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The Dallas Cowboys face the Green Bay Packers on Sunday in a divisional playoff. Besides cheering for the hometown team, Skyline High School Principal Janice Lombardi wants to avoid becoming a Cheesehead for a day. Lombardi has a friendly wager with Rod Bohm, the principal of Southwest High School in the Green Bay Area Public School District. If the Cowboys win, Bohm will wear a cowboy hat possibly along with silver and blue. In the off chance the Packers win, Lombardi will don a Cheesehead hat and wear green and gold. The loser will pay up on Tuesday, Jan. 17,…

LL Hotchkiss Elementary School recently held a successful canned food drive. Students led the food drive that collected a total of 1,534 pounds of canned food, which will provide access to 1,278 meals for chronically hungry children, families and seniors in need in North Texas.

Trustee Dan Micciche’s efforts in education began well before serving on the Board of Trustees. Micciche spent several years leading a community partnership with James Fannin Elementary School and continues to drive his all-star District 3, which includes Northeast Dallas. Micciche is a partner at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He has been recognized by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas, by Texas Monthly as a “SuperLawyer,” and as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.” He has lived in Dallas since 1981, and has been a resident of Dallas ISD…

The Dallas ISD STEM Day has morphed into a mega event and is now, appropriately, called STEM Expo. The Feb. 4 event kicks off at 9 a.m. and will feature more than 150 fun-filled, hands-on activities and exhibits that will inspire, stimulate, and motivate students and parents alike to explore the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The 2017 STEM Expo will be the largest STEM Day event in the state of Texas—so large that it will be held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4. Scheduled sessions include: Aeronautics,…