syndicated (World Wide Wrestling TV show) www.midatlanticgateway.com Sheri Holman — bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and founding member of The Moth Bill Leverty — guitarist for the American rock band Firehouse Bernard Siegel — founder and Executive Director of the Genetics Policy Institute Tommy Siegel — guitarist and vocalist in pop band Jukebox the Ghost Barty Smith — player for NFL's Green Bay Packers (1974–1981); member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1999 Ellen Spiro — award-winning documentary filmmaker; class of 1982 Constance Wu — actress, Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians. Elliott Yamin — third-place finisher on the fifth season of the TV show American Idol; was a student at Freeman High but never graduated In popular culture James E. Ryan's book Five Miles Away, A World Apart: One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America explores the issue of economic school segregation by comparing Freeman to nearby Thomas Jefferson High School, located in the city of Richmond. Arguing for more freedom in school choice, Ryan cites findings that "high-poverty" schools (like Thomas Jefferson) consistently under-perform "low-poverty" schools (like Freeman) academically, regardless of the financial resources allocated to them. He concludes: "The truth is that separating the poor and politically powerless in their own schools and districts is antithetical to the idea of equal educational opportunity." References External links Douglas S. Freeman High School DSF Alumni Association Freeman, Douglas S. High School Freeman, Douglas S. Educational institutions established in 1954 1954 establishments in Virginia