Eight students from the School of Science and Engineering Magnet (SEM) at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview came up big at the University Interscholastic League Academic Meet held May 28. The students earned their school its first State Academic Championship in the UIL Calculator Applications competition. A SEM student also won first place in the state mathematics UIL competition for the third year in a row. With all speech and academic events completed, SEM is currently in fourth place in the overall state academic sweepstakes standings. SEM teacher Josh Newton, the 2013 Dallas ISD Teacher of the Year who has served as…

This afternoon, Dallas ISD terminated the employment of Jessie Lovelace, recently hired director of transportation services, as a result of information that has come to light since his hiring last month. “I take responsibility for the recent employment decision made for the director of transportation services,” said Wanda Paul, chief of operations. “We will learn from this incident, and work with Human Capital Management to strengthen our department’s hiring processes. We don’t want these types of incidents to distract from the work of the district.” Superintendent Mike Miles has asked Chief of Human Capital Management Karry Chapman to work with…

From Knight Elementary School second-graders receiving a letter from President Barack Obama to students helping kick off City of Learning with the mayor, plenty of notable things are happening in Dallas ISD. Show and Tell is a feature on The Hub that rounds up some of the news happening across the district into one place. If you have any story ideas for Show and Tell, email thehub@dallasisd.org. President Obama sends letter to Knight Elementary School second-graders Earlier this spring, students in Ms. Ortiz’ second-grade class were studying the significance of Presidents Day and decided to write letters to President Barack Obama. While…