News Briefs

Check out this interview of the Dallas Independent School District’s Chief of Police, Craig Miller, as he spoke with KDFW Fox 4 last week addressing the issue of cop watching. This, days after a resident near the Alex W. Spence Talented/Gifted Academy unknowingly recorded Chief Miller using a hidden camera, as he stopped to address the citizen’s concerns of heavy traffic near the campus. Click here for chief’s sit down and conversation on this issue.

Dallas ISD will set up a back-to-school hotline to answer concerns and questions that arise during the first week of classes, starting Monday, Aug. 25, the first day of school. The parent hotline will address school-related concerns and ease the confusion normally associated with the first week of school. Parents may call the hotline at (972) 925- 5437 (KIDS) on Monday, Aug. 25, through Friday, Aug. 29, to receive information about enrollment, bus routes, reduced school lunch applications, immunization requirements, school location, hours of operation and more. The hotline will operate in English and Spanish. Hotline hours are: Aug. 25…

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts will help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s move to the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center. A free showcase, “We are Booker T … A Collaboration of the Arts,” will feature a visual arts exhibit by students and presentations by the school’s street mimes, West African dance troupe, mariachi ensemble, jazz singers, orchestra and choir. The event finale will be “America the Beautiful,” an orchestral and choral arrangement that will feature all of the performing arts groups. The event begins at…