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Cuatro de los cinco estudiantes de Dallas ISD que fueran dados de alta por las autoridades de salud para regresar a sus actividades regulares después de ser expuestos al virus del Ébola, regresaron a clases esta mañana, un día antes de lo esperado. Los alumnos fueron dados de alta a la media noche para volver a sus actividades regulares. Se les había dicho que regresaran a la escuela mañana, 21 de octubre. Esta mañana el distrito se enteró de las intenciones de los estudiantes cuando llegaron a la escuela. “Si bien habíamos planeado que regresaran a la escuela el martes,…

Five students who have been kept home while under observation after coming in contact with the first U.S. Ebola patient will soon return to school. The district has taken additional steps to address some of the psychosocial needs to calm any remaining fears. “One of the messages we have for everyone is practice good hygiene,” said Connie Rodriguez, director of psychological and social services. Connie Rodriguez heads the district’s Psychological and Social Services department. She says everyone must continue to use “common sense” behaviors. Methods such as washing your hands, covering your mouth when coughing or sneezing and staying home…

Four of five Dallas ISD students who have been cleared by health authorities to resume regular activities following an exposure to the Ebola virus returned to school this morning, one day earlier than expected. The students were cleared at midnight to resume normal activities. They had been advised to come back to school tomorrow, Oct. 21. The district learned this morning of the students’ intentions after they arrived at school. “While we had planned on them coming back to school Tuesday, they were obviously eager to return back to the school environment and decided on their own to attend,” said…

There are a number of myths surrounding the Ebola virus, including the idea that it is an airborne virus. Dr. Angela Moemeka, vice president and medical director of Community Health at Children’s Health System, helps dispel common myths and provides the facts surrounding the virus. “It is not airborne,” said Moemeka. “It is a virus that is transmitted by direct contact with someone who has Ebola virus disease or direct contact with that person’s bodily secretions.” Five Dallas ISD students who came in contact with the now deceased Ebola virus patient were placed in the district’s Homebound Program earlier this…

Some Dallas ISD kids are painting the town pink. For the second year in a row, students at Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School are creating artwork on a different kind of canvas. In minutes, this once orange vegetable transforms into an inspirational piece. It’s just one way these students plan to inspire breast cancer patients while also encouraging survivors and their families. Eighth-grader Alejandro hopes one day doctors will find a cure. “It shows that there’s millions of people that have breast cancer and maybe if we write, we could probably find the cure,” Alejandro said. The canvas serves…

D Magazine goes inside the halls at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School during Principal for A Day. Districtwide, 160 business leaders, community members and public officials wore a different hat for the day; educator. The following is an excerpt from D Magazine’s story: How A. Maceo Smith High School Develops a Different Kind of Student by Krista Nightengale Two years ago, during D’s literacy program, Big D Reads, we tricked the students at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School into thinking that their history books were being removed from their school—and burned… To read the full story…

While the fall usually means back to school, cooler temperatures and shorter days, to most high school students across the state it also means one important thing: homecoming season. Dating back to the early 1900s, the term “homecoming” refers to the alumni of schools and universities returning home for a season game or for the football team returning home after playing schools further away. Just who started homecoming is still largely contested with the universities of Baylor, Illinois and Missouri claiming to have been the first ones. One thing for sure, Dallas ISD loves homecoming and all the activities it…

La Ventanilla de Educación es una iniciativa educativa que busca facilitar el acceso a los programas de educación y al mismo tiempo generar una cultura de información y participación para mejorar el estado de educación de la población de origen mexicano y mejorar su calidad de vida. El objetivo general de la Ventanilla de Educación es informar al público de origen mexicano que reside en el el Norte de Texas, acerca de los programas educativos disponibles en todos los niveles; y fortalecer los mecanismos de acceso a la educación, con el fin de mejorar la educación de las familias de…

Visto desde afuera, el trabajo que toma el manejar una escuela de manera segura y eficiente quizás no se vea como una tarea tan difícil. Pero si le preguntamos a algún director, nos podría dar una perspectiva diferente. Este martes, 14 de octubre, 161 líderes comunitarios van a tener la oportunidad de sacar su propia conclusión cuando asuman el puesto de director invitados por un día en varias escuelas del Dallas ISD. Estar a cargo de una escuela como “director por un día” le da una oportunidad a los voluntarios del mundo empresarial, del gobierno y líderes en la comunidad…

The Home-Rule School District Charter Commission has revised its remaining meeting dates through June 15, 2015. The following meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Dallas ISD Central Administration Building, 3700 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75204. All meetings are open to the public and media. 2014 Tuesday, Oct. 21 Monday, Nov. 3 Monday, Nov. 17 Monday, Dec. 1 2015 Monday, Jan. 5 Tuesday, Jan. 20 Monday, Feb. 2 Monday, Feb. 16 Monday, March 2 Monday, March 16 Monday, April 6 Monday, April 20 Monday, May 4 Monday, May 18 Monday, June 1 Monday, June 15 The list of meetings…