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District close to finalizing Long-Range Master Plan
0Dallas ISD is close to finalizing a long-range master plan that provides data and information relative to facility assessments, conditions and capacity/enrollment at every school. Dallas ISD trustees were briefed on the near final Long-Range Master Plan (LRMP) during a Sept. 22 workshop. The 10-year plan is the culmination of 14 months of work that included architectural firms walking and analyzing every Dallas ISD school. Also at the Sept. 22 workshop, trustees were briefed on potential actions the district could take to address facility concerns identified by the Long-Range Master Plan. The Strategic Facilities Plan provided information regarding how the…
Find your child’s dream school at Discover 2018
0Every parent dreams of finding a school that taps into their child’s individual interests, learning styles, and aspirations— a task that can prove bewildering. Dallas ISD’s Nov. 3 Discover event is designed to make the search easier and faster. Discover 2018 promises to be the city’s premier school shopping event where families can browse an array of specialty school options ranging from STEM/STEAM, performing arts, Montessori and magnets, to two-way dual language, single-gender and collegiate academies. Discover will be a user-friendly, customer-service rich experience designed with parents in mind. With a choice of dozens of different types of schools located…
District names headquarters to honor former superintendent
0The district’s headquarters at 9400 North Central Expressway is now officially the Linus D. Wright Dallas ISD School Administration Building. A naming ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 26, honored Wright’s achievements. Wright was Dallas ISD superintendent from 1978–1987. His support for schoolchildren continued as he served as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, was a consultant to boards of education and school districts, an adjunct professor and served on several community and education organizations. “Linus is one of those people that everyone in the city thinks positively of,” Dallas ISD District 2 Trustee Dustin Marshall said. “When I decided…
Dallas ISD Rising: J.N. Ervin Elementary students, staff talk school’s turnaround
0While teaching math at Kennedy-Curry Middle School, Annette Powers kept encountering students from J.N Ervin Elementary School unable to add, subtract or multiply. When Ervin became a Dallas ISD ACE School, which incentivizes high-performing teachers and campus leaders to voluntarily work at low-performing campuses, Powers signed on to help transform the school. “I wanted to change the school’s culture and change the feeder pattern so students would leave knowing how to do the basics of math,” she said. https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2018/08/27/13-dallas-isd-schools-grab-spotlight-for-escaping-low-performing-list/ Thanks to Powers and the other outstanding teachers and campus staff, Ervin Elementary is now a much different school than it…