News Briefs

Elementary and high school debate workshops were held Saturday, Oct. 23, with 500 students in attendance. During the morning session, the topics for fifth graders preparing for their February debate tournament included Making the Case: Understanding the Act of Debating; Refutation: Understanding the Other Side; and Public Speaking, A Matter of Style and Presentation. The afternoon session included a live debate demonstration with Sudie Williams TAG student debaters. The sixth graders participated in the district’s fifth-grade debate program last year. At the end of the workshop, students received their February tournament debate topic: Tablets vs Textbooks. Secondary students got to…

On Oct. 22, 2021, Dallas ISD started accepting offers for the purchase of four district properties through two Request for Bids. The Request for Bid (RFB) packages are available on the Procurement Services Department webpage under the “Supplier Opportunities” link.  The properties for sale were declared surplus to the district’s needs by the Board of Trustees. The deadline for submitting purchase offers is Dec. 3, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. The opportunities are: Sale of Surplus Properties Sale or Exchange of Surplus Properties

Dallas ISD implemented a temporary mask requirement at the beginning of the school year to protect the health and safety of the educational environment for all district students, staff, and visitors. The mask requirement is a temporary measure to protect staff and students from the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. Although masks are required, Dallas ISD follows all applicable state or federal laws to accommodate students or staff who may have an underlying medical reason or condition that limits that person’s ability to wear a mask in the school environment. From the beginning, Dallas ISD…

To mark the 50-year anniversary of the order to desegregate Dallas ISD schools, this week we are celebrating the courage of Sam Tasby, the civil rights icon behind the lawsuit that led to the desegregation order. The road to desegregation has taken many turns. Here is a recap of the journey that still continues today. May 17, 1954 – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivers the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education, which found that the state-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.…