Inside Dallas ISD

Comerica Bank and its community partner KPMG’s Family for Literacy Dallas donated 4,000 new books to Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory School on Jan. 30. Former Texas Rangers infielder Michael Young also participated in the literacy event, helping Comerica and KPMG volunteers distribute books to more than 400 eighth-graders. See photos from the donation Comerica Bank’s Snider Plaza Banking Center hosted a new book drive Jan. 13-24 to benefit the nearby Franklin Middle School, which welcomed 350 displaced Cary Middle School students after the Oct. 20 tornado destroyed their campus.

Dallas ISD is introducing Let’s Talk! – a new means of promoting open dialogue between the community and district staff. We want to hear from you. Let’s Talk! is designed to make it easy for anyone across the community to send us questions, concerns, suggestions, and – if we’re doing our jobs well –  compliments. Let’s Talk! will help Dallas ISD build stronger community relationships, identify opportunities for engagement, and spot potential crises. This new tool also offers unique features to help district staff track the quality of our service so we can continuously improve. In the first phase of…

Another Dallas ISD swim meet is in the books at the Loos Natatorium, and the winners now go on to regionals, with the ultimate hope of competing in–and winning–the state championship. Join us in applauding these Dallas ISD swimming champs: 15-5A Winners Boys: Carter High School Girls: Sunset High School 14-5A Winners Boys: Bryan Adams High School Girls: Woodrow Wilson High School

IDEA student Natalia Martinez-Sanchez wrote this article on her fellow classmate, Rafael Martinez. Henry David Thoreau once said, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Thoreau’s commentary on the difference between eyesight and vision is Rafael Martinez’s reality. Martinez is a tenacious senior at Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy who first learned about tenacity on his eleventh birthday when he was diagnosed with Stargardt, an eye disorder that causes vision loss. Despite Rafael’s condition, he has managed to pursue his musical goals and perform in an advanced marching band. The journey to achieving this dream is…