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TEA COVID19 Guidance

TEA COVID19 Guidance: COVID19 Vaccines

TEA COVID19 guidance to local school districts is out and it is flies in the face of Centers for Disease Control guidance. The Texas Education Agency has issued the following information. The new guidance from TEA comes shortly after Governor Abbott denied emergency healthcare staffing for area hospitals experiencing a four fold increase in COVID19 […]

Dallas Youth Sports Back To School

Dallas Youth Sports Back To School Giveaway

Per Other Side Dallas, Dallas Youth Sports Back to School event will happen this coming Saturday, August 7, 2021. Dallas Youth Sports is proud to be hosting the Back to School Community Event giving away 1000 backpacks filled with supplies for the coming school year. In addition to school supplies they event with also include […]

DISD Welcome Back 2021

DISD Welcome Back 2021 will happen Saturday, August 7, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, located at 1201 E. Eighth Street at their We’re Ready Back to School Enrollment Fair. Dallas Independent School District says it is ready for in-person instruction and to serve our families in a […]

K-12 CDC Mask

K-12 CDC Mask Recommendation Being Ignored By Texas

Greg Abbott will ignore the recent K-12 CDC Mask recommendation per local news. The Governor’s decision comes per statements reinforcing his May Executive Order. The CDC has recommended everyone in the K-12 setting wear a mask indoors. This recommendation is regardless of vaccination status. Children under 12 are not yet eligible for FDA authorized vaccinations. […]

Schoolyear Preparation Volunteers

Schoolyear Preparation Volunteers Needed

Schoolyear preparation volunteers are needed at Science and Engineering Magnet and the Education and Social Services Magnet today and August 3rd. Volunteers are reminded they need to complete Dallas Independent School District volunteer requirements by registering through the VOLY system. The VOLY system should be accessed here. Schoolyear Preparation Volunteers at SEM Today The start […]

Harry Stone

Harry Stone Staff Assaults

Harry Stone staff are being assaulted by students per a report in Other Side Dallas this morning. A number of students who attend Harry Stone become students on the Townview campus. Harry Stone Harry Stone Montessori sits off Ledbetter Drive in East Oak Cliff. The magnet school is between Whitney M. Young Elementary and Sarah […]

Learning Loss Town Hall

Learning Loss Town Hall

Dallas Independent School District is holding a Learning Loss Town Hall this Thursday night, January 21, 2021 to discuss district efforts to mitigate the loss of learning by students hit hard by the pandemic. After engaging with more than 10,000 stakeholders and getting feedback from teachers and campus leaders through multiple virtual community meetings, Dallas […]

TEA COVID19

TEA Interferes In COVID19 Response Again

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath has rejected a proposal submitted by dozens of South Texas superintendents earlier this week that would have given districts the ability to continue a mostly remote instruction curriculum should COVID19 numbers surge over the winter break. South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley has faced a disproportionate number […]

Lawyer Richard Reynolds

Lawyer Richard Reynolds Sentenced

Lawyer Richard Reynolds who concealed bribes to officials in the Dallas County Schools system was sentenced this week to six months in prison. In a June guilty plea, Reynolds admitted he used his law firm to help facilitate and conceal some of the bribe payments made by school bus camera company owner Robert Leonard to […]