Dallas Skyline High School

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Skyline High School is a secondary school in the Buckner Terrace area of Dallas, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a part of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). In 1971 Nolan Estes, the DISD superintendent, referred to it as a "magnet school" upon its introduction; Jim Schutze of the Dallas Observer wrote that "According to Skyline lore, it is the oldest and biggest magnet school in the nation."Skyline serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District.HistoryIn the mid-1960s, B. J. Stamps, Bragg Stockton,and other Dallas educators conceived the idea of a very large high school for the Dallas Independent School District that would offer career education in addition to a traditional high-school curriculum. Stamps emphasized continually that the facility he envisioned was "absolutely not going to be a vocational school for unsuccessful students" but rather a place where superior students could undertake studies in preparation for a variety of professions. In December 1966, architectural plans for the school, whose working name was "Science-Technical Center," were approved by the Dallas School Board. By 1969, Stamps, who had been slated as the school's first principal, suggested the name "Skyline High School," inspired by the view of the Downtown Dallas skyline afforded from the school's upper floors, and in February 1970 the Skyline name was approved by the School Board.

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Dallas Skyline High School is Dallas based place and this enity listed in School category.