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UPDATED Aug. 19: The TRE did not get the super-majority vote from the board of trustees needed to move forward for the November election. Original Story: Dallas ISD trustees tonight will consider calling for a Tax Ratification Election on Nov. 8 that would provide additional funds for three programs: early childhood education, early college high school programs, and strategic teacher compensation. Watch the meeting live here.

Most Dallas ISD students entering kindergarten through 12th grade may register for school using the district’s online enrollment tool now through Sept. 2. So far this year nearly 9,000 students have submitted enrollment applications using the online system. Below are answers to five of the most common questions regarding online enrollment. What is a SnapCode? A SnapCode is a unique 15 character and numeric code that provides a student’s primary guardian access to pre-filled enrollment forms. How can I get a SnapCode? SnapCodes are centrally generated and provided to each campus to distribute to parents. The district is aiming next year…

WFAA has its own story on how Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities teamed up with Belk and Dallas ISD to provide students of two underserved Dallas ISD schools with brand new uniforms dental and vision screenings, healthy groceries to take home, and much more. See WFAA’s story here.

Director in the Office of Transformation of Innovation, Mohammed Choudhury has been nominated for the prestigious EPic Change Makers award! Sponsored by Education Pioneers, this award recognizes the work of the alumni “who are making a marked difference in improving equity and opportunity for historically underserved communities—low-income students and students of color, specifically.” The top 10 semifinalists will be eligible to win one $10,000 Scott Morgan Award, or two $2,500 runner-up awards to help advance their leadership development of key initiatives at their organization. As an integral leader for the Public School Choice initiative, Choudhury has led more than 10…

Each year, thousands of North Texas families in need struggle to provide adequate clothing, food, supplies and medical coverage for their children. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities teamed up with Belk and Dallas ISD to provide students of two underserved Dallas ISD schools with brand new uniforms dental and vision screenings, healthy groceries to take home, and much more. The Ellis Davis Field House, located at 9191 South Polk Street, was converted into a “pop-up shop” to provide a special shopping experience for students at John Neely Bryan Elementary School and Boude Storey Middle School. Belk provided more than…

W.W. Samuell High School will welcome its first ever female principal this school year. Samuell High School has not had a female principal since its doors opened in the 1950s. A baton passing ceremony took place to commemorate the historic moment. John Vega, who previously served as Samuell principal for four years before becoming executive director of the L.G. Pinkston feeder pattern, and Israel Cordero, who served as principal before Vega and is now Dallas ISD Deputy Chief of School Leadership, handed off the baton to Jennifer Tecklenburg, who will begin her term as principal this year. “It is an incredible…

Here’s a friendly, fun reminder that after 81 days of summer break, school starts Monday, Aug. 22.

Texas Instruments (TI) announced that corporate and foundation grants of more than $3 million in 2016 will go toward improving K–12 STEM education in Dallas ISD. The TI foundation grants include: $1.7 million towards the training of up to 216 Dallas ISD middle school science teachers at Southern Methodist University, in hopes of reaching 46,000 students. $1.3 million to Teach for America in support of 60 Dallas ISD and Uplift Education school’s math and science teachers. Additional grants will be distributed to: Teaching Trust for Dallas ISD campus leadership teams’ one-year training program. Dallas ISD Foundation’s annual Innovations in STEM Teaching…

Dallas ISD’s science department offers a variety of opportunities for teachers to build confidence levels through targeted professional development. Differentiated sessions are geared towards increasing content knowledge and student-centered pedagogy skills in an inquiry-based setting. The science department has teamed with multiple community partners, Lunar Planetary Institute, the Dallas Arboretum, UT Southwestern Medical Center, the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Hot Wheels Speedometry, “Bringing those kinds of things into the classroom is amazing, so just being here is amazing in of itself,” said Sheneque Williams, a science teacher at George W. Carver Elementary School. For more information, contact the science department…

School starts on Monday, which, of course, also means that school zones will be in effect for motorists. The total fine for speeding in a school zone starts at $221. Also, all drivers are still prohibited from texting or using handheld cell phones while driving in a school zone. Drivers are encouraged to observe speed zones when flashing light signals are active, and to be aware of students walking near schools.