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DISD teacher Omar Cortez helps lead the robotics program at the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove. [Photo: DISD]
The Last Word: DISD’s Omar Cortez on His Pleasant Grove School’s Robotics Program
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 20, 2023
Cortez teaches robotics to every sixth-grade student at his school, and also helps coach 40 students in five teams in middle and elementary school, along with teachers and coaches Julian Beltran, Brittney Fletcher, and Alba Ramirez.
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