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Ballou High School
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington, D.C., United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Ballou High School was founded in the early 1960s to serve residents in the Southeast part of Washington, DC to include Congress Heights, Washington Highlands, and Bellevue. The school was named for Frank Washington Ballou, the D.C. public schools superintendent from 1920 to 1943.
In 1998, author Ron Suskind published the book "A Hope in the Unseen" about a Ballou High School student named Cedric Jennings. The book was based on a series of Pulitzer-prize winning articles written in The Wall Street Journal by Suskind. The story follows Jennings's efforts to attend an Ivy League university despite his troubled upbringing.
In 2003, mercury spread throughout the school, causing its closure for several weeks and the redirection of students and staff to nearby educational facilities.
On February 2, 2004, 19-year-old Thomas J. Boykin fatally shot 17-year-old James Richardson. Boykin was later acquitted on the charge of murder.
NBC4 News reported another shooting on August 26, 2008, of a 16-year-old just off the campus grounds resulting in a lock-down of the campus.
In 2008, director Michael Patrei, released a documentary Ballou about the Ballou High School Marching Band that aired on BET. during Fall 2009.
From August 2016 to May 2017 about 25% of the staff left the school; this occurred as almost 200 DCPS teachers left their jobs.
Ballou High School
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington, D.C., United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Ballou High School was founded in the early 1960s to serve residents in the Southeast part of Washington, DC to include Congress Heights, Washington Highlands, and Bellevue. The school was named for Frank Washington Ballou, the D.C. public schools superintendent from 1920 to 1943.
In 1998, author Ron Suskind published the book "A Hope in the Unseen" about a Ballou High School student named Cedric Jennings. The book was based on a series of Pulitzer-prize winning articles written in The Wall Street Journal by Suskind. The story follows Jennings's efforts to attend an Ivy League university despite his troubled upbringing.
In 2003, mercury spread throughout the school, causing its closure for several weeks and the redirection of students and staff to nearby educational facilities.
On February 2, 2004, 19-year-old Thomas J. Boykin fatally shot 17-year-old James Richardson. Boykin was later acquitted on the charge of murder.
NBC4 News reported another shooting on August 26, 2008, of a 16-year-old just off the campus grounds resulting in a lock-down of the campus.
In 2008, director Michael Patrei, released a documentary Ballou about the Ballou High School Marching Band that aired on BET. during Fall 2009.
From August 2016 to May 2017 about 25% of the staff left the school; this occurred as almost 200 DCPS teachers left their jobs.