Roosevelt High School (Minnesota)

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Roosevelt High School
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Roosevelt from 28th Avenue South in 2022
Location
Roosevelt High School (Minnesota)
4029 28th Avenue South

Minneapolis
,
Minnesota
55406

United States
Coordinates 44°55′47″N93°13′53″W / 44.9297°N 93.2314°W / 44.9297; -93.2314
Information
Type Public secondary
Established1923
School district Minneapolis Public Schools
PrincipalChristian Alberto Ledesma
Faculty126
Teaching staff69.64 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,121 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.10 [1]
CampusUrban
ColorsMaroon and Gold
  
Nickname Teddies
Website roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us

Roosevelt High School, or simply Roosevelt, is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Standish neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is part of the Minneapolis Public Schools district and is named after Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. Athletic and other competition teams from the school are nicknamed the Teddies. Roosevelt has been an International Baccalaureate World School since March 2010, and offers the Diploma Programme as well as the IB Career-related Certificate.

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History

On January 7, 2026, officers from the Border Patrol, among them senior official Gregory Bovino, entered school property allegedly in pursuit of a suspect who had rammed his vehicle into a government vehicle during "immigration enforcement operations" as students were being dismissed from classes. Teachers from the school reportedly confronted the Border Patrol officers and told them to stay off school property and away from the students. Some teachers, students, and parents ended up in scuffles with Border Patrol officers.

After the incident, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a statement in which they claimed an individual who identified themselves as a teacher assaulted a Border Patrol agent and that a crowd of people formed and "threw objects and dispersed paint on the officers and their vehicles". The DHS said that Border Patrol officers were forced to use "targeted crowd control" in response to the "rioters". The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers said that a teacher was arrested and later released, and that Border Patrol agents had deployed tear gas against faculty and students at the school, a claim which the DHS denied. The suspect who the Border Patrol was pursuing was arrested and identified as a US citizen. As a result of the incident and the killing of Renee Good the same day by a Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Minneapolis Public Schools closed all schools across Minneapolis until the following Monday. [2]

Upon returning to class on Monday, students staged a walkout protest against federal immigration enforcement in the area. Students reportedly marched for about an hour and a half around the school before dispersing. [3]

Notable alumni

References

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