Author: The Hub

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…

Students at more than 15 Dallas ISD schools completed Anti Defamation Leagues’ No Place for Hate Program, an initiative geared toward preventing, recognizing and responding to bullying and bias. The program is a school climate improvement framework that provides schools with an organizing framework for combating bias, bullying and hatred, which leads to long-term solutions to foster and maintain a supportive environment. To receive their designation, schools must first take the NPFH pledge which includes lines about supporting a non-bullying environment and being an ally to peers. The schools then create a NPFH committee made up of students, teachers and…

La Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobó por unanimidad una resolución que constituye un compromiso del distrito a los estudiantes afroamericanos y a su vida. Conforme a la resolución, la Junta Escolar colaborará con la comunidad para identificar temas de gran necesidad y se reunirá con el superintendente Michael Hinojosa en 30 días para empezar a tomar acción para lograr avances medibles para los estudiantes afroamericanos de Dallas ISD a lo largo del próximo año. El Dr. Hinojosa elogió a la Junta Escolar por tomar acción inmediata y decisiva en este tema y se comprometió a aumentar los esfuerzos del…