W. W. Samuell High School
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8928 Palisade Drive Dallas, Texas 75217 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°44′46″N 96°40′07″W / 32.746069°N 96.668490°WCoordinates: 32°44′46″N 96°40′07″W / 32.746069°N 96.668490°W |
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| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Motto | Together We Make It Happen |
| School district | Dallas Independent School District |
| Principal | Jennifer Tecklenburg |
| Faculty | 128 (2012) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,732 (2012) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Trustee dist. | 4, Nancy Bingham |
| Area | 1, Ivonne Durant |
| Website | Official Website |
W. W. Samuell High School is a public secondary school located in the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas, Texas (USA). Samuell High enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. The school serves portions of southeast Dallas and a portion of the city of Balch Springs.
In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Dallas ISD annexed Pleasant Grove ISD in 1954, and Pleasant Grove High School was replaced by Samuell High School in 1956-57. In the 1950s and early 1960s, a number of new housing developments in the Pleasant Grove area made Samuell one of Dallas' largest high schools; a new wing was opened in the mid-1960s to handle the increase in population. H. Grady Spruce and Skyline high schools were opened in 1963 and 1971 to help reduce attendance at Samuell.
Dr. William Worthington Samuell was a wealthy individual who before his death donated millions of dollars to the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department. There are now at least six institutions named after Dr. Samuell in the Dallas area, including the high school, a boulevard, a City of Dallas ranch, a city park and two streets in bordering cities. Dr. W. W. Samuell purchased the first ambulance for the City of Dallas in 1911.
The school and the district became the focus of a prominent civil rights case in 1966 when three male students — Paul Jarvis, Phil Ferrell and Steve Webb — sued the district after they were ordered to cut their long hair in order to be admitted to school. The case was one of the first in which individuals sued a large urban school district to preserve their individual rights, and the cause was taken up by the American Civil Liberties Union as well as local retail pioneer Stanley Marcus. Marcus did not know the students, but saw their hairstyles as a fashion choice rather than a show of disregard for authority. The case was lost in the U.S. District Court, and despite a series of appeals leading to the U.S. Supreme Court, it was not overturned. The decision is still cited in court cases over constitutional rights.
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