R. L. Paschal High School
| R. L. Paschal High School | |
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3001 Forest Park Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas, Tarrant County 76110 United States |
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| Type | Co-Educational, Public, Secondary |
| School district | Fort Worth Independent School District |
| Color(s) | Purple and white, |
| Mascot | Panthers |
R. L. Paschal High School is a secondary school located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is part of the Fort Worth Independent School District and descendant of the city's first secondary school, Fort Worth High School, which opened in 1882. Robert Lee Paschal, an attorney from North Carolina, became principal in 1906. Briefly known as Central High School, it moved to its current location on Forest Park Boulevard in 1955.
Historically it has had a strong academic and sports presence in the city. For example, in 2006-2007, Paschal produced 18 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, which was not only more than any other high school in the Fort Worth Independent School District, but more than the entire Dallas Independent School District (10). For the 2007–2008 school year, it has 24 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists.
It is the only high school represented by a flag on the moon, planted there by astronaut Alan Bean, Class of 1950, on the Apollo 12 mission (1969).
Paschal High School achieved a degree of notoriety in 1985, when a gang called "Legion of Doom" was active at the school.
The Purple Panthers
Currently has two NCA All American mascots; Rascal and Rowdy
The following elementary schools feed into Paschal: Alice Carlson, George C. Clarke, Lilly B. Clayton, Contreras, Daggett, De Zavala, South Hills, Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Worth Heights.
The following middle schools feed into Paschal: Daggett, McLean, McLean 6th Grade, Rosemont, Rosemont 6th Grade.
One famous incident occurred in 1979 when a Paschal High School student (and son of a County Commissioner) stole a bulldozer from a County construction site, drove it up Hulen Street and rammed it into the Arlington Heights High School Field House the day before the annual Heights-Paschal football game, completely leveling the field house. This incident resulted in criminal convictions and a nationwide reassessment of safety and security measures, as well as beginning a national discussion about youth violence and vandalism on many national television and radio programs. This incident, along with what President Kennedy called the "Paschal Air Force" incident in 1963, and Paschal's infamous Legion Of Doom criminal cult in the mid-1980s, has made the Heights-Paschal high school football rivalry one of Texas' most legendary ongoing sports rivalries.
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