Inside Dallas ISD

Dr. Shelia Brown is the 2016-2017 Magnet/School Choice Principal of the Year. She is the principal of the Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education and Social Services at Townview Center. Brown grew up living in project housing in Arkansas, but would walk every day to her grandparents’ house in a middle-class African-American neighborhood. “I virtually lived in two worlds,” Brown said. “But each world taught me to do your very best, regardless of the situation. And I think that’s what made me impact the lives of so many children.” In her early career, as a teacher and later assistant principal,…

For as long as most people can remember, it’s been cool to hate the food served in school cafeterias. But Michael Rosenberger is building on what Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services has been doing the past several years to turn that tide. Rosenberger, that department’s executive director, told the Teen School Board on Tuesday, March 21, that the best is yet to come when it comes to offerings in district cafeterias, as next year will bring many new and better edibles. “If you’re graduating, come back and eat with us,” he told the group of juniors and seniors. “It’s…

More than 40 students set to go to W.T. White High School got a first-hand look at the campus thanks to a leadership forum hosted by the high school’s student council. The event brought together students from the nine elementary schools and two middle schools within the W.T. White feeder pattern. Organized and led by the high school student council, students participated in work sessions on leadership and promoting school spirit before presenting their work to the larger group. After lunch and a school tour, the high school students described the many clubs, sports, fine arts and other activities the…

Robert T. Hill Middle School won first place in the annual Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) Cookie Box Creations Competition. The Cookie Box Creations competition is a STEM-focused competition. Each team is given 1,000 empty cookie boxes to build into a freestanding structure that follows a theme and only uses up to 10 percent of supporting items. This was the fourth year that Hill students, in grades 6-8, participated in the competition. The school partnered with architects from Omniplan to develop a sketch and build a structure that measured up to the guidelines. The 2016-17 topic was “Game Changing Inventions.”…