Dallas board approves millions more for tornado-ravaged high school, but trustees unhappy with process
The district’s trustees approved an additional $26.3 million for construction at Thomas Jefferson High School, heavily damaged by an October 2019 tornado.
The dilapidated structure of Thomas Jefferson High School is photographed in Dallas on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. The campus, along with Edward H. Cary Middle School, was destroyed by a tornado last October. The schools are still in desrepair, the latter having been demolished earlier this year, but the district says it s making some progress on renovating Thomas Jefferson High School. (Lynda M. González/The Dallas Morning News)(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)