Inside Dallas ISD

While enrolled in medical school and doing night rounds at a hospital, Michael Gayles came to a life-changing decision: he would follow his dream of becoming an educator. After graduating from medical school, Gayles went on to serve as a teacher at North Dallas High School and, several years later, as an assistant principal at T.W. Browne Middle School. Today, Gayles is helping open and serving as principal at IGNITE Middle School, the new Dallas ISD Personalized Learning transformation campus opening in August. For Gayles, his goal for IGNITE Middle School is simple: help students envision their best possible life,…

Nearly 200 Dallas ISD schools have served more than 261,000 meals to students so far over the summer. Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services helps run the Summer Meals Program to ensure no child goes hungry over the summer. Some campuses will continue serving summer meals to all students and children through the start of August. Go here to see the campuses still offering summer meals. Here is a breakdown of the number of summer meals served to date: Breakfast: 94,897 Lunch: 152,306 Supper: 14,490

At its June board meeting, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the addition of the words “immigration status” in the district’s Student Welfare Freedom From Bullying FFI (Local) policy. The district’s policy prohibits any acts of bullying, including those based on one’s immigration status. All Dallas ISD schools are welcoming and protective environments, as stated in the resolution adopted by the Board in February 2017. Under federal and state law, Dallas ISD has no authority or role in determining the immigration status of its students or families, as such, they do not enforce federal immigration laws. Dallas ISD embraces the diversity…

The audience at Dallas Councilman Rick Callahan’s recent town hall meeting gathered to hear elected officials discuss future plans for the Pleasant Grove community.  Topics included code enforcement, litter control, parks development, state legislative priorities and the future of public education. Updates by Callahan, State Senator Royce West, State Representative Toni Rose, and Dallas ISD Trustees Jaime Resendez and Justin Henry were followed by a Q&A session. Also on hand for the meeting were the administrators of the new School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove. The first of its kind in Texas, the school will bridge the…