Inside Dallas ISD

In 1991, the David W. Carter and Justin F. Kimball football teams were both vying for the district championship. Twenty-six years later, the rivalry is rekindled each year when the schools meet on the field in what some call the “Oak Cliff Super Bowl.” The 2017 version of the matchup is slated to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Dallas ISD’s Kincaide Stadium, 9191 S. Polk St. The day before, Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas conducted a news conference on the Dallas City Hall Plaza to draw attention to the rivalry and the great schools in the Oak…

In an effort to turn heartbreak into a future opportunity for a student at W.H. Adamson High School Collegiate Academy, Patrick Morin, Managing Director of Information Technology at American Airlines, has established the Eric J. Morin Memorial Scholarship. Morin’s son, Eric James Morin, passed away before he turned 2. In honor of Eric, Morin and his family are personally donating a $5,000 college scholarship for the top student who graduates from W.H. Adamson High School Collegiate Academy.  American Airlines has generously offered to match the donation, allowing a second top graduate of the Collegiate Academy to receive at a $5,000…

Efforts across Dallas ISD are under way to supply hurricane survivors with much-needed supplies and support as some of them make their way to the city. Three schools have been designated to welcome any Houston-area students who stay at the city’s mega shelter at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. They are John F. Kennedy Learning Center, Alex W. Spence Middle School and North Dallas High School. Other schools across the district are collecting donated supplies and are ready to embrace individual students who have sought shelter in their neighborhoods. At Spence, eighth-graders brought in donations and are ready to…

They had to fill up multiple shopping carts multiple times, but three employees at commercial real estate firm HFF successfully found everything they wanted to donate to Dallas ISD’s Esperanza “Hope” Medrano Elementary School this year. The employees from the company’s Dallas office collected $5,477 for the effort. With stops at Wal-Mart, Target, Sam’s Club and Office Depot, it was early afternoon before the intrepid shoppers delivered their bounty to the school just a few days before classes resumed. “We got everything on our list except manila paper,” said Vanessa DeLacretaz of HFF. “We have enjoyed working with them so…