January DISD Board Meeting

Was this meeting in violation of the Texas Open Meeting Act?

The public was not allowed to attend the meeting in the small board room. The meeting in the larger board room was not properly adjourned.

Crowd repeatedly chanting:
"No justice, no peace."
Trustee Blackburn:
"If we do not get quiet we will move this meeting down the hall and you will not be a part of it."
5 Seconds later, Trustee Blackburn, again:
"Sir, you need to be quiet. Trustees, we are moving down the hall."
(Bangs gavel; all but Trustees Medrano and Ranger leave for the small board room. Eventually Trustee Medrano joins the rest of the Trustees in the small board room while Trustee Carla Ranger remains with the public in the large auditorium board room.)

Principals' Budget Review Committee Meeting - January 24, 2012

Download the agenda. Meeting Information: 3700 Ross Ave., Room 105, 4:15 p.m., January 24, 2012

School Utilization and Consolidation Report - December 1, 2011

Elementary School	To Be Consolidated With
City Park	Martin Luther King Jr.
Julia C. Frazier and Phillis Wheatley	Paul L. Dunbar and Martin Luther King, Jr.
H.S. Thompson*	Joseph J. Rhoads
N.W. Harllee	Albert S. Johnston
Arlington Park	Onesimo Hernandez and Maple Lawn
James W. Fannin	César Chávez and John F. Kennedy and J.W. Ray
James B. Bonham	Robert E. Lee and Ben Milam
Oran M. Roberts	Eduardo Mata and Mount Auburn
*possibly repurposed in 2013-14
Middle School	To Be Consolidated With
D.A. Hulcy	William Hawley Atwell and T.W. Browne and Zan W. Holmes
Pearl C. Anderson	Billy Earl Dade (2013)
Download Report PDF

DFPE's Michael MacNaughton has been named a member of the 2011-2012 DISD Citizens Budget Review Commission. The next public hearing for this fiscal year is scheduled for January 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Room 105 of the DISD administration building at 3700 Ross Avenue. Download the January 9, 2012 agenda HERE. DFPE.ORG encourages you to attend the meetings, take a look at the documents, voice your opinions, ask questions and provide suggestions. Michael may be contacted at mike@dfpe.org or 214-564-5316. View the 2010-2011 final recommendations of the CBRC.

Teacher Evaluation System Update

Adventures with the Community Technology Focus Group

“I attended the DISD presentation to the Information Technology Focus Group at Thomas Jefferson High School (Ed Conger, Principal) last evening from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. There was a quick power point presentation and related handout that roughly prioritized I.T. projects; new organizational structure in the department; and a list of goals and objectives. I have requested all of the documents and related research from both DISD and the vendors present and will post them here if and when I receive them. In general, the I.T. department under Gray Salada seems...” READ MORE

School Ratings, 2012 Trustee Plan, DISD Check Register

• DISD AEIS school ratings were released July 29, 2011. The number of Exemplary schools fell from 63 to 30 and the number of Academically Unacceptable campuses jumped from 15 to 33. View the DISD results summary as a PDF.

• View the slideshow (below) or Download the 2012 Trustee Focus Plan presented by President Dr. Lew Blackburn at the June 23rd, 2011 Board Meeting. The document proposes a new Committee Structure, the continuation of the public Budget Review Commission and the creation of several new public commissions including: Blue Ribbon Education, Star Employee, Communities Relations and District Enhancement.
  
  

• Special report: Check register reveals extravagant spending at Dallas ISD
  Unfortunately most of these articles are behind the DMN pay wall. However, the database of the DISD check register is located HERE.