12 Oct 2006
Arturo Salazar Elementary School Dedication Oct. 19 Celebrates New Campus
DALLAS–Dallas Independent School District officials will be joined by students, teachers and community members Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. to dedicate Arturo Salazar Elementary School, 1120 South Ravinia Drive.
The school, located in North Central Oak Cliff, is named after Dallas ISD educator and principal Dr. Arturo Salazar, who served as executive director of the district's Career and Technology Education Department for many years. Board of Trustees Vice President Jerome Garza and Deputy Superintendent Denise Collier will speak to Salazar's legacy, and the new school's Ballet Folklorico will perform, along with the Molina Jaguar Mariachi.
Other schools scheduled to be dedicated this fall include Emmett J. Conrad High School; Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa, M.D., C.A. Tatum Jr., Frank Guzick, Jimmie Tyler Brashear and Jerry R. Junkins elementary schools. Four additional schools will be dedicated in the spring.
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