‘People were prepared to follow her forever’: Dallas principal’s extraordinary life, not her death, deserves notice
Amid a pandemic, Dr. Olga Korobovskaya opened downtown’s first DISD elementary. Now staff and parents will carry on without their brilliant leader.
Russian-born Dr. Olga Korobovskaya was the founding principal of Dallas ISD s Downtown Montessori at Ida B. Wells Academy, which opened in fall 2020.(Family photo)
Best to get out of the way if you were standing between Dr. Olga Korobovskaya and her big dreams.
The founding principal of the first DISD elementary in Downtown Dallas, which opened just a few months ago, never saw a barrier between herself and her next goal.