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In celebration of School Board Recognition Month, we are spotlighting the nine dedicated unpaid volunteers who serve as Dallas ISD trustees. Maxie Johnson was elected to the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees to represent District 5 in May 2019. District 5 is a large and diverse district that spans West Dallas, Oak Lawn, Uptown, and a large portion of South Oak Cliff.  Trustee Johnson has been an active community member throughout the district for decades. Learn more about Johnson here! Johnson is deeply invested in the quality of district schools and the success of all of our students. He has…

Following the Oct. 20 tornadoes that caused extensive damage to the campuses, Dallas ISD trustees unanimously approved a plan Thursday night to renovate Thomas Jefferson High School and build a new consolidated pre-K through eighth-grade campus to replace Walnut Hill Elementary School and Cary Middle School. The goal is to have students attend the permanent locations for the 2022–2023 school year. Under the approved plan, much of the existing TJ campus will remain and receive needed renovations. The cafeteria/kitchen, weight room/dance studio, and culinary/ROTC areas will be demolished. Additions will be added to the existing building and the addition under…

Los interesados en formar parte de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD deben presentar su candidatura a más tardar el viernes, 14 de febrero, para ser incluidos en la contienda. La comunidad votará para elegir los representantes de los siguientes distritos: Distrito 2: zonas norte y este de Dallas, actualmente representado por Dustin Marshall. Distrito 6: zona suroeste, actualmente representado por Joyce Foreman. Distrito 8: Love Field, zonas noroeste y central, actualmente representado por Miguel Solís. Los interesados pueden presentar su candidatura en persona de lunes a viernes, de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m. en la Office of Board Services,…

Sunset High School abrirá una nueva Academia de Justicia Penal en colaboración con el Departamento de Policía de Dallas (DPD). Al completar el programa, los graduados de Sunset Law Academy (la Academia de derecho de Sunset) reunirán los criterios educativos necesarios para conseguir empleo como oficial de policía con el DPD. Así, Sunset se convierte en la próxima escuela de Dallas ISD en formalizar un programa de derecho que conduce a un associates degree (un título equivalente a dos años de universidad) con capacitación policial. Las preparatorias David W. Carter y Bryan Adams ya colaboran con el DPD para formar…

Sunset High School is launching a new Criminal Justice Academy in partnership with the Dallas Police Department (DPD). Upon successful completion of the program, Sunset Law Academy graduates will meet all the educational qualifications to apply for a police officer position in DPD. Sunset becomes the latest Dallas ISD school to formalize a law program towards an associate degree with law enforcement training. David W. Carter and Bryan Adams high schools already collaborate with DPD to produce police officers who can serve Dallas communities. With Sunset adding the law academy, this educational opportunity will expand to North Oak Cliff. …

Another Dallas ISD swim meet is in the books at the Loos Natatorium, and the winners now go on to regionals, with the ultimate hope of competing in–and winning–the state championship. Join us in applauding these Dallas ISD swimming champs: 15-5A Winners Boys: Carter High School Girls: Sunset High School 14-5A Winners Boys: Bryan Adams High School Girls: Woodrow Wilson High School

Two of 11 finalists have been named Dallas ISD 2019-2020 Teachers of the Year! Eric Hale from David G. Burnet Elementary School is the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Katie Benningfield from the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove is the Secondary Teacher of the Year. The winners were announced at a special reception on Jan. 22 where they were each presented with $5,000 checks from H-E-B/Central Market. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and trustees thanked the two winners and nine other finalists for their incredible work every day supporting students. See photos from the Jan. 22 event In November,…

In celebration of School Board Recognition Month, we are spotlighting the nine dedicated unpaid volunteers who serve as Dallas ISD trustees. Trustee Karla Garcia is a proud native of Southeast Dallas and a product of Dallas ISD schools. Garcia was inspired to run for Dallas ISD District 4 trustee because she wanted to address the inequities that she saw in the public school system, particularly in Southeast Dallas. Her goal is to represent the perspective and needs of students in her community. Garcia’s parents came to the United States from Guanajuato, Mexico, with a dream of a bright future for their…

IDEA student Natalia Martinez-Sanchez wrote this article on her fellow classmate, Rafael Martinez. Henry David Thoreau once said, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Thoreau’s commentary on the difference between eyesight and vision is Rafael Martinez’s reality. Martinez is a tenacious senior at Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy who first learned about tenacity on his eleventh birthday when he was diagnosed with Stargardt, an eye disorder that causes vision loss. Despite Rafael’s condition, he has managed to pursue his musical goals and perform in an advanced marching band. The journey to achieving this dream is…

El superintendente Michael Hinojosa dio a conocer que un número importante de estudiantes de Dallas ISD se graduarán este año con un grado asociado, y eso provocó que el salón lleno de representantes de socios de la industria y líderes escolares irrumpieran en aplausos por el gran logro. ¡Haga clic para ver fotos del evento! Hinojosa compartió excelentes noticias durante un evento del 17 de enero para celebrar la colaboración entre 77 empresas, lideres educativos y cívicos y socios que se han unido a las preparatorias P-TECH de Dallas ISD para apoyar incansablemente a los estudiantes a través de orientación,…