Author: The Hub

During the June 11 board briefing, Dallas ISD administrators discussed the campus-reentry safety protocols and the potential education models for the start of the 2020–2021 school year. Dallas ISD has developed a handbook of safety protocols that will be implemented at every campus during the upcoming school year. Assistant Superintendent of School Leadership Leslie Stephens shared the first draft of this cross-departmental effort. “We imagined ourselves in the life of a teacher and then in the life of a student,” Stephens said. “We took into consideration all the county guidelines, the CDC recommendations, and what we’ve seen in other countries…

In an update to the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees on Thursday, Racial Equity Office Deputy Chief Leslie Williams and his staff identified several areas where REO efforts positively impacted Dallas ISD’s culture during the 2019-2020 school year. Success of ethnic-studies courses More Dallas ISD high school students participated in African-American Studies and Mexican-American Studies courses, as compared to the previous year. African-American Studies enrollment increased from 350 to 1,170 from the fall of 2019 to the fall of 2020. Mexican-American Studies courses also saw a noticeable spike during the same time period, from 537 to 2,059 students, according to…

El Departamento de Transporte Escolar de Dallas ISD invita a los conductores con licencia comercial (CDL) a solicitar un puesto en Dallas ISD para marcar la diferencia en su comunidad. El distrito está contratando conductores de autobús para el año escolar 2020 – 2021. El sueldo inicial es de $20.17 por hora y se les garantiza 6 horas de trabajo al día por 185 días del año escolar. Los conductores deben tener al menos 21 años. Entre otros requisitos, se debe tener la licencia de conductor comercial de Texas (clase A o B) con endosos de pasajeros (“P”) o escuela…

La Oficina de Equidad Racial (REO) de Dallas ISD ha programado una serie de reuniones en la comunidad para tratar el proceso de planificación de la equidad en el programa de bonos. Se busca obtener la opinión de la comunidad sobre el plan de dedicar una parte de los fondos del programa de bonos para mejoras a las escuelas e instalaciones propuesto para el 2020 para crear cuatro centros comunitarios escolares, los cuales estarían ubicados en las comunidades de las preparatorias H. Grady Spruce, Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt y L.G. Pinkston. En las reuniones se compartirán datos del Índice de…

Dallas ISD schools may be closed for the summer, but there are a wide variety of summer programs and activities for students to improve their confidence, reading comprehension, and learn more about their culture. One of these programs is Creating Accelerated Performance (CAP), a collaboration between the Racial Equity Office (REO), Teaching and Learning, and School Leadership, which operates from June 1–18, and aims to help students improve their reading skills and gain confidence about themselves. “Reading is the foundation of all learning. Our students have to read on grade level,” said Leslie Williams, Deputy Chief of REO. The program…

Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office (REO) has scheduled a series of community conversations related to its Equity in Bond Planning process. The meetings will collect input and feedback on plans to invest a portion of the district’s proposed Bond 2020 package of school/facility improvements to create four school-community hubs. The hubs are proposed for neighborhoods served by H. Grady Spruce, Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and L.G. Pinkston high schools. Using a measurement tool called the Community Resource Index, or CRI, the Racial Equity Office meetings will share data about these neighborhoods in five categories—community, family, education, economics and health. The…

Students from Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College High School at Mountain View published a book about COVID-19, race and their life challenges. “Faceless: Untold Side Effects of Culture, Race & COVID-19” is a collection of almost 80 narratives, poems and short stories from students from two Mexican-American and African-American history classes at Trini Garza. “What we want everyone to take from this book is not just how we’ve spent our quarantine, but how we are determined to speak about our happenings in a way that makes reality just a bit better throughout it,” the book states. “This book is more…

Dallas ISD is going out into the community and apartment complexes this summer to enroll families to the district and provide technology support and a mobile WiFi signal. Representatives from the Dallas ISD Centralized Enrollment Department  are at two apartment complexes this week and, in addition to enrolling students, are providing any needed technology support, such as replacing or fixing district-issued devices while also broadcasting a WiFi signal for families to use.

Dallas ISD’s Transportation Department is calling on all CDL drivers who are looking to make a difference in their community. The district is recruiting bus drivers for the 2020 – 2021 school year. The starting pay is $20.17 per hour. Drivers are guaranteed 6 working hours a day for 185 days per school year. Drivers must be at least 21 years of age. Among other requirements, applicants must have a Texas Commercial Driver’s License (Class A or B) with Passenger and School endorsements (“P” and “S”). Jobseekers can find the job posting on this website. The Dallas ISD Transportation Department…

Estudiantes de más de 15 escuelas de Dallas ISD completaron el programa No Place for Hate de la Liga Antidifamación, una iniciativa cuyo propósito es reconocer, responder y prevenir el hostigamiento entre compañeros, o bullying, y los prejuicios. El programa ayuda a mejorar el ambiente escolar al proporcionar a las escuelas una guía para organizarse contra el prejuicio, el hostigamiento y el odio, lo cual produce soluciones duraderas que fomentan y mantienen un ambiente de apoyo. Para recibir la designación No Place for Hate, las escuelas deben asumir el compromiso del programa en el que se fomenta el respaldo a…