21 Jun 2005
Ceremony to Honor Dallas Businessman, Community Leader
DALLAS—Dallas Independent School District officials will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Jerry R. Junkins Elementary School at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 23, at 2808 Running Duke Drive,
Carrollton.
Students, principals and community members will be present to pay tribute to Junkins, a former CEO of Texas Instruments, visionary businessman and humanitarian who helped spearhead the introduction of Head Start programs in the DISD. Kim Quirk, director of Public Affairs for TI is scheduled to attend.
The new facility will become a relief school for Nathan Adams, Anne Frank and John J. Pershing elementary school students.