Oscar Dean Wyatt High School is a secondary school in
Fort Worth
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. The school is located at 2400 East Seminary Drive. The school is a part of the
Fort Worth Independent School District
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The school serves sections of Fort Worth and the
FWISD portion of
Forest Hill.
History
The school was named after Oscar Dean Wyatt, a longtime principal of R. L. Paschal High School.
When the school opened, the student body chose its mascot, the chaparral, from Fort Worth's American Basketball League team, the Ft Worth Chaparrals.
In 2019 some area residents of
Rosemont, in the portion zoned to Paschal, protested when they found the FWISD planned to rezone them to
South Hills High School.
1976 shooting
In 1976, student
Ronald Allridge of O.D. Wyatt High School shot two fellow students; Lorenzo Kneeland, 15, was fatally shot, while James Christian, also 15, was shot and injured but survived. Ronald was arrested, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison as a juvenile. He was released in 1983. Ronald and his younger brother James later gained infamy for a series of violent holdups and murders in the
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
area; January–March 1985.
Attendance zone
In 2019 a portion of Rosemont was zoned to Wyatt.
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Athletics
O.D. Wyatt Chaparrals compete in the following sports in UIL Class 5A:
*Football
*Basketball (Boys & Girls)
*Track & Field (Boys & Girls)
*Baseball
*Volleyball
*Softball
*Soccer
*Tennis
*Wrestling
*Golf
References
External links
O. D. Wyatt High School
Public high schools in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Independent School District high schools
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