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US News: Townview In Top Twenty Again
Three Dallas ISD schools rank among the 2020 Best High Schools in the Top 20 per to US News and World Report. The School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG) at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center took the No. 6 spot, nationwide, while Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School ranked No. 10, making Texas the only state to […]
Meal Time
Meal packets will be given once a week at Grab and Go locations. In a notice to parents, Dallas ISD has stated it would be moving to once weekly food distribution from the Monday/Thursday schedule it had been doing to Thursday only. Please mark your calendar. Grab and Go Meal packets are will be available […]
COVID19
Townview parents concerned about COVID19 have multiple online resources they can use for accurate information. We would ask that those able PLEASE connect with those you know without internet access. This list is not comprehensive, but should be useful in providing updated information regarding COVID19: City of Dallas https://dallascityhall.com/Pages/Coronavirus-Resources.aspx Dallas County Emergency Health and Disaster Management […]
Urgent Volunteer Need
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 […]