Paseo Academy Explained

Paseo Academy
Established:1926
Type:Public
Principal:Keyona Powell
Head Name:Second Master
Head Name2:Assistant Headmaster
Ratio:13.18
Teaching Staff:35.06 (FTE)
Enrollment:462 (2017-18)[1]
Grades:7–12
Streetaddress:4747 Flora Avenue
City:Kansas City
State:Missouri 64110
Country:USA
District:KCPS
Mascot:Pirate
Free Label:Emblem
Website:kcpublicschools.org/paseo

Paseo Academy, also referred to as Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts and sometimes Paseo High School, is a magnet performing arts high school located at 4747 Flora Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City Public Schools.

Background

Paseo Academy is named for Paseo Boulevard, a main street in Kansas City, which is one block west of the school. The school sits on top of a hill with the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts behind it. The old Paseo High School building, designed by Charles A. Smith in 1924 and completed on September 9, 1926, was demolished on November 28, 1990. It was not a performing arts school until the current building was built.

Paseo Academy was formerly Paseo High School, which served the Blue Hills neighborhood.

During the 1960s, Paseo High School experienced rapid "white flight" and had a predominantly African American student body in the 1970s.

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE HIGH. National Center for Education Statistics. March 26, 2020.
  2. Web site: Bio - Nick Schnebelen. Nickschnebelenkc.com. 18 March 2019.