Dallas ISD is celebrating Attendance Awareness Month in September – promoting strong, consistent attendance habits that will set students up for success at all grade levels.  The theme for the 2024-2025 school year is “Show up! Attendance Matters.” The Graduation, Recovery, Attendance/Advocacy and Dropout Intervention department is hosting weekly kickoffs for students and team members to help build routines, increase engagement, provide access to resources, and support learning. “We would like every student to succeed in school by building good attendance habits. When students and parents know how important good school attendance is, then our district has a better opportunity…

When it comes to partnering with businesses owned by minorities or women, Dallas ISD is surpassing expectations. “M/WBE vendors are instrumental in the district’s vision to be a premier urban school district,” said Annie Holmes-Partee, executive director of Minority & Women Business Enterprise for Dallas ISD. “They provide catering, clothing apparel, construction, consultation services, food, furniture, marketing, office supplies and equipment, printing, safety supplies and services, technology, temporary services, tutorial services, and uniforms, just to name a few. If you name it, I’m confident an M/WBE vendor can provide it.”   As a department, one of M/WBE’s goals is to contract…

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…