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Will teachers “pay” for their principals’ mistakes?
comments () DISD trustees will decide tomorrow whether to use district cash to pay teachers who missed out on receiving federal grant money because their principals didn’t follow rules. District...
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Live coverage: Las Vegas school board interviews Dallas superintendent...
comments () Please join us at 9:30 a.m. when Staff Writer Tawnell D. Hobbs, who is in Las Vegas, reports on the Las Vegas school board’s … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleLive blog: Dallas superintendent to unveil budget-slashing plan
comments () Dallas school superintendent to unveil budget-reduction … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas school board to hear update on budget woes
comments ()Beginning at 11:30 a.m, the Dallas school board will be briefed on details of a plan to trim spending by $150 million. Staff Writer Tawnell D. Hobbs will be at the meeting, and will provide...
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DISD trustee Carla Ranger suggests board members violated open meetings law
comments () When Dallas ISD trustees broke the other day to hold discussions in private about the district’s interim superintendent, Carla Ranger did not join them. She sat outside, in the waiting room...
View ArticleDISD redistricting fight centering on Wilmer-Hutchins area
comments ()Dallas ISD’s relatively smooth redistricting process is getting bumpy, mainly from two trustees wrangling over a sparsely populated area in southeast Dallas. School board president Lew...
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Dallas ISD trustees still behind closed doors interviewing superintendent...
comments () Update | March 24 at 12:49 p.m. Dallas ISD trustees haven’t left their closed-door interviews with superintendents candidates. Not even for a bathroom break. (Must be leaving through the...
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Some Dallas ISD trustees want to end late night briefings, go back to early...
At least two Dallas ISD trustees want to go back to an earlier start time for board briefings, saying that the meetings are stretching too long into the evening. In June, the board visit site to read...
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Filing period starts tomorrow for three Dallas school board seats
The filing period for three Dallas school board seats begins Wednesday and ends Feb. 28. One seat in particular is expected to draw much attention. Trustee Carla Ranger has announced that she will not...
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Dallas ISD 2014 election: Two incumbents and Irving school attorney file for...
Two Dallas ISD incumbents and an Irving school attorney filed for election on the first day of filing Wednesday. Three seats are up for grabs in the May 10 … [visit site to read more]
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Dallas ISD employees to receive 3 percent raise under proposed budget
Dallas ISD school board workshop, May 8, 2014 (Tawnell Hobbs/DMN) Dallas ISD employees would receive a 3 percent raise under a visit site to read more]
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(Updated) Dallas ISD’s proposed use of search firms to find new hires raises...
Updated, 9:40 p.m.: Dallas ISD trustees approved the search firm proposal in a 6-3 vote. Trustees Bernadette Nutall, Joyce Foreman and Elizabeth Jones voted … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleIf you think Dallas ISD board meetings can be a bit contentious, watch this...
Dallas ISD trustees received training last month on matters involving board governance (helping meetings run efficiently, getting items on the agenda, etc.). Trustees also received a “case study” as...
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Should Dallas ISD execs be allowed to accept gifts to the district up to...
Gift giving by nature is a happy occasion. But for a Dallas ISD trustee, it can come with a bit of caution. Some organizations, vendors and individuals aren’t above looking for a way to get in good...
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Dallas ISD trustees vote against buying Exxon Mobil tower for administrative...
Dallas ISD trustees voted against buying the Exxon Mobil tower on Stemmons Freeway to house administrative offices early Friday. DISD administrators had recommended buying the building for $20...
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Two rematches set in Dallas ISD board races
The filing period for three Dallas ISD school board seats is off to an … [visit site to read more]
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Seven candidates to compete for three Dallas ISD board seats; Elizabeth Jones...
The filing period has ended for three Dallas ISD board seats, with … [visit site to read more]
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Trustee Elizabeth Jones on why she didn’t run again
Elizabeth Jones, center, is not seeking re-election for a second term on the Dallas ISD school board of trustees. She served District 1, which includes northwest Dallas.visit site to read more]
View ArticleMotion fails that could have allowed trustees to set date to discuss...
Several Dallas ISD trustees tried unsuccessfully Thursday to remove the board president as chairman of the meeting to set a date to discuss the superintendent’s performance. Trustees Joyce Foreman,...
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