Franklin High School (Los Angeles, California)

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Type Public Enrollment 1300 Color(s) Blue and buff Number of students 1,300		Established 1916 Campus Urban Phone +1 323-550-2000

Principal Regina Marquez-Martinez Address 820 N Ave 54, Los Angeles, CA 90042, USA District Los Angeles Unified School District Motto Once A Panther Always A Panther Similar Eagle Rock High School, Abraham Lincoln High Sch, Belmont High School, Woodrow Wilson Senior Hi, Los Angeles High Sch

Benjamin Franklin High School (FHS) is a public high school in the Highland Park neighborhood, approximately seven miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

First established in 1916 with an enrollment of 225 students, the school currently educates approximately 2,600 students.

Notable alumni

Lee Baca, 1960 graduate, sheriff of Los Angeles County, 1998-present

Rocky Delgadillo, politician, former City Attorney of Los Angeles

Daryl F. Gates, 1944 graduate, Los Angeles police chief, 1978-1992

Mike Hernandez, former Los Angeles, California City Councilman

Allen Jacobs, 1960 graduate, National Football League player, fullback and halfback

Leno LaBianca, Manson murders victim

Sammy Lee, Olympic diver

Ron Lopez, football player

Dick Moje, National Football League player, defensive end

Louis R. Nowell (1915-2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963-77

Bobby Riggs, member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Franklin E. Roach (1905-1993), 1923 graduate, astronomer, professor, ufologist, and a father of aeronomy

Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991), 1939 graduate, television screenwriter and creator of Star Trek: The Original Series

Bui Simon, former Miss Universe and Miss Thailand 1988

Richard "Humpty" Vission, 1987, Grammy Nominated producer and KPWR Power 106 FM DJ

References

Franklin High School (Los Angeles, California) Wikipedia

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