Inside Dallas ISD

The 2021-2022 school year has arrived and Dallas ISD Student Transportation Services will continue to provide exceptional service to the more than 50,000 students who ride school buses every day. We’re working to make sure their experience is safe and orderly.  Face masks are required for all students and staff in all district facilities, including buses. Given the large number of students expected to return, social distancing will not be possible on buses but the windows will be slightly open to provide additional ventilation.    Parents can take several precautions to ensure that their student is prepared for the daily bus…

To help ensure the next generation of students have what they need for an enjoyable and productive school year, the Dallas Police Department, in partnership with Safer Dallas Better Dallas, gave out approximately 400 bags of schools supplies to students at John Neely Bryan Elementary on Aug. 9. At the school, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, along with members of his command staff, encouraged the students and cheered them on to a successful school year. “The first time our kids see us cannot be in a moment of crisis,” Garcia said. “Our children throughout the city are going to see…

The academic success of every student enrolled in Dallas Independent School District is important. Daily school attendance and on-time arrival are critical to this success. By attending school each day, students receive the benefit of teacher-led instruction, peer discussion, building each day’s learning on the previous day’s instruction, participation in a variety of school activities and the opportunity to grow as individuals. Every year, Dallas ISD asks parents to complete an official attendance notification and truancy pledge. Previously this form has been provided by the campus but, this year, parents can complete this form online. Please click here to complete…

Dallas ISD is off and running for year two of its reading academies, after a first year in which 99.3 percent of  participants completed the training successfully. The academies, required by the Texas Legislature, are designed to equip kindergarten through third-grade teachers with evidence-based methods and practices, grounded in the science of teaching reading, that support student literacy development. Dallas ISD also provides the training to assistant principals, district and campus instructional coaches, and librarians. More than 1,200 people were successfully trained last year, with 1,354 slated for this year. “We had a great launch last year, and in year…