Preston Hollow, Dallas, Texas
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Texas |
| Counties | Dallas |
| City | Dallas |
| Area | North Dallas |
| ZIP code | 75220, 75225, 75229, 75230, 75244 |
| Area code(s) | 214, |
Preston Hollow is an established prestigious neighborhood in north Dallas, Texas (USA).
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[edit] History
Originally incorporated as a municipality in 1939 and provisioned by the Preston Road Fresh Water Supply District, the town of Preston Hollow was named for the deep wooded area with creeks and hollows extending westward from Preston Road. Preston Hollow originally extended from east of Preston Road, slightly north of Walnut Hill Lane, west of Midway Road and southwest of Northwest Highway. In 1945 Preston Hollow residents voted to join with the city of Dallas and the municipality was annexed to Dallas shortly thereafter.
[edit] Present
The approximate two-square mile area lying north of Northwest Highway, south of Walnut Hill Lane, east of Midway Road and west of Preston Road remain the essential original boundaries of Preston Hollow, which is often now termed Old Preston Hollow. Within Old Preston Hollow can be found some of the most expensive homes in the state of Texas as well as some of the state's wealthiest residents.
However, the neighborhood is broadly defined by real estate professionals for marketing purposes as land to the north of Northwest Highway (Loop 12), south of Forest Lane, east of Midway Road and west of North Central Expressway (US 75), which areas are grouped into the Preston Hollow Elementary school attendance zone.
[edit] Residents
Prominent residents of Old Preston Hollow include Dallas mayor Tom Leppert, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, former Dallas Cowboys Roger Staubach & Chuck Howley, Stream Energy Chairman Rob Snyder, billionaire investors Harold Simmons & Boone Pickens, sports team owner (Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers & Liverpool F.C.) Tom Hicks, software developer Larry Lacerte, noted trial attorney & Democratic party fundraiser Fred Baron and former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller and her husband Steve Wolens (retired Texas legislator).
Former noted residents of Old Preston Hollow include the late Robert Dedman Jr., former American Airlines Chairman Bob Crandall and the late cosmetics magnate Mary Kay Ash.
Presidential candidate billionaire Ross Perot, Dallas Cowboys football coach Wade Phillips and Dallas Stars Mike Modano also live in greater Preston Hollow as formerly included U.S. President George W. Bush.
Houses in Preston Hollow are among the most expensive in the state and have continued to increase in value in recent years. Currently houses range from $500,000 tear downs up to $20,000,000 estates.
The most expensive estate in the greater Preston Hollow area, a US$45 million mansion, caught fire while still under construction. The original owner combined several lots in a grandiose scheme to produce what would have been the biggest house in Dallas, only to abandon the project.
The most expensive home currently available in the Preston Hollow area is the Park Lane estate owned by software company Larry Lacerte, which is priced at $40 million.
[edit] Preston Hollow in the news
In 2006, Preston Hollow Elementary School achieved notoriety after a lawsuit claiming the school's class-assignment policies violated the 1952 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision. Judge Sam Lindsay ruled in November that the school's practices were not legal because they attempted to keep white students together even if minority students had to be placed in inappropriate courses; this ruling was mis-cited in at least one local paper as indicating that "all-white" classes had been created.[1]
The defendants noted that not a single "whites-only" class existed in the school, and that placement was based on test scores; however, Latino claimants in the suit argued that their children were placed in bilingual or English as a Second Language classes even when test scores suggested they should be in a general education program.[2] The district's attorneys also argued that no harm had been caused to the minority students, prompting the trial judge to write, "The court is baffled that in this day and age, that [DISD relied] on what is, essentially, a 'separate but equal' argument."[1] The policies were criticized in the judge's ruling and in subsequent news articles as being an attempt to lessen white flight by attracting more parents from the surrounding, mostly white community to keep their children in the local public system rather than sending them to private schools.
[edit] Education
[edit] Public schools
Dallas Independent School District operates local public schools.
Preston Hollow is zoned to:
- Grades K-6
- Grades 7-8
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School
- Grades 9-12
All of the zoned schools are located in Dallas.
[edit] Private Schools
Private schools located in North Dallas which are very popular with Preston Hollow residents include:
- Grades 1-6
- Grades Pre K-8
- Grades Pre K-12
- Grades 1-12
- Covenant School
- St. Mark's School of Texas
- Winston School
- Grades 9-12 only
Preston Hollow Early Childhood PTA is a private preschool group in the area.
As of 2007 most Preston Hollow residents send their children to private school.[3]
[edit] Public libraries
Dallas Public Library operates the nearby Preston Royal Branch at 5626 Royal Lane.
[edit] Media
The Dallas Morning News is the local citywide newspaper.
Preston Hollow People is a local community newspaper.
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Kent Fischer. "Ruling: Classes divided by race: At Preston Hollow, principal tried to appease affluent parents, halt white flight, judge says," The Dallas Morning News, November 18, 2006
- ^ Matt Pulle. "Split Decision," Dallas Observer, January 11, 2007
- ^ "Split Decision." Dallas Observer. 3.
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