The Superintendent met with reporters this afternoon as part of his effort to "rebuild trust" with the community. He touched on several issues -- from the new grading policy to the district's slice of the stimulus pie to the budget...
The Stimulus Bill Round 1 put DISD at over $200 million, but the finalized version of the bill knocked the total down by about half. Here are the details, courtesy of the House Education and Labor Committee. The biggest change...
UPDATED with district comment after the jump: The U.S. Department of Education has turned down the district's request to move about $15 million in salaries to the federal Title I grant program. These salaries are primarily associated with the district's...
Still no movement on the district's request to reallocate about $18 million in salaries to the federal Title I program. While not make-or-break, the reallocation is an important part of the district's deficit-reduction plan. The district first went to TEA...
We mentioned it in this morn's Daily Dish, but we're putting up a new post to flesh out a few details of what the district stands to gain from the proposed $825 billion "stimulus package." The bill would pump $201...
FrontBurner had it first, but we'll flesh it out for you. State schools czar Robert Scott is coming up to meet with district brass on Friday for what is being described as an "update" on DISD's efforts to erase its...
A key component of the district's plan to reduce its $84-million budget deficit appears to be unraveling. Yesterday, district brass met with state officials to seek their permission to pay some 300 employees with federal grant money instead of general...
We've mentioned here a few times a key part of the district's deficit-reduction plan involves shifting the salaries of some 300 employees over to a federal Title I grant. This is a somewhat sketchy idea, as the rules for federal...
UPDATED 9:32 a.m.: Lost in the news of layoffs is the district's plan to shift the salaries of some 300 employees to the federal government, primarily through its Title I grant program. In a nutshell, DISD wants to use an...
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