News Briefs

Calling all parents, community leaders, neighbors and friends of Dallas ISD! We are looking for volunteers to SUPPORT our students. It takes only a quick 60 minutes, one time a week, to impact a child’s life. How can you show your SUPPORT? Tutor an elementary student, mentor a secondary student. SUPPORT a classroom by assisting in the computer lab or  Volunteer today chaperoning a field trip! You can also SUPPORT a school by assisting with special programs or provide support for extracurricular activities. Call (972)-925-5440 or email volunteer@dallasisd.org and let us know how you are going to SUPPORT a Dallas…

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…