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OPENING REMARKS 6 Importance of education DINING 12 Fortune House PROFILE 8 Dr. Antonia Chen FEATURES 10 Hockaday talks state voucher program 26 United against rezoning 28 Preston Hollow principals move up SPECIAL SECTION 16 Education guide
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Dear readers, This issue is one of my favorites, where I have the opportunity to focus on one of the most significant topics in our neighborhood: education. It’s no secret that Preston Hollow schools are one of its biggest bragging points. The Hockaday School and St. Mark’s School of Texas were some of the top private schools in the state for producing National Merit Semifinalists. W.T. White, Thomas Jefferson and Hillcrest High School all received a B in the recent state accountability ratings. But rankings and ratings only tell part of the stor y. This issue looks at some of the people and decisions shaping local education right now. At Thomas Jefferson High School, longtime principal Ben Jones is stepping into a new role as executive director of the Conrad feeder pattern, while Philip Meaker leaves Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy to t a ke h i s p l a ce . At Ho cka d ay, o n e s tu d e n t t a ke s u s i n s i d e t h e s ch o o l ’s d e c i s i o n n o t to participate in Texas’ new private school voucher program. An education issue doesn’t have to feel like homework. So we also ventured beyond the classroom to take a look at what’s ahead for the Preston Royal development and stop by Fortune House, which recently brought its soup dumplings and Shanghainese dishes to Preston Hollow Village. Whether you have children in a Preston Hollow school, graduated from one yourself or simply pass one on your morning commute, these campuses help shape the community we share. I hope you enjoy the stories in this issue, and maybe you’ ll even learn something. Thanks for reading,
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GAME CHANGER Just two years after moving to Preston Hollow, Dr. Antonia Chen is being recognized for paving a rare path in orthopedic surgery Story by EMMA RUBY
Women only represent 2.6% of Chen’s specialty, hip and knee replacements, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Photos courtesy of IF/THEN Collection.
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room full of women isn’t something that Dr. Antonia Chen, who serves as the chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern, is used to standing in. When she decided to become a surgeon, she knew she’d spend her career in male-dominated spaces. The gender disparity only multiplied when she decided to specialize in orthopedics, which sees the lowest percentage of female participation across surgical specialties. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the mean percentage of female surgeons across all states was only 7.5% in 2023, and that engagement is growing at the slowest rate across surgical specialties, too. And when Chen developed further expertise in hip and knee replacements, in which women represent only 2.6% of surgeons, she realized she was paving an uncommon path. “I don’t do it because I need to prove that I can be a woman who can do this. It’s because I really love it,” Chen says. “I love seeing people go from not walking to walking. But I will admit, when I was in training, most of the time I didn’t have mentors that looked like me.” Over the summer, Chen found herself honored alongside 25 women who work at the intersection of STEM and sports as part of the #IfThenSheCan Game Changers exhibit displayed at the Dallas FIFA Fan Festival. The exhibit included 26 life-size, neon green 3D -printed statues of women who are trailblazing in fields like sports psychology, turf development science and franchise management. Ten statues, including the one of Chen, depicted North Texas women. “(There was) a panel discussion, and it was just so honest and freeing to hear that what they struggled with is the same stuff that I’ve struggled with,” Chen says. “I think historically, a lot of times people see women in these fields as being cutthroat or trying to take each other down or trying to get above each other. But no, this bunch of women showed the complete opposite.” Chen grew up in New Jersey, but moved to Preston Hollow in 2024 by way of Boston. When initially looking into the UT Southwestern job, she was struck by the environment of people who “really wanted to grow and improve medicine and science in the DFW area.” She decided to take the leap down south — a decision that the warm weather and “phenomenal” local food scene have only validated, she says. An overlapping interest between sports and orthopedics was natural. Nearly every person who plays a sport past the pee-wee
level experiences an injury at one time or another, and typically, it is an orthopedic specialist who fixes those injuries. “I had a 16-year-old patient who had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and he had really, really bad hip arthritis. He was told he was too young to do a hip replacement, but he couldn’t play (soccer) with his friends,” Chen says. “Now, after replacing both of his hips, he can run, he can be with his friends. … Getting people back on their feet is what we get to do in the world of orthopedics, and that’s what really attracted me to it.” While a vast majority of Chen’s patients are the “weekend warrior” type of athletes (and, increasingly, pickleball enthusiasts), she’s used her expertise to aid professionals off the court, too. Under Chen’s leadership, UT Southwestern launched a medical partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, and Chen spent a season serving as an assistant team doctor fielding “phone calls at all different times of the night” in order to keep the team “at their best.” Chen is now a “Mavs fan for life,” her fandom solidified during an encounter with former Head Coach Jason Kidd at an early training camp. Kidd played for Chen’s childhood team, the New Jersey Nets, for several seasons, so his leadership of the Mavs presented a “full circle moment.” “We were in line to get coffee, and a guy came up to me and says, ‘Oh, hi, I’m Jason,’” Chen says. “I’m like, ‘I’m Antonia. No one knows who I am, but everyone knows who you are.’” It was Chen who was a star during the Game Changers exhibit. One of the selling points that convinced Chen to pose for her statue was the statistic that women are disproportionately underrepresented in statues. Additionally, depictions of women tend to portray a general character, such as the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street, rather than a particular figure whose achievements are noted. During the FIFA Fan Fest, Chen says she was able to see firsthand the way the stories of the featured women inspired attendees, particularly young women. Starting this fall, the exhibit will be on display at Pegasus Park, and Chen hopes it will continue to be an inspiration to young girls who may not previously have considered careers that can push the sports industry forward. “The key factor is remembering what it does, not to represent me, but to represent what it means to the next generation of women who can see the exhibit and be like, ‘I can be that,’” Chen says. “That to me is the neatest part of it.”
CA$H COUR$E Texas Senate Bill 2 changes the educational landscape Story by ARIA KNEPLER-PEARL
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exas Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) makes Texas the largest state to implement E d u c a t i o n S av i n g s A c c o u n t s (ESAs), colloquially known as “private school vouchers.” The bill earmarks $10,000 per child for qualifying families to use for private school tuition, educational expenses or costs associated with homeschooling. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law May 3, 2025, fulfilling his 2022 reelection campaign promise of establishing a universal ESA program in Texas. The law went into effect Sept. 1, 2025. “How do you balance a public education system with the ability of parents to make choices that are in the best interest for their children?” says Laura L eathers, Eugene McDermott head of school. Un d e r S B 2 , p a s s e d b y t h e 89 th Te xas L egislature, families of four with incomes below $162,000 will be given priority to receive ESA funds. For context, the Census Bureau reported
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in 2019 that the median income for a family of four in Texas is $84,724. Families with children who have disabilities will also be given priority and are eligible to receive up to $30,000 depending on their needs. “I think that the great thing about Dallas is that there are so many school choices for families,” Leathers says, highl i g h t i n g o p t i o n s l i ke ch a r t e r, independent, single sex, coed, re l i g i o u s a n d p u b l i c s ch o o l s . “A n d f o r s o m e f a m i l i e s , t h i s ( b i l l ) co u l d h e l p t h e m a cce ss a d d i t i o n a l s ch o o l o p t i o n s f o r their children.” T he bill allocates $1 billion in ESA funding for the 2026-27 school year, a funding limit that m e a n s a p p r o x i m a t e ly 75, 0 0 0 to 100,000 students of around 5. 5 million Te xas school-aged children may receive “vouchers” this year. Supporters of the school choice movement laud SB 2 as a ground breaking program that may make private education more accessible for low-income
families. A press release from the office of Texas Sen. Brandon Creighton, who authored SB 2, says that every child in Texas deserves educational opportunities to help them succeed and that SB 2 would further that goal. Before SB 2 was passed, Texas House Rep. Mihaela Plesa authored what she described as “fiscally conservative” amendments to SB 2, aimed at creating “strong guardrails” for the bill. Plesa represents Dis tric t 70, which includes parts of Collin County. “I filed an amendment on the House floor to make sure that there was an income cap to who can get these vouchers,” Plesa s ay s . “ I w a n t e d t o m a ke s u re that those individuals that really needed it had it first. Unfortunately, that amendment died on party lines.” P l e s a s ay s t h a t S B 2 p o s e s risks to rural communities, whose public schools may disproportionally bear the brunt of decreased funding. Rural areas often lack private schools, so s tudents living in
these communities may not even be able to benefit from ESAs. Critics also argue that the existence of ESAs, which use taxpayer dollars to fund students’ tuition and supplementary educational needs at private and parochial schools, raises questions surrounding the legality of a program blurring the line between church and state. Those opposed to ESAs in Texas point to states with similar programs like Florida, Arizona and Iowa, whose funds have gone overwhelmingly to families with children who already attend private schools, though the data is difficult to track. “We don’t want to see the same mistakes that we’ve seen in other states,” Plesa says. “I want to create reasonable parameters and reasonable accountability measures.” Supporters hope that beyond providing families with the means to afford a p r ivat e s ch o o l e d u c at i o n , the ESAs will stimulate competition between public and private schools, thus incentivizing improvement in public schools. “Both (public and private) educational sys tems need vitalization,” Plesa says, but she, along with others, is unsure if SB 2 will provide the solution that the school systems need. Critics worry that ESAs will divert money away from resource-strapped public schools and into private schools, which are not held to the same legal requirements as public schools and whose practices sometimes lack transparency. “I have concerns about how reallocating public funds to private schools will hurt the public school systems,” Leathers says, adding that even small decreases i n s tu d e n t n u m b e r s at p u b l i c s ch o o l s lessen their funding but do not lessen many of their main expenses. “I worr y about the future of public education as a result of this.” Leathers says that since about 82% of Texas natives stay in the state, one of the highest retention rates in the countr y, improving Texas educational systems is advantageous to ever yone. Similar to Leathers, Plesa stresses the interconnected nature of education.
“ Whether we go to a public school or a private school or a charter school, all those education systems are really intertwined,” Plesa says. Sara Stoltz, director of communications for Hockaday, agrees. “ Ev e r y b o d y b e n e fi t s w h e n y o u h av e really good, strong public schools,” Stoltz says. “ You want your next generation to be well educated regardless of where they go to school.” Stoltz highlights the diversity of backgrounds among Hockaday students, many of whom previously attended public and private schools across the DFW area. She says Hockaday’s robust admissions pool provides the school with the privilege of
state funds or federal funds,” Leathers says. “So participating in the Education Savings Account Act would be a departure from our previous practices.” One instance of Hockaday declining government funds, Leto says, was those offered through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID -19 pandemic. The program offered forgivable loans to small business and private schools to help cover payroll costs. “We made the decision that at that time, it was not worth the risk of unknowing,” Leto says. Re ga rd i n g S B 2 , L e t o s ay s t h at t h e leadership team is focused on ensuring alignment with the school’s mission for generations to come. She finds it difficult to evaluate what the ESA program may mean for Hockaday, citing the “unpredictability” and “ u n k n o w n” o f p o t e n t i a l requirements, which have not been finalized by the state, for schools that accept funds. Leathers echoes this concern, e xplaining that she would be wary of new requirements that may take time away from the existing academic curriculum. “Does accepting federal funds or state funds hamper our ability to function as an independent school?” Leathers says. “I think that’s the big question.” Regardless of changes in policy, the top priority of the leadership team at Hockaday remains the same. “Our job is to protect our ability to educate our students in accordance with our mission,” Leathers says.
“I want to create reasonable parameters & reasonable accountability measures.” choosing whether or not to par ticipate in the ESA program. However, smaller private schools may opt into the program as a method of recruiting more students. “ We’re really lucky to not be in that position,” Stoltz says, noting that Hockaday’s application numbers rise every year. Another advantage that eases pressure to participate in the ESA program is Hockaday’s ability to provide need-based tuition assistance for all qualified students, according to Katie Leto, chief financial officer of Hockaday. “ We’re hopeful and thankful that we h av e s u ch a n a m a z i n g p ro g ra m a n d a financial aid office that allows us to ensure that our families that qualify can get the help that they need,” Leto says. Leathers says the school leadership team has not made any decisions yet regarding participation in the ESA program. “Historically, Hockaday has not accepted
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Fourcast on Sept. 25, 2025. ARIA KN EPLER-PEARL is News Editor at The Fourcast, The Hockaday School’s news outlet. KneplerPearl is a junior at Hockaday who joined the school in 10th grade. She loves spending time with friends and family and giving back to her community.
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Fortune House’s soup dumplings took Dallas by storm when the restaurant opened a Greenville location in 2023. Now, the Chinese eatery is expanding. Story by EMMA RUBY Photography by KATHY TRAN
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Left: Fortune House’s menu includes soup dumplings ($12$22), fried rice ($13-$15) and a Matcha-tini ($15). Right: FH’s spicy string beans are stir-fried with garlic-pickled mustard greens, chili peppers and scallions ($14). The Blushing Toki includes Toki whiskey, lemon, El Cantinero Peach Cowboy, Red Bull Peach Edition and Saratoga Sparkling Hibiki Harmony Edition ($15).
ive years ago, Michael Hoang didn’t know what a soup dumpling was. Now, he sees them in his sleep. The steamed dumplings are stuffed with savory meats and pockets of gelatinous broth that melt into soup as they are cooked. The dish, also called xiao long bao, originated from a suburb of Shanghai, and first came to the United States via Chinatown eateries before being picked up by retailers like Trader Joe’s in the early 2020s. Thanks to the dumplings’ recurring TikTok virality, the store often sells out of the pork and chicken varieties offered in the frozen aisle. But at Fortune House, where soup dumplings are the star of the menu, you won’t find frozen, mass-produced xiao long bao. The restaurant makes the dumplings fresh to order, and they can be stuffed with pork, crab or truffle. An exposed prep area next to the restaurant’s dining room allows customers to watch the intricate pleating that goes into forming every individual dumpling. “(Soup dumpling) shops are popping up everywhere now,” says Hoang, the hospitality director of Fortune House. “We were offering something that wasn’t really available yet, but the hype really grew and created the demand that we are seeing.” Fortune House started as a mom-andpop style Chinese restaurant in Irving, and the current owners took over in 2014. In 2023, they brought the Shanghainese menu to Lowest Greenville. At the time, the street was missing a sit-down Chinese food option after the Asian fusion spot Gung Ho closed during the pandemic. Hoang and his partners aimed to preserve the “nostalgic feel” epitomized by the Irving store at the Greenville Avenue location, whilst still creating an elevated experience that felt trendy and catered towards the area’s young audience. In the
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While soup dumplings are the main event at Fortune House, ChineseAmerican favorites like orange and sesame chicken are also served.
main dining room, neon red signage imitates the bustling urban streets in Asia known for street food; red lantern lighting and vibey ironwork decorate the space, which is split into several different dining areas. While xiao long bao is a “staple” of the Shanghai diet, Fortune House offers a variety of other regional dishes that “you can’t find (at) other places.” The tea smoked duck ($26/$42), for instance, is a piling plate of sugar-and-spice-crusted duck smoked in aromatic jasmine tea and served alongside bird buns. The spicy string beans ($14) are a bestseller, and the steamed whole fish (priced at market value) and spicy mapo tofu ($14) are meant for sharing. Even the chili oil that the restaurant serves on each table is made inhouse, although the topping is more smoky than spicy, unlike typical chili oils. “Chinese food is really made for family style. I don’t think a lot of people realize that because a lot of times, when you go to a lot of Chinese restaurants, everybody’s ordering their own dish,” Hoang says. “In Asian culture, everybody comes together, and then they share food.” Fortune House now has its third expansion, this time to Preston Hollow. The restaurant opened its latest location in Preston Hollow Village late September, incorporating some of the design from the Greenville store with this location’s open concept and 20-foot-tall ceilings. The menu, though, won’t be messed with, and Hoang says an exposed prep room has already been guaranteed for those who delight in watching the creation of their dumplings. As restaurants across Dallas have faced uncertainty due to changing customer patterns and rising costs, Hoang says he sees Preston Hollow as a place where the culinary scene continues to thrive.
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“Preston Hollow has gone through a lot of changes since COVID, but I really do feel like the neighborhood is in a really good place right now,” Hoang said. The restaurant is considering adding some healthier options to the Preston Hollow menu to accommodate the neighborhood’s workout class culture. Fortune House also plans to stay open later than many of the eateries currently in the area. Whereas many consider Taco Bell and McDonald’s to be the late-night standard, Hoang says customers should be able to find “good Chinese food and dumplings until midnight.” Hoang credits social media with generating much of the interest in Fortune House. A few years ago, several North Texas foodie influencers made videos highlighting the restaurant’s soup dumplings. One video alone was shared more than 20,000 times. “When people think of Chinese food, they think of the same old things, like orange chicken or beef and broccoli,” Hoang says. “But right now, especially with TikTok and Instagram, everybody is more willing to try new things and different things. They want to find out whether, ‘If this person likes this dish, will I like it too?’ … and that kind of fuels the demand and interest into Fortune House.” Fortune House, 7825 Firefall Way #100, fortunehousecuisine.com
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Over the past year, Preston Hollow’s Democrat and Republican precinct chairs have found a cause with which they both agree Story by EMMA RUBY
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I N A N AG E W H E R E I T S E E M S F EW T H I N GS CA N B R I D G E D E E P LY E N T R E N C H E D P O L I T I CA L D I VIDES, an $800 million project planned for the corner of Preston Road and Royal Lane may have done the trick for two neighborhood leaders. Marsha Gordon and Diane Benjamin are longtime Preston Hollow residents who serve as precinct chairs for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively. Gordon took over the role in 2017, while Benjamin has led her local party for over 15 years. The women also live on the same street and, until now, have never shared a yard sign despite both of their lawns expressing loud support for their chosen candidates. “My husband has to fight his way to get to the front door with all the signage I have in support of the different political figures,” Benjamin says. Gordon and Benjamin have finally found a cause to agree on. Both women have joined in the loud coalition opposing a rezoning request for Preston and Royal that would make way for the mixed-use tower development planned by developers Burk Interests and Greenway Investment Company. While the land currently allows only for building up to 54 feet, the development may see towers reaching up to 240 feet. Neighbors have opposed the project’s height, arguing that the structure will shade nearby homes, infringe on the privacy of those homes, add congestion to the surrounding roadways and disrupt the character of the area by setting a precedent for skyscrapers. The site of the project was razed by the EF-3 tornado that swept through Preston Hollow in 2019 and has sat undeveloped since. In August, the City Plan Commission voted to recommend approval for the project, despite a wave of public outcry. Benjamin, who ran for the Dallas City Council District 13 seat in 2025 and has spoken out about other high-density projects, such as the controversial Pepper Square development, says the opposition to the towers has offered neighbors a rare chance to overcome political differences. “This should never be a partisan issue. It affects people who are hardworking and have earned the privilege of living in an area that we consider a beautiful neighborhood in a suburban area,” Benjamin says. “Whether they’re Democrats or Republicans, people
who worked hard to live in (District 13) are now finding that their suburban lifestyle is being violated.” For Gordon, a background in political organizing proved useful in rallying support for the Preserve Preston Hollow coalition. The group has gathered signatures for a petition opposing the project and has distributed the black and red “No Rezoning” signs that now line nearly every street in Preston Hollow. Gordon says she was first recruited to the cause earlier this year and was happy to help gather signatures for the petition. According to Preserve Preston Hollow, more than 4,600 neighbors have signed the document. “Because I don’t mind block walking and going to my neighbors’ doors, I agreed to take their petition and go and visit with neighbors. So that’s really when my involvement started,” Gordon says. “I know the Democrats that are in my neighborhood, but I went to every door.” It was rare, she says, to meet a neighbor in favor of the project. Still, some supporters made their way to City Hall during the August City Plan Commission hearing. Additionally, the developers have maintained that the project has been adjusted to meet community feedback. Jackson Walker, LLP attorney Suzan Kedron told the commission that the project’s largest tower has been lowered 85 feet to help assuage concerns. The building was also moved to the center of the site’s footprint to help minimize the effect of the height, Kedron added. While the City Council was expected to vote on the project on Sept. 9, the hearing was delayed until Oct. 14. Benjamin and Gordon said they plan to continue in their outspoken advocacy against the development until then in hopes of convincing enough City Council members to deny the rezoning request. But even if the opposition is unsuccessful, Gordon sees a silver lining for Preston Hollow. “I hate that it takes a big issue like this, but I would hope that the positive that could come out of it is that (we can see that) all of us care about some things,” Gordon says. “We care about our quality of life. We care about our neighborhood. … Maybe this will open the door for a realization that we don’t have to be as divided politically, that it doesn’t have to be an us-and-them situation. We all can be us and be neighborly.”
“WE ALL CAN BE US & BE NEIGHBORLY.”
Preston Hollow neighbors Marsha Gordon and Diane Benjamin are two of the residents behind a petition against the Preston Royal rezoning. Photo courtesy of the Preserve Preston Hollow coalition. OCTOBER 2026 prestonhollow.advocatemag.com
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Thomas Jefferson principal Ben Jones heads to executive leadership, while Walnut Hill’s Philip Meaker takes his place Interviews by ALYSSA HIGH
FO R M E R T H O M AS J E F F E R S O N H I G H SC H O O L ( TJ ) P R I N C I PA L B E N JA M I N J O N ES carried the high school through several transitions over the past five years, but this school year, he traded in his Patriot pride for blue and gold with his new role as executive director of school leadership for the Conrad High School feeder pattern. CA N YOU T E L L US A L I T T L E B I T A BOU T YOU R N EW P OS I T I O N ? I’m super excited to take on the role. Effectively, the role is about supporting principals as they lead their campuses, really making sure that I serve as a coach, mentor and a listening ear to help principals as they navigate the landscape of school improvement and student achievement. That’s the work, and I love doing it already. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR TIME AT THOMAS JEFFERSON, IS THERE A M O M E N T O R AC H I E V E M E N T THAT YOU’RE MOST PROUD OF? What I am proud of is the trajectory that we’ve set TJ on, right? There’s been moments that we can define. Moving back into the new building, relaunching the space there on the Walnut Hill campus was a great moment. The campus achieving its B rating that first year
and maintaining that has been great, but I really think about the entire trajectory of the campus and the community that’s come with it, and it’s measured in some ways in our college acceptance rates, our number of scholarship dollars that our graduates have earned, our number of students choosing to go to college, and I think that’s really exciting. I always like to say my job was just to be the most adamant believer in the success that was possible at TJ, where it was a team effort to get the work done, and it really relied on parents and students and teachers and the rest of the faculty and staff to make it happen. My job was really to be the chief believer in what was possible at TJ. I was grateful to have a staff and a community that were willing to go on that journey with me, and I know they’re going to continue it because they all believe in it. AS YOU MOVE OUT OF THE PREST O N H O L L O W A R E A , D O YO U HAVE ANY LAST THOUGHTS FOR I TS R ES I D E N TS ? When I set out years ago, we were situated across town in West Dallas, still recovering from the impact of the tornado, still recovering from the impact of COVID, and moving into the building was still a year and a half
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Ben Jones, executive director of school leadership for the Conrad HS feeder pattern. Photography by Shelby Tauber.
away. And one of the things I said then to the community, to the parents, the faculty, the staff, to everyone was, my goal is not for that building to be the catalyst that changes TJ, but that when TJ moves back into that building, we are moving into a building that’s worthy of who we already are. And so, what I would say to the community is: Yes, the building is beautiful. Yes, it is new. We have great facilities, and all of those things are still true. And we’re super proud of the building and the facilities. But truly, what makes TJ great is not the big, beautiful building. It is the community that’s inside that building. It is the teachers. It is the work. And TJ has become a place that our community, our neighborhood, can believe in, can support, and I really do think that we’re a campus now that the entire community and neighborhood should be proud of, and should consider as equal to some of the other names that people typically associate with the area and the region because, quite frankly, when it comes to accountability and the results, we’re either in line right there with them or above them. I would challenge the community to think about TJ differently than maybe they did 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago, and recognize TJ for what it is today and what it will continue to grow to be.
Philip Meaker, Thomas Jefferson principal. Photo courtesy of Dallas ISD.
public education and seeing the fruits of the labor and the hard work and the great things that are going on.
of Walnut Hill kids here, and they’re like, “Hey, you’re back! You’re here! You met us up here!” Like all the different kind of comments and things, A S Y O U T R A N S I T I O N and it honestly helped because they I N TO T H E N E W R O L E , know me, they know my heart, they WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR know my passion for them, and so GOALS FOR THOMAS they’ve helped me connect with the kids a little bit faster. To say like, “No, JEFFERSON? One of my biggest passions he’ ll listen. He wants to know what’s is extracurriculars, and so I going on. He wants to help. It’s OK. want to see every candidate You can tell him.” The Walnut Hill involved in a program. I kids have helped me kind of connect don’ t care if it’s knitting, with the whole campus faster because if it’s football, band, theater, their word has carried a lot of weight chess. It doesn’t matter to me. with their friends and things like that, I want to see kids involved in helping me to ask the questions. I was something on campus because in a leadership class the other day, just that helps the whole student grow. asking, “Hey, what do you want your Because if they have some account- high school experience to be?” And ability, then they have to show up in there was a handful of Walnut Hill kids order to participate. They have to pass in the room, and they had no probin order to participate. And then when lem speaking their mind and telling something happens and discipline is me what their thoughts were because PHILIP MEAKER HAS BEEN THE needed, the clubs, the organizations they know me, and so it opened up the P R I N C I PA L O F WA L N U T H I L L that they’re part of, can really hold room for other kids to start sharing LEADERSHIP ACADEMY for four the students more accountable be- what they felt and what they wanted years, leading the school through a tran- cause that’s something that they are because the other students made it sitional period, adding more grade passionate about, and so they don’t more comfor table for them. So it’s levels and moving into a new building want to lose that. Helping kids be definitely been a bonus. post-2019 tornado. This year, he is tak- engaged helps the school kind of get a ing over Jones’s position as principal little smaller because it helps a teacher I S T H E R E A N Y T H I N G E L S E get engaged with the kids, a smaller YO U WA N T TO S H A R E W I T H of Thomas Jefferson. group of kids, and then focus on that THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TJ WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD group on a daily basis. They can even COMMUNITY? OF IN YOUR TIME AT WALNUT see when there’s some mental health Come out and see us. We’ve got athletHILL? issues or things going on at home. ics galore. We’ve got a dinner theater When I took over the school, it was Those who see them every day can kind show coming up in October. We want a C campus … and when I left, it was of engage them a little bit more and to see the alumni; we want to see the three As and a B, so I’m very proud kind of check on them, rather than the neighborhood coming out and supportof where we got academically. As far teacher who has 150, 200 students a ing their students. And those others as school-wise, obviously we moved week, and it’s hard to see every single who aren’t maybe our students, just into a new building; we went from kid individually and kind of where come and check us out and see what 368 students to, I believe, 571 the last they’re at. So, the more involvement great things are going on at Thomas day I was there, so over 200 students they have in extracurriculars, the more Jefferson, because I promise you that of growth, C to an A for academic it grows the student. we will break whatever stigma you may have about us, because great things are growth, and then just bringing the community back in. We had a lot more S I N C E WA L N U T H I L L F E E D S happening at TJ, and we’re looking forof the people who actually live in our INTO TJ, HAVE ANY OF YOUR ward to becoming an A campus in one area start coming back to the school, FORMER STUDENTS BEEN SUR- of the flagship schools of the district. which is exciting to not just have a lot PRISED TO SEE YOU AGAIN? of transfers, but have a lot of kids who Absolutely, that’s been one of the fun- These interviews have been edited for lived in our area start committing to nest things. As you see, there’s a lot clarity and brevity. OCTOBER 2026 prestonhollow.advocatemag.com
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