R. L. Paschal High School is a

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, United States. It is part of the

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, and the oldest and largest high school in Fort Worth ISD. The school is ranked 322nd in Texas and 3,892nd in the United States for best quality of education (in 2022) by '' U.S. News & World Report''. These elementary schools feed into Paschal: Alice Carlson, George C. Clarke, Lily B. Clayton, Contreras, Daggett, De Zavala, South Hills, Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Worth Heights. These middle schools feed into Paschal: Daggett Montessori, Daggett, McLean, McLean 6th Grade, Rosemont, and Rosemont 6th Grade.

History

Photo of the Fort Worth High School from 1895-96

The school is a descendant of the city's first secondary school, Fort Worth High School, which opened in 1882. Fort Worth High School was originally located at 200 Jennings. Robert Lee Paschal, an attorney from

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, became

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in 1906. Briefly known as Central High School, it moved to its current location on Forest Park Boulevard in 1955. When Principal Paschal retired in 1935, the school was renamed in his honor as RL Paschal High School. Its rival is Arlington Heights. In 1963, a prank on Arlington Heights led to 46 arrests. On November 19, 1969, class of 1950 PHS alumnus and Apollo 12 astronaut, Alan Bean, brought a Paschal High School flag to the Moon with him, and safely returned it to Earth. He donated the flag to the school, where it hung on the wall for decades. In 1979, a student stole a bulldozer from a county construction site and rammed it into the Arlington Heights field house the day before the annual Heights-Paschal football game, completely leveling it. In 1985, the school achieved a degree of notoriety when a gang called "Legion of Doom" was active at the school. In 2006, the school won the Boys golf state championship. In 2019 some area residents of Rosemont, in the portion zoned to Paschal, protested when they found the FWISD planned to rezone them to South Hills High School.

Attendance zone

In 2019 a portion of Rosemont was zoned to Paschal.

Performing arts

Paschal has a competitive

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, "Vox".

Notable alumni

* Audrey Anderson - actress *

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- "First Lady of Fort Worth," philanthropist *

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- English professor and poet *

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1957-63 and US Senator *

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- actress *

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- US Army recipient of

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* John Peterson - PGA golfer *

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Rivalries

Arlington Heights High School Arlington Heights High School (AHHS, Heights) is a secondary school located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Fort Worth Independent School District. Its mascot is the Yellow Jack ...

(the oldest ongoing high school rivalry in Texas history).

References

External links

* {{authority control P Fort Worth Independent School District high schools