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Dallas ISD needs additional input
0Dallas ISD is asking campus staff and parents/guardians to provide additional feedback on the calendar for the 2023-2024 school year. Please respond to the survey below by 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.Calendars for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school year were approved by the Board of Trustees in December. However, for the 2023-2024 school year, Tax-Free Weekend is the weekend after the start of that calendar. Administration has taken feedback and would like to offer another option for consideration. Based on the feedback results for the 2023-2024 calendar, adjustments could be made to the 2024-2025 calendar.Option 1: Calendar currently approvedOption 2: Adjustments…
A Divine (Nine) presence makes Dallas ISD stronger
0Dating back to the early 1900s when African American students were excluded from Greek organizations at predominantly white colleges and universities, Black sororities and fraternities are a living symbol of black resilience in action. These organizations inspire brotherhood and sisterhood in the pursuit of social change, and representatives can be found in all walks of all life, in all professions and workplaces, including Dallas ISD. “It would not be a stretch to say that at every campus, in every department of Dallas ISD, there is probably someone who represents the Divine Nine,” the nine historically Black sororities and fraternities that…
Dallas ISD schools earn top rankings for the 2021-22 school year
0Research and advocacy nonprofit, CHILDREN AT RISK, recognized several Dallas ISD schools as the Dallas and Fort Worth area’s top high, middle and elementary schools. CHILDREN AT RISK ranks all Texas elementary and middle schools across three main areas, and all high schools across four main areas: Student Achievement – how students do on state standardized tests (STAAR) Campus Performance – how a school compares in test scores to schools with similar levels of poverty Student Growth – how students improve on their STAAR tests in a school year College Readiness – how many high school students are graduating on…
Four Dallas ISD schools recognized by Magnet Schools of America
0Magnet Schools of America, the national association for magnet and theme-based schools, recently recognized four Dallas ISD campuses. Among the four, three schools won the National Magnet School of Distinction award and one school was named a National Merit School of Excellence. To celebrate and officially recognize this achievement, the Magnet Schools of America’s 40th National Conference, hosted by Dallas ISD, will be held in April at Hyatt Regency Dallas. The purpose of the Merit Awards Program is to acknowledge schools that “demonstrate an exemplary commitment to academic standards, curriculum innovation, desegregation/diversity efforts, specialized teaching staffs and parent and community…