News Briefs

Inside High School Sports on NBC 5 talked with Lincoln High School basketball guard Kortrijk Miles and head coach Cedric Patterson about the team winning the state championship earlier this month. Miles, a junior, led the team to the improbable state title. By scoring 28 points and getting 11 rebounds, Miles helped the Tigers beat the state’s number one team. Click here to see Miles and Patterson interviewed on NBC DFW.

Approximately 35 percent of the food served in Dallas ISD comes from Texas, which makes it a national leader in the farm-to-school program. Healthy Schools Campaign reports that a benefit of Dallas ISD’s strong farm-to-school program is the increased amount of fresh produce. The article also notes the different ways Dallas ISD is increasing awareness and excitement for the new school food, such as through the Cooking Up Change contest. Click here to read the full story from the Healthy Schools Campaign.

(Updated March 11, 1:27 p.m.) Dallas ISD Interim Principal Bert Hart has sent the following letter to Lakewood Elementary staff and community members stating that third-party environmental tests of the school all came back normal. Below is the letter: Dear Lakewood Staff and Community, Thank you for your continued attention to the health concerns at Lakewood Elementary School. In recent weeks, we have communicated with you about various environmental and building testing performed as a result of those concerns. This is an update on the findings we received from our third-party vendor of the testing performed at our campus. After a…

Dan Micciche of Dallas ISD was among a group of school board members gathering in Corpus Christi February 25—27 to learn the latest on 21st century challenges to leadership and the implications of those trends for educators. Session theme for this, the third of five training sessions of Leadership TASB (LTASB), was “Where Leadership Happens through Embracing Change.” Trustees began activities Thursday with a tour of Driscoll ISD, a K-8 district that is completing its first building project in more than 30 years. Driscoll ISD is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) Recognized district that remains committed to small class size…