4 May 2004
DALLAS—Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Moses on Tuesday announced that George Bannerman Dealey Montessori School Principal Vivian Taylor has been named principal of the district's all-girls school slated to open in August.
The superintendent also announced that Janie Vega of Carrollton has been named as the principal of Dealey, replacing Taylor. "We are excited at the prospect of the all-girls school in the Dallas Independent School District, and excited about the leadership that Vivian Taylor will lend to this new endeavor," Moses said. "Ms. Taylor has a record of inspiration, teamwork and results which are all characteristics that will be called upon to make our new girls school a success."
Taylor, who has worked for DISD since 1980, has served as an early childhood teacher, ESL teacher, assistant principal and principal. She earned a BA in education from the University of North Texas in 1980 and a masters in education from UNT in 1996. Under her leadership, Dealey received national recognition as a U. S. Department of Education Secondary Blue Ribbon award winning school in 2001-02.
Vega, who presently serves as the superintendent of Honors Academy Public Charter School in Dallas, has more than two decades of experience in the education arena. Her experiences include being a counselor, assistant principal and principal in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, and counselor at North Dallas, Thomas Jefferson and Samuel high schools in DISD. She also has taught in San Benito ISD, Port Isabel ISD, and San Juan-Alamo ISD.
"We are honored to have Janie Vega returning to DISD at the helm of one of our flagship schools," Moses said. "She brings a wealth of experience and leadership to our district, and we are excited about the opportunities boys and girls under her care shall receive while she serves as principal at Dealey."
In September of 2003, DISD's nine-member Board of Trustees approved a plan to convert the Stephen J. Hay administrative building into the district's first all-girls school. The school, scheduled to open in August of 2004, will begin with grades seven and eight for the 2004-05 school year. Each year thereafter, a new grade will be added until the school becomes grades seven through 12.