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Superintendent Elizalde welcomes all students and staff back home for 2022-23 school year
0Our Superintendent, Dr. Stephanie Elizalde, is thrilled to be back in Dallas ISD! Her main goal: to ensure that education is marked by excellence and equity for every single student. Check out her full message to the Dallas ISD community here:
M/WBE Department receives Supplier Diversity Champion Award from Subcontractors USA
0Dallas ISD’s Minority/Women Business Enterprise Department has been recognized as a Supplier Diversity Champion by Subcontractors USA, a Vaskey Media Group. The Supplier Diversity Champion Award celebrates companies who work tirelessly to foster business growth in minority communities and promote business diversity initiatives. Subcontractor USA is committed to fostering economic growth among subcontractors and delivering credible information through strategic connections, such as Dallas ISD. Through consulting, networking, and business development initiatives, they have developed a mutually beneficial platform to promote significant procurement opportunities and economic growth within Texas. “Because diversity is an important element in building our community, Dallas ISD…
Mavs join superintendent to dedicate court, welcome intersession students
0Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde was joined by Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall and two Mavericks superstars on Monday to greet students for the first day of school at Adelle Turner Elementary School, one of the 41 schools on the district’s intersession calendar. Also on hand, along with Mavs Dorian Finney-Smith and Rolando Blackman, was Dallas ISD District 6 Trustee Joyce Foreman, as the group dedicated a brand new, state-of-the-art basketball court to Adelle Turner. “The best way to start off the year is with high energy and really getting kids excited about their learning, and of course, the gym,” Dr. Elizalde…
Dallas ISD unveils guide to building a successful Racial Equity Office
0Dallas ISD and national nonprofit Education Resource Strategies are proud to unveil a digital document that outlines the district’s path to racial equity. This informational guide reveals six phases of work that set the foundation to establish an effective Racial Equity Office (REO). Dallas ISD’s REO has become a leading example for districts across the nation, a solid framework for other districts ready to begin critical racial equity work. In December 2017, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees took a bold step to address educational disparities by establishing the Racial Equity Office. This department was created to showcase our vision…