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Lottery-based Mata Montessori would not be a magnet school

Dallas ISD released details about the new Montessori proposal for Eduardo Mata Elementary that could provide relief for the overcrowded schools that feed into Woodrow Wilson High School, namely Lakewood and Stonewall Jackson elementary schools, which are more than 150 percent over capacity.

Pending approval from the DISD Board of Trustees, Mata, which is only at 34 percent capacity, would become a PreK through eighth grade Montessori campus with an emphasis on fine arts and dual language. It would begin incrementally in the 2014-15 school year.

However, Mata Montessori would be lottery-based and serve only neighborhood students Search “Mata Montessori” on lakewood.advocatemag. com for the full story about what the program offers and who’s eligible.

Correction: An image accompanying the Día de los Muertos announcement in the November 2013 East Dallas Advocate calendar was not credited to the artist, Melissa Hayes.