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  1. In 2020, two Tacoma Public Schools principals proposed renaming Woodrow Wilson High School and other schools in response to public outcry due to their association with controversial historic figures. Woodrow Wilson, the school's namesake, was a segregationist who had sympathized with the Ku Klux Klan and held pro-Confederacy views.

  2. About Us. Woodrow Wilson High School became Dr. Dolores Silas High School officially on July 1, 2021, after the Tacoma School Board of Directors voted unanimously to rename the 61-year-old school. Silas High School was built in 1958 and opened a new addition in September 2006, which contains state-of-the-art classrooms and science labs, the ...

  3. Silas High School, Tacoma, Washington: Renamed in 2021. Woodrow Wilson High School (Middletown, Connecticut): Closed in 1958. Woodrow Wilson High School (San Francisco): Closed in 1996. Woodrow Wilson High School (Youngstown, Ohio): Closed in 2007.

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  5. May 1, 2021 · Tacoma’s Woodrow Wilson High School will be undergoing a name change on July 1, 2021 to honor 94-year-old Tacoma trailblazer Dr. Dolores Silas. Dr. Silas was the first Black woman to serve as a Tacoma Public Schools administrator when she became principal of DeLong Elementary in the 1970s. She led the Tacoma NAACP, was the...

  6. Feb 13, 2024 · Open date: September 2016 (for academic building); gym and pool reopened in early 2017; music building, track and field completed in summer 2017. Architect: NAC Architecture. Contractor: Absher Construction. The Silas update is funded by the $500 million school construction bond voters passed in 2013. Silas High School - Tacoma Public Schools ...

  7. Feb 20, 2021 · Allison Needles. 253-597-8507. Allison Needles covers city and education news for The News Tribune in Tacoma. She was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma ...

  8. Feb 12, 2021 · Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma will be renamed Dr. Dolores Silas High School. The Tacoma Public Schools Board of Director approved the name change for the school at a meeting Feb. 11. The ...

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