Inside Dallas ISD

“Maestro de la Semana” (Teacher of the Week) is a series of short videos where we highlight outstanding educators in the Dallas Independent School District. During Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), we will be emphasizing our teachers who go above and beyond so our students can move forward. Esteban Gonnet has more than 30 years of teaching experience. He began his education career when he was a college student in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 2019-2020 school year will be his 12th year working in Pleasant Grove Elementary School, where he teaches fifth-grade bilingual literature.  Pleasant Grove Elementary Principal…

Mecum Auctions, host of the world’s largest collector car auctions, invited students from five Dallas ISD high schools to tour the auto show. The exhibition and auction took place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas from Sept. 4–7. Mecum Auctions provided tickets to high school students in automotive programs at L.G. Pinkston, W. H. Adamson, H. Grady Spruce, Wilmer-Hutchins and Skyline high schools. Mason Polasek was part of a group of 40 students who study automotive courses at Adamson. Cars have been his fascination since he was young. After graduation, he plans to join the U.S. Army,…

What kinds of facilities will Dallas ISD students need in year 2020 and beyond? How will the district keep pace with technology developments? What actions are necessary to ensure racial equity in the distribution of future facility improvements? Some 90 district parents, teachers and alumni joined officials of Dallas ISD, the city of Dallas, representatives of the business and nonprofit communities and faith leaders at the Tuesday, Sept. 17, launch of the Citizens Bond Steering Committee. The group was formed by district trustees and leadership to explore needs and answer these and other questions in advance of a planned November…

Representatives from Dallas ISD, Toyota and Southern Methodist University (SMU) celebrated the one-year anniversary of a public-private partnership to develop a STEM-focused school in West Dallas. The school will begin a phased opening beginning fall 2021. “It is something that our community deserves, and the fact that we’re doing it in West Dallas and that we’re including the West Dallas community in this project is even more powerful,” Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said at the one-year aniversarry celebration held near SMU. Toyota USA Foundation is granting $2 million to SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, which will…