January 22, 2025 by Staff News

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:

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