News Briefs

It’s #TBT time! If you don’t know that’s Throwback Thursday! For this weeks Throwback Thursday we dug in the boxes and found a group photo of the 2004 Teen School Board. The Dallas Teen School Board is a student advisory group consisting of the presidents of the junior and senior classes at each high school. The students meet monthly to discuss the issues and concerns of their schoolmates and present them to the superintendent of schools and the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees. Now fast forward 10 years today and see what’s happening  with the 2014-2015 Teen School Board.

The Dallas Independent School District continues to impress the nation’s top bond rating agencies. Fitch Ratings recently upgraded the district’s underlying bond rating to AA+, while upgrading the district’s overall rating outlook from positive to stable. According to Fitch, the ratings reflect the district’s commitment to effective fiscal management. “This steady improvement in the district’s financial performance (which was notably achieved in the face of state funding cuts) was largely attributable to staffing-related expenditure reductions and conservative budgeting practices,” according to a press release from Fitch on businessnewswire.com. “Maintenance of vacant positions and tighter departmental spending controls allowed operations to…

It’s not uncommon to hear the phrase “dinner and a movie.” However, students and staff at Sudie Williams Elementary recently experienced dinner in a different way as they sat down with parents and community partners to also discuss designing a garden at their school.  The school’s Design and Dine event was organized with the assistance of the nonprofit group REAL Schools Garden with the goal of designing the school’s ideal garden. The garden would serve as an outdoor learning space where students can grow vegetables, make composts, monitor weather conditions and harvest the fruits of their labor. During the dinner,…

The 2014 season for UIL volleyball is over but the high-blocking, low-digging action saw stellar performances from key student-athletes and a shining record of zero district losses by one Dallas ISD team on their route to playoff contention. Carter (10-0) led district 11-4A ahead of Lincoln (7-3), Wilmer Hutchins (6-4), and James Madison (4-6) for playoff qualification this season. Carter’s Tanisha Brown was named Coach of the Year and Junior Middle Hitter Tristen Cojoe was named the Most Valuable Player for 11-4A. Molina’s Lady Jaguars took district 13-5A with an 11-1 district finish, 12-5 overall. Kimball came in one game…