Last week we reported that DISD named Bryan Adams High School principal Cynthia Goodsell Principal of the Year. Over the weekend, I had more than one person remind me that a Bryan Adams drama teacher of more than 30 years, John McCollum, was named Dallas’ Teacher of the Year. One of our Back Talk readers and a fellow BA graduate, Quentin Mendoza, who was active in the high school theater arts program writes in an e-mail regarding Mr. McCollum, “He inspired us to step beyond ourselves and think outside the confines of our petty high school existence. At least half of the memories I cherish from Bryan Adams are a result of my involvement with theater and the influence of Mac.”
We also ran a photo of McCollum with the announcement in the June print edition of the East Dallas Advocate, which should arrive at your doors this week.
