Highland Park High School

Two Robbers Tied Up a 76-Year-Old at His Lakewood Home, Stole His TV and Class Ring

The man who knocked on David Goldman's door at 9:30 last night didn't look like trouble. He was fairly young, in his mid-20s, "dressed neat, clean-shaven and (with) a good haircut," the 76-year-old later told police, and he asked the price on the 1996 Mercedes for sale in the driveway. Two grand? Th ... More >>

In Brief Answer, Family of Ryan Romo's Accuser Denies Defamation, Other Charges

Back in March, after a grand jury declined to indict him on charges of rape, former Highland Park High School student Ryan Romo sued his accuser and her family. The complaint alleged five separate counts of misconduct, leveled at different family members. Among them: malicious prosecution, negligenc ... More >>

Amanda Thatcher, Highland Park Grad and the Late Prime Minister's Granddaughter, is the Darling of the British Press

In the wake of Margaret Thatcher's death last week, the Morning News took the opportunity to plumb its archives to remind us of the British prime minister's surprisingly strong ties to Dallas. She was something of a regular here, making frequent trips to Highland Park to visit her son Mark and her t ... More >>

Depsite Bomb Threats, Park Cities Schools Reject Metal Detectors as Too "Urban"

Despite Bomb Threats, Metal Detectors are too Urban for Highland Park High

I have a column coming out in next week's paper about the bomb and gun threats at Highland Park High School. It was inspired by (ripped off from) a story in The Huffington Post last week by Park Cities freelance writer Pamela Kripke, who is also the mother of a HPHS student. It's a pretty amazing p ... More >>

Former Highland Park Student Ryan Romo is Suing the Girl Who Accused Him of Rape [Updated]

Back in January, a grand jury declined to indict 19-year-old Ryan Romo, the former Highland Park High School student accused of rape by a younger classmate. The girl alleged that Romo raped her in the back seat of his car following an October Ghostland Observatory concert at the Palladium Ballroom. ... More >>

Highland Park High School is on Lockdown after Box of Bullet Shells Discovered in Bathroom

Yesterday morning, Highland Park High School was evacuated after school officials found a threatening note in a boys' bathroom. It was the same boys' bathroom where three similar notes had been found the month before. In all four cases, a search of the school revealed nothing. The danger became a b ... More >>

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Highland Park Student After Rape Accusation

A Dallas County grand jury has declined to indict a prominent Highland Park High School student who was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl after a concert last fall. Ryan Romo, 18, was arrested in October, accused of raping a younger female acquaintance in the back of his Chevy Tahoe after a Ghos ... More >>

A Highland Park Student is Charged with Rape, and Culture Map Kicks Off the Victim Blaming

On Tuesday, Ryan Adam Romo, an 18-year-old Highland Park High School senior and star baseball player, was charged with sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony. Romo is accused of raping a HPHS classmate after a Ghostland Observatory concert at the Palladium Ballroom Saturday night. Given ... More >>

U.S. News and World Report: DISD Has Two of Top Three High Schools in the Country

Two Dallas high schools -- the School for the Talented and Gifted and the School of Science and Engineering Magnet -- didn't just survive the multi-stage culling process U.S. News and World Report used to arrive at a list of the country's 97 cream-of-the-crop schools. They snagged two of the top thr ... More >>

No Matter How You Add It Up, Dallas ISD's Magnets Still Top Best High Schools Lists

Again, the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center houses some of the best individual high schools in the U.S.​Exactly one month ago we got a look at longtime Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews' list of the best public high schools in the country -- the same list that used to run in Ne ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.4.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *So, what's harder to predict: Weather or sports? Coulda sworn Ron Jackson, Pete Delkus and the boys said there was a 30-percent chance of 1-2 inches of snow on Friday. But I drove home l ... More >>

Dallas ISD's Board of Trustees Set to Receive Glowing Update on Teach for America in Dallas

Teach for America founder (and HPHS's own) Wendy Kopp​Four months back, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger directed our attention to a a study by UT-Austin Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Planning Julian Vasquez Heilig that questioned whether Highland Park High S ... More >>

Prediction: Dallas Cowboys Will End The NFL Season In Their Own Backyard (With A Little Luck And A Lot Of Health).

DISD Trustee Carla Ranger Directs Our Attention to a New Study Critical of Teach for America

Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp​In May 2009, Highland Park High School grad Wendy Kopp's Teach for America -- which gives recent college grads a five-week crash course in teaching before dropping them in low-income urban and rural schools -- sent close to 100 rookies to Dallas. DISD Superinte ... More >>

Go, Longhorns! (W.T. White Longhorns, That Is.)

Angie Harmon Gets Nude and ... Nope, That Just About Covers It

Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dread

When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

Dallas' Top-Ranked High Schools Not as High on U.S. News' New List

He, Robot

Forever Young

Thank God, Now We Can Watch the Tonys!

Park City Thrifty

HPHS throws a garage sale for charity

No Homecoming for Hinckley. Aw, Dang.

That's One Halo a Book

Prince Peruna

Knocked off his high horse, Matt Doherty tries to whip SMU back into the race

The Former Mayor Pro Tem Would Be Delighted to Sell You a New (Or Very Old) House

Feel My Rage

Doug Wright channeled his anger from growing up gay in the Park Cities into bizarre and brilliant plays

Does Every Former NFL Player Wind Up in Real Estate?

Not MADI Anymore

Follywood

A B-actress, computer mayhem and families feudin'! Making a movie with your rich friends is just courting disaster.

Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes

MADI...But Hurt, Really

Lights, Camera, Play!

They're not exactly Pixar, but a crew of Highland Park teens find fame--not fortune--making machinima movies on the Xbox

Bubble-icious

Plus: A Better Jukebox

Rich Kids Behaving Badly

Nerdy, bitter and shod in fake Uggs, Andrea Grimes investigates the legend of the Park Cities Party

Mat Finish

The Wrestling Season takes a strong hold on tough teen issues; Den of Thieves steals time

"Nice Kid, But..."

To get into the right college, sometimes you have to be better than perfect

Funny Boy

Life is coming up cow patties for kid comedian Corbin Corona

Letters

Unnatural Selection, Bubbleheads for Bush

School's Out

When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low

Cyber bore

The DotComGuy gets loads of publicity just like this for being a zero

Bench press

A pack of well-heeled lawyers calls for the head of mercurial Dallas Judge John Marshall

Buzz

Ghost chasing

Doak Walker's children remember a father, not a legend

Losing by Decision

The good ol' boys are winning their fight to keep Courtney Barnett and other girls out of high school wrestling

Buzz

I thought it would be fun to run a magazine

Ray Washburne's Texas Business is a case study in how not to run a business