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Dallas ISD trustees at their meeting Thursday basked in the glow of the recently released Texas Education Agency accountability ratings that revealed the district achieved an overall “B” rating for last school year despite the challenges of the Covid pandemic. No one was more elated, however, than District 6 Trustee Joyce Foreman, whose district in southwest Dallas was the only one to have not a single school rated below a “C.” Of the 24 schools in District 6, one earned an overall “A” rating, 16 earned a “B” and eight earned a “C.” “I want you to excuse my joy,” Foreman…

The past several years of the pandemic, and of associated supply-chain shortages, have negatively impacted school food service departments across our country.  From shortages of food and non-food items to long delivery delays, it’s been a challenging time for students who eat school meals and for the staff who prepare those meals.  Due to limited availability of certain foods, many food service departments were forced to serve fewer home-cooked meals and more “grab-n-go” pre-packed entrees. For School Year 2022-’23, Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services (FCNS) department is returning to fresh daily cooking in school kitchens across the district. …

Last week, representatives from Dallas ISD, Amazon, and BootUp PD, joined by Texas Sen. Nathan Johnson, surprised four students with $40,000 scholarships during a celebratory computer skills-focused visit to Everette L. DeGolyer Elementary School.  Invited to DeGolyer as Computer Science High School Ambassadors, four high school seniors were surprised to be named Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipients. Each scholar will receive $40,000 over four years to pursue a computer science degree at a college of their choice and a paid internship offer at Amazon after their first year of college. The Dallas ISD students were four of 250 Amazon Future…

The Dallas ISD Social Studies Department is excited to bring field trip opportunities to our students for the 2022-2023 school year. The department’s vision is that all Dallas ISD students think critically, engage civically, and connect globally. Through a partnership with EF Tours (Education First) and Echo Education, the Social Studies Department will provide equitable access to co-curricular programs that enrich students’ learning experiences annually. For background information about EF Tours or Echo Education, please visit this link. The Social Studies Department will coordinate these opportunities with interested campuses. Financial responsibility associated with these opportunities must be covered by participants.…