In tomorrows edition of Preston Hollow People, I write about a remarkable foundation that helps DISD students from underprivledged communities get to college, and become leaders in their schools.

The program, cofounded by Preston Hollow resident Bill Brewer, is called the Future Leaders Program, and is held at St. Mark’s, Hockaday, ESD, and Greenhill.

They started 10-years ago with just 30 students, and today have grown to more than 200 students from all across the city. Check out the full story on stands tomorrow.

Want to get an update on what’s happening at DISD? Dallas School Board Trustee Edwin Flores can fill you in.

Tonight at 6 p.m.,  Flores will host a forum to inform on DISD’s new Superintendent Mike Miles. Flores will also give an update on the new Teacher Evaluation System, talk about the budget, and will open the floor for questions.

It will take place at the Town North Family YMCA, in the 4300 block of Northaven Road. For questions or directions, give them a call at 214-357-8431

Calling all future Tri-Delts, Pi-Phis, Chi-Os, and more. Hillcrest High School is hosting an event today at 7 p.m. for seniors interested in going through sorority recruitment. Learn the ins and outs of Panhellenic procedures, references letters, and anything else you’d like to know. The meeting will be held in the school’s library. RSVP to Soozie Bül at sbul@virginiacook.com

The Franklin Middle School PTA is asking members to nominate one person who has shown exemplary service as a teacher, administrator, or volunteer. This candidate does not have to be a PTA member to be chosen.  Email your nomination (name and a few sentences as to why you believe this person deserves the honor) to Beverly Kohrs at bkohrs@swbell.net You may also submit your nomination on paper and place in the PTA mail box in the school’s main office. Today is the deadline for entries so don’t dawdle.

W.T. White Mixed Varsity Choir Performs @ Board Meeting from Dallas Independent School Dist on Vimeo.

H/T to Louisa Meyer at W.T. White for sending along this link.

Congrats are in order for Zach Fein, pictured here with principal Ronald Jones. The Hillcrest High School senior has been named a National Merit Scholar. He is one of only 8,400 students in the country who can claim this honor for 2012.

Zach has applied to Caltech, MIT, Princeton, and the University of Texas at Austin. He plans to pursue a degree in applied or interdisciplinary math. On top of this prestigious award, Zach is also the captain of the school’s tennis team and currently ranked No. 1 in his graduating class.

Speaking of financially related DISD matters, the Dallas Morning News is reporting that prospective members of W.T. White cheerleading and drill team had to pay $5 before being allowed to tryout. In the article, district spokesperson Jon Dahlander characterized the fee as minimal and said the practice was used by other school districts in the past.

Paying to tryout for a public school sport strikes me as odd, but even more so since the fee is attached only to cheerleading and drill team tryouts. If you’re going to tack on a price tag, do it across the board.

Who knows, maybe the money will go toward a scholarship for students with perfect attendance? Win-Win, DISD, Win-win.

More for you from the DISD front: I hear through the grapevine that a District 1 candidate forum is now slated for 6:30 p.m. April 2, in the Marsh Middle School auditorium.

The event will be moderated Dallas Observer alumnus and DISD parent Robert Wilonsky (now of the Dallas Morning News).

See you there?

Four — count ‘em, four  — candidates have now filed for the DISD District 1 seat that seven-year trustee Edwin Flores will leave in May.

With yesterday’s paperwork deadline come and gone, the final lineup is Michael Greenberg, Jennifer Levy, Elizabeth Jones, and (the latest) attorney Roland Love.  We’ll have thoughts from each of them in Friday’s paper.

Meanwhile, check out this amusing blurb from our sister site, FrontBurner, about Jones’ campaign logo.

When he stepped down in February, DISD trustee Edwin Flores briefly left the District 1 bid to newcomer candidate Michael Greenberg, who stayed unopposed for all of two weeks.

Now, with a filing deadline that’s just around the corner on Monday, three hats are in the ring: Greenberg’s; that of RN/stay-at-home mom Jennifer Levy, who filed Feb. 21; and — as of today — another contender: Elizabeth Jones, a business adviser and UTD visiting professor.

You might know Jones’ campaign treasurer; she’s none other than 100-year-old real-estate maven Ebby Halliday.