Dallas ISD needs your help distributing packaged meals to our students and families while schools are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Starting Monday, March 23, volunteers are needed Mondays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to carry meals from the main entrance to families waiting in their vehicles. To sign up go to […]
Schools Out: Schools Closed For School Year
Schools Out, but class will continue. Dallas ISD Board of Trustee member Joyce Foreman today posted that school buildings will be closed indefinitely, but class will continue March 23, 2020. The situation described as “fluid” is due to restrictions suggested by the federal Centers for Disease Control in response to coronavirus. One issue for Townview […]
Parents Furious State Stuck On STAAR
The Texas Education Agency‘s current guidance is that the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) testing will continue as planned. This comes despite numerous school districts announcing classes will not resume after Spring Break and several Texas colleges moving to an online format for education after Spring Break. A bipartisan group of state […]
Dallas Schools Surrender
According to an article in the Texas Monitor, the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees is going to surrender its oversight of most audit functions to the Superintendent. Bill Curry, a former Air Force systems procurement officer and author of Government Contracting: Promises and Perils says “Given the history of illegal or questionable behavior […]
Spring Break For Central Office
Unavailable for comment. Earlier today we have heard that Townview High School Magnet Application responses will not be coming until after Spring Break. We are hearing the exact same information about these issues from other magnet schools. The Dallas ISD website currently has a page up stating information on the page “is currently unavailable.” Late […]
Late Mail Leaves Parents Disgusted And Disappointed
LATE NOTICE: Dallas Independent School District magnet principals informed parents today that due to “a glitch in central office” magnet acceptance letters would not be going out on time. If you are looking for your acceptance letter for a Townview campus do not look to the Dallas ISD calendar for guidance. For those new to […]
Cheating Magnet Parents
Parents cheating on magnet school applications have happened for years. Now it appears there is a new focus to stop scofflaw parents from attending the best schools while living outside district boundaries. Anonymous complaints about residency can now be sent to authorities for cash rewards. The focus has been on students attending Dallas ISD’s Booker […]
Auditor Challenges Backlash
A concerning development in the case of the Dallas ISD Chief Auditor. It appears he may be getting forced out – despite his resignation. Outside Auditor According to some news sources he has asked for state auditors including the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to review his work. Steven Martin called for the Texas State Auditor […]
Townview News
This page will bring you Townview News. We have several news stories of interest to the community, students, and parents of Dallas ISD, the Townview Magnet Campus, and education in general here. Our focus is to be intentional about speaking on policy proposals that affect the campus as well as information from the campus to […]