Seagoville High School
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Seagoville High School is a public secondary school
Secondary school
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 located in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
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, Texas
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, United States
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, northwest of the city of Seagoville
Seagoville, Texas
Seagoville is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas. A small portion of Seagoville extends into Kaufman County. The population was 10,823 as of the 2000 census. The city is located along U.S. Highway 175 and the Southern Pacific Railroad ten miles from Downtown...

. Seagoville High School enrolls students in grades 9
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-12
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 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District
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.

Seagoville High School serves the DISD portion of the city of Seagoville, as well as small parts of Dallas (including Kleberg
Kleberg, Dallas, Texas
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) and the DISD portion of the city of Combine
Combine, Texas
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. The community of Wright Farms, located in Dallas, is zoned to Seagoville High School.

History

In 2008 a series of fights at the school lead the school to declare a lockdown. Afterwards a group of parents expressed fears for the safety of their children to the media.

School uniforms

Starting in the 2005-2006 school year, Seagoville High School requires all students to wear school uniforms.

The Texas Education Agency
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 specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html; parents must specify "bona fide
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" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

In September 2008 the high school made national news after the school required Tabitha Ruiz, a student, to remove a rosary given to her by her mother on the grounds that it was a "gang symbol."

Feeder patterns

As of 2006, Seagoville Middle School is the only middle school that feeds into Seagoville High School.

The only PK-5 elementary school that feeds into Seagoville High School is Kleberg. Seagoville Elementary, which is PK-2, feeds into Central, which is 3-5, which ultimately feeds into Seagoville Middle School.

Notable alumni

  • LaMarcus Aldridge
    LaMarcus Aldridge
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     (2004) — professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers
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    ; former college player for the University of Texas
    University of Texas at Austin
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     and finalist for the John R. Wooden Award
    John R. Wooden Award
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     for best male college basketball
    College basketball
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     player
  • Moises Hernandez (2010) — professional soccer
    Major League Soccer
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     player for FC Dallas
    FC Dallas
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    ;

External links

  • Seagoville High School
  • School profile (PDF
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  • Attendance zone map (PDF
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