Bryan Adams High School is a

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located in the Casa View neighborhood of East

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. The school serves the area of

east of

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, south of Northwest Highway, north of Interstate 30, and inside the

city limits. The school is classified as a 5A school by the UIL. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the

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History

Bryan Adams High School opened in 1957 and was named after William Jennings Bryan Adams, a DISD Board of Education secretary from 1929 until his death in 1955.Kristopher Rupert
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(40th anniversary, 1997) The building was constructed at a cost of

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2.4 million"New schools to open in September," ''The Dallas Morning News'', March 31, 1957, part 3, page 1. and was designed by the

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firm of Goodwin & Cavitt using the same pattern as their building for Thomas Jefferson High School, which opened in 1955."Plans for school authorized on Earhart building pattern," ''The Dallas Morning News'', October 12, 1956, section 1, page 5. Students and alumni almost always refer to the school as 'Bryan Adams,' or simply by the acronym 'B.A.' While 'Adams High School' is the name of several high schools throughout the United States, there is only one 'Bryan Adams High School.' It has no connection to

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singer Bryan Adams, who was born two years after the school's founding. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Bryan Adams was one of the largest high schools in

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graduating more than 1,000 students in each of the years from 1968 to 1972. Most of its students were middle class and white. Since the opening of

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in 2006, B.A. has seen a noticeable decline in enrollment, dropping from the UIL largest classification for the first time in the 2008 realignment. On October 6, 2010, the Dallas Independent School District announced that Bryan Adams would be reorganized after receiving the state's lowest rating for two straight years. The reorganization would take place for the 2011-2012 school year in a process known as "reconstitution," according to DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander. State law requires the academic shakeup for campuses that consistently are rated "academically unacceptable." Campus review teams at the schools, consisting of an internal and external member, will review students' performance on the state exam to determine which teachers should leave the schools, Dahlander said. Bryan Adams high school is on the low-performing list for its graduation rate, he said. In 2015, DISD started a school of choice program for many schools in Dallas and Bryan Adams will begin to phase in a school-wide leadership model in a three- to five-year plan. Bryan Adams is among seven Dallas ISD choice schools that are planned to launch in the next couple of years. Unlike magnet schools, choice schools will not have any academic entry requirements. Enrollment is open to students district-wide, but priority is given to students in the school’s attendance zone.

Administration

The principal of Bryan Adams High School is Ryan Bott. Before his appointment as principal, he was an assistant principal at Molina High School.

Athletics

The school competes in UIL district 11-5A with 5 other DISD schools and 2 schools in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. The BA Cougars compete in the following sports: *

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* Cross Country *

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* Swimming and Diving *

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State Championship

The school's lone team to win a

state championship was the 1967 golf team.

Notable alumni

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. Class of 1963. *

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," a duet with T. G. Sheppard that topped the country chart in February 1983. Class of 1972. *

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, Texas State Senator. Class of 1974. * Neil Cohen, professional soccer player. Class of 1973. * Lincoln Coleman, former NFL running back for the

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. Class of 1987. * Jim Dauterive, executive producer of ''

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'', executive producer and writer for '' King of the Hill''; namesake of ''KotH'' character

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. Class of 1975. * Doug English, former All-Pro NFL defensive tackle for the

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. Class of 1971. * A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Judge, Class of 1961. * Ken Jolly, former NFL linebacker for the

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. Class of 1980. *

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, power forward in the

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. Class of 1996. *

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, Host of long-running television series '' Texas Country Reporter''. Class of 1969. * Susan Yoachum, 1969

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References

External links

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Bryan Adams High School Alumni Association

Dallas ISD listing for Bryan Adams High School

School profile
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