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Dallas ISD remains committed to ensuring our schools are safe and secure learning environments for all students. Now more than ever, each and every one of us plays a vital role in warranting our children’s safety. With approximately 4.6 million children living in a household with loaded and unsecured firearms, and the startling fact that guns are the No. 1 killer of children and adolescents, we must band together to create secure environments for the future generation. Every child deserves to feel safe at school and at home, and we encourage parents and guardians to join us in these efforts.…

En su reunión del jueves, los representantes de la Junta Escolar se mostraron contentos con las calificaciones de la Agencia de Educación de Texas, las cuales revelaron que el distrito obtuvo una “B” en general para el año anterior, pese a los desafíos de la pandemia del Covid. Nadie estaba más contento que la representante del Distrito 6, Joyce Foreman, cuyo distrito, ubicado en el suroeste de Dallas, fue el único en el que ni una escuela obtuvo una calificación por debajo de una “C”. De las 24 escuelas del Distrito 6, una obtuvo una calificación general de “A”, 16…

Dallas ISD trustees at their meeting Thursday basked in the glow of the recently released Texas Education Agency accountability ratings that revealed the district achieved an overall “B” rating for last school year despite the challenges of the Covid pandemic. No one was more elated, however, than District 6 Trustee Joyce Foreman, whose district in southwest Dallas was the only one to have not a single school rated below a “C.” Of the 24 schools in District 6, one earned an overall “A” rating, 16 earned a “B” and eight earned a “C.” “I want you to excuse my joy,” Foreman…

Maxie Johnson, representante del Distrito 5 en la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD, organizó una feria de salud y empleo en L.G. Pinkston High School, el sábado. El representante, junto con la All Kids Matter Foundation, organizó la feria anual Shake Dallas, en la que las organizaciones asociadas ofrecieron vacunas y varios empleadores realizaron entrevistas de trabajo a los interesados desde la 1:30 p.m. hasta las 3 p.m. “Estamos ofreciendo oportunidades de becas y puestos de trabajo para nuestros estudiantes, algunos de los cuales están pasando por situaciones difíciles en casa y van a la escuela tiempo completo, pero necesitan…

Maxie Johnson, who represents District 5 in the Dallas ISD board of trustees, hosted a health and job fair at L.G. Pinkston High School, Saturday. The trustee, along with All Kids Matter Foundation, organized the annual Shake Dallas, where partner organizations offered vaccinations and several employers hosted on-the-spot interviews with attendees from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. “We’re offering scholarship opportunities for our students, we’re offering jobs for our students, some that have rough situations at home and they’re going to school full-time but they need a little financial help on the weekends,” Johnson said “And we also opened it…

Last Saturday, Dallas ISD hosted a ceremony to change the name of the school formerly known as Sarah Zumwalt Middle School to Dr. Frederick D. Todd, Sr. Middle School. Dr. Todd was a longtime educator who served in different positions across his 46 years of career – including a period as principal of the school that now bears his name. Dr. Todd’s sons and family members joined Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde and Principal Bobby Nevels at the renaming ceremony to honor his legacy.

Guests including Trustee Maxie Johnson, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde, former Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, alumni, families and students helped Dallas ISD celebrate the newly renovated Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Saturday, Aug. 13. The dedication ceremony took place inside of the state-of-the-art Melvin Traylor Auditorium. Thanks to voters who passed the 2015 Bond, the campus underwent a $64 million dollar renovation and reconstruction. See highlights of the event in the photo slideshow and video.

Evelyn Lopez and Patricia Barroso were well into planning out their year as early learning specialists when the call came for Teaching and Learning staff to support students in a more direct way—as teachers of record in schools across the district. “My first reaction was surprise,” said Evelyn Lopez, who is teaching first grade at John W. Carpenter Elementary School. “But when Chief [Shannon] Trejo shared the reality that some kids would not have a teacher on their first day, I knew that’s what I had to do. My mind immediately transitioned to being back in the classroom.” “My son…

Evelyn López y Patricia Barroso estaban planificando su año como especialistas en aprendizaje temprano antes de que se pidiera al personal de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje que apoyara a los estudiantes de forma más directa, como maestros de registro en escuelas en todo el distrito. “La primera reacción que tuve fue de sorpresa”, dijo Evelyn López, que da clases de primer grado en John W. Carpenter Elementary School. ” Sin embargo, cuando la jefa [Shannon] Trejo compartió la realidad de que algunos niños no tendrían un maestro en su primer día, supe que eso era lo que tenía que hacer. Mi…

Dallas ISD welcomed students from over 180 campuses on Monday as schools celebrated the third and final first day of classes for the 2022-2023 school year. At 7:45 a.m., Dallas ISD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephanie Elizalde, Chief of Staff and Racial Equity Dr. Pamela Lear, and Chief of Strategic Initiatives Dr. Brian Lusk visited students and teachers in several classrooms at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary. “The instruction, the love, the social-emotional support is happening right here, right here where we are now. It’s in our hallways, it’s in our classrooms, it’s in the cafeteria, it’s in the entrance and…