Education

Richardson ISD Changes Calendar to Student Holiday on Election Day, Cites Security Concerns

By Bethany Erickson / August 2, 2018 /

Richardson ISD announced Thursday that security concerns have motivated a calendar change this year — one that so far other local districts have not adopted. It’s not unusual for schools to serve as polling locations on Election Day. But RISD officials said that security risks associated with the practice have led them to make Nov.…

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Dallas ISD Did Something Amazing, and Everyone Should Know About It

By Bethany Erickson / June 21, 2018 /
Dallas ISD

Super nerdy confession: The original title of this piece was “Dallas ISD May Have Just Done Something Miraculous.” But then I remembered a long senior year where my Honors English teacher insisted that we study S.I. Hayakawa’s “Language in Thought and Action,” a book about semantics so revered it’s currently in its fifth edition. I…

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Henry Takes Dallas ISD District 9 Runoff Election Handily

By Bethany Erickson / June 16, 2018 /
election

When Justin Henry received the most votes — but not enough to avoid a runoff election — in May, a mere 69 votes separated him and Dallas ISD District 9 incumbent trustee Bernadette Nutall. Saturday night, with all 47 precincts reporting, Henry won by more than 600 votes.

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Nutall, Henry Respond to Dallas ISD District 9 Candidate Questionnaire

By Bethany Erickson / June 13, 2018 /

Monday, we published a piece regarding the Dallas ISD District 9 runoff election. At the time, we only had responses from Justin Henry. Tuesday evening, citing campaign obligations and scheduling conflicts that kept her from responding earlier, incumbent candidate Bernadette Nutall responded. We have included her answers in the original story, which can be found…

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Early Voting for Dallas ISD District 9 Runoff Election Ends Tomorrow

By Bethany Erickson / June 11, 2018 /
election

Only 69 votes separated Justin Henry from Dallas ISD incumbent District 9 trustee Bernadette Nutall in the regular called election on May 6. But Henry failed to get the necessary 50 percent of the vote (although he came close at 47 percent), so the two have been forced to hit the campaign trail again for…

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