The Dallas Independent School District ( Dallas ISD or DISD ) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas (USA). Dallas ISD, which operates schools in most of the Dallas Region, is the second largest school district in Texas and the sixteenth largest in the United States.
By 2014, the school district is considered "standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
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The Dallas public school district in its current form was first established in Dallas in 1884, although there is evidence that public schools have existed for Dallas before that date. Mayor WL Cabell ordered only one month after June 16, 1884, a district which stipulated that "all former Ordinance in connection with the city's public schools is hereby repealed," and district supervisors 1884-85, Mr. Boles, has a registration number for each year since 1880 through his own term of office; Subsequently, the Dallas Directory of 1873 expressed regret that "there is no public school in Dallas," while Directory 1875 says that "schools are almost perfect." The 1884 organizational meeting coincided with a change in the state education law that established the school district system, each numbered on its own, with the ability to levy taxes and raise funds and to determine the length of school and other educational decisions; The state superintendent of the schools, Benjamin M. Baker, also praised the waiver of the new law on binding teacher salaries to the number of students present, a practice he calls "a relic of barbarism."
By the time the organization of 1884, six schools were already in operation; four schools were aimed at white people and two were "colored", because segregation was a legal policy at the time. Booker T. Washington High School was one of these original schools, starting as "Color School No. 2" in 1884 and adopting its later name in 1902.
Dallas ISD has absorbed many smaller school districts throughout its history. The Vickery Independent School District was annexed to Dallas ISD (adding Vickery Meadows) in 1948. Pleasant Grove ISD annexed in 1954 (adds Pleasant Grove), and Pleasant Grove High School was replaced by Samuell High School in the same year. Seagoville ISD from Seagoville annexed to Dallas ISD in 1965.
Schools and other school districts annexed by Dallas ISD include:
- 1920: Lagow Independent School, a one-room school attended only by Lagow's children and one other family; a retractable act signed by Lagow's heirs and property for sale
- 1922: Maple Lawn ISD
- 1926: Irwindell ISD
- 1927: The Greenland Hills Territory; Gould School District, one-teacher school); West Dallas ISD
- 1928: Lisabon School District; Bluff View Estates; Love Field; Cockrell Hill School District; Eagle Ford Common School District; Beeman Common School District; Fair Ground Public School District; Arcadia Park Shale; Bonnie See the Public School District; ISD City Cement
- 1929: Floyd Common School District # 60
- 1937: Vickery Public School District
- 1945: Bayles Common School District # 59; Reinhardt Common School District; Pleasant Mound ISD; Vickery ISD
- 1946: Walnut Hill Common School District # 79; Letot Common School District # 7
- 1949: Part of Lake Highlands area, from Richardson ISD
- 1952: Scyene Public School District; Union Bower School District # 50
- 1954: ISD Branch Farmer; Addison ISD; Wheatland Public School District; and the region from Mesquite ISD
- 1959: The area of ​​the Lancaster ISD; Rylie ISD; area of ​​Grand Prairie ISD
- 1960: Buckner ISD
- 1963: Part of Garland ISD
The school system was expanded from offering 11 grades to a modern 12 year program in 1941. Initially, the change was opposed by families who felt the additional year would be too expensive, although others promoted the addition of more athletic years and some anticipated the ability for gifted students to complete the 12 year in just 10.5 years, although that hope does not prove the fact. The 1946-1966 period saw rapid school construction, with 97 school district buildings erected during this period, at the peak of 17 schools in 1956 alone.
School desegregation is a gradual process that did not begin almost six years after the US Supreme Court made its decision 17 May 1954, Brown's Decision v. Board of Education , negating the previous doctrine of "separate but equal" public facilities. The Dallas school board commissioned research over the next few months, deciding in August 1956, that desegregation was premature and that a separate system would remain in place for the years 1956-1957. Texas passed a law in 1957 requiring that districts not integrate their schools unless district residents voted to approve changes; In August 1960, the election for this purpose ended with voters rejecting the desegregation. Meanwhile, the lawsuit was filed by the district against the state inspector on 13 August 1958, with the aim of resolving conflicts between federal and state courts on integration issues.
In 1960 the district initially adopted a plan to bring down classes after class, starting with the first class 1961 class, and continuing year after year until the desegregation had been achieved; the plan was changed only a few weeks later to provide student movement at the request of parents. The year 1965 brought great changes to this process, such as on September 1, 1965, elementary schools were ordered separated, initially to be followed by junior high school in 1966 and high school in 1967; however, the US Fifth Circuit Court issued an order on 7 September that led to a change of verdict so that all twelve values ​​must be separated on September 1, 1965. A book on the history of DISD was published the following year by the school district making the statement, "Desegregation of Schools Dallas was accomplished in ten short years with a little bit of fuss and stress... [because of] patient and sympathetic understanding... and the deliberate determination of the School Board... to serve the public in their lawful duties. "In September 1967 , Dallas ISD states that its schools have been separated. During another desegregation suit in the 1970s, a judge suggested that students from different schools be able to interact via television rather than impose desegregation of bushing in the district. The judge liked the plan, while the lawsuit filed the party did not.
After the forced bushing desegregation, in the 1970s many White American students and families withdrew from mass district schools .
In 1996, DISD announced that it would massively rezone many areas to various schools. DISD officials say that rezoning, which will affect more than 40 campuses, will be the largest such rezonation since at least the 1950s.
In the summer of 2005, the Texas Educational Agency (TEA) ordered the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District to close for the 2005-2006 academic year due to financial pressures and mismanagement. After negotiations, Dallas ISD agreed to accept students for the 2005-2006 school year. The ISD district of Wilmer-Hutchins was absorbed into Dallas ISD in the summer of 2006.
Dallas ISD opened 11 new campuses in the fall of 2006. The district included WHISD areas through "Plan K," adopted on 30 November 2006.
From 2005 to 2007, some public schools in the northwest area of ​​Dallas under the jurisdiction of ISD Dallas became known for drug outbreaks in the Dallas area, a heroin version mixed with Tylenol PM, called "cheese," which caused some student deaths.. Dallas ISD issued a drug dog search to schools to combat the problem.
Dallas ISD reported in April 2008 to have the highest 7th dropout rate of any urban school district in the US.
In 2009 state representative Yvonne Davis proposed a bill that would force the state to divide school districts that meet several parameters. The parameters include districts with more than 150,000 students, districts in areas with more than two million inhabitants, and populated areas close to at least one other area with over one million inhabitants. The bill does not mention the name of a particular school district, but the billing parameters only apply to Dallas ISD.
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Its headquarters is 9400 N. Central Expressway in North Dallas.
The previous headquarters, 3700 Ross, is an Art Deco building built in the 1950s.
In April 2016, the trustee approved plans to purchase 9400 NCX office buildings on the Central Expressway in North Dallas. This was done to consolidate the various school district offices that had spread around the previous city. In the process, the guardians voted in February 2017 to sell surplus properties; among them, the complex of Ross Avenue's headquarters in the district. Permission was filed by buyers of the old headquarters building, in April 2017, to knock down the complex; this is of concern to local preservationists. In December 2017, Leon Capital Group, the new owner of 3700 Ross, said it wanted to retain part of the building.
Location and area
Dallas ISD covers 312.6 square miles (809.6 km 2 ) land (maps) and most of the city of Dallas. The district also serves Cockrell Hill, mostly from Seagoville and Addison, Wilmer, mostly Hutchins, and some of the following cities:
- Balch Springs
- Carrollton
- Merge
- Dallas
- DeSoto
- Duncanville
- Farmer's Branch
- Garland
- Highland Park
- Lancaster
- Mesquite
- Park University
In addition, Dallas ISD covers unrelated areas in Dallas County, including some areas with a Ferris address.
School uniform
Dallas ISD implements compulsory school uniforms for all primary and secondary school students (up to grade 8) on most campuses from the 2005-2006 school year.
Primary and secondary school campuses that do not follow the uniform policies of ISD Dallas continue to use their own mandatory uniform code, adopted before the 2005-2006 school year.
Uniforms are optional at the secondary school level as the school decides whether to adopt a uniform policy; eight traditional secondary schools and three alternative secondary schools have adopted them.
The Texas Educational Agency has determined that parents and/or guardians of students who are zoned to school in uniform may apply for exemption to opt out of a uniform policy so that their children do not have to wear uniforms; parents should mention "bonafide" reasons, such as religious or philosophical objections.
Relationships with other agencies
Angela Shah of The Dallas Morning News said in 2004, "Even as large cities move aggressively to improve public education, City Hall's relationship with Dallas's largest school district remains informal."
LGBT relationship
Jose Plata, openly gay DISD board member, and Pat Stone, president of the Dallas Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), advocate adding the LGBT students to anti-discrimination procedures. In 1996, the DISD education council voted to add LGBT individuals to the regulation, and in 1997 the district had made pamphlets for LGBT students.
Some high school campuses at DISD homes are Gay-straight alliance organizations.
Athletic facilities
Athletic facilities controlled by DISD include P.C. Cobb Athletic Complex at Fair Park Arena, Forester Athletic Complex in southeast Dallas, Franklin Stadium in North Dallas (north of NorthPark Center), Jesse Owens Memorial Complex (southeast Interstate 20), Alfred J. Loos Athletic Complex at Addison, Pleasant Grove Stadium in southeast Dallas, Seagoville Stadium in Seagoville, Sprague Athletic Complex in southwest Dallas, and Eagle Wilmer-Hutchins Stadium in Hutchins.
Make up student
By 2015 some of the richest people, neighborhoods in the downtown area are actually in the Highland Park Independent School District (HPISD), not DISD. The DISD student body has a higher percentage of Hispanics, a slightly lower percentage of non-Hispanic whites, and a higher percentage of low-income students compared to the Houston Independent School District (HISD), which includes some of the richest neighborhoods in central Houston. In 2010, DISD had a higher number of black students within its limits attending charter schools as compared to HISD, although HISD had more black students living on its borders.
Dallas ISD's more detailed student registration by class from 1997 to 2008 as reported to the Texas Education Agency is compiled into a spreadsheet at http://www.studentmotivation.org/DallasISD.htm.
Demographic history
In 1968 DISD had 159,527 students, with 52% of them Anglo white. 30 years before 2003 (circa 1973), half DISD students were white. As time passed, the white population declined due to private schools and white flights. In the autumn of 1978 there were 132,061 students, with 34% of them white.
In the 1980s and 1990s the body of DISD students was a black majority. In 2000 nearly 161,000 students were enrolled, with 52% Hispanic, 38% black, and 9% white. In that year, 73% of students used a free lunch or a discounted price, which means they are classified as coming from poor families of socioeconomic. In 2003, DISD was 58% Hispanic, 34% African American, 6% White, and 2% Asian and Native Americans. In that year, 190 DISD schools were 90% or more combined blacks and Hispanics, 37 schools were 90% or more Hispanic, and 24 schools were 90% or more black. In 2010, 157,000 students were in DISD schools, with 68% Hispanic, 26% black, and 5% white. From 2000 to 2010, the number of Hispanic students has increased by 23,000, up 7%; while the number of black students declined by 19,000, a 31% decrease. That year, 87% of DISD students were having a free lunch or lunch at a discount.
In 2009, the State of Texas defined "college readiness," or readiness to undertake university studies, high school graduates rated on ACT and SAT and in the 11th Grade of Knowledge and Skills Assessment (TAKS) test of Texas. Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News says that DISD schools "show the highest and lowest levels in college readiness." Regarding selective magnetic DISD schools, Hacker says they "prepare almost all graduates for college." Throughout the DFW metroplex, the highest degree of college readiness is found in the School of Science & amp; Techniques and Schools for Talented & amp; Talented. Hackers say "[t] hough they serve some students with low incomes, campuses have a big advantage because they only accept those who have high exam scores."
Demographics by race group
In 2003, some schools in DISD still had a large number of White American students. Usually they reach 15-20% of the population provided by the school. Many schools with significant white populations reside in the eastern areas of Dallas and North Dallas and most of the white parts of Oak Cliff, such as Kessler Park. Primary schools with significant white populations include Nathan Adams, Hexter, Lakewood, Pershing, Preston Hollow and Harry Withers. Middle schools with significant white populations including Franklin, and high school. Middle schools with significant white populations including Hillcrest, W.T. White, and Woodrow Wilson. Seagoville High School and its feed schools also have a white population.
From 2000 to 2010, the number of black students declined by 20,000. In 2010 it was the lowest in post-1965 DISD history. One of the reasons for the decrease in the percentage of black students is the move of blacks to the suburbs; They do so because of the perception that public schools there have higher quality than DISD, as well as a general desire for higher quality housing and lower crime environments. Another reason is the growth of charter schools that bring students who are supposed to attend DISD schools; in 2010, 5,900 black students who attend charter schools in the area live on the border of DISD. Other reasons for the decrease in percentage of black students include the perception that DISD has shifted its focus from black students and to Hispanic students, and the fact that many Hispanics have moved into traditional black neighborhoods.
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