News Briefs

After more than 32 years, Bart Marantz, the leader of the jazz studies program at Dallas ISD’s Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts, is retiring. Click here to view a story that CBS DFW did on Marantz

The Sunset High School Music Department tonight is presenting its third annual Evening at the Meyerson. The performance starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are available for $10 at the door. The event will feature music from Sunset’s band and choir. For more information, click here.

A Dallas ISD volunteer for 25 years, Marian Joiner has served all over the district and is currently offering her services at T. G. Terry Elementary, which is where her great-granddaughter attends. Joiner has previously volunteered at William Brown Miller Elementary, John Neely Bryan Elementary, John Henry Brown Learning Center, and Lincoln High School. She said the joy she sees in the students as they great her with big hugs is what makes volunteering worthwhile.

On April 30, the Dallas ISD Lean and Green Day will feature a plant-based menu packed with nutrients in all school cafeterias during lunch. The meat-free meal will have a variety of fruit and vegetable options to choose from. Holland Roden, an actress on MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” filmed a video to raise awareness of Lean and Green Day among Dallas ISD students. View the video above.