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More than 1,600 new collegiate academy students attend two-week summer boot camp
0More than 1,600 incoming ninth-graders to the district’s 18 collegiate academy P-TECH programs received first-hand college experience during a two-week summer boot camp. Dallas ISD and the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) operate the collegiate academies that provide an opportunity for students to earn up to 60 hours of college credit or an associate degree—at no cost to students or their families— while earning a high school diploma. The Texas Success Initiative Boot Camp held June 12–23 provided an opportunity for the incoming ninth-graders to visit the respective college campus they will attend as students in the P-TECH program.…
Orientation gives students firsthand look at new CityLab High School
0Incoming freshmen to CityLab High School enjoyed an inside look into the campus at a recent special orientation where they learned about what will make the school special. CityLab will be the newest Dallas ISD Transformation School when it opens its doors for 100 new freshman students in August. It will utilize a school-wide urban planning, architecture, and community development framework, making its downtown location (912 S. Ervay Street) the ideal site for its inventive academic offerings. The school will provide a transformative educational experience where learning extends beyond the classroom walls into the streets where students live, work, and…
Online enrollment open for 2017-2018
0Dallas ISD’s convenient, fast and accurate way to enroll new and returning students to the district is just a click away. By visiting dallasisd.org/onlineenrollment, parents no longer need to wait in line to fill out paper forms at the campus to enroll their child. The district provides an online enrollment option to parents and families of all kindergarten through 12th-grade students to facilitate the registration/enrollment process for the 2017-2018 school year, which starts Monday, Aug. 28. Pre-K and early childhood students must register on their campus. Online enrollment is not mandatory and is optional for parents. Those parents wishing to…
Approved 2017–2018 budget includes performance-based salary increase for teachers
0Dallas ISD trustees on Thursday approved a 2017–2018 balanced district budget that includes a performance-based increase to base salary for teachers under the Teacher Excellence Initiative. In previous years under the Teacher Excellence Initiative—Dallas ISD’s teacher evaluation system that seeks to define, support and reward teacher excellence—teachers had to increase effectiveness levels to receive salary increases. Dallas ISD officials said they were pleased to announce this performance-based increase that will reward the district’s strong teachers and recognize their contributions to students’ positive outcomes. On a recent survey administered in Spring 2017, an overwhelming majority of surveyed teachers said they believed…