News Briefs

Both Community Based Testing Sites (CBTS) will open the criteria to include testing for no symptoms required for first responders, DART drivers, healthcare workers, grocery store and essential retail store workers beginning April 20. The sites operate daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are located at: • American Airlines Center, Parking Lot E, 2500 Victory Plaza • Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S Polk St. Criteria for testing sites are as follows: • Must have temperature of 99.6 or higher and shortness of breath or cough; OR • Anyone 65-years-old or older; OR • Anyone with chronic health…

Trustees have approved a contract with the builder Ratcliff Constructors to build the new H.S. Thompson Elementary School on the site of the previous school on Bexar St. in Bonton. Plans call for a two-story, 85,000 square foot building on a 5.7-acre site to include 23 core classrooms, a storm shelter, library/media center, maker space, cafetorium, and gymnasium. The $24 million project is anticipated to begin in June 2020 with expected completion in time for the start of school in August 2021.

All Dallas ISD students in grades 9–11 are invited to a free online ACT and SAT prep class. Space is limited, so interested students are encouraged to RSVP as soon as possible. Register here for the ACT prep class happening Tuesdays and Thursdays from April 21–May 21 Register here for the free online SAT prep class happening Tuesdays and Thursdays from April 21–May 21

Dallas ISD’s gifted/talented teachers spotlight their student projects for G/T Awareness Week held April 4–10. G/T Awareness Week was created to increase awareness and encourage support of gifted education in Texas. Dallas ISD students have been working hard all year to complete a rigorous project based learning curriculum.  Their projects include research, product creation, writing compositions, and presentations of their works. Even in the midst of this impromptu instruction and learning from home mandate, our innovative G/T teachers are stepping to the challenge with innovation and compassion. “The students are worth it, I have learned a lot about web design…