A. Maceo Smith High School
| A. Maceo Smith High School | |
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| Address | |
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3030 Stag Road Dallas, Texas 75241 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°41′31″N 96°45′54″W / 32.691856°N 96.764896°WCoordinates: 32°41′31″N 96°45′54″W / 32.691856°N 96.764896°W |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Public |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Dallas Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Mr. Floyd Michael Miles |
| Area trustee | Dr.Lew Blackburn |
| Principal | Lisa Deveoux |
| Teaching staff | 81 |
| Enrollment | 351 (2014-2015) |
| Hours in school day | 9:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m. |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and Silver |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Key products | 9–12 |
| Communities served | District 5 |
| Feeder schools | Sarah Zumwalt Middle School |
| Website | Official Website |
A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School is a four-year public high school serving grades 9-12 in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). It is part of the Dallas Independent School District, where it was founded in 1978. As of 2011 it is now a technology magnet school. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
The school is named for Antonio Maceo Smith (1903–1977), a pioneer civil rights leader in Dallas.
Originally located in the Nolan Estes Educational Plaza, the school was moved in 1989 due to complaints about the unsuitability of the physical plant at the plaza, a former shopping center. After the school moved, the attendance boundaries between Smith and South Oak Cliff High School shifted, with students zoned to Stone Middle School and Zumwalt Middle School, except for students also zoned to Bushman Elementary, moving from SOC to Smith, and students zoned to Storey Middle School, except for those who began their educations at Marshall and Oliver elementaries, would be zoned to SOC.
After the closing of the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District, Smith took in students from the former school district boundary and continued to serve former WHISD areas until its repurposing.
For several years, while it served as a zoned school, A. Maceo Smith was a Texas Education Agency "unacceptable" ranked school. In 2011 the district converted A. Maceo Smith into a technology magnet. Many students in its attendance zone were re-assigned to Wilmer-Hutchins High School. Some areas were re-assigned to South Oak Cliff. Since Smith was reconstituted as a magnet school, it avoided the possibility of the TEA reconstituting or closing the school itself due to its poor performance as a zoned school.
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