Dallas ISD is celebrating its new Masters Principals.
For the 2024-2025 school year, 20 principals from across the district were awarded the Master Principal designation, which is given to the top 10% of principals in elementary, secondary, and choice schools.
This year’s Master Principals represent a wealth of experience and diversity across the district.
In order to be considered for this designation, principals must have at least three years of service as a leader of a school. Criteria is also based on individual and campus performance.
The full list of Master Principals is below:
- Stephanie Amaya, W. H. Adamson High School
- Oscar Aponte, Maple Lawn Elementary School
- Demetria Bell-Ellis, Ronald Erwin McNair Elementary School
- Vivian Chandler Fairley, Emmett J. Conrad High School
- Ida Escobedo, Margaret B. Henderson Elementary School
- Sandra Espinoza, Felix G. Botello Elementary School
- Ana Fernandez, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School
- Alpher Garrett-Jones, Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center
- Nikki Hudson, L.V. Stockard Middle School
- Darwin Hughes, T.W. Browne Middle School
- Ben Jones, Thomas Jefferson High School
- David Lee, for his Leadership at Hector P. Garcia Middle School in 2023-2024
- Marissa Limon, Dan D. Rogers Elementary School
- Lakisha Merritt, Martin Weiss Elementary School
- Kimberly Richardson, Thomas L Marsalis Elementary STEAM Academy
- Lonnie Russell, for his Leadership at Rufus C. Burleson Elementary in 2023-2024
- Rubinna Sanchez, Young Women’s Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middle School
- Tameka Whitney, Dallas Environmental Science Academy
- Caroline Wilson, James Bowie Elementary School
- Arnoldo Zuñiga, School for Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
There will be a Master Principal Celebration on Feb. 4, 2025, and these principals will receive an $8,000 stipend in the 2025-2026 school year.
