As development pushes south from Bishop Arts, the City Council has an opportunity to improve a neighborhood for the people who live there now and help keep them there as new ones come.
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.
The Dallas Morning News’ Photos of the Year 2020
Memorable images from the past year from our photographers
Graduate William Santini celebrated amid raining confetti in a commencement parade at Dallas Baptist University in May. Students heard their names called as they passed Pilgrim Chapel before proceeding to receive their degrees.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
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Photo history and our professional training have taught us the key elements of making a great photo: lighting, timing and touch. We also have learned that the goal is to spend so much time with a subject that our presence is forgotten. That is how visual storytellers for decades have been able to capture previously unseen moments.