Wallace Elementary Principal Debbie Evans chats with students at a skating party
Jeremy Gilbert, formerly principal at Wallace Elementary in Lake Highlands, has been chosen Best Principal by a
People’s Choice poll conducted by Park Cities People newspaper. Gilbert currently leads
Hyer Elementary in University Park.
Votes in the poll were collected in October and November on subjects as diverse as shopping, services and restaurants. Oh, and their Best Tex-Mex? Mi Cocina. They have one of those, too.
Replacing Gilbert at Wallace was Debbie Evans, who’s proven herself to be pretty darn wonderful, too. With the school website still under construction, she started a principal’s blog to stay connected to parents and students. You can read her updates and see her photos with children here. Debbie raised her own two daughters here in LH and she’s hired several LHHS grads to teach for her at Wallace. Now we just need to keep her.
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Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.
