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Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School

high school in Texas, United States

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Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ24040113 ↗
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Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School (LECHS), formerly Middle College High School, is a public high school located at El Centro College in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is a part of the Dallas Independent School District.

It was established in 1988, and it was later renamed after Wright L. Lassiter Jr., who was the president of El Centro College when LECHS was first established.

In 2014 it won the National Blue Ribbon Award.

In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

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The public source identifies “Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School” as high school in Texas, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wright, Lassiter and Early.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2014, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Wright, Lassiter and Early providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.