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Students get ‘active’ with Dallas Cowboys
0This was no ordinary recess. But for nearly 200 students at Gabe P. Allen Charter School it was still all play. “I’ve done running, catching the football, ” said Cheryl Flores. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month these students celebrate their Latin roots while being active. Fourth-grader Cheryl Flores is all smiles and can hardly wait to tell her parents this… “Guess what?” “I got to meet the Dallas Cowboys and we got to play with them,” said Flores. Through the NFL’s Fútbol Americano Play 60 program, these fourth- and fifth-graders are out with the charge to get moving. The…
District sends background check Information to the state
0As an educational institution, student safety is the top priority of Dallas ISD. Recently, allegations were made that Dallas ISD does not have completed background checks for all employees. Upon learning of the allegations, the district immediately initiated its own review of the fingerprinting and background check records. In addition, as the Texas Education Agency (TEA) also received the allegations, TEA announced that it was initiating a review of the district’s employee background check records. A week and half ago, Dallas ISD conducted an internal review of background check records for all of its more than 20,000 current employees. The…
Parents, community urged to take school-choice survey
0The dream of every parent to have their child attend a school that is tailored to their style of learning and is chosen by the parents themselves is becoming a reality in Dallas ISD. They are being called Public School Choice Schools. Dallas ISD schools that give parents the option to choose a school for their child based on the quality of the school and the child’s need, rather than just having them go to a traditional neighborhood school. Dallas ISD is seeking input from parents and community members through a survey as it explores opening 35 additional Public School…
District to seek feedback about expanded public school choice through community survey
0The Dallas Independent School District is seeking input from parents and community members through a survey launched today as it explores opening 35 additional public choice schools and programs by 2020. Beginning Sept. 24, the school choice survey will be available for the next month via the main page of the Dallas ISD website at www.dallasisd.org. Feedback gained from this survey will be used to help shape and guide decisions on what kinds of new schools will be added, or existing schools converted, to provide more educational options and opportunities for students. “The transformation of Dallas ISD is a community…