Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** (New item) Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry encouraged some DISD students to become more involved in digital technology at an event held at Alex W. Spence Middle School. ** Admission standards are...
Apparently, some do not. Dallas County health officials have received numerous complaints from students, parents and teachers about a lack of soap in student restrooms. Health officials refused to name the schools. But with this swine flu epedimic, it is...
I just got off the phone with DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander. I'm trying to keep tabs on any confirmed, probable or suspected swine flu cases in DISD. (The district confirmed yesterday that a student at Daniel Webster Elementary tested positive...
We're trying to understand why school districts have reacted differently to this swine flu thing. Here's what some districts are doing: *Dallas is closing Daniel Webster Elementary after one student tested positive for the virus. *Fort Worth ISD decided to...
DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander just confirmed that a student at Daniel Webster Elementary has tested positive for swine flu. The Oak Cliff school will close until at least May 11, but will remain open today (to avoid a busing nightmare)....
The UIL has decided to postpone all events for about two weeks because of the swine flu outbreak. I don't know yet what impact this will have on competitions outside of sports. If you know of any academic competitions that...
Richardson ISD's Canyon Creek is closed for the rest of the week after a student tested positive for swine flu. And two other students at the school are suspected of having contracted the virus. Read the story here....
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