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Community conversations will collect input and feedback on ensuring equity in the bond planning process
0Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office (REO) has scheduled a series of community conversations related to its Equity in Bond Planning process. The meetings will collect input and feedback on plans to invest a portion of the district’s proposed Bond 2020 package of school/facility improvements to create four school-community hubs. The hubs are proposed for neighborhoods served by H. Grady Spruce, Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and L.G. Pinkston high schools. Using a measurement tool called the Community Resource Index, or CRI, the Racial Equity Office meetings will share data about these neighborhoods in five categories—community, family, education, economics and health. The…
“Trini” Garza students share hardships of race and Covid-19 in published anthology
0Students from Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College High School at Mountain View published a book about COVID-19, race and their life challenges. “Faceless: Untold Side Effects of Culture, Race & COVID-19” is a collection of almost 80 narratives, poems and short stories from students from two Mexican-American and African-American history classes at Trini Garza. “What we want everyone to take from this book is not just how we’ve spent our quarantine, but how we are determined to speak about our happenings in a way that makes reality just a bit better throughout it,” the book states. “This book is more…
Dallas ISD is recruiting bus drivers for the 2020 – 2021 school year
0Dallas ISD’s Transportation Department is calling on all CDL drivers who are looking to make a difference in their community. The district is recruiting bus drivers for the 2020 – 2021 school year. The starting pay is $20.17 per hour. Drivers are guaranteed 6 working hours a day for 185 days per school year. Drivers must be at least 21 years of age. Among other requirements, applicants must have a Texas Commercial Driver’s License (Class A or B) with Passenger and School endorsements (“P” and “S”). Jobseekers can find the job posting on this website. The Dallas ISD Transportation Department…
Santander Consumer USA Foundation continues support of Dallas ISD students through $150,000 grant to Dallas Education Foundation
0Santander Consumer USA Foundation continues its commitment to Dallas ISD students by providing a $150,000 grant to the Dallas Education Foundation–Dallas ISD’s nonprofit philanthropic arm–to support distance learning and virtual classrooms. Dallas Education Foundation Executive Director Mita Havlick said the grants funds will be used to fund the development of the technology platform students need to successfully engage and participate in at-home learning. “In these uncertain times, it’s required for our students to have the ability and option to access quality virtual instruction. The generous grant from Santander Consumer will directly fund the development of a robust virtual classroom environment…