Fidelity Manor High School is the only African-American High School to have ever existed in the Independent School District of Galena Park, Texas. Officially opened in January 1955 under the direction of Principal Arthur C. Lilly, in 1970 the school district integrated the school's pupils into Galena Park High School and closed both the Fidelity elementary and high schools.
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