high schools to win a state football title (Sunset, in 1950 with the now-discontinued "City" championship, is the other).Carter High School was forced to forfeit its 1988 Class AAAAA title. It was relieved by the 1925 opening of Sunset High School. Adamson High School was one of six high schools in Dallas in the 1930s and 1940s; the only other high school in Oak Cliff was Sunset High School, which was located about 19 blocks from Adamson High. The location of Adamson High School is just four blocks from the Texas Theater where Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was captured. During the Cold War, Adamson also became a fallout shelter. In the new building, a secret compartment room was added in the art room underground. Around 2009 DISD planned to raze Adamson. Some Adamson alumni created a movement to have Adamson declared a Dallas landmark so that the district will be unable to raze the existing campus. DISD acquired other property so it can build the new Adamson. The new Adamson was built on the site of the Oak Cliff Christian Church, which DISD had demolished after preservationists had not found a buyer for the facility. Houses and apartments were also acquired and demolished for the new facility. On June 8, 2011, the old W. H. Adamson High School building was granted historical status by the Dallas City Council. Additionally in June 2011 the school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today there are two buildings. The new building is in use while, as of 2014, the old building is no longer occupied. Athletics The W.H. Adamson Leopards compete in the following sports: Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Soccer Softball Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling Facilities The current, main building has of area. The auditorium of the main building has 580 seats. It has ROTC facilities, including a gun range; a coffee-shop operated by students; child development facilities; and facilities for disabled students. In 2015 some alumni argued that the old building should be more heavily utilized. There is also a separate automotive technology building. Demographics Adamson had almost 1,240 students, with about 80% being from low income families and 94% being Hispanic and Latino. As of that year many of the students learned English as a second language, and the largest group of students who