R. L. Paschal High School


R. L. Paschal High School is a secondary school in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is part of the Fort Worth Independent School District, and the oldest and largest high school in Fort Worth ISD.
The school is ranked 222nd in Texas and 2,609th in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
These elementary schools feed into Paschal: Alice Carlson, George C. Clarke, Lily B. Clayton, Contreras, Daggett, De Zavala, South Hills, Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Worth Heights. These middle schools feed into Paschal: Daggett Montessori, Daggett, McLean, McLean 6th Grade, Rosemont, and Rosemont 6th Grade.

History

The school is a descendant of the city's first secondary school, Fort Worth High School, which opened in 1882. Fort Worth High School was originally located at 200 Jennings. Robert Lee Paschal, an attorney from North Carolina, became head teacher in 1906. Briefly known as Central High School, it moved to its current location on Forest Park Boulevard in 1955. When Principal Paschal retired in 1935, the school was renamed in his honor as RL Paschal High School.
Its rival is Arlington Heights. In 1963, a prank on Arlington Heights led to 46 arrests. In 1979, a student stole a bulldozer from a county construction site and rammed it into the Arlington Heights field house the day before the annual Heights-Paschal football game, completely leveling it.
In 1985, the school achieved a degree of notoriety when a gang called "Legion of Doom" was active at the school.
In 2006, the school won the Boys golf state championship.

Notable alumni