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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 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 […]
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 […]
Per Other Side Dallas virtual only instruction may be returning to Dallas ISD after the Thanksgiving Break. They report two sources in Dallas ISD administration as the basis for this information. Dallas ISD has shut down Caillet Elementary, a 586-student campus located in Northwest Dallas, this week over concerns about the coronavirus spreading among the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]