Talk:Dallas Independent School District

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[edit] No mention of district HISTORY?

This is absurd ... how can we have an article on DISD that doesn't mention any of the district's historical controversies? No mention of the 1958 desegregation suit that was in effect for decades, no mention of Yvonne Gonzalez (!!) nor of the period in the early 1990s when the district almost lost its state accreditation because of the school board's constant feuding? OK, I'll work on it, but with so many Dallasites on Wikipedia, you'd think this article -- and the related high-school articles -- would get a little more attention. Lawikitejana 17:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Update: The article could use a section on the superintendents as well -- In my memory, working backward, there's Dr. Michael Hinojosa (current), Dr. Mike Moses?, Dr. Yvonne González (1st woman, 1st Hispanic, and - sadly - 1st embezzler [we hope! - note: is not libel - was convicted and imprisoned), Dr. Chad Woolery, Linus Wright (did I skip someone?), Nolan Estes, and I don't remember further back than that, although I think W. T. White HS was named for a former superintendent. I tried Googling for a listing of all of them, but believe it or not, there doesn't seem to be one ANYWHERE. Maybe I can copy down a list the next time I've got business down on Ross Avenue. Lawikitejana 03:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


:Superintendents: Go to the Dallas ISD headquarters (3700 Ross, East Dallas) and look on the wall by Dr. Hinojosa's office. There are pictures and names of (I think) all the superintendents Dallas ISD has had. --Edward (talk) 23:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] School Tables aren't necessary

I definitely recognize that someone put a great deal of work into them, but the massive tables listing minute details about individual schools are definitely more than what needs to be in a school district article. I would delete them altogether, but perhaps someone attached to them could move them to their own article and just link to them from here... --24.155.77.211 08:16, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

  • The schools are supposed to have their own articles. The school tables look pretty, but I guess we should ask around to see if they are needed. WhisperToMe 15:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
    • IMO, definitely overkill for this article. Maybe break them off into an article titled something like List of schools in Dallas Independent School District? Would the tables be violating any WP policy on "List of..." articles though?? --SSTwinrova 03:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
      • The article is way, way too long. I'm spinning off the tables into an article of their own. If that article violates anything in WP:SAL, then someone else can take care of deleting the new daughter article. If a list doesn't belong in Wikipedia, it makes no difference whether it's part of an article or a separate article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
        • Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Much better. --Hebisddave 21:03, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)