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. It is a technology magnet school established in 2011 in the former A. Maceo Smith High School; it now occupies the former B. F. Darrell Elementary School. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the

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. The school in its initial campus was named for Antonio Maceo Smith (1903–1977), a pioneer civil rights leader in Dallas.

History

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''. Wednesday September 7, 2011. Retrieved on September 15, 2011. In 2011 the district converted A. Maceo Smith into a technology magnet, A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School. 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. A part of the

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, the conversion was funded by a $2 million bond. Sarah Zumwalt Middle School temporarily shared the Smith building with New Tech while the permanent Zumwalt campus was being fixed. In 2018 A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School's name changed to New Tech High School at B.F. Darrell as the school swapped buildings with

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, with the latter now at A. Maceo Smith, so New Tech now occupies the former B. F. Darrell Elementary Building.

New Tech in the news

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References

External links

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