Dallas ISD’s Dade Middle School Goes From ‘Improvement Required’ To ‘Role Model’

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – From neighborhood embarassment to national example.
It is a new day at Billy Earl Dade Middle School in south Dallas. “They have a sense of pride,” said Rev. Donald Parish, president of the school’s site-based decision making committee. “Even though some of them still live in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Dallas, they still carry themselves like they are somebody.”
A few years back, the campus was on the state’s lis