Talk:Miami Jackson Senior High School

The article states: "After World War II, the sixth through eighth grades were dropped, making Jackson High School a senior high school, as it remains today." Actually, Jackson continued to include the eighth grade at least through 1964, which is when I graduated. Bgreenfl (talk) 04:02, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments on the history of the school
I remember hearing that part of the Jackson school had burned, displacing the elementary school from the Jackson campus. I think, maybe, that it was the Jr. High that burned, and its classes moved into the elementary's buildings while the elementary school was moved to an all portable school on the northwest corner of NW 46th St. and 14th Ave. I was too young to remember those events, except that I do remember the portable school at 46th and 14th. In the fall of 1949 the new Allapattah Elementrary opened on NW 12th Ave between 46th and 48th Streets. This was on land that had been part of the Railroad Shops Annex subdivision, a black neighborhood that was cleared out as urban renewal. The rest of the neighborhood became Manor Park, now Charles Hadley Park. Allapattah Elementary was 1-7 grades, with Allapattah pulling in students from other elementaries for 7th grade, who then went to Jackson Jr. HS (on the same campus as the Sr. HS) for 8th grade. This was the case from 1949 until at least 1955. (I attended Allapattah from 1949 [starting 1st grade] until the fall of 1955 [after starting 7th grade], when we moved away.) Unfortunately, I am not aware of any sources for this, other than a few bits and pieces about the Railroad Shops Annex clearance. - Donald Albury 20:51, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

National chess champions
Critical Thinking, a feature film about Miami Jackson's history-making chess team, was just released. It's about their 1998 victory at the U.S. national chess team championships, when they became the first inner-city team to win the title. I also found this 2002 Orlando Sentinel article about their fifth win. I don't know what they've achieved since, or if the team's still active—but in any case, doesn't this seem important enough to include here? I'd prefer someone more familiar with the chess world do it, with more complete details than I'd be able to provide. – AndyFielding (talk)

I got it started, although many will debate if was is a sport. The Olympic committee has recognized it as a sport since 2000. Cglenn3932 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:06, 11 October 2020 (UTC)