Education

Best of 2018: Faith Community, Local Leaders Gather To Honor Dallas ‘Hero for Texas Children’

By Bethany Erickson / December 30, 2018 /

[Editor’s note: Merry Christmas! This week, we’re taking time off to focus on our loved ones, so we are sharing some of our favorite stories from this year. Keep an eye out for our top features from the archives as we rest and get ready for a brilliant 2019! Cheers, from Candy and the entire…

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Best of 2018: Dallas ISD Did Something Amazing, and Everyone Should Know About It

By Bethany Erickson / December 26, 2018 /
Dallas ISD

[Editor’s note: Merry Christmas! This week, we’re taking time off to focus on our loved ones, so we are sharing some of our favorite stories from this year. Keep an eye out for our top features from the archives as we rest and get ready for a brilliant 2019! Cheers, from Candy and the entire staff…

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Dallas ISD CFO’s Retirement Announced at Board Meeting

By Bethany Erickson / December 19, 2018 /
Dallas ISD

The good news? The Dallas ISD is on firm financial footing. The not-so-great news, but with a silver lining? The chief financial officer brought in to correct course feels confident enough to retire — again. Dallas ISD CFO Larry Throm lead the board through the district’s financial report during the Dec. 13 board meeting. After…

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Champions School of Real Estate Celebrates 35 Years of Success

By Joanna England / November 27, 2018 /

The typical gift for a 35th anniversary is jade, but Champions School of Real Estate founder Rita Santamaria is getting two brand new campues for the company she created in December of 1983. Though the journey from a single-classroom office off of Pebblebend Drive to the nine-campus network of today wasn’t always smooth, it’s definitely…

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So About That School Board Meeting …

By Bethany Erickson / November 19, 2018 /

It was one of the more odd school board meetings I’ve covered, and I once watched a superintendent get fired over a $50,000 corrugated metal building, and sat through a back and forth about two percent versus whole milk that ended in tears. But last Thursday’s regularly called Dallas ISD board of trustees meeting ranks…

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