Lynching memorial, lesson for Dallas, Hamilton tickets: Your Friday evening roundup

December 14,  2018 By Todd Davis Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. In this photo taken March 3, 1910, a mob of 10,000, many of them children, stand shoulder to shoulder around Allen Brooks, a black man lynched from a telephone pole at Akard and Main streets downtown. (Dallas Public Library digital file) Dallas [Dallas' lynching memorial should not be overshadowed by Confederate monument]( Columnist Robert Wilonsky writes: Tuesday afternoon, in the library at the Hall of State in Fair Park, a small group will continue the work of the Confederate monuments task force convened by the mayor more than one year ago. Next week's work will have nothing to do with the 1897 Confederate War Memorial that sits next to Dallas City Hall. And yet it will have everything to do with the Confederate War Memorial. There are but three items on the group's to-do list: find a way to add "full historical context" to the Confederate art and symbols at Fair Park; commemorate the existence of the Hall of Negro Life, destroyed after the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936; and come up with "a proper memorial of the lynching of Allen Brooks" at the intersection of Akard and Main streets on March 3, 1910. No doubt there will be much discussion in the coming months about adding art to art; and if only there were the money and the will to rebuild the dismantled Hall and return home the glorious Aaron Douglas murals, only two of which survived. But to the question of how to properly remember a black man snatched from the downtown courthouse before his trial by a "maddened crowd," then hanged from a telephone pole beneath a ceremonial arch in front of 10,000 people, there is one possible answer. Dallas is growing: Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in people relocations, [so how many new residents is that each day](? advertisement [ business [What can Dallas learn from Austin’s big win with Apple?]( Business columnist Mitchell Schnurman writes: When Dallas fell short in the competition for Amazon’s second headquarters, there was a good explanation: The region simply didn’t have enough tech workers for HQ2, at least not enough to match New York and Washington, where Amazon landed. So what to make of Apple’s decision to pick Austin for a major expansion and all the jobs and prestige that come along with it? Start with this: Like New York and Washington, Austin has some things that Dallas doesn’t, including a much higher share of college-educated millennials and a higher share of tech workers. And don't forget the much-touted quality of life in Texas' capital city. Meanwhile: [Richardson's Telecom Corridor]( landed some of North Texas' biggest office deals in 2018. Also: [Mansfield wants its own shopping district](, and the Shops at Broad is taking shape. high schools [Why districts choose to expand rather than follow Allen’s mega-school lead]( Most coaches, administrators, parents and fans from other schools would leap at the chance to mimic Allen’s successes. But the cost of doing so, for many communities, is too great. Given an opportunity to grow their own mega high schools, nearly all of the fast-growing school districts in Dallas/Fort Worth area have opted against that route, balking at the concept of a 5,000- or 6,000-student high school. Over the past dozen years, Frisco, McKinney, Keller, Northwest, Wylie and Midlothian ISDs have kept their growth in check by opening new high schools. Once-tiny Prosper will open its second high school in 2020, after blossoming into one of the state’s largest schools in short order. “Every community has to make the decision about what they’ll do and how they’ll do it,” said former Frisco ISD superintendent Rick Reedy. “There’s no easy answer to it. I think what we did was right for Frisco, and that’s been borne out over time.” Part 1: [Is the one-school town that Allen embraces the best option for the community?]( Part 2: [Allen is where the best in the state aspire to play. But the football transfers are coming at a cost.]( Also: [30 years ago, Frisco ISD had to make a choice when confronted with the ills of suburbia]( Allen vs. Duncanville: [The state semifinal at AT&T Stadium is anything but a normal game](, but you wouldn't know that after talking to both sides. Game preview: A huge crowd is expected for Saturday's 4 p.m. showdown. [That shouldn't faze Allen](. Denton Ryan vs. Highland Park preview: [Will explosive offense or stout defense prevail]( in third straight state semifinal meeting? advertisement [ (Nathan Hunsinger / Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith shows Brianna Dix from D210 Sports what she looks line in his line of Clear Eye View collection at the Frisco Lincoln Experience Center in The Star in Frisco, Texas on Friday. Smith and the Cowboys hope will see an NFC East title in their future if they can knock off [the Colts in Indianapolis on Sunday](. EDITORS' PICKS - School threat: [A Cedar Hill High student is in custody]( after school shooting threats pop up on Instagram. - Did you expect snow this week? [3 reasons why Dallas-Fort Worth]( didn’t get any. - Scratch that: [Why the Texas Lottery’s Willy Wonka game]( and its promised $1 billion prize was a sham. - All's not well with oil wells: With special gear and righteous anger, [activists document emissions in the Permian oil fields](. - Courts: [Criminal case grows against Arlington mental hospital]( accused of holding patients against their will. Finally... [Dallas fans get their shot at 'Hamilton' tickets, and some worked hard for it]( Hamilton fans all over North Texas viewed electronic screens anxiously Friday morning, waiting for their opportunity to buy tickets for the Dallas run of the blockbuster musical. Producers of Hamilton would not release information about how many tickets were available or had been sold. But fans were waiting for the gates to open at Fair Park at 6 a.m., then went to the Music Hall, which opened at 8 a.m., to wait for the box office to open, video from KXAS-TV (NBC5) showed. Tickets went on sale there and online at 10 a.m. By Friday afternoon, the Ticketmaster website showed that some, but by no means all, of the performances were close to selling out. Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America are presenting the show April 2-May 5 at the Music Hall at Fair Park. 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? 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