For Dr. Lamar Goree, becoming the superintendent of the Duncanville School District seemed like a natural fit. After all, he would be bringing his winning record to a city known for winning.
“When I got the job I got so many phone calls around this theme of being a city of champions and ‘You’re so lucky, you’re going to the city of champions,'” he recalled. “But I think if you really ask people to define what that means they would speak to a multi-year state championship football team, they would talk about track teams that are setting national records, they would talk about basketball teams that have repeatedly won state championships. “Duncanville has a good reputation for academics, but that’s nothing you hear when you’re talking about City of Champions.
” Goree, however, plans to change that. “My goal for Duncanville is for every classroom to be a championship experience for children,” he said. “If we want to make sure every child leaves Duncanville in a space they feel they are a champion, we have to change the classroom because that’s the only place where EVERYONE goes.
” Goree’s goal includes making Duncanville a regular mention in the discussion of such topics as National Merit Scholars and National Blue Ribbon Schools. Goree, 53, came to Duncanville after transforming Caddo Parish Public Schools in Shreveport, Louisiana. With over a decade at the helm, he is one of the longest-serving superintendents in the history of the district.
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