Inside Dallas ISD

During the current crisis, Dallas ISD school cafeteria staff members have been busy ensuring that no child goes hungry. Each week they prepare and distribute thousands of free meals via curbside pick-up. They are our heroes! Help us celebrate them! The week of April 27-30 will be Super Hero Gratitude Week. You can go online and vote for your school staff to be nominated for an award by casting your vote at www.dallasisd.org/lunchhero. The school with the most votes wins and will be recognized with a special prize!

The new elementary school currently under construction in Wilmer, TX, is named for 14-term Dallas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Eddie Bernice Johnson Elementary School will consist of 84,000 square feet of classrooms and other learning spaces designed to serve 600 students in grades pre-K through five. The $23 million school will include a soccer field, basketball court and playground. Infrastructure improvements to serve the new facility will include expansion of nearby Goode Street to a four-lane thoroughfare with a traffic signal at Belt Line Road. To learn more about Congresswoman Johnson, go here. The district’s newest transformation campus is now…

Nestled in the heart of downtown, Dallas ISD will launch a new offering for families seeking a more specialized learning approach. The Downtown Montessori, under the public school choice model, will open Fall 2020 under the direction of newly appointed principal Dr. Olga Korobovskaya. Her impressive background yields a range of high-quality skills with nearly 30 years of experience in education, as a teacher, principal and Montessori director. Korobovskaya utilizes a hands-on, supportive, and motivating leadership style, known to foster an inclusive, nurturing and stimulating educational environment. Her vision for the start-up school is simple: develop an authentic Montessori program…

With the closure of schools and public places due to COVID-19, daily family routines have changed in most households. There is now more time to spend with family, so it’s important to create a routine to make the days a little more fun and educational for everyone at home. Mary Martinez, a librarian at Winnetka Elementary School, had the great idea of starting a Virtual Book Club to stay connected to her students, maintain a weekly routine and have them listen to a story read aloud. “My goal is to provide some normality to my students as they adjust to…