The Ellis County Press: Ferris elementary dedication is Saturday

Ferris elementary dedication is Saturday
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Editor on 01/23/2003 00:00:00


JOEY DAUBEN
The Ellis County Press
FERRIS - Longtime educator Lucy Mae McDonald will make her mark on the school
district permanent with her own school.
McDonald, who died three years ago, was a teacher and administrator in the
Ferris Independent School District for 51 years - 34 of those being at old
Dunbar Elementary.
The dedication ceremony will be held Saturday, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m.
'Ms. Mac,' as residents referred to her as, was instrumental in helping sooth
the transition between white and black students during integration, forming the
Interracial Committee among other things.She served as assistant superintendent
from 1968 to 1984 before retiring. Educated at New York University and at then
North Texas State University, Mc-Donald was the unanimous choice to have the new
second- and third-grade campus, located at 500 FM 983, named after her.
Recently, Ferris Elementary became Hazel Ingram Elementary. Ingram herself was a
longtime educator in the Ferris school district.