Trustee Leigh Ann Ellis

"Ellis understands and acknowledges the financial and academic challenges facing the Dallas Independent School District. And she has laid out specific ideas for improving transparency and student achievement, with plans to make public more of the district's financial information and to better align instruction from elementary school through high school.

...While these three challengers have hit upon important issues that must be addressed, they offer more criticism than concrete ideas...these three candidates failed to make a convincing case that they are better prepared."

The Dallas Morning News, 10/14/09