Editor’s note: On Oct. 14, campuses throughout the Dallas Independent School District welcomes a host of business, civic and community leaders to serve as Principal for a Day.  Dallas School Television also captured many similar experiences from other visitors in this video package. Kennedy-Curry Middle School — John Olajide, CEO & president of Axxess On Oct. 14, I had the pleasure of serving as “Principal for the Day” at the Kennedy-Curry Middle School in Dallas. The Principal for a Day is a project of the Dallas Independent School District that brings community leaders into schools across the district. The program…

*updated at 1:30 p.m. on 10/15/2014 Dallas County Health and Human Services clears Dallas ISD Teacher of any Risk for Ebola Exposure This morning, shortly after 9 a.m.,  a teacher at Saldivar Elementary reported to the school’s clinic with a low-grade fever. The teacher lives in the same apartment complex as a second healthcare provider who has been preliminarily diagnosed with Ebola overnight. Out of an abundance of caution, the school nurse properly notified the district’s Health Services department and the Dallas County Health and Human Services department. DCHHS was provided details about the teacher and her condition, as well…

Dallas ISD is looking to simplify its employee leave and absence policies. In an effort to make the policy easier to understand, the administration presented for a first reading a revised DEC (Local) leave and absence policy at the Oct. 8 Board of Trustees Briefing. The recommended updates more clearly define district attendance requirements, benefits and types of leave employees may take. In addition to making the policy easier to understand, Dallas ISD is placing an emphasis on improving the overall staff attendance rate. District staff attendance rates for the 2013-2014 school year averaged between 92-95 percent among campus and central…

It was announced late last night that a healthcare provider who treated  Thomas Eric Duncan, the Dallas patient who died of the Ebola virus last week, has tested positive for the virus on a preliminary test conducted by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The CDC is conducting additional tests to confirm the diagnosis. Dallas ISD has been able to confirm that the healthcare provider does not have any children and the district has not been notified of any staff members or students having had contact with the healthcare provider. It is important to note that the Ebola virus…