Inside Dallas ISD

How did your candidates fare in Tuesday’s election? Like most dedicated voters, you probably consider voting an important duty regardless of which candidates won. Some members of the younger set also learned that lesson during the Nov. 4 elections, and they looked happy doing it. The elections were a teachable moment at Cesar Chavez Learning Center as students in grades K-5 learned the importance of marking a ballot and voting their conscience. No matter that the election was to select their favorite teacher and teacher assistant. It was the idea of voting and participating in the democratic process that counted.…

Before you pitch that soft drink can in the garbage, here are some good reasons to recycle it. If, instead of trashing it, you toss that can into a recycling bin, it could be completely recycled and back on the store shelf in just 60 days. Recycling helps to conserve our natural resources and saves energy. Recycling aluminum saves 95 percent of the energy required to produce aluminum from raw materials. Recycling protects the environment, reducing greenhouse gases and lessening our dependence on landfills that emit harmful emissions like methane gas into the earth’s atmosphere. It’s this kind of information…

At the age of 14, Luis Juarez never imagined he would be a teacher in the United States. Having just arrived to the country, learning a new language and entering a new school, Juarez admits, “the odds were against me.”   Throughout the years, Juarez found his momentum. With the support of dedicated teachers graduated from W.T. White High School, went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin and now teaches bilingual math and science at William Lipscomb Elementary. Juarez’s story, while particular to him, is not all that different from many Dallas ISD alumni who find themselves…

Construction is beginning at the first of 47 schools set to receive $143.3 million in science lab expansions and heating system improvements funded by the district’s sale of Qualified School Construction Bonds. The $26.2 million in science lab upgrades will benefit 26 of 37 district middle schools, bringing them into compliance with TEA science instruction requirements, and enabling more students to engage in hands-on science experiments and lab projects. The sale of Qualified School Construction Bonds is allowed under federal and state law for improvements to existing school district facilities. Essentially a loan of federal funds which must be repaid…