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Joyce Foreman, a long-time champion for educational equality for all students, is serving her first term on the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees representing District 6, which includes Southwest Dallas. Trustee Foreman has spent much of her life as a community leader dedicating countless hours to serving on a number of advisory boards for the Dallas Independent School District and for other entities. For more information about Trustee Foreman and a list of schools in her district, visit the Board of Trustees page on the district website. Throughout School Board Recognition Month, Dallas ISD is joining other districts in honoring…

The Dallas Morning News reports that Children at Risk, a Texas-based nonprofit, has ranked Dallas ISD in the top five of Texas school districts with more than 50,000 students in feeding its students. Dallas Morning News notes that Dallas ISD so far this year has served 9.3 million breakfasts and 7.5 million lunches. Click here to read the full story from Dallas Morning News. Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News.

The legacy of a former Dallas Independent School District trailblazer will be honored with a new Credit Union of Texas scholarship for district educators The William H. Cotton Scholarship will be awarded to one Dallas ISD educator or administrator pursuing an education-related post-baccalaureate degree or certification. The scholarship is named for Cotton, who served the community through Dallas ISD for 43 years, most notably as assistant superintendent for management services. Applications may be obtained from the Credit Union of Texas. Completed applications must be postmarked and returned to the credit union by Feb. 26, 2016. Eligibility requirements must be met;…

Students from multiple clusters in Skyline High School have come together on a project to beautify Ferris Park in Downtown Dallas. With the help of teachers and community partners such as Make Art With Purpose, The Beck Group, and Osburn Commercial Concrete, Skyline students in the architecture cluster designed mosaic benches for the park. Skyline students from the construction cluster then built the mosaic and concrete benches based on the design. Students will install the benches in the park in spring. “I think this project is really inspirational to students,” said Mrs. Hanfeld, an interior design teacher at Skyline. “It’s…