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Retirement may finally be sinking in for Ruth Kaiser, a gym teacher at Foster Elementary School, who taught for the last day on June 3, after 50 years in education. The Dallas Morning News spent some time with Kaiser  on her last day of school before entering into retirement. See how she, along with other tenured teachers set to retire, spent their last day with students in the link below. LINK: At 75, gym teacher Ruth Kaiser is hanging up her whistle

Dallas ISD announced on Friday, June 3, that Dr. Janice Lombardi has been named the new principal of Skyline High School and Career Development Center. She is currently principal of Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College High School, a 2015 Texas Blue Ribbon Campus. Lombardi has collected many accolades during her career, but this past school year was named a finalist for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Award and also was one of three finalists for Dallas ISD Secondary Principal of the Year. Skyline High School opened in 1971 as the nation’s first magnet school. It remains the largest high school…

Skyline High School is set to host its first outdoor commencement ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at John E. Kincaide Stadium, 9191 S. Polk St., Dallas, TX 75232. Given the weather forecast of rain for portions of the weekend, the Skyline administration and Dallas Independent School District have set the following rain contingency schedule: If there are signs of rain at 7 a.m., Saturday, the outdoor graduation will be postponed and a phone message and other notifications will be sent. If the Saturday outdoor graduation is postponed, the plan is to hold the graduation ceremonies outdoors at Kincaide…

Nancy Bingham and Eric Cowan, outgoing members of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees, were honored for their service on the day of their last board meeting, Thursday, May 26. A reception before the meeting included words of thanks from fellow trustees Edwin Flores, Dan Micciche and Edwin Flores, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and Board Services Director Deno Harris. Bingham represented District 4, which includes Southeast Dallas and part of Pleasant Grove, Balch Springs and Seagoville. She did not seek re-election, and Jaime Resendez was elected to the District 4 seat. Cowan represented District 7, and most recently also served as Board…