News Briefs

Voters in Dallas ISD trustee districts 2 and 6 will have the chance to cast ballots for their representatives on the Board of Trustees in the May 6 election. District 8 Trustee Miguel Solis is running to return to the board unopposed. Solis was elected in November 2013 to complete the unexpired term of Adam Medrano, who was elected to the Dallas City Council. Solis was re-elected to serve a three-year term in May 2014. District 2 Incumbent Dustin Marshall faces challengers Richard D. Young and Lori Kirkpatrick. Marshall was elected to the board in June 2016 to complete the…

African Americans have had immeasurable impact and contributed to the quality, progress and access of education to all races and creeds within the Dallas Independent School District and community. Read about some of our schools’ namesakes and their historical contributions to Dallas ISD. Booker T. Washington: Booker T. Washington taught himself to read after long days of working in a coal mine and salt furnace in West Virginia. A graduate of Hampton Institute in West Virginia, Washington would later return to his alma mater to teach classes there.  In 1881, he created the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Before he…

Students at Dallas ISD’s John Leslie Patton Jr. Academic Center who cannot afford uniforms will benefit from a recent donation to the school. In January, Soccorro Dinsmore, who owns several Levine’s department stores, donated $600 worth of uniform shirts and pants. The gift was coordinated by the district’s Volunteer and Partnership Services. The Patton Academic Center serves 132 students who arrive as over-age and lacking in school credits in comparison to their grade-level peers. Through a high-quality, customized educational experience, students take accelerated courses to catch up and complete their diplomas.

Robert Folsom, a Sunset High School graduate who went on to be mayor of Dallas and have a tremendous impact on the city, died last month. The Dallas Morning News ran an in-depth obituary on Folsom that notes his many accomplishments, including helping bring the NBA and NHL to Dallas. Go here to read the full DMN obituary on Folsom.