Preston Hollow Elementary School
| Preston Hollow Elementary School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 6423 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, Texas 75230 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public, Primary |
| School district | Dallas independent school District |
| Principal | Tom Brandt |
| Grades | PK–5 |
| Number of students | 601 |
| Color(s) | hunter green and white |
| Mascot | patriot |
| Information |
+1 (972) 794-8500 Fax: +1 (972) 794-8501 |
| Trustee dist. | 2, Jack Lowe |
| Area | 4, Dr. Robin S. Ryan |
| Website | http://www.dallasisd.org/prestonhollow |
Preston Hollow Elementary School is a public primary school in the Preston Hollow area of north Dallas, Texas. Preston Hollow Elementary School enrolls students in grades pre-kindergarten–5 and is a part of the Dallas independent school District.
The school is located within the Preston Hollow North subdivision. The school serves homes within the homeowner associations of Glen Lakes, Lane Park, Preston Hollow North, Sorento, and Windsor Park. It also serves The Meadows Neighborhood Association and a portion of the Caruth Hills Home Place Neighborhood Association.
In 2006 the school lost a civil lawsuit over a plan to group White students into the same classes and over-classify Hispanic students as ESL learners in order to group Anglo White students in the same classes.
In 1987 Preston Hollow Elementary School parents stated that they wanted a voluntary busing program established so the school could attract racial and ethnic minorities. During the same year Preston Hollow participated in a Save the Children Foundation school to school partnership with the village school of N'Dimi, Cameroon. It was the first Dallas school to do a Save the Children Foundation partnership.
In 1989 the DISD board proposed the re-opening of Arthur Kramer Elementary School. Under the plan, portions of the attendance boundaries of Pershing, Preston Hollow, and Rogers would have been modified. In 1991 the Kramer, Pershing, and Preston Hollow schools had a combined total of 32 portable buildings to house excess students. Parents from those schools supported plans to re-open Hotchkiss Elementary School as a neighborhood school, so it could house excess students. In 1992 federal judge Barefoot Sanders blocked the plan. The president of the Preston Hollow parent-teacher association (PTA), Terri Piacenti, criticized Sanders' decision. Hotchkiss opened as a neighborhood school in 1994. Glenna Taite, a specialist from DISD who analyzed enrollment data, stated that many North Dallas apartments saw population increases because previously singles and couples only apartments were required by law to open housing to families in 1989, so the area saw a surge in families.
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