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Weekend events offer free school supplies, haircuts
0The greater Dallas community plays a vital role in supporting Dallas ISD. And with school starting Aug. 24, many businesses, churches, and community groups are stepping up to help ensure students have the supplies and haircuts they need. Below are some of the events scheduled for this weekend, some of which still offer free school supplies and backpacks. Please note: Most of these events require registering online. Saturday, August 15 For Oak Cliff School supplies will be given away to up to 5,000 students that live in select zip codes. Students must be registered online to receive supplies. The event will…
Online enrollment is here
0Starting Aug. 11, almost all Dallas ISD new and returning students can be enrolled in school online. By utilizing online enrollment, parents don’t have to wait in lines to fill out paper forms at the campus to enroll their child. “Additionally, online enrollment helps Dallas ISD reduce paper waste, while creating a convenient, fast, and accurate online enrollment experience at your fingertips,” the online enrollment stats. Online enrollment is not mandatory. Parents can still enroll their child using the traditional paper forms. Parents with a child who attends a Dallas ISD magnet school, school or choice, or other special enrollment…
Dallas ISD preps new teachers for the classroom (video)
0Dallas ISD welcomed new teachers to the district as part of a New Teacher Academy event held Aug. 6 at Fair Park. At the event, teachers new to Dallas ISD heard from district leaders and learned about initiatives such as the Teacher Excellence Initiative and Destination 2020. Watch the above video to learn more and to hear from teachers as they go into their first year with Dallas ISD.
TEA releases accountability ratings for Dallas ISD schools
0Approximately 97 percent of all Dallas Independent School District campuses met state standards for student progress and 89 percent of schools achieved requirements for college and career readiness, according to data released today by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). In all four categories—student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness—Dallas ISD outperformed thresholds set by the state. Overall, 190 of 227 (84 percent) Dallas ISD campuses met state standards, up from 184 the previous year. All totaled, 123 of 151 Dallas ISD elementary schools met the performance standards, as well as 32 of 40 middle schools and 35…