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Joe Pool Lake

1989 establishments in TexasBodies of water of Dallas County, TexasBodies of water of Ellis County, TexasBodies of water of Tarrant County, TexasProtected areas of Dallas County, Texas
Protected areas of Ellis County, TexasProtected areas of Tarrant County, TexasReservoirs in Texas
Cedar Hill State Park November 2020 03 (Joe Pool Lake)
Cedar Hill State Park November 2020 03 (Joe Pool Lake)

Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment (reservoir) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant, Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures 7,740 acres (31.3 km2) with a conservation storage capacity of 176,900 acre-feet (218,200,000 m3). With a maximum depth of 75 feet (23 m) the lake drains an area of 232 square miles (601 km2). Joe Pool Lake was named after Joe R. Pool, a Congressman-At-Large from the Oak Cliff area of Dallas who represented this area as well as the rest of the state of Texas from 1963 until his death in 1968. Pool was highly influential in the passage of legislation and funding of the lake. The project to build Joe Pool Lake initiated by a promise made in 1960[1] by Kennedy-Johnson Natural Resources Advisory Committee member Joe Pool[2] and was carried out, after Pool's death in 1968, by a citizens committee called the Lakeview (Joe Pool) Planning Council. Pool's project was approved by Congress in 1965 and was known as Lakeview Reservoir until 1982 when president Ronald W. Reagan signed a bill to rename the lake to Joe Pool Lake. Actual construction began in 1977, bridge work was finished in 1981, with lake completion in December 1985. Impoundment of water began in January 1986 and the lake was filled by June 1989. After 60 years, through the sheer determination of Joe Pool, his congressional friends and the many members of the Lakeview (Joe Pool) Planning Council, Pool's promise of flood control for the Mountain/Walnut Creek watershed was made good to the affected property owners. "On May 24, 1986 with the lake approximately half full and still several years away from being open to the public, a ceremony was held to dedicate the new Joe Pool Lake. 1,500 people attended including U.S. Democratic Majority Leader Jim Wright, who among others, had helped keep the project alive through the years. There was food, music, cannons, and speeches. Joe Pool would have been proud to be there."

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Cedar Hill Collegiate High School

Cedar Hill Collegiate High School (also known as CHCHS) is an early college high school that gives students the opportunity to finish high school while receiving an associates degree (60 college credits). Collegiate opened in 2008 and graduated its first class of seniors in 2012. The campus has an "A" rating from the TEA in 2018-2019. () The high school, a part of the Cedar Hill Independent School District, is a district charter school that allows students to enroll not only from Cedar Hill, but from the surrounding cities including DeSoto, Lancaster, Mansfield, Grand Prairie, and Duncanville. According to the TEA, the school has at least 99% of the student body passing each section of the STAAR test. Cedar Hill Collegiate High School has been ranked the 10th best early college high school and the 131st best high school in the nation, earning a bronze medal from the U.S News and World Ranking in 2014 and 2015. The admission process typically involves filling out an application form and being interviewed by the principal and teachers; however, the interview was not mandatory for students applying in for enrollment in the 2016-2017 school year. Confirmation is still needed for students enrolling in the following years. Upon the notification of acceptance, incoming freshmen students are expected to attend a summer bridge program at the campus. The school only allows a maximum of 100 students per each grade level, though the student can choose to drop out of the program. Once the student drops out, there is no re-entering. Collegiate High serves ninth through 12th grade scholars. Currently, Mr. Heath Koenig serves as the school Chancellor. The school now offers middle school for grades 6th, 7th, and 8th. In the 2017-2018 school year, the middle school was recognized for Seven Distinctions throughout the State of Texas.