Former Oak Cliff assistant principal named Dallas ISD principal of the year
Ruby Ramirez served as assistant principal at Felix G. Botello and John H. Reagan elementary schools.
Exterior view of the Dallas ISD administration building on April 6, 2020, in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
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Dallas ISD has named Ruby Ramirez, principal at the School for the Talented and Gifted at Pleasant Grove, as one of its three principals of the year. Ramirez formerly worked as an assistant principal in Oak Cliff.
The honor is awarded at three levels: elementary, secondary and choice/magnet nominees. Of this year’s 21 nominees, eight oversee schools in Oak Cliff. Winnetka Elementary’s Lourdes Garduño was one of seven finalists.
These Oak Cliff schools are adopting alternative calendars for the 2021-22 school year
Forty-one schools adopted an intersession calendar, where school starts Aug. 9 and ends June 23.
John Neely Bryan Elementary in east Oak Cliff is one of 41 Dallas ISD schools that will use an intersession calendar for the 2021-22 school year.(DMN file photo)
Several Oak Cliff schools will use alternative calendars for the 2021-22 school year.
On Jan. 28, DISD trustees approved two alternate calendars for the next two school years. The approved intersession calendar spreads 21 extra days of instruction across the school year in five, one-week sessions. During the intersession weeks, students will receive more personalized attention in smaller groups.