Yep, you heard right. DISD needs about 60 teachers. Check out the district's job page here. This wouldn't be news if the district hadn't just laid off 375 teachers last Thursday. DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander said the district wasn't expecting...
Many folks have noticed that the district's job page has dozens of teaching jobs listed -- and they are fuming. I decided to shoot DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander an e-mail on the matter. Could DISD really be hiring after firing...
Dr. Hinojosa, trustee Ron Price and Workforce Solutions president Laurie Bouillion Larrea will kick-off the job fair for laid-off DISD workers at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. When I received the e-mail today from DISD communications that Dr. Hinojosa and trustee Price...
DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander just told me that the district cut 250 positions today -- 150 were filled, and the remaining 100 were empty. He said the terminations are immediate. Mr. Dahlander said the district won't be providing any more...
DMN reporter Kathy Goolsby reports that employees still trying to decide whether to take the voluntary layoff have an extra day to make up their minds, according to DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander. The forms will be honored through tomorrow. The...
Today is the day that DISD will layoff up to 250 non-contract employees. Those doing the firings were given a script and a list of do's and don'ts. The script is pretty detailed, even telling the manager laying off to...