On Thursday, June 25, 2009, The Board of Trustees approved the names for the following new facilities to be built in District 6.
Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School to be located at J.J. Lemon and Langdon Rd in the city of Dallas. The new elementary school will serve students from Dallas and students from the former Wilmer Hutchins ISD. The construction is scheduled to be completed in 2011.
Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School, named for the long-time former Dallas Senior Pastor of St. Luke United Methodist Church, public education advocate, former state legislator and first African American appointed to the University of Texas Board of Regents. The new middle school will be located in Oak Cliff. The construction is scheduled to be completed in 2013.
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, in honor of the first African American woman elected to the Board, the first African American Board President, and the longest serving former Dallas ISD Trustee in recent history (23 years), will be located at the University of North Texas Dallas campus on Camp Wisdom Road in Oak Cliff. This will be the permanent location of the current Early College High School housed at Nolan Estes Plaza. This is an educational partnership with Cedar Valley College of Dallas County Community College District.
The Early College High School recently received the highest state rating "Exemplary" in its first full year of operation. It will provide an excellent opportunity for students to obtain up to two full years of college credit while still in high school. The construction is scheduled to be completed in 2011.
