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Approved plan will give district flexibility on school start date, hiring hard-to-fill teaching spots
0Trustees approved a plan Thursday night that will give Dallas ISD more control regarding when the school year starts, as well as allow the district more flexibility in hiring hard-to-fill select teaching positions. The Texas Legislature passed a bill that allows Texas school districts to pursue a District of Innovation (DOI) designation. The designation gives districts such as Dallas ISD most of the flexibilities available to the state’s open-enrollment charter schools. More than 100 independent school districts in Texas have approved the DOI designation. Trustees earlier this year appointed representatives to a DOI Committee, which then created a proposed plan.…
Early voting starts May 30 for District 2 trustee runoff election
0Early voting starts May 30 for the runoff election for the District 2 trustee seat. Trustee Dustin Marshall and Lori Kirkpatrick are in the runoff for the seat that covers North and Near East Dallas. Neither candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote on May 6. Early voting is May 30–June 6. Election day is June 10. Go here to see polling locations for early voting and election day.
Model UN allows students to tackle global challenges (video)
0The annual Model United Nations conference brought together about 400 sixth-graders from 13 Dallas ISD campuses earlier this month at Ellis Davis Field House. Students conducted research on world cultures and also global issues beforehand so that they could serve as delegates from UN countries. Students focused on solutions to 10 issues relating to sustainability, including education, gender equality and health. The annual event is coordinated by the Dallas ISD Social Studies Department.
Sunset High School wins State Championship for robotics
0The Sunset High School robotics team won the 2017 UIL Robotics State Championships in Conference 5A-6A of the First Tech Challenge Division! The UIL Robotics State Championships were held May 19-20 at the Austin Convention Center. The Sunset team members are Karen Garcia, Valerie Alvarez, Maria Diaz, Jennifer Servilla, Samantha Morales, Ana Palomares, Ivan Martinez, Nick Moncada, Jesse Estudillo, Allan Cruz and Alexander Alonzo. The robotics coaches include Gary Dimanh, Jacob Soto, Lakisha Farrow and Calvin Harris. UIL First Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics competition for teams in 9th – 12th grades.. Students are challenged to design, build, program and operate…