Education
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.…
Read MoreSuper 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…
Read MoreWhen 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.
Read MoreMonday, 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…
Read MoreOnly 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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