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Dr. Phillips High School
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- Address, Directions, & Map:
- 6500 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
- Telephone Numbers:
- 407-355-3200
- 407-370-7232 (fax)
- Official Website:[1]
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- History & Memorable Moments
Dr. Phillips High School opened in fall of 1987 and was built for approximately 2,500 students. The booming Doctor Phillips, Florida area of Southwest Orange County, Florida quickly made it one of the largest high schools in Florida. Enrollment peaked in the 2000-2001 school year at over 4,200 before neighboring Olympia High School opened in the fall of 2001. The campus is situated on 80 acres just inside the boundary of the Orlando city limits. However, most of the area zoned for DPHS is unincorporated Orange County. The school's first Principal, Bill Spoone, went on to be elected to the Orange County School Board. The football stadium is named after him. The school's gymnasium is named after its second Principal, Dr. Larry Payne, and is nicknamed "The House of Payne." The press box at Bill Spoone Stadium is dedicated to Mike Murray, "The Voice of the Panthers" since the school opened its doors in 1987. A full-time employee of a large aerospace contractor and not formally employed by the school, Murray was elected to their Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. [1]
The school's baseball facility is John Barbati Field. In 1992 the Baseball facilities were completely renovated with a state of the art press box, team office and facilities. The new facilities were designed and constructed by William P. Riegert, the CEO of Cox Associates, Architects and donated to the OC School Board in a dedication ceremony on February 22, 1992. Accepting for the OC School Board were Assistant Superintendent Dave Wofford, Assistant Superintendent Dave Sojourner, Superintendent Don Shaw, Bill Spoone and Bill Thompson. Today the Press Box and Field is dedicated to Scott Muhlhann, a baseball player and 1992 school valedictorian, who died of cancer in 1998. The school opened with enrollment above capacity and began using portable classrooms on the North Campus, formerly known as the 9th Grade Center. Due to overflow from main campus, many non-freshman classes were moved into additional portable classrooms at the 9th Grade Center. Because the students attending classes at the 9th Grade Center were of mixed grade-level, the name was changed to North Campus with the main campus being changed to South Campus. Portable classrooms are still used on the North Campus and are primarily for freshman-level classes. As of the 2005-2006 school year, the racial makeup of the school was 42% White, 29% African American, 22% Hispanic, 6% Asian and 1% from other races. [1]
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