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District’s ACE initiative making positive impact on students (video)
0The Accelerating Campus Excellence plan brings several components together for the seven schools in the program to boost student success and create a strong sense of community. Combining strong school leadership, effective teachers and high expectations for students and staff is doing what it is designed to do. The ACE program, formulated in March 2015, began with seven schools desginated by the Texas Education Agency as Improvement Required. Those schools are Annie Webb Blanton Elementary, Billy Earl Dade Middle School, Thomas Edison Middle Learning Center, Roger Q. Mills Elementary, Elisha M. Pease Elementary, Umphrey Lee Elementary and Sarah Zumwalt Middle…
New business more than just a restaurant for nearby community
0By the time the new Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers at 81560 S. Hampton Road was about to open for the very first time on Tuesday, Feb. 16, a long line was forming at the door and in the drive-through lane. For the community, however, the store is more than just another chicken restaurant. For years, the lot was slated to feature a payday loan store – not the type of business the community wanted to see. That plan was halted through the efforts of Friendship-West Baptist Church, Carter High School and district officials. “We’re aware that this is much more…
More than 9,800 applications received for Dallas ISD magnet programs
0Interest in the Dallas Independent School District magnet programs remains strong, with more than 9,800 applications submitted to the district during the recent application period. Dallas ISD will now review those applications. First choice notification letters will be mailed on Feb. 29. Students wait listed or not accepted in their first choice school will be assessed by their second choice school beginning March 9. Second choice notification letters will be mailed April 8. “This number of applicants demonstrates that Dallas ISD students and their parents continue their high level of interest and support in the district’s successful and nationally recognized…
Superintendent announces major expansion of choice school offerings
0Declaring that “it’s a new day in Dallas ISD,” Superintendent Michael Hinojosa Thursday announced a major expansion of school choice options for next school year. In making the recommendation to trustees, Hinojosa said the district has to act aggressively and think differently to make Dallas ISD the district of choice for Dallas families. Next year’s new choice programs will be launched on new and existing district campuses. The programs proposed for the 2016–2017 school year include: 12 two-way elementary dual language programs that provide both Spanish and English instruction to students in the same classroom developing bilingual and biliterate students…