With just days into the new school year, Dallas ISD is experiencing record enrollment. On Aug. 22, Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D., briefed the Board of Trustees on the most recent enrollment numbers for the 2024-2025 school year. “After declining for nine years in a row, enrollment is up and has already exceeded our projections,” said Elizalde. “That is a testimony to our campus leaders, our teachers, our community partners, our parents, and this Board of Trustees.” The district projected 137,500 students for the current school year, based on a school-by-school analysis. However, as of day nine, the district enrolled…

Almost 30,000 Dallas ISD students participated in this year’s Summer Breeze program. The initiative, led by Extended Learning Opportunities, offers various enrichment programs across Dallas ISD campuses, from credit recovery and tutoring to day camps, like chess, cheer, dance, robotics, and more.  Merrill Devenshire, director of Extended Learning Opportunities, said parents and students alike benefit from the opportunities offered by Summer Breeze. “For parents, it provides programming that is free of cost, meals and transportation that is included, and the assurance that students are engaged in a safe environment with a variety of activities that are available for two full…

When Carlos B. signed up to take Italian classes with Alessio Giudice, Italian teacher at Skyline High School, his eyes were opened to a new world.  “Thanks to (Giudice), and the World Language Cluster at my school, I discovered a passion I didn’t know I had,” he said. Over the summer, the senior had the opportunity to delve deeper into his newfound passion. He, along with a fellow Skyline Italian student, Ivan R., spent a month in Rome as part of a study abroad program. “I have always been interested in traveling the world, so when the opportunity presented itself,…

Written by Adam Bennett, Bond Department Students at five Dallas ISD Elementary schools started the new school year in a brand-new facility. John Quincy Adams Elementary School, Everette L. DeGolyer Elementary School, Geneva Heights Elementary School, George Peabody Elementary School, and Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff are the first of 16 replacement campuses made possible by the Bond 2020 program. “In 2021, when we announced we were kicking off the design process for 16 new campuses across the district, people said we were being overly ambitious. And we were,” said Brent Alfred, Dallas ISD Chief Construction Officer. “But…