Inside Dallas ISD

Representing the Texas delegation, the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Mock Trial team defeated Alabama and claimed the championship at the National Judicial Competition (NJC). The five-person team, who affectionately call themselves the “Five Guys,” are rising juniors Andrea Novoa, Ari Arceo, Lindsey Jenkins, and Mikayla Spivey, and rising sophomore Hannah Estrada. In addition, Law Magnet’s Naudia Terry won Best Plaintiff Attorney, and Titus Brown won Best Justice for the second year in a row. The Law Magnet mock trial team, coached by program director and alumnus Don Gonzalez, has finished in the top three in each of the last…

More than 1,500 new teachers, librarians, media specialists and other campus-based personnel got a Dallas ISD welcome as they get ready to start the 2022-23 school year. This year, the Dallas ISD – Human Capital Management Department hired approximately 1,600 new teachers and anticipates hiring 2,000 more throughout this year. Similar to past years the district will have approximately 10,000 teacher positions overall. The New Teacher Academy, which took place at the Winspear Opera House served as an all-day orientation and training for all the new educators who are starting this year with Dallas ISD. Dallas ISD teachers can earn…

Approximately 300 students and 18 staffers from W.W. Bushman Elementary will start the 2022-23 school year as new members of the Elisha M. Pease Elementary School family. Pease Elementary will serve as a temporary home for students from both campuses while Dallas ISD builds a new school that will host 1,000 students. “I am excited to see new faces because the students bring us joy,” said Pease Elementary Principal Sharri Zachary. “We have a phenomenal team of teachers who are committed, not only to the students but to our community. They’re looking forward to receiving all of their students in…

Approximately 600 Dallas ISD high school and middle school athletic coaches, trainers and stadium staff attended an all-day training at Emmett J. Conrad High School, Tuesday. During the Dallas ISD Athletics Back to School Kick Off, district personnel held a mandatory UIL orientation and training and went over the Athletics Department rules and expectations. Dallas ISD Athletics hosted speakers from the Dallas Police Department, the Racial Equity Office, Employee Relations and Mental Health Services, among others. “Most people just think it’s about playing a game, and going to the game, and winning or losing, and that’s the end of it,”…