News Briefs

October is National Principal Appreciation Month, and Dallas ISD celebrates the 225 dedicated principals who continue to lead their schools through challenging times to ensure that all students are educated for success. Thank you, principals! Marlon Brooks’ almost 29-year career as an educator is full of accomplishments, including being one of the longest-serving principals in the district. But in the eyes of the L.G. Pinkston High School principal, it’s not accolades or promotions that stand as the most remarkable milestones of his long tenure in Dallas ISD. “Being a principal is one of the most outstanding career opportunities one can…

Dallas ISD is providing transportation to students taking the PSAT on Wednesday, October 14th. The PSAT is primarily for tenth graders, though some ninth graders and eleventh graders also take the test. Students taking the PSAT have already been notified by their campus. Students taking the bus for the PSAT will be picked up in the morning at their normal time. Students at most high schools will have an early dismissal and leave their campus on the bus between 1:15–1:30 p.m. The exceptions are for students attending Thomas Jefferson High School, Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy and Irma Rangel Young…

While most high school students are too young to complete a household census themselves, they know that a complete census count has a strong impact on their futures, too.  As the Oct. 31 deadline for self-reporting approaches, a group of about 50 civic-minded teenagers, including students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, led by the nonprofit organization The Concilio, partnered with Dallas County Counts to block walk on Oct. 3. The teenagers fanned out across Pleasant Grove, Bachman Lake and Northeast Dallas, where self-reporting numbers remain behind local and national averages. Over the course…

To better share information and ensure the safety of students, parents and community members who speak Spanish as their first language, Dallas ISD launched a companion version of its COVID-19 dashboard in Spanish. The platform allows users to track internally confirmed positive cases at schools and facilities across the district. Data is derived from confirmed positive self-reporting information based on students attending in-person classes and extracurricular activities, and is updated daily at 5 p.m. Last month, the district released the English version upon return to in-person learning. To access the COVID-19 dashboard in Spanish, click here and select the option ‘en español’ on…