Dallas ISD is recruiting current eighth-graders interested in attending a Career Institute next school year. At a Career Institute, students can develop and grow in-demand skills they need to secure a good-wage job in the near future. Interested students can simply fill out this form and the information will be sent to their counselor. More than 800 current freshmen this school year are enrolled in a Career Institute program. The students are taking the Principles of Construction class at their home campus in preparation for the three dedicated Career Institutes opening August 2020. Starting their sophomore year, students enrolled in…

The Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020 boasts legends who have made a fundamental impact on sports in the district and beyond. The just-announced class of inductees includes: Football legend Jessie Armstead from Carter High School Basketball great Micheal Williams from Carter High School Renowned track and field coach (the late) Earnest James from Roosevelt High School Football and track star Robert Goodrich from Woodrow Wilson High School Golf champion (the late) Elizabeth Betty Jameson from Sunset High School Sports Medicine legend Phil Francis Basketball standout Ira Terrell from Roosevelt High School For the third year, Dallas…

Dallas ISD will expand its Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) program to eight additional campuses for the 2020-2021 school year. This initiative incentivizes top teachers and principals to voluntarily work at the district’s highest-need schools, ensuring the best educators are in classrooms where they are needed the most. Since its inception in 2015, ACE schools have shown a continuous improvement by combining effective instruction, additional learning time, and social and academic skill-building. As a result, academic performance has increased in core content areas, attendance has improved, and parents feel more positive about their child’s school. In 2019, Texas Education Agency (TEA)…

Following the Oct. 20 tornadoes that caused extensive damage to the campuses, Dallas ISD trustees unanimously approved a plan Thursday night to renovate Thomas Jefferson High School and build a new consolidated pre-K through eighth-grade campus to replace Walnut Hill Elementary School and Cary Middle School. The goal is to have students attend the permanent locations for the 2022–2023 school year. Under the approved plan, much of the existing TJ campus will remain and receive needed renovations. The cafeteria/kitchen, weight room/dance studio, and culinary/ROTC areas will be demolished. Additions will be added to the existing building and the addition under…