News Briefs

A news story from CBS DFW details a proposed bridge plan that would help meet the most pressing needs at nine Dallas ISD campuses. The story, which you can read here, describes the bridge plan as “an opportunity on the horizon” to finance $137 million in necessary improvement at the district schools. If approved by the Board of Trustees, improvements at the facilities could begin this Spring.

The Dallas Morning News editorial board had high praise for Irma De La Guardia, a third-grade dual-language teacher at Harry C. Withers Elementary School who was named the 2015 Teacher of the Year by the National Association for Bilingual Education. The editorial, which you can read here, details De La Guardia’s background and the importance of a bilingual education. The Hub will feature De La Guardia and her important work in a video next week.

As students returned to school Feb. 25 after two snow days, we filmed aerial footage of North Dallas High School. North Dallas High School, 3120 N. Haskell Ave., was built in 1922 and is one of the oldest standing high school buildings in Dallas.