The head of Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office Leslie Williams is intent on taking action to reverse the pervasive poverty in Dallas’ poorest communities. “We want to address past inequities that are still having an impact on redlined neighborhoods,” he says. Williams is spearheading an effort to assign a portion of the proposed 2020 bond package to correct past inequities that have created a legacy of poverty in communities around Lincoln, James Madison, L.G. Pinkston, Franklin Roosevelt and H. Grady Spruce high schools. He is meeting with parents, residents and elected officials, presenting evidence that the poverty surrounding these schools…
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Following the Oct. 20 tornado that damaged the original Walnut Hill Elementary and Edward H. Cary Middle School facilities beyond repair, trustees unanimously approved a plan to build a consolidated pre-K through eighth-grade campus to serve those school communities. For the first step, district officials and architects hosted public meetings to gather community feedback and ideas on the new school facility. The architects used the ideas and feedback to create initial dozens of concept drawings to open discussions about design for the new school. Community leaders at a March 4 design charrette provided feedback on the concepts presented, helping further…
To celebrate International SEL Day on March 27, Dallas ISD’s Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Department is hosting a student contest to collect examples of what social and emotional learning means to them. Any K-12 Dallas ISD student is invited to enter the contest and use their favorite creative outlet to express their passion for social and emotional learning. Students, or an adult on their behalf, can submit their creative piece through Google Form by Tuesday, March 24,. Winners will be announced on International SEL Day, March 27! Contest Details Students can submit a response to one or more of…
After only winning one in-district game in the 2018 season, the Skyline High School Boys Baseball Team in 2019 made the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. Now as the 2020 season gets underway, the team is traveling to Corpus Christie this weekend to play against some of the state’s best baseball teams in the Mira’s Sports and More South Texas Baseball Classic. The tournament will give the players and team more statewide exposure and experience facing top-level teams. “As the largest school in Dallas ISD, we take it upon ourselves to go out and perform at a…
A special celebration on Tuesday night recognized top-performing principals for the work they do supporting students and their schools. See photos from the celebration here. As part of an ongoing effort to identify and reward top educators and campus leaders, through the Theory of Action, Dallas ISD relaunched its Master Principals program last school year. The Master Principals program was in effect during Hinojosa’s first term as superintendent. https://youtu.be/izfNiMrPG8c At the March 3 celebration held at the Dallas Arboretum, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Chief of Strategic Initiatives Brian Lusk and Chief of School Leadership Stephanie Elizalde personally thanked the Master Principals…
Through a partnership with entrepreneur and philanthropist Roland G. Parrish and the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, four Dallas ISD students recently qualified for The Parrish Charitable Foundation’s Public Debate. The four students – selected from the top varsity speakers at the Parrish Charitable Foundation Tournament – will face off in a public debate in April. The topic of the public debate is: Stealing signs has been a part of the rich history of baseball, our national pastime, over a century, without punishment. Now that we are in the digital and electronic age, should heavy penalties and punishment (fines, suspensions, termination,…
Eduardo Mata Montessori School celebrated reaching the halfway point of work on its new 30,000-square-foot school addition with a topping out ceremony. Imperial Construction, the general contractor for the $30 million Bond 2015 project, placed a piece of structural steel in front of the school for current students to sign. The beam was then hoisted into place as staff and students watched from a safe distance along the Katy Trail. In addition to the building addition that doubles as a storm shelter, the scope of work includes replacing the fire alarm and PA system, renovation of administrative areas, select student…
Como miles de estudiantes y exalumnos de Dallas ISD, Zamantha Romero aspira a ser la primera en su familia en obtener un título universitario. Los estudiantes universitarios de primera generación casi siempre enfrentan el mismo reto: desconocen los pasos que hay que seguir para inscribirse a la universidad y encontrar becas, y carecen de la orientación adecuada. Romero cursa el grado 11 en W. H. Adamson High School y tiene previsto asistir a la universidad después de graduarse. En busca de apoyo, se inscribió al programa de mentores de Leadership Forward, una organización sin fines de lucro que recluta…