Founded 1963 Mascot Mustang Colors White, Columbia blue | Principal Brian De Veaux Phone +1 972-925-6800 | |
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School type Public, comprehensive high school Motto Pride, Respect, Dignity, and Responsibility Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D. Area trustee Lew Blackburn, Ph.D. (District 5) Address 525 Bonnie View Rd, Dallas, TX 75203, USA District Dallas Independent School District Similar Woodrow Wilson High Sch, Ranchview High School, Bowie High School, Duncanvi High School, O D Wyatt High School | ||
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 and is part of the Dallas Independent School District.
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The school serves communities, including Cadillac Heights South Dallas and some Oak Cliff area
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. 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.
The school is named after former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In honor of him passing and assisting lower class citizens opportunity for growth. School colors chosen. Light blue and white and red. 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.
In 2011 the district re-opened Wilmer Hutchins High. Some former WHISD zones covered by Roosevelt were rezoned to Wilmer-Hutchins.