Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa is the , according to the (ALAS).
In a statement, executive director Nancy Lewin said, 鈥淭he committee was very impressed with your application, your work, your passion and commitment to education and your continued involvement with ALAS.鈥�
The association held its annual awards gala Thursday in Washington, D.C., but Hinojosa did not attend. Instead, he was at the school board meeting.
"I'm very honored and humbled to be selected for this prestigious award by ALAS, where I formerly served on the board, and as the SLA director," Hinojosa said in an emailed statement. "ALAS works to address challenges in education, particularly those impacting Latinos, and I'm very proud to be associated with the organization."
According to the group, the issue of recruiting and retaining more Latino administrators has reached a critical point as Latino kids are projected to comprise 25 percent of school-age children by 2025.
Last September, 四虎影院 looked into this issue with a . At the time, half of the state鈥檚 20 largest cities had Hispanic superintendents in charge, including Dallas鈥� Hinojosa, Fort Worth鈥檚 Kent Scribner, and Arlington鈥檚 Marcelo Cavazos.
Last fall, by the Texas Association of School Boards.
