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See What AncientFaces Does to discover more about the community. Is Dallas becoming unaffordable due to rising housing costs, inflation and stagnating pay? Dallas Independent School District is no different. Dr. Hinojosa will also be praised for spending his final years with the district leading it through the darkest days of the pandemic. So instead he gives a wonkish speech. I wanted to fix everything, and I couldnt stand the fact we had a Confederate flag. I dont want to be a vendor. Who were the people in Michael's life? Having grown up in a family of ten in Oak Cliff near Samuel High School, where he attended and played basketball, he learned to negotiate with others and work as a team. After being recruited again, this time for a job in the Atlanta suburbs,Hinojosa left Dallas in 2011 to take over Cobb County Schools. Photo: Courtesy of DISD. Michael Hinojosa. Dr. Hinojosa left us with a standard of excellence.". He's staring blankly into the auditorium; that joy in his countenance has vanished. The best stories from KERA sent to your inbox. A Suffolk University/Dallas Morning News poll published earlier this year showed Johnson with a nine-point lead over the former superintendent in a hypothetical race. For more than an hour, they talked and ate while Hinojosa took notes. If anything, the stern-faced superintendent with a thick, heavy mustache, seems excited as he starts to speak. We've been having this forever. Hinojosa didnt directly address questions about whether he would square off against Johnson when he announced his departure from Dallas ISD, but he discussed ousting the incumbent mayor with supporters. Greg Abbott's ban and paving the way for dozens of other districts in the state to follow the same path. He is also a product of the system, having graduated from Sunset High School in Oak Cliff. People named Michael Hinojosa. A DISD teacher and vice president of NEA-Dallas, one of the district's two main teacher organizations, Birdwell mocks Hinojosa and his acolytes on the board for voting to extend their terms. Many of Miles initiatives survived to Hinojosas credit because he evaluated the programs and said these ones work, these one dont, Flores said, pointing to the districts school turnaround model and new school models that bring students in from outside the district. The school board later voted 6-1 to eliminate the symbol. Later, his big heart was revealed when he took in Shirley's son, Matthew, and raised him as his own. He also addressed speculation that hes considering a run for public office. Cipriano P. Hinojosa MICHAEL HINOJOSA - Chiefs for Change