4 Dec 2002
Moses Says Montenegro's Leadership Will Be Missed In Dallas
DALLAS—Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Moses on Wednesday congratulated Hector Montenegro, who serves as deputy superintendent for Instructional Services, for being selected as the finalist in El Paso's Ysleta School District's search for a new superintendent.
Montenegro, 51, received a 7-0 vote from the Ysleta school trustees during their Tuesday board meeting. The board cannot officially name him superintendent until Dec. 24 and is expected to do so after the holidays.
Moses said he appreciated the leadership and work Montenegro has done in the year and a half he has been with DISD, and said he will be missed, while also saying Ysleta will be getting a good person who is dedicated to making education better for all schoolchildren.
"Hector has been a leader in DISD while he has served in our district. His leadership and excitement for improving the curriculum and instruction in the district has been exceptional," Moses said. "The Ysleta School District will surely benefit from his experience and skills as a superintendent. We are honored that another official from DISD has been selected to serve as a superintendent in a Texas school district."
"I am very grateful and appreciative to Dr. Moses for giving me the opportunity to come to Dallas," Montenegro said. "It has been a wonderful opportunity and I have been impressed by the commitment and talent of the faculty and staff of DISD. This has been a very difficult decision because my family and I have been very happy in Dallas and the community has been very supportive."
In May of 2002, former area superintendent Oscar Rodriguez was named superintendent of the United Independent School District in Laredo.
Montenegro, who has served in DISD since July of 2001, has been enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin, doctoral fellow, cooperative superintendency program. He attended Georgetown University from 1979-82, received a master's in mathematics education from Stanford University in 1977, and received his bachelor's in mathematics from California State Polytechnic University in 1975.