26 Aug 2008
Middle School and High School Make Debut
DALLAS—The Dallas Independent School District began its 2008-2009 year with the opening of two new schools. Francisco "Pancho" Medrano Middle School and Early College High School with Cedar Valley Community College both opened with promising beginnings.
Early College High School is located in east Oak Cliff in the Nolan Estes Plaza and will eventually relocate to a new campus near the University of North Texas Dallas Campus.
Currently, Early College has an enrollment of 104 and offers students the opportunity to work toward college credit while getting their high school diplomas.
Francisco "Pancho" Medrano Middle School is a 178,900 square-foot facility in northwest Dallas designed to accommodate 1,224 students. In addition to standard academic and special education classrooms, Medrano includes a career education classroom, science labs, media center and space for performing and visual arts as well as alternative education. It is the district's first geothermal heating and cooling facility and the final building in the 2002 bond program.
The new school is named for Dallas activist Francisco "Pancho" Medrano.
For more information about the Dallas ISD, visit our Web site at www.dallasisd.org.