The INSIDER - Fall 2020

Grand Prairie ISD Names School After Alumnus

On the heels of unanimously adopting a Racial Equity Resolution, the Grand Prairie Independent School District (GPISD) Board of Trustees voted recently to rename the current Robert E. Lee Elementary School after longtime GPISD educator and principal Delmas Morton. The school’s new namesake, Delmas Morton, was raised in Grand Prairie and attended Dalworth Elementary School, now known as David Daniels Elementary Academy of Science and Math. With no high schools available for black students in Grand Prairie at the time, he attended Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas. Following Morton's completion of high school, he attended Texas College on a band scholarship and graduated with his baccalaureate degree in 1952. He later earned his master’s degree from Prairie View A&M University. Morton served as principal for 17 years at GPISD's Austin Elementary School. In total, he served the schoolchildren of Grand Prairie ISD for more than 40 years. “I want to thank my fellow trustees for their care and attention to this important issue,” said Board President Aaron King. “I’m proud that we have the opportunity to honor Mr. Morton and his legacy as a great man and a great educator.”

Delmas Morton, Class of 1952 Alumnus, honored by GPISD with elementary school renaming.

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The INSIDER │ Volume 15 │ Fall 2020