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Giving Eagles Flight
As reported on Other Side Dallas, Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center is providing Thanksgiving meals for 400 in South Dallas at the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center. This will be available on a first-come, first-served basis including those students who attend Townview. After a successful kick off last month, the Center Table Fall Harvest series – […]
The first nine weeks COVID19 numbers for Dallas ISD are out and they are not positive. Between the first day back, October 5, 2020, and November 9, 2020, Dallas ISD is reporting an eighteen fold increase in COVID19 cases. This rise is occuring in all areas: central staff, school staff, and students. These numbers seem […]
Per Other Side Dallas, public participation in Dallas ISD Board of Trustees meetings may be limited soon. It is not clear why public participation is being proposed to be limited to two minutes from three, but it had an immediate reaction from both current trustee Joyce Foreman and trustee candidate Nancy Rodriguez who garnered the […]
Should students learn virtually or not? According to statements from Dan Micciche and former Townview Principal Ben Mackey your Dallas ISD students should be at home learning – particularly while Dallas County is in the Red danger area for COVID19. COVID19 numbers are racing higher at a surprising rate given the preparation prior to students […]
College testing will go on next week as planned despite COVID19 cases on Townview campus and many colleges making test scores optional for college admissions. COVID19 cases forced County Judge Clay Jenkins to raise the threat level to Red this week and Dallas ISD COVID19 cases tripled in one week and are currently at more […]
Dallas ISD’s COVID19 cases triple. One week after return to campus for hybrid learners Dallas ISD is reporting three times the case load as last week’s numbers. Initial numbers had Dallas ISD cases at 42 including students, school staff, and central office employees. The growth has been steady since students returned to campus. COVID19 Cases […]
Today is Back to School for the almost 50% of Townview campus students who chose to learn in person and we are tracking Dallas ISD’s self reported COVID19 numbers. Dallas ISD has had several meetings and video series on returning students to campus safely. Back To School Baseline The current numbers across Dallas ISD are […]
Graduation will not be so majestic for Science and Engineering Magnet students in the Class of 2021. Wednesday night, school officials announced that despite decades of graduation ceremonies being held at the Majestic Dallas they would not be holding the Class of 2021 graduation there. This decision is regardless of circumstances around COVID19. The decision […]
Is Hybrid learning coming to Dallas Independent School District? Maybe sooner than expected. Per the approved Dallas ISD Calendar, students would have the option to return October 5, but it now appears students may only have the option of attending part time using a district Hybrid model that will be on a school by school […]
Dallas ISD enrollment is down by 15,000 students from its lowered projections as school starts its second week per a report on Other Side Dallas. This is roughly twelve percent of the entire school population compared to the spring. Texas school funding is largely based on how many students attend daily with additional funding factors […]