pupils, with the historically black Booker T. Washington High School. The combined thousand students will attend the Washington campus, with Fair Park becoming a middle school. In standing room only, citizens aired their views to board members on the feasibility of the merger. The board majority claims the merger would save public funds through the combining of resources. Athletics Championships LHSAA Football championships (1) State Championship: 1952 Coaches Homer Prendergast, twenty-three years as head football coach and had a 154–78–13 (.655) record. A. L. Williams, head football coach Notable alumni Tim Brando (Class of 1974) CBS Sports announcer Roy L. Brun (Class of 1971), state district court judge and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives C.L. Bryant (Class of 1974), African-American Baptist minister and radio talk show host on KEEL; a Shreveport native Cecil K. Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1972 to 1976 Morris Claiborne (Class of 2009) Dallas Cowboys cornerback Hollis Conway (Class of 1985) Olympian High Jumper Olympics 1988 Silver, 1992 Bronze Wendell Davis (Class of 1984), Louisiana State University athletics 1984-1987; consensus and SEC All American 1987, Chicago Bears 1988-1993 and Indianapolis Colts 1995 football wide receiver Rick Edmonds (Class of 1974), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish Lee Hedges, American football coach Robert Rochell (Class of 2016) Los Angeles Rams cornerback Pat Tilley (Class of 1971), St. Louis Cardinals football player, 1975-1986; leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Tome H. Walters Jr. (Class of 1965), Lieutenant General, United States Air Force, 1970-2004 A. L. Williams (Class of 1953), Fair Park and Woodlawn high school football coach; Northwestern State University and Louisiana Tech football coach Faron Young (Class of 1951, 1932-1996), American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Caddo Parish, Louisiana References External links Caddo Parish public schools list Public high schools in Louisiana Educational institutions established in 1928 Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area Schools in Caddo Parish, Louisiana High schools in Shreveport, Louisiana Magnet schools in Louisiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Neoclassical architecture in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Caddo Parish, Louisiana 1928 establishments in Louisiana