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Welcome Back! Back-to-School Information
Parent Hotline:
Call (972) 925-KIDS or (972) 925-5437 to get information about:
Hotline operation hours:
- August 27 and 28: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- August 29-31: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
New This Year
Schools Reorganized
As part of the district’s reorganization, instead of areas, the schools have been realigned into geographic learning communities: northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast elementary learning communities; west and east middle and high school learning communities.
First day of classes for 2007-2008
- Aug. 27: First day of school for all grades except prekindergarten
- Sept. 4: First day for full- and half-day prekindergarten students
2007-2008 Calendar Highlights
Enrolling in the Dallas ISD
Required: Birth certificate, immunization records, and proof of residency in the district are required for new students.
- New immigrant students who speak a language other than English must enroll at the Margaret and Gilbert Herrera Student Intake Center on the campus of James B. Bonham Elementary School, 2617 N. Henderson. Open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., beginning August 20. Telephone number: (972) 749-5760.
- Other students must enroll at their neighborhood or assigned school.
- Bring birth certificate, immunization records, proof of residency in the district, such as apartment lease or utility bill, and report card, if available.
- Provide an accurate address to ensure you receive information from the district that could affect your child’s education.
- Make sure the street address is spelled correctly, that the apartment number is included, and the correct zip code is added.
Curriculum Guides
Student Uniforms:
Uniforms are required for elementary and middle school students and at some high schools. Check with your local school for any approved variations of the standard dress. Parents needing help with donated uniforms can view the application at www.dallasisd.org/uniforms/.
School addresses, phone numbers
School supplies: elementary grades
(lista en español: primarias)
School hours:
- Half-day prekindergarten classes: 8 a.m. -11:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., starting Sept. 4, 2007.
- Full-day prekindergarten classes: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., starting Sept. 4, 2007.
- Elementary Schools: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. (prekindergarten through fifth grade or prekindergarten through sixth grade)
- Elementary Learning Centers - 8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
- Middle Learning Centers - 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Vanguards: 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. (fourth through fifth grade or fourth through sixth grade)
- Montessori schools: 8:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (prekindergarten through eighth grade)
- Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (sixth through eleventh grade)
- Middle Schools/Academies: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (sixth through eighth grade or seventh through eighth grade)
- High Schools: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
- Magnet High Schools: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts:
8:55 a.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Student transfers:
Because the Dallas ISD is no longer under court supervision, the minority-to-majority transfer program is available only to students already in the program. Other transfer programs include curriculum, hardship, and school choice.
You may request that your child be transferred from a school that has not made adequate yearly progress in student achievement for two consecutive years to a school that has met that standard. The district has selected several schools to which you may transfer your child. For more information, call the Student Transfer Office at (972) 925-3270.
School cafeterias:
The Dallas ISD offers a choice of breakfasts and lunches that meet federal nutrition standards. After-school snacks are offered at certain schools during the school year.
Breakfast and lunch prices for 2007-2008:
- Breakfast – 75 cents; lunch – $1.25; after-school snacks – free
- Reduced-price meals: breakfast – 30 cents; lunch – 40 cents
Lunch menus
You need to fill out only one meal application for all your children whether they attend the same or different schools. And you can return the application to the school cafeteria of your choice. Free and reduced-price meal program
- Your children can receive free school meals if you get food stamps or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
- Family income also could make your children eligible for either free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch.
- Pay in advance option: All cafeterias have an automated point-of-sale system. Parents may prepay or place money in a student’s account.
- Parents of Dallas ISD students now can make school lunch payments online at www.parentonline.net.
For more information, call Food and Child Nutrition Services
at (214) 932-5500.
Attendance zones
Directions to schools
Health Services:
School nurses will continue to screen for acanthosis nigricans, a risk factor of insulin resistance and risk factor for developing diabetes. Positive markers for acanthosis nigricans are dark skin pigmentation across the back of the neck and other skin changes. Nurses will do the required screening at the same time they screen students for hearing, vision or spinal problems. See your child’s school nurse if you have any questions or would like more information. Dallas ISD Immunization Policies
School Safety: Dallas ISD Police and Security Services
- Dallas ISD Police Dept.Drug Tip Hotline: (214) 932-5695
Forms:
Helpful phone numbers:
- Crime Stoppers Hotline: To report suspicious activity, call (214) 932-5622.
- Customer Service: To lodge a concern or ask a question about the Dallas ISD, call (972) 925-5555. Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Dallas ISD Police Dept. Drug Tip Hotline: (214) 932-5695
- Dallas ISD PTA Task Force: For information about the PTA, call Joe Mir, chairman, at (214) 536-5205 or e-mail at jdjmir@sbcglobal.net.
- Fraud Hotline: (800) 530-1608
- Pupil Accounting: School enrollment and attendance zone information, (972) 925-3645.
- Transportation: For bus schedules and routes, call (972) 925-4953 or the school.
Programs and Services
Campus Administrators
Principals and Associate and Assistant Principals: List of campus administrators by school with addresses and phone numbers. (.pdf format) |
