Dale  2008-03-29 23:53  DISD (Schools)   

Keldric Hall, a senior at Molina High School, is competing this weekend in the NHSCA 2008 High School Senior Nationals Wrestling Championship in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Keldric wrestles in the 215 pound class and just won the 2008 UIL Class 5A State Championship in his weight division. He just happens to be the FIRST Dallas ISD wrestler to win a state title!

Dale  2008-03-25 22:28  DISD (Schools)   

The Dallas ISD seemingly is becoming more and more the Dallas INCENTIVE pay School District. GEEG, TEEG, DATE and TIF incentive pay plans.

Principal's Incentive Pay, Teacher's Incentive Pay, High Needs Incentive Pay. On and on and on. The Teacher's Incentive Pay Plan piloted this year in fifty-nine schools is supposedly going district-wide next year.

Dale  2008-03-25 22:11   

Much has been said of late of DISD Trustee Jerome Garza's attempt to recruit someone to run against sitting District 6 Trustee Carla Ranger. He supposedly wants someone who will be in favor of the progressive change that the Superintendent and he feels needs to occur in the Dallas ISD. And, someone who will not ask any questions and just go along and get along.

Dale  2008-02-16 00:30  DISD (Schools)   

I watched Channel 8's report tonight on the substitute teacher that was beaten by a student in the middle of class and am just sickened by what is going on in our schools. At 5:00, Channel 8 had a report about fights at Seagoville High School that required the use of pepper spray to break up. Guess we had a really bad day in the DISD.

Dale  2008-02-13 22:52  DISD (Schools)   

At the last month's DISD Board of Trustees meeting, these public servants, decided to enact two board policies further reducing the public's opportunity to speak to them.

The first specifically states that Board Briefings are a time for the Board to hear from the Administration about issues. This puts in writing what I've experienced over the last four years as President of NEA-Dallas. Every briefing, with the exception of one, has just been a "dog and pony" show for the Administration to tell the Board what it is that they, the Administration, wants them to hear.