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What to know about the May election for Dallas ISD Board of Trustees
0Trustees approved a resolution on Jan. 28 to call for a general election on May 7, 2016, to fill the open seats on the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees. The resolution also approved holding a special election on May 7, 2016, to fill the open trustee seat vacated by Mike Morath, who resigned from the board to serve as Texas Education Commissioner. Here are the details on the upcoming election: Which trustee seats are up for election? These are the trustee seats up for election in May: District 2: This seat represents parts of East Dallas and North Dallas. Morath…
Reconnection Centers offer students a second chance at graduation
0Teacher Rose Bolden is a staunch advocate for her students who are working toward graduation in the Reconnection Center credit recovery program at J. Leslie Patton Academic Center, the district’s high school for overage students. Bolden describes herself as cheerleader, coach and chief encourager for the 54 students enrolled in her classes. “Every single, solitary one of them comes here with a goal. They know I’m in their corner, that I’m here to help them. They know that I’m pulling for them and I want them to have the success they desire.” In addition to teacher facilitators like Bolden, Reconnection…
Dallas ISD student lends her story to a worthy cause
0In a lot of ways, nine-year-old Ely Cruz is a typical third-grade student—loves school, loves math, loves science. However, this Stephen C. Foster Elementary student’s compelling story and her desire to help others, who like her, need a bone marrow transplant, makes her exceptional. Ely is lending her support to Children’s Health Be the Match bone marrow registry drive as the face of this year’s campaign to help get more people to sign up to become donors. She is a sickle cell patient who has been unsuccessful finding a bone marrow match. Her two brothers, who attend Thomas Jefferson High…
Former Dallas mayor visits school to see JA of Dallas program in action
0One student asked him if he was the president, but Ron Kirk’s reply was that he had once worked for President Obama and also served as the mayor of Dallas. “I can’t believe I’ve seen a real live mayor with my own eyes,” the student gasped. Kirk was touring Dallas ISD’s Robert E. Lee Elementary on Friday, Feb. 19, to get a firsthand look at curriculum in action, brought by Junior Achievement of Dallas. The “JA for a Day” program, which teaches basic concepts of business and economics to students in kindergarten to fifth grade, was facilitated by volunteer Nokia…