Editor’s note: This column originally ran in January of 2020 and was updated with Robert Saleh’s hiring as head coach of the New York Jets.
Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan stands tall and handsome, made of granite and sandstone, with a soaring tower that during World War II served as a lookout for enemy aircraft that might attack nearby factories.
For nearly a century it has served as a beacon while educating the kids of the tightly packed neighborhoods that surround it in this suburb on Detroit’s west border.
Fordson is no typical American high school, although it would like to be considered that.