Dr. William Truesdale the Principal of Douglas Taylor Elementary School is a proud product of the Chicago Public Schools. Dr. Truesdale has led Taylor School to be recognized for two consecutive years as a Spotlight School by the Illinois State Board of Education on the Illinois Honor Roll. In Addition, Taylor School has won a national competition K-8,  the only Chicago Public School recognized as a  Break Through School by the National Association of Secondary Principals. Taylor School was awarded a $ 5,000 grant  from the Met-Life Foundation and national recognition as a highly effective school. The school will be featured in the June 2009 edition of Principal Leadership Magazine. Dr. Truesdale will be presenting on the Break Through Schools Model at the National Association of Secondary Principals 2009 Conference in San Diego, Ca. on February 28, 2009. Dr. Truesdale is an adjunct professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Curriculum Foundations at Chicago State University. Dr. Truesdale also serves the East Side Community on the Board of Directors of the East Side Chamber of Commerce and as the Beat 432 facilitator for C.A.P.S.