L.G. Pinkston High School

Two high school students from South and West Dallas, Ta'Dondrian Crayton and Christian Williams, were accepted into the University of North Texas's Scripps Howard Emerging Journalists Fellowship and are now working as summer interns for the Dallas Free Press, telling their community's stories.

Use this graphic to keep track of changes to Dallas ISD schools in West Dallas, including demolitions and new campuses.

Dr. L.G. Pinkston High School and West Dallas Middle School welcome new principals, Tameca Ward and Laura Guzman. Dallas Free Press sat down for conversations with Ward and Guzman to learn more about their vision for the 2023-24 school year. 

Dallas ISD’s Marlene Yepez-Porras and Pinkston parent instructor Anthony McGee told parents the school’s staff is working with the DISD to approve training for teachers and staff on fentanyl awareness. The staff emphasized that parents must also help by speaking with children about the dangers of fentanyl and how to keep an eye out for signs of drug use outside of school.

Esther Villareal, a West Dallas mother, teacher, and gardener, was appointed to the city's new environmental commission, and the West Dallas STEM school will open its new campus, with West Dallas families having priority admission.

Highland Hills fresh foods grocery store, Save-U-More, struggles to stay open and widen the food desert gaps happening in South Dallas.

This year, though seventh- and eighth-graders are at L.G. Pinkston High School's campus, they’re in a separate school with a unique learning approach — the new West Dallas STEM school.

Dallas ISD invested in 40,000 hotspots last school year for families without reliable internet at home, but this year DISD plans to spend $18 million on at-home wired connections for its students.

Dallas Free Press has launched a journalism pathway from Dallas high schools to Dallas newsrooms, starting with efforts to educate high school students. We are looking for a part-time journalism pathway coordinator to work with students in South Dallas and West Dallas.