News Briefs

The election for the District 9 seat on the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees is headed to a runoff after no candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote on May 5. Incumbent Bernadette Nutall and Justin Henry are the candidates in the runoff election for the seat that represents South Dallas and parts of Downtown Dallas, Pleasant Grove, Deep Ellum, Uptown and East Dallas. The runoff election is on June 16.

John Neely Bryan Elementary’s Language Proficiency Assessment Committee organized a daylong event on May 4 to celebrate Cinco De Mayo with faculty, students and staff dressing in traditional Mexican attire. Audiences were treated to morning and afternoon performances where the history of Cinco de Mayo was explained. Various grade levels performed typical Mexican folk dances. “La Raspa” was performed by pre-K students, “El Caballito de Palo” by Kindergarten students, and “El Cerro de la Silla” performed by first-grade students. The grand finale of the program featured the fifth-grade students singing to “Mexico, Mexico” by Timbiriche. The day’s festivities concluded with…

The “Take Home Library” at Dallas ISD’s César Chávez Learning Center will carry a new name next year. Retired Judge Linda Thomas’ name is currently used for the project, but she decided to continue the library in memory of Stewart Lang, 37, who passed away in April. He was the son of Martha and Judge Doug Lang. Additionally, partners and volunteers recently donated books, gift cards, checks and cash to benefit students.

Dallas ISD parents who attended the Family Literacy Project workshops that promoted college awareness took a trip to Southern Methodist University for an up-close tour of the campus. The Latino Family Literacy Project is a series of workshops initiated by the Office of Family & Community Engagement. The purpose of the workshops is to increase college awareness and to help parents and students became exposed to the opportunities of schools (Magnets, Choice and Collegiate Academies) that Dallas ISD currently offers. The sessions were held at Zan Wesley Holmes Middle School, Piedmont GLOBAL Academy and W.W. Samuell High School. Each family…