Representing District 9 is Ron Price, who was first elected to the Board of Trustees in May 1997 and currently serves as first vice president. In the past, he has served two terms as secretary of the board. He was the first person to win a board seat while still an employee of the district, and was the youngest person to be elected to the Texas Association of School Boards.
Price was a former instructor at Pearl C. Anderson Learning Center and has served as a community liaison at Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center. He also served as a Specialist II in the Youth Action Center at Madison High School.
Price serves as the president of the African American School Board Association for the metroplex. He was the first African American to become the board secretary of the Dallas Independent School District since 1910. Price was recently elected as the president of The National Young School Board Members Caucus.
Price serves as the president of the National Association of African American School Boards, the vice president of the National Caucus of Black School Board Members and the president of the Texas Caucus of Black School Board Members. He was selected as one of 20 school board members to participate in a national leadership campaign forum dealing with AIDS/HIV in the nation's minority communities and has received the 2004 Chairman Award from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
A trailblazer in his field, Price was instrumental in changing the state law regarding the sale of alcohol near schools in the state of Texas. He was the founder of The Pearl Guards, chairman of Young Brothers' United and a member of the South Dallas Cultural Center. He is a member of the NAACP, National Alliance of Black School Educators, National Association of School Boards, the Oak Cliff Linz Club, the Youth and Family Center Board, The National Young School Board Members Caucus and is on the Board of Directors for the National Black Caucus of School Board Members as well as several other organizations.
