Dallas ISD Board Of Trustees Approve Names For New Schools

25 Jun 2009

Schools Will be Funded by $1.35 Billion Bond Program

DALLAS—The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the names for 12 new schools tonight at its monthly board meeting. The schools will be constructed under the $1.35 billion bond program passed by voters last year.

The new schools will be:

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• Ebby Halliday Elementary School, named for the local realtor/business woman, to be located in the former township of Rylie, Texas
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• George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School, in honor of the former president, which will be located in Addison
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• Seagoville North Elementary School
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• Balch Springs Middle School
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• Ann Richards Middle School, named after the former Texas governor, to be located in Pleasant Grove
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• Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, in honor of the former school board trustee, will be located at the University of North Texas Dallas campus
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• Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School, named for the long-time Dallas pastor and public education advocate, to be located in Oak Cliff
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• Jose "Joe" May Elementary School to be located in the Bachman Lake area and named after the former school board trustee
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• Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School to be located in Pleasant Grove and named after the long-time Dallas educator
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• Ray Hunt Sr. Elementary School, named in honor of the Dallas businessman, to be located in District 9
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• Adelfa Callejo Elementary School, named after the Dallas lawyer/activist, will be located in Pleasant Grove
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• Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School to be located at J.J. Lemon and Langdon Rd.
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The board also approved the naming of existing facilities after other prominent citizens who have made an impact on the community. The Law Magnet at Townview will be named after Judge Harold Barefoot Sanders who oversaw Dallas ISD desegregation for more than 25 years; Early College at Mountain View College will be named for Trini Garza, the first Hispanic elected to the school board; and the Humanities/Communications Magnet at Lincoln High School will now be known as the Joe Bagby Humanities/Communications Magnet in honor of the communicator/educator who died recently.

"We believe that educators have the most powerful impact on student achievement," is the second belief adopted by the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees.

For a complete list of core beliefs, visit the Web site at http://www.dallasisd.org/about/vision.htm