A Dallas all-girls school receives $2M to expand its reach

An all-girls Dallas middle school will add high school grades with the help of a $2 million gift. This year, the Young Women’s STEAM Academy in Balch Springs added the ninth grade. The Texas Instruments Foundation grant will help the academy add a new grade per year through the 12th grade by the 2027-28 school year, when it will have the first graduating class. “It’s not an expense. It’s an investment in you,” Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde told academy students when the gift was announced Wednesday morning. The academy,...