Since 1976, the school has earned the distinction for Exemplary Arts Education from the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the Top 8 Magnet Schools in the country by the Department of Education, and one of the top 5 schools in the nation by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, among others. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts is part of the Dallas Independent School District and the first secondary school in the distric to be awarded the prestigious National Blue Ribbon Award for Exemplary Education from the Department of Education. Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle Schoolīooker T.Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Fred F.Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted
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“They have not been given the tools by the district to work with them so the students have been written off and therefore not encouraged not to excel in academics,” Marshall said. Marshall says it’s hard for kids in those quadrants to meet those requirements. TPS says 60-percent of the freshmen spots are for one and two. Kids from quadrants one and two are in the north Tulsa area. Also, to apply, Tulsa is divided into four quadrants. Those requirements include a 2.5 GPA or higher, and testing within the 35th percentile in math and reading. Tulsa Public School (TPS) board member Jennettie Marshall says it’s a magnet school that you need to apply to be accepted into, but is concerned many kids in north Tulsa cannot meet the requirements.Įach year, Booker T. It’s since dropped by more than 50 black students. Washington.Īccording to data from the Oklahoma Department of Education, in the 2017 - 2018 school year, more than 400 African American students were enrolled out of more than 1,300 students. She says she’s seeing a dramatic decline in the number of African American students enrolled at Booker T.