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En la reunión del jueves por la noche, los representantes de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobaron el presupuesto para el año escolar 2019–2020 con aproximadamente $57.6 millones en aumentos salariales, lo cual es notablemente más de lo que requiere el Proyecto de Ley 3 de la Cámara de Representantes. Casi $33.6 millones de los aumentos están destinados para los maestros y la administración de los planteles bajo compensación estratégica, mientras que $6.7 millones se repartirán para otros puestos relacionados al plantel escolar tales como especialistas de medios de comunicación, maestros excluidos del TEI, enfermeras y consejeros escolares. (Haga…

Dallas ISD early college namesake, Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. passed away Monday, July 8, at his home in Dallas.  Lassiter, 80, was a former president of El Centro College, chancellor of Dallas County Community College, and a longtime area minister and educator. A staunch supporter of higher education for inner city and minority students, Lassiter was instrumental in building early support for the creation of early college high schools in Dallas ISD. One of his lasting legacies is his role in founding Middle College High School at El Centro College in 1988. In recognition of his support, the Dallas…

Shannon Trejo has been named deputy chief of Academics. Previously, Trejo had served as Dallas ISD’s assistant superintendent for Language, Literacy and Social Studies since October 2017. In that role, she led six departments—Dyslexia/504, Reading Language Arts, Social Studies, Dual Language and English Learner Services, World Languages, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support—and focused on the creation and implementation of a districtwide curriculum. Trejo graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in applied learning and development and a specialization in Spanish. She earned a master’s degree in educational administration at The University of Texas in Arlington and…

Silvia Salinas was recently named acting executive director of the Athletics Department, the first woman to occupy the position in Dallas ISD. A 27-year educator, Salinas has worked in athletics administration for 16 years. Continuing a long family tradition in education, Salinas earned a degree in exercise and sports science from Southwest Texas State University and a master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State University. She earned a doctorate in higher education and athletics administration from the University of North Texas. Salinas began her career teaching mathematics and coaching cross-country and track-and-field in Lockhart, Texas. In 1996, she began teaching…

Un conjunto de 23 estudiantes con necesidades especiales fueron aclamados tras recibir una mención honorífica en una competencia de robótica. Los representantes de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD iniciaron el aplauso de pie para reconocer a dos representantes de RoboFlash y a su entrenadora. A este equipo de la preparatoria Sunset le otorgaron el “Premio por Profesionalismo Cortés” durante una competencia local en marzo. Esta condecoración celebra a los equipos que demuestran un impecable espíritu deportivo. “Los otros equipos se están dando cuenta que somos un competidor fuerte”, dijo Pauline Tatum, maestra de educación especial en Sunset High School…

Una política nueva facilitará el acceso a prekínder gratuito de alta calidad para las familias del área de Dallas. La Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD, el jueves por la noche, aprobó el programa de becas para prekínder que podrá beneficiar a cientos de familias. Leslie Williams, Jefe Adjunto de la Oficina de Equidad Racial y Derek Little, Superintendente Adjunto de Aprendizaje Temprano, indicaron que la política de becas para prekínder ayudará a abordar las desigualdades raciales estructurales y brindará beneficios duraderos para más familias con estudiantes de prekínder en Dallas ISD. “Es una ventaja para el distrito y nuestros estudiantes…

The 23rd-annual Mayor’s Back To School Fair will provide Dallas parents and children with everything they need for the first day of school. There will be several free services, including health checkups, dental and vision screenings, immunizations and haircuts. All Dallas ISD families are eligible to receive school supplies at no cost. “I’ve experienced first hand the struggles that it takes, financially and from a time perspective, to get children ready for that first day of school,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said. “When kids show up to school on the first day and they’ve been properly immunized, and they’ve had…

La 23ra Feria de Regreso a Clases del Alcalde proveerá a los padres y estudiantes de Dallas todo lo necesario para el primer día de escuela. Ofrecerán varios servicios gratuitos, incluyendo chequeos médicos, exámenes dentales y de vista, vacunaciones y cortes de cabello. Todas las familias cuyos hijos asistan a planteles de Dallas ISD podrán recibir útiles escolares sin costo. “He vivido las dificultades de falta de tiempo y financieras que conlleva el preparar a los estudiantes para el primer día de clases”, dijo el alcalde de Dallas Eric Johnson. “Llegar el primer día de clases con todas…

A team of 23 high school students with special needs earned a standing ovation for winning a sportsmanship award during a district robotics competition. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees led the applause for Sunset High School’s RoboFlash team, which earned the Gracious Professionalism Award during a robotics competition in March. “I think teams are seeing that our team is one to be reckoned with,” said Pauline Tatum, special education teacher at Sunset High School and the RoboFlash coach. For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is a national nonprofit that works to spark the youth’s interest in…

The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved several school and facility name changes at the June board meeting. The approved name changes are: Eduardo Mata Elementary School is now Eduardo Mata Montessori School Roger Q. Mills School for the Talented and Gifted is now Trinity Heights Gifted and Talented Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary School is now the Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy Rosemont International Language Preparatory Middle School is now Rosemont Upper Rosemont Elementary School is now Rosemont Lower – Chris V. Semos Building The Conference Center at Turney W. Leonard Governance and Training Center is now the Ada…