‘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.
Korobovskaya, a native of
Russia, studied to be a physician at Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy in Krasnoyarsk, Russia,
the Dallas Independent School District said in April, when it appointed her to head the downtown school.
The educator became a science teacher at Thomas C Marsh Middle School in 2008, and was drawn toward Montessori schools as she furthered her education career. She served as principal at Pebblecreek Montessori and assistant principal at Eduardo Mata Montessori.
‘Dr. Korobovskaya was one of a kind,’
Former coworker
‘deeply saddened’ to learn of his colleague’s death.
‘Dr. Korobovskaya was one of a kind,’ he said. ‘