News Briefs

Edwin Flores is no stranger to public service. As a member of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees from May 2005 to June 2012, he took a three-year break before returning to the board May 2015, to continue serving District 1. Northwest Dallas, North Dallas, Addison, parts of Carrollton and Farmers Branch fall within his district. Dr. Flores has spent many years as a community leader making time to serve on numerous boards and committees. He and his wife are proud parents of two children who attend Dallas ISD schools. He is a biotechnology patent attorney and the managing partner/founder…

Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School has been selected as one of four school councils to receive a $15,000 grant from the 2016 !Adelante! America with AT&T and LULAC program. The grant will provide Rangel students with leadership curriculum and courses to enable them become leaders in their communities after college graduation. Through Rangel’s active LULAC chapter, enrollment into the leadership program through the grant will begin the first week of February. Upon acceptance, students will begin courses and programs using the Texas Association of Secondary School Principal’s Leadership Curriculum. They will study topics such as defining leadership, etiquette…

Thomas Jefferson High School graduate Danny Lowry (2003) earned a degree in business and organizational management from Langston University in Oklahoma and returned home to work with Dallas ISD as a campus attendance clerk and eventually a registrar. But it didn’t take long for him to realize that what he wanted all along was to teach. He enrolled in an alternative certification program and earned his teachers certification in health education. Today Lowry is a coach and teacher at Irving MacArthur High School where AlumNow, The Hub feature that profiles district alumni, caught up with him for an update. What are…

On Feb. 3, Dallas ISD will celebrate the graduating student-athletes who have signed commitments to play at the college level. CBS Dallas has the story on the district’s preparations for the event. Click here to see the full report.