Dallas Independent School District
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| Dallas Independent School District | |
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| “Our mission is to prepare all students to graduate with the knowledge and skills to become productive and responsible citizens.”[1] | |
| Budget | $1,644,682,202 [2] |
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| Grades | PK - 12 [2] |
| Superintendent | Michael Hinojosa |
| Teachers | 10,643 [3] |
| Staff | 2,208 [3] |
| Students | 158,126 [2] |
| Location | 3700 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75204 United States of America |
| Website | www.dallasisd.org |
The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD or DISD) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas (USA). Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Location and area
Dallas ISD covers 312.6 square miles (809.6 km²) of land (map) and most of the city of Dallas. The district also serves Cockrell Hill, most of Seagoville and Addison, Wilmer, most of Hutchins, and portions of the following cities:
- Balch Springs
- Carrollton
- DeSoto
- Duncanville
- Farmers Branch
- Garland
- Grand Prairie
- Highland Park
- Lancaster
- Mesquite
In addition, Dallas ISD covers unincorporated areas of Dallas County, including some areas with Ferris addresses.
[edit] History
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The Dallas Independent School District was established in 1884.[4] Dallas ISD had absorbed many smaller school districts throughout its history. Vickery Independent School District had been annexed into Dallas ISD (adding Vickery Meadows) in 1948. Addison ISD was absorbed in 1954. Pleasant Grove ISD was annexed in 1955 (adding Pleasant Grove), and Pleasant Grove High School was replaced by Samuell High School on the same year. Seagoville ISD of Seagoville was annexed into Dallas ISD in 1965. In the summer of 2005, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) ordered the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District closed for the 2005-2006 school year due to financial stress and reported mismanagement. After negotiations, Dallas ISD agreed to accept the students for the 2005-2006 school year. The Wilmer-Hutchins ISD district was absorbed into Dallas ISD in summer 2006.
Dallas ISD opened 11 new campuses in the fall of 2006.[5]
From 2005 to 2007, several northwest Dallas area public schools under Dallas ISD jurisdiction became infamous due to the outbreak of a Dallas-area recreational drug, a version of heroin mixed with Tylenol PM, called "Cheese." Dallas ISD issued drug dog searches to schools in order to combat the problem.
[edit] Secession movements
In 2006, several people in the Dallas ISD portion of the city of Balch Springs created a petition to be rezoned to Mesquite Independent School District, which serves eastern Balch Springs.[6]
[edit] School Uniforms
Dallas ISD implemented mandatory school uniforms for all elementary and middle school students (through 8th grade) on most campuses starting in the 2005-2006 school year.[7]
Elementary and middle school campuses which do not follow the Dallas ISD uniform policy continue to use their own mandatory uniform codes, which were adopted prior to the 2005-2006 school year.
Uniforms are optional at the high school level as in schools decide whether to adopt uniform policies; eight traditional high schools and three alternative high schools have adopted them.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.[8]
[edit] Student makeup
| Grade | Number of Students | Percent |
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| Early Childhood Education | 440 | 0.3% |
| Pre-Kindergarten | 8,570 | 5.4% |
| Kindergarten | 14,007 | 8.8% |
| Grades 1 - 6 | 76,162 | 48.0% |
| Grades 7 - 8 | 20,959 | 13.2% |
| Grades 9 - 12 | 38,676 | 24.4% |
| Ethnicity | Number of Students | Percent |
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| African American | 46,948 | 29.6% |
| Hispanic | 101,997 | 64.2% |
| White | 8,004 | 5.0% |
| Native American | 379 | 0.2% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1,486 | 0.9% |
[edit] Schools
[edit] List of schools
The district has 28 high schools, 32 middle schools, three "primary/secondary" schools that include grades normally in both middle schools and elementary schools, more than 150 elementary schools, and one early childhood development center.
[edit] Former secondary schools
- Former high schools
- Norman Robert Crozier Technical High School (the school was known by many names)
- Dallas High School 1907-1916
- Main High School 1916-1917
- Bryan Street High School 1917-1928
- Dallas Technical High School 1928-1942
- Crozier Technical High School 1942-1975
- Business and Management Magnet Center 1975-May 1995 (School relocated to Townview Center May 1995)
- Pleasant Grove High School 1953-1957 (the school had been in existence since 1939 but was in Pleasant Grove ISD until that district was absorbed into Dallas ISD in 1953)
- Forest Avenue High School 1916-1956 (was converted from a whites-only school to an African-American school and renamed James Madison High School, and the white students were sent to Crozier Tech)
- Rylie High School 1956-1963 (converted to a junior high and replaced with H. Grady Spruce High School)
- Former junior high schools
- S. S. Conner Junior High School 1955-1964 (the S. S. Conner name was subsequently taken by an elementary school that opened in 1965)
[edit] Former primary schools
- Stephen F. Austin School (opened in 1886 as East Dallas School; renamed Stephen F. Austin School in 1902; served as an elementary school until 1976, when the building was taken over by the High School for the Health Professions; the structure was razed c. 2000) [9]
- Grades 4-6
- Daniel 'Chappie' James Learning Center (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, students rezoned to Dunbar Elementary, reopened as Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in 2006.
- J. Leslie Patton Elementary School (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, students rezoned to Oliver (became PreK-5), Russell (4-5), Bryan (PreK-5), Miller (PreK-5))
- Pre-K through grade 3
- Robert C. Buckner Elementary School (Dallas)
- Fannie C. Harris Elementary School (students moved to Oran Roberts Elementary for Pre-K through 3)
- Joseph J. McMillan Elementary School (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, rezoned to Oliver (became PreK-5), Seguin (PK-3), Bryan (PreK-5), Miller (PreK-5))
- Grades K-3
- T.D. Marshall Elementary School (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, most of it was rezoned to Oliver (became PreK-5) and small portions were rezoned to Lisbon (PreK-5), Seguin (PK-3))
[edit] School Photographs
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2002-2003 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools Program Application (PDF). U.S. Department of Education (November 2002). Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
- ^ a b c Dallas ISD - DISD Factsheet. (PDF). Retrieved on 12 March 2008.
- ^ a b c d Texas Education Agency - DISD AEIS Report (PDF). Retrieved on 12 March 2008.
- ^ McElhaney, Jackie; Michael V. Hazel "Dallas, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ The Dallas Morning News - 14 August 2006. "New year, new energy for DISD" by Kent Fischer. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
- ^ The Dallas Morning News - 6 December 2006. "Secession from Dallas ISD is sought" by Andrew D. Smith. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
- ^ Dallas ISD: Uniforms
- ^ Texas Education Agency: Uniforms Policy
- ^ "East Dallas Schoolhouse." The Dallas Morning News, 31 December 1886.
"Stephen F. Austin School." The Dallas Morning News, 2 March 1902.
http://www.hshp.org/Buildings.htm
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| High schools | … full list Adams | Adamson | Carter | Conrad | Hillcrest | Jefferson | Kimball | Lincoln | Madison | Molina | North Dallas | Pinkston | Roosevelt | Samuell | Seagoville | Skyline | Smith | South Oak Cliff | Spruce | Sunset | W. T. White | Wilson |
| Middle schools | … full list Anderson | Hill | Marsh | Quintanilla |
| Elementary schools | … full list Hooe | Preston Hollow |
| Magnet schools | Townview magnets: Government, Law, & Law Enforcement | Science and Engineering Magnet | Talented & Gifted | Business and Management | Education and Social Services | Health Professions Other High Schools: Washington HS for Performing and Visual Arts | Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet | Skyline Middle/High: Rangel Young Women's | PreK-8: Dealey Montessori | Stone Montessori | 4-8: Travis Academy/Vanguard |
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