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With preliminary data showing students falling behind academically due to the Covid-19 impact on schools, Dallas ISD administrators briefed trustees Oct. 8 on a possible strategy of giving families the option of extended learning time to help mitigate learning loss. Dallas ISD is exploring three different potential options for the 2021–2022 school year that would add learning and enrichment time for some or all students. House Bill 3 offers additional funding for districts that add learning time for elementary students. The half-day funding for grades pre-K–5 is for up to 30 days beyond the normal 180 days of instruction. The district…

El 19 de octubre, el Dallas ISD llevará a cabo un seminario web para compartir con el personal, estudiantes y padres del distrito las medidas que está tomando para transformar el distrito en una comunidad escolar antirracista. El seminario web incluirá una breve presentación en que se definirán términos como ‘racismo’ e ‘inteligencia cultural’ y las herramientas que pueden ayudar a formar una organización antirracista. Los líderes ejecutivos del distrito también compartirán lo que sus departamentos están poniendo en práctica para reformar los programas y operaciones. Esta es la primera de una serie de reuniones y se llevará a cabo…

Dallas ISD is holding an Oct.19 webinar to share with district staff, students and parents actions the district is taking to transform Dallas ISD into an anti-racist school community. The webinar will feature a brief presentation defining terms such as racism and cultural intelligence and how those tools can help create an anti-racist organization. The district’s executive leaders will also share what their departments are doing to reform programs and operations. This first in a series of gatherings will be held as a virtual meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19. It will be headed by Dr. Sandra Upton, a…

Beth Poquette Drews enseña banda moderna y mariachi en L. V. Stockard Middle School y lleva 19 años como maestra, todos en Dallas ISD. La maestra empezó a enseñar mariachi cuando, hace 10 años, algunos estudiantes le comentaron su deseo de formar un grupo para aprender de la música de su cultura. Anteriormente, solo se ofrecían las clases tradicionales de banda y orquesta en Stockard Middle School, pero con el apoyo del director y un subsidio de House of Blues Foundation, se creó el programa de mariachi tan solo unas semanas después. “Tanto en las clases de mariachi como de…

Beth Poquette Drews teaches Modern Band and Mariachi at L.V. Stockard Middle School and has been with Dallas ISD for her entire teaching career of 19 years.  Poquette Drews did not always teach Mariachi, but about 10 years ago some of her students approached her about forming a Mariachi ensemble as a way to learn music from their culture. Prior to this, only traditional band and orchestra were offered at Stockard Middle School, but with the support of the school principal and a grant from the House of Blues Foundation, the school’s Mariachi program was created just a few weeks…

After working as a professional architect for more than a decade-and-a-half, Lorena Toffer found a calling in teaching. She’s a first-year educator and the leading instructor of the Principles of Architecture course at the new Career Institute East. After earning a masters in Architecture at Texas A&M University in 2004, Toffer began working for Corgan – a leading architecture and design firm based in Dallas. She was ultimately promoted to senior project manager, where she fully supervised projects from first sketches to construction. Toffer always felt a need to share her knowledge and experience with the younger generations. She began…

Dallas ISD lanzó una página informativa sobre el Covid-19 que registra casos positivos confirmados por Dallas ISD en escuelas e instalaciones en todo el distrito. Ver la página. Sabemos que hay preguntas sobre qué pasa cuando se reporta un caso positivo de covid-19 en una escuela. Las presentamos las respuestas a algunas de las preguntas más frecuentes sobre el proceso de registro y reporte de casos de covid-19 en Dallas ISD. ¿Qué ocurrirá cuando haya un caso positivo en una escuela? ¿A quién notificarán? Toda persona que se sienta enferma en la escuela, sea adulto o estudiante, irá a la…

Dallas ISD has launched a Covid-19 Dashboard that tracks internally confirmed positive cases at schools and facilities across the district. Go here to view the dashboard.  Meanwhile, we know there are some questions about what happens when there is a reported positive Covid-19 case at a school. Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the Covid-19 tracking and reporting process in Dallas ISD. Read a PDF with more details on contact tracing and reporting. What happens when there is a positive case on campus? Who is notified? Anyone on a campus who is not feeling…

Para la seguridad de los estudiantes, el personal, los padres y la comunidad, el Departamento de Deportes de Dallas ISD ha implementado medidas de protección para eventos deportivos este año escolar. Las ventas de boletos se realizarán sin el uso de dinero en efectivo, y no se venderán boletos en la taquilla. Se puede usar la página GoFan para comprar boletos por adelantado en línea y evitar hacer fila en la entrada. Se limitará la capacidad a 50 por ciento en todos los eventos deportivos, así que procure comprar sus boletos con antelación. Las familias de estudiantes que participan en deportes,…

To help ensure the safety of students, staff, parents and community members, the Dallas ISD Athletics Department has implemented comprehensive safety measures at athletic events this school year. All ticket sales for athletic events are cashless and no tickets are sold at the gate. Parents and fans can use the GoFan online ticketing platform to purchase tickets ahead of time to avoid lines at the gate. Attendance is limited to 50-percent capacity at all athletics events, so you should purchase your tickets early. Ticket sale priority will go to the family of participants (student-athletes, band, dance, etc.). On game day, Dallas ISD…