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Student Council members from Dallas ISD’s Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy got a taste of municipal government on Wednesday, Feb. 10, when they visited Dallas City Hall and sat in on the morning segment of the City Council meeting. The students visited with District 9 Council member Mark Clayton, and District 10 Council member B. Adam McGough, who represent the area around the high school, and also a few city officials, including Dallas Fire Chief Louie Bright. During the meeting, council members appointed nominated students to the Dallas Youth Commission, a revived advisory board comprising Dallas youth. The commission was…

The Budget Services division of the Dallas Independent School District has been awarded the Meritorious Budget Award for its 2015-2016 budget from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). To earn the award, the district followed rigorous guidelines for effective budget presentation, including meeting stringent criteria and adhering to the principles and standards of the organization. According to the ASBO, “The budget is an outstanding document which includes a wealth of information in graphic and narrative form.  The document is user-friendly for the average taxpayer with an abundance of data presented in different forms to meet the needs of…

As of this week, Hospitality and Tourism students at Dallas ISD’s Justin F. Kimball High School have collected more than 2,000 pairs of jeans for children, teens and adults as part of the Teens for Jeans project. Daniela Mora, an eighth-grader at Robert T. Hill Middle School, is leading a collection drive at her campus. The jeans will be given to New Beginnings Center in Garland, where they will be distributed to families in need. To donate new or gently used jeans to the cause by Feb. 28, take them to Kimball High School, 3606 S. Westmoreland Road; or to…

What better way to experience solar energy than to be outdoors, surrounded by sunshine? That’s one way the outdoor learning lab at Dallas ISD’s Arthur Kramer Elementary School is being used on a daily basis to boost student learning. The two-year-old lab, funded through donations, has improved science testing scores dramatically at the school. On a recent school day, teacher Renold Bodden led his fifth-graders into the outdoor setting to study solar energy through hands-on experiments. “To be out of those four walls, it seems to lose the sense of being confined, and gives them more of a connection with…