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Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District (WHISD) was a school district in southern Dallas County, Texas serving the cities of Wilmer and Hutchins, a portion of Dallas (the district was last headquartered at 3820 East Illinois Avenue in Dallas 〔(Home Page ) as of April 2, 2007. ''Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District''. Retrieved on August 22, 2009. "Wilmer-Hutchins ISD 3820 East Illinois Avenue Dallas, Texas 75216"〕), and a small portion of Lancaster. The district served urban, suburban, and rural areas.〔"(Welcome )." Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District. June 11, 2004. Retrieved on July 17, 2011. "The WHISD is located in the southern Dallas County and encompasses the incorporated cities of Hutchins, Wilmer, Lancaster, and small sections of Dallas. The district serves about 3,200 students, from urban, suburban and rural areas."〕 Some unincorporated areas with Ferris addresses were served by WHISD. ==History== Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District was established in 1927 as a consolidation of four smaller school districts. Wilmer-Hutchins High School was established in 1928. At the time it had one elementary school for black students that had been built for $2,000. It had one teacher. At one point district officials cleaned the second floor of the black school and converted it into Wilmer-Hutchins Colored High School. Around 1939, Wilmer-Hutchins Colored High School burned down in a fire. After that occurred, children were bused to Dallas ISD schools such as Booker T. Washington High School and Lincoln High School. Black elementary students attended classes at Little Flock Baptist Church until a new elementary school named Morney Elementary School was opened.〔 ((Archive ))〕 In September 1954, more than 100 African-American students and parents went into Linfield Elementary School, then an all-White WHISD school. They were tired of the district's periodic closing of Melissa Pierce School, an all-Black school, so students would pick crops. The district turned the students away.〔Korosec, Thomas. "Last in the Class." ''Dallas Observer''. October 3, 1996. (5 ). Retrieved on April 24, 2009.〕 In 1958, WHISD had 1,746 White students and 577 African-American students. The number of African-American students increased rapidly over the next decade as the United States government established housing policies that concentrated many African-American families in the northern part of the district. The district, still clinging to its policy of segregation, spent millions of dollars building new schools for black students - Bishop Heights Elementary School, Milton K. Curry Junior High School and John F. Kennedy High School were all opened in the early 1960s. The more rural southern portion of the district remained predominantly white - Linfield, Alta Mesa, Wilmer and Hutchins Elementary Schools were reserved for white students, as was Wilmer-Hutchins Junior High and High School. In February 1970, WHISD was forced to implement desegregation busing.〔 The mayor of Hutchins, Don Lucky, formed a group of followers and hijacked Hutchins Elementary School for a period. Two out of three White people in WHISD moved away from the district in the early 1970s.〔 WHISD became predominately economically poor and African-American; WHISD became controlled by African-Americans. In 1996 around 17,800 people lived within the district. U.S. Census figures stated that the area was about 70% African-American and mostly blue collar. One in five people lived in poverty. One in fifteen adults held one or more university degrees. Most residents were homeowners. In 1996 the ''Dallas Observer'' described the district, which had "urban demographics" and a location "a few minutes from downtown Dallas," as having an "incongruous rural feel" with "pig farms sit cheek by jowl with burglar-barred houses in sprawling subdivisions built 25 or 30 years ago" within the Dallas portion of Wilmer-Hutchins ISD.〔Korosec, Thomas. "Last in the Class." ''Dallas Observer''. October 3, 1996. (1 ). Retrieved on April 24, 2009.〕 In 1999, the school district had 3,651 students.〔Benton, Joshua. "(Wilmer-Hutchins district plans to close 3 campuses to cut costs; Schools chief says arts magnet, elementary, learning center to shut )." ''The Dallas Morning News''. December 7, 2004. 1B. Retrieved on September 3, 2011.〕 In April 2003 it had 3,060 students and had gained 35 students from the start of the year.〔"(Progress Report Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District October 2003 )." Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Retrieved on September 3, 2011. "In January 2003, the district opened the A. L. Morney Learning Center, a preschool serving 29 three- and four-year-old students with a capacity to hold 120 students."〕 By 2004 it had about 2,900 students.〔 It was the only Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex school district to have lost population between 1999 and 2004. Many WHISD parents left the district, putting their children in Dallas Independent School District schools or charter schools.〔Benton, Joshua. "(Wilmer-Hutchins board votes to close 3 schools; Police Department also gets ax as district tries to rein in costs )." ''The Dallas Morning News''. December 14, 2004. 1B. 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