Author: The Hub

The district intends to seek a waiver from the Texas Education Agency so that schools will not need to make up the third inclement weather day that took place March 5. If the Board of Trustees and TEA approve the waiver, the last day of school would remain Friday, June 5. The district has two inclement weather days built into the calendar in case weather causes the closure of schools. The two inclement weather days, which will serve as the make up days for Feb. 23–24, are scheduled for April 3 and June 5. To view the full student calendar, click…

A generous donation has helped outfit Dallas ISD students for future success. Todd Williams, a Casa View Elementary and Bryan Adams High School graduate, and his wife Abby underwrote “I Will Graduate” t-shirts for many schools across the city. On March 19, district officials recognized Todd and Abby at a ceremony at Casa View Elementary for the couples’ contribution to motivating students to graduate. “This is a great program that sets the expectation that every student in the district will graduate to make their way to college to better their lives,” Bryan Adams Principal Richard Kastl said. The districtwide project…

The State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) starts Monday, March 30, and there’s still time to help students prepare for success on the exams. Prep University All Star Workshops continue across the district, providing opportunities to help parents better understand the test requirements and gather helpful tips to prepare their children for the test. Parents will view sample test questions and learn how STAAR impacts graduation. The remaining free workshops, offered in English with Spanish interpretation, are scheduled for Thursday, March 26, at 9 a.m. at Billy Earl Dade Middle School, 2727 Grand Ave., 75215 J.N. Ervin Elementary School, 3722…

A news report from WFAA looks into the district’s draft Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) plan that aims to incentivize effective teachers to voluntarily transfer and work at struggling district schools. Click here for the full story. Photo courtesy WFAA 8.

After months of planning and community engagement, Dallas ISD’s Office of Transformation and Innovation formally announced its plan to launch its inaugural group of Choice Schools. The district plans for seven Choice Schools to be in this first group: two are being announced today; four were announced last winter; and one has been proposed in the district’s Interim Bridge Plan. As part of its Public School Choice strategy, the district plans to launch a total of 35 new Choice Schools by the year 2020. The schools announced today are Bryan Adams High School and a brand new, start-up K-8 Young…

A record number of job candidates registered for and attended Saturday’s district job fair at Emmett J. Conrad High School. More than 2,250 candidates registered for and nearly 1,200 candidates attended the event. District schools made job offers to 406 candidates at the event. “I am personally excited that this is one of our biggest job fairs we’ve ever had,” said Jordan Carlton, talent leader for the district’s Human Capital Management (HCM) department. Saturday marked the district’s first major job fair under its new teacher evaluation system that compensates teachers for their in-class performance. Prior to the event, Carlton said he’d heard…

In February, Dallas ISD hired Karry Chapman as the interim director of Human Capital Management. Chapman has 16 years of leadership experience in human resources for school districts in North Texas. With Chapman leading the Dallas ISD department for one month as of March 17, The Hub caught up with the Baylor University graduate to see how the job has gone so far. Below is a transcribed copy of the conversation. Why did you want to become the HCM interim director? Chapman: I served in another school district in a similar interim capacity. When Dallas ISD interviewed me, it seemed…

KERA recently featured the district’s newest drop-in center, which helps students in need, including those that are homeless. The latest drop-in center, which is in Madison High near Fair Park, “is an attempt to lighten things up for those kids stressed by challenges like homelessness,” KERA reports. Read the full story here. Photo courtesy KERA.