James Ybarra knew when he attended high school that he wanted to be a math teacher. 

“Growing up, I had a lot of really great teachers, and really awesome math teachers,” Ybarra said. “They saw my potential.”...click here to read more

On the J.T. Brackenridge Elementary School campus, Miss Bea and Miss Margie have seen a lot of changes.

Together, they — Beatrice Blanquiz and Margarita Negrete — have more than 35 years of experience...click here to read more 

Coach Byriq “BJ” Alzaid is all about collaboration. 

Since Alzaid, the boys athletic coordinator, got to Poe Middle School this year, football games have become school-wide events...click here to read more

10/14/2021

Michael Jordan has always had a heart for the underdogs.

As the principal of the school inside the Juvenile Detention Center...click here to read more

Virginia Parker likes to call parents, just to let

them know their children are doing a great 

job. As a way of getting to know parents in her

first year as principal of Highland Park 

Elementary...click here to read more

10/21/2021

The principal's office at Baskin Elementary

School is a converted classroom. A teacher’s

desk sits in the center, in front of a U-shaped

configuration of rectangular tables...click

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10/27/2021

David Garcia is the kind of principal that can recite his teachers’ STAAR stats, just off the top of his head. He’s just that proud of their achievements...click here to read more

10/27/2021

A simple mechanical failure has changed the

lives of so many students in the district. 

When Dr. Hugo Saucedo, principal of Davis Middle School, was growing up, he and his family were migrant workers...click here to learn more