st year as courtside analyst for Blazers games on KGW-TV 8 and Fox Sports Net ... ones is a Portland native who led Franklin High School to the state basketball championship in 1959.
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