Manual High School is located in the Whittier neighborhood on the east side of Denver, Colorado, United States.

We won't go" and "Go T-Bolts" (the school's sports moniker) as they marched for about an hour in sub-freezing temperatures outside DPS headquarters at 9th and Grant.

Leaving his job at the private Graland Country Day School, Stein created a new program for Manual,[7] modeled after high-performing charter schools where students' performance data is scrutinized and students must follow clear guidelines for behavior.

This program was a success for the first three years, and helped Manual to post the third-highest growth in test scores in the city[5] and top the district as its highest performed Title I high school.

However, after three years, Stein left the school in 2010[8] due to frustrations with a disagreeing supervisor[5] and bureaucracy issues, especially regarding autonomy and funding.

Dale was asked to leave Manual High School in 2014, after a dramatic drop in test scores and overspending on the experiential learning program model that was implemented.

Don Roy took his place[5] as the interim principal while a new one was selected through an intensive process informed, in part, by the Thought Partner Group, a committee of Manual alumni, community members, parents, and stakeholders.

With Manual's graduating class of 2011 the school showed renewed preparation for making students college-bound.