Longtime Highland Park offensive line coach James Farnsley sometimes stood behind the defensive line to evaluate the blocking. Long before he played in the NFL, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford showcased his throwing skills as a sixth grader playing youth football in Highland Park, Texas. Stafford led seventh- and eighth-grade teams to undefeated seasons before reaching high school. “I said, ‘I want to win a state championship too.’ ” “And he said, ‘I want to win a state championship and play college football,’ and all that.
“I went down to eighth grade, got him out of class and talked to him, and asked him what his goals were,” Allen said. Allen envisioned Stafford one day starting for the varsity and competing for a state title, an achievement that had not been reached since 1957. In Highland Park, one of the most affluent cities in Texas, several elementary schools fed into a middle school that fed into one high school. The friend was Stafford.Īfter playing basketball, the boys moved to the street and began tossing the football. One day, the boy who lived next door was playing basketball with a friend in his front yard. When Allen moved into the Dallas enclave, he said, he heard about a middle school quarterback who could throw a football 70 yards. “They say well, ‘am I going to have my teacher,’ and I say, ‘no, you’re going to have a new teacher.’ (Not having) a smaller group of kids in each class the attention from the teachers.”ĭe Leon tells us Jubilee Academies is doing its best to keep teachers with their current students.Ĭopyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved.Randy Allen was already a successful Texas high school football coach when he arrived at Highland Park High in 1999. “Some of them (students) are already saying, ‘we’re not going to meet each other anymore.’” Rodriguez said. Parents and students still have concerns. The charter school district will offer bus transportation with drop off and pick up at the Highland Park campus through the end of the school year. We asked De Leon about making the changes during the school year, and he said, “If we didn’t rip the Band-Aid off now, there would be more pain later.” Adding that finishing the school year would have left Jubilee with a deficit of $1.5 million.ĭe Leon said students can transfer to Jubilee Highland Hills or Jubilee San Antonio. “When I heard that the school was closing, it was very heart-wrenching,” Regalado said.Īssociate Director of School Development Abel De Leon tells us the campus currently has 210 students, and they needed 300 to keep it operational. “It was very emotional, we couldn’t believe it,” Santillano said.įor Judy Regalado, the school’s closing was difficult. “Everybody got disappointed it was like a last-minute thing,” Rodriguez said.Īdriana Santillano felt a slew of emotions when she heard the news. Parents like Dora Rodriguez shared similar sentiments. By August 31, Jubilee Academies notified parents that Highland Park would close, and students would begin at one of its other campuses by September 18. Their little ones started class at the East Drexel Avenue campus on August 14. Many parents said they’re frustrated with the closure. “You go to starting school and shutting it down and giving us two weeks that’s not good,” Judy Regalado, whose child attends the campus, said. Jubilee Academies Highland Park campus students and staff will start at a new school this month. SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio charter school is closing its doors just weeks into the new school year.
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