Dallas ISD is planning to strategically place four Career Institutes throughout various quadrants of the city.  Each Career Institute will serve as a hub for the high schools within the quadrant.  The first two Career Institutes in the Northern and Southern sectors of the city will open in the fall of 2020. The Career Institute in the northern sector will support the following high schools:  Conrad High School; Hillcrest High School; North Dallas High School; Thomas Jefferson High School; and W.T. White High School.  The Career Institute in the southern sector will support the following high schools:  Adamson High School, Carter High School, Kimball High School, Molina High School, Roosevelt High School, South Oak Cliff High School, and Sunset High School.

These state-of-the-art facilities will feature real-world learning spaces and industry standard equipment for 9th - 12th grade students pursuing interests in Career Technical Education (CTE). The initial pathways will focus on the construction industry:  General Construction; Electrical & Solar Technology; Water Conservation & Plumbing; and Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Technology. Additional pathways will be added in the next several years.

 Incoming 9th and 10th grade students are currently being recruited for the construction pathways and the foundational course, Principles of Construction, that will begin on high school campuses this fall.