I just got a copy of a spreadsheet showing how many positions the magnet schools and learning centers will lose or gain. Last week, DISD was talking about those special campuses losing 276 positions. Now it comes to 235. Read...
Happy last day of school. We're still waiting for the revised list of cuts at magnet and learning centers. Last week's sleep-deprived crowd may recall the board voted early Friday to spare Townview Center and Travis Academy from the cuts,...
What's got brown hair, a shiny laptop and a bewildered look? That will be me, covering tonight's DISD board meeting. Apparently there's something on the agenda about Magneto schools. Should be fun! Seriously, I hope to live blog. But apparently...
DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa addressed the proposed magnet school/learning center cuts Tuesday at his monthly roundtable with reporters. He said the district is conducting more research on questions that were brought up at last week's school board meeting, mainly whether...
Many commenters have brought up this question, wondering if DISD is possibly letting too many out-of-district students attend its esteemed magnet programs, mainly Booker T. and Townview. I just ran an analysis on student information that I received from DISD...
While Tawnell is busy covering this afternoon's school board proceedings, this press release from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson just arrived. CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STATEMENT ON FUNDING STATUS FOR DALLAS ISD LEARNING CENTERS AND MAGNET SCHOOLS Washington, DC - (May...
DISD is saying tonight that seven magnet campuses -- that are considered overfunded -- can be excluded from a comparability test used by the district to determine which campuses are not equitable. That means the schools don't have to undergo...
Judging by this new report on proposed staffing formulas, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts would lose 23 magnet teachers -- going from 26 to 3. Parents at Booker T. are in an uproar. I've...
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