Former Oak Cliff assistant principal named Dallas ISD principal of the year

Dallas ISD has named Ruby Ramirez, principal at the School for the Talented and Gifted at Pleasant Grove, as one of its three principals of the year. Ramirez formerly worked as an assistant principal in Oak Cliff.

The honor is awarded at three levels: elementary, secondary and choice/magnet nominees. Of this year’s 21 nominees, eight oversee schools in Oak Cliff. Winnetka Elementary’s Lourdes Garduño was one of seven finalists.

A Dallas ISD product, Ramirez served as assistant principal at Felix G. Botello Elementary in 2013 and took the same position at John H. Reagan Elementary the following year. In 2018, Ramirez was tapped to open a Two-Way Dual Language Talented & Gifted campus in Pleasant Grove

Henry B. Gonzalez’s Reymundo Cervantes-Guajardo won the elementary award while Hillcrest’s Joseph Sotelo was selected for secondary schools.

Learn more about Ramirez and the other award recipients here.