Dallas Independent School District 2120147 226096605 2008-07-16T20:26:21Z John Broughton 410440 /* Former primary schools */ Splitting one citation into three {{Infobox School District |name = Dallas Independent School District |logo = [[Image:Disdlogo.gif|center]] |motto = “Our mission is to prepare all students to graduate with the knowledge and skills to become productive and responsible citizens.”<ref name="NCLB 2002-2003"> {{cite web | title=2002-2003 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools Program Application | publisher=[[U.S. Department of Education]] | date=November 2002 | url=http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2003/applications/tx-talented.pdf | format=PDF | accessdate=2006-12-27 }}</ref> |type = |budget = $1,644,682,202 <ref name="DISD Factsheet 2007-2008"> [http://www.dallasisd.com Dallas ISD] - [http://www.dallasisd.org/about/geninfo/0607factsheet.pdf DISD Factsheet]. ('''[[Portable document format|PDF]]'''). Retrieved on [[12 March]] [[2008]].</ref> |established = |region = |grades = [[pre-kindergarten|PK]] - [[twelfth grade|12]] <ref name="DISD Factsheet 2007-2008"/> |superintendent = Michael Hinojosa |contact number = |teachers = 10,643 <ref name="TEA AEIS Report 2006-2007"> [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ Texas Education Agency] - [http://www.dallasisd.org/eval/data/reports/disd-district-aeis-2006-2007.pdf DISD AEIS Report] ('''[[Portable document format|PDF]]'''). Retrieved on [[12 March]] [[2008]].</ref> |staff = 2,208 <ref name="TEA AEIS Report 2006-2007"/> |students = 158,126 <ref name="DISD Factsheet 2007-2008"/> |conference = |colors = |free_label = |free_text = |free_label2 = |free_text2 = |free_label3 = |free_text3 = |location = 3700 Ross Avenue, [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas, TX]], 75204 |country = [[United States of America]] |mapimage1 = |mapimage1size = |mapimage2 = |mapimage2size = |schedule = |information = |website = [http://www.dallasisd.org/index.htm www.dallasisd.org] }} The '''Dallas Independent School District''' ('''Dallas ISD''' or '''DISD''') is a [[school district]] based in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]] ([[United States|USA]]). Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]], is the second largest school district in Texas and the [[List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|twelfth largest]] in the United States. == General information == === Location and area === <!--We KNOW UP is principally served by HPISD - Small portions of both cities are DISD--> Dallas ISD covers {{convert|312.6|sqmi|km2|1|lk=on}} of land ([http://www.dallasisd.org/pdf/infosheets/areamap.pdf map]) and most of the city of Dallas. The district also serves [[Cockrell Hill, Texas|Cockrell Hill]], most of [[Seagoville, Texas|Seagoville]] and [[Addison, Texas|Addison]], [[Wilmer, Texas|Wilmer]], most of [[Hutchins, Texas|Hutchins]], and portions of the following cities: *[[Balch Springs, Texas|Balch Springs]] *[[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]] *[[DeSoto, Texas|DeSoto]] *[[Duncanville, Texas|Duncanville]] *[[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]] *[[Garland, Texas|Garland]] *[[Grand Prairie, Texas|Grand Prairie]] *[[Highland Park, Texas|Highland Park]] *[[Lancaster, Texas|Lancaster]] *[[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]] In addition, Dallas ISD covers unincorporated areas of Dallas County, including some areas with [[Ferris, Texas|Ferris]] addresses. == History == {{Expand-section|date=June 2008}} The Dallas Independent School District was established in 1884.<ref name="handbookdallas">{{cite encyclopedia | last = McElhaney | first = Jackie | coauthors= Michael V. Hazel | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of Texas|Handbook of Texas Online]] | title = Dallas, Texas | url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/hdd1.html | accessdate = 2007-01-25 }}</ref> Dallas ISD had absorbed many smaller school districts throughout its history. Vickery Independent School District had been annexed into Dallas ISD (adding [[Vickery Meadows]]) in [[1948]]. Addison ISD was absorbed in [[1954]]. Pleasant Grove ISD was annexed in [[1955]] (adding [[Pleasant Grove, Texas|Pleasant Grove]]), and [[Pleasant Grove High School]] was replaced by [[Samuell High School]] on the same year. Seagoville ISD of Seagoville was annexed into Dallas ISD in [[1965]]. In the summer of [[2005]], the [[Texas Education Agency]] (TEA) ordered the [[Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District]] closed for the 2005-2006 school year due to financial stress and reported mismanagement. After negotiations, Dallas ISD agreed to accept the students for the 2005-2006 school year. The Wilmer-Hutchins ISD district was absorbed into Dallas ISD in summer 2006. Dallas ISD opened 11 new campuses in the fall of 2006.<ref>''[http://www.dallasnews.com The Dallas Morning News]'' - [[14 August]] [[2006]]. "[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/backtoschool/stories/081406dnmetdisdopens.204d020.html New year, new energy for DISD]" by Kent Fischer. Retrieved [[16 January]] [[2007]].</ref> From 2005 to 2007, several northwest Dallas area public schools under Dallas ISD jurisdiction became infamous due to the outbreak of a Dallas-area [[recreational drug]], a version of [[heroin]] mixed with [[Tylenol PM]], called "[[Cheese (recreational drug)|Cheese]]." Dallas ISD issued drug dog searches to schools in order to combat the problem. === Secession movements === In 2006, several people in the Dallas ISD portion of the city of [[Balch Springs, Texas|Balch Springs]] created a petition to be rezoned to [[Mesquite Independent School District]], which serves eastern Balch Springs.<ref>''[http://www.dallasnews.com The Dallas Morning News]'' - [[6 December]] [[2006]]. "[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/mesquite/stories/DN-balchsecede_04met.ART0.North.Edition1.3db6615.html Secession from Dallas ISD is sought]" by Andrew D. Smith. Retrieved [[16 January]] [[2007]].</ref> == School Uniforms == Dallas ISD implemented mandatory [[school uniforms]] for all elementary and middle school students (through 8th grade) on most campuses starting in the 2005-2006 school year.<ref name="disduniforms">[http://www.dallasisd.org/uniforms/ Dallas ISD: Uniforms]</ref> Elementary and middle school campuses which do not follow the Dallas ISD uniform policy continue to use their own mandatory uniform codes, which were adopted prior to the 2005-2006 school year. Uniforms are optional at the high school level as in schools decide whether to adopt uniform policies; eight traditional high schools and three alternative high schools have adopted them. The [[Texas Education Agency]] specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "[[bona fide]]" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.<ref name="tea">[http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html Texas Education Agency: Uniforms Policy]</ref> == Student makeup == {| class="wikitable" |+ Dallas ISD Enrollment Data 2006-2007 <ref name="TEA AEIS Report 2006-2007"/> |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Grade !align="center" |Number of Students !align="center" |Percent |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Early Childhood Education |align="center" |440 |align="right" |0.3% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Pre-Kindergarten |align="center" |8,570 |align="right" |5.4% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Kindergarten |align="center" |14,007 |align="right" |8.8% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Grades 1 - 6 |align="center" |76,162 |align="right" |48.0% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Grades 7 - 8 |align="center" |20,959 |align="right" |13.2% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Grades 9 - 12 |align="center" |38,676 |align="right" |24.4% |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Dallas ISD Ethnicity Data 2006-2007 <ref name="TEA AEIS Report 2006-2007"/> |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Ethnicity !align="center" |Number of Students !align="center" |Percent |- !align="left" width="150pt"|African American |align="center" |46,948 |align="right" |29.6% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Hispanic |align="center" |101,997 |align="right" |64.2% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|White |align="center" |8,004 |align="right" |5.0% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Native American |align="center" |379 |align="right" |0.2% |- !align="left" width="150pt"|Asian/Pacific Islander |align="center" |1,486 |align="right" |0.9% |- |} == Schools == === List of schools === {{main|List of schools of the Dallas Independent School District}} The district has 28 high schools, 32 middle schools, three "primary/secondary" schools that include grades normally in both middle schools and elementary schools, more than 150 elementary schools, and one early childhood development center. === Former secondary schools === ;Former high schools * Norman Robert Crozier Technical High School (the school was known by many names) ** Dallas High School 1907-1916 ** Main High School 1916-1917 ** Bryan Street High School 1917-1928 ** Dallas Technical High School 1928-1942 ** Crozier Technical High School 1942-1975 ** Business and Management Magnet Center 1975-May 1995 (School relocated to Townview Center May 1995) * Pleasant Grove High School 1953-1957 (the school had been in existence since 1939 but was in Pleasant Grove ISD until that district was absorbed into Dallas ISD in 1953) * Forest Avenue High School 1916-1956 (was converted from a whites-only school to an African-American school and renamed [[James Madison High School (Dallas, Texas)| James Madison High School]], and the white students were sent to Crozier Tech) * Rylie High School 1956-1963 (converted to a junior high and replaced with [[H. Grady Spruce High School]]) ;Former junior high schools * S. S. Conner Junior High School 1955-1964 (the S. S. Conner name was subsequently taken by an elementary school that opened in 1965) === Former primary schools === * Stephen F. Austin School (opened in 1886 as East Dallas School; renamed Stephen F. Austin School in 1902; served as an elementary school until 1976, when the building was taken over by the High School for the Health Professions; the structure was razed around the year 2000) <ref>"East Dallas Schoolhouse." ''The Dallas Morning News'', 31 December 1886.</ref><ref>"Stephen F. Austin School." ''The Dallas Morning News'', 2 March 1902</ref><ref>http://www.hshp.org/Buildings.htm</ref> ;Grades 4-6 * Daniel 'Chappie' James Learning Center (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, students rezoned to Dunbar Elementary, reopened as Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in 2006. * J. Leslie Patton Elementary School (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, students rezoned to Oliver (became PreK-5), Russell (4-5), Bryan (PreK-5), Miller (PreK-5)) ;Pre-K through grade 3 * Robert C. Buckner Elementary School (Dallas) * Fannie C. Harris Elementary School (students moved to Oran Roberts Elementary for Pre-K through 3) * Joseph J. McMillan Elementary School (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, rezoned to Oliver (became PreK-5), Seguin (PK-3), Bryan (PreK-5), Miller (PreK-5)) ;Grades K-3 * T.D. Marshall Elementary School (Dallas) (closed after Spring 2006, most of it was rezoned to Oliver (became PreK-5) and small portions were rezoned to Lisbon (PreK-5), Seguin (PK-3)) === School Photographs === <gallery> Image:Xvisionx 29 April 2006 WH Adamson.jpg | [[W. H. Adamson High School]] Image:12200402l.jpg | [[Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]] Image:North Dallas High 02.jpg | [[North Dallas High School]] Image:Samuell HS 2007.JPG | [[W. W. Samuell High School]] Image:FDR_HS.JPG | [[Franklin D. Roosevelt High School]] Image:TJ2006-ed.jpg | [[Thomas Jefferson High School]] </gallery> == See also == *[[List of school districts in Texas]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.dallasisd.org Dallas ISD home page] * [http://www.dfwbuynewhomes.com/school_dallas.htm Dallas ISD Ratings] * [http://www.dallasisd.com Dallas ISD Independent News and Information] {{TEA district rating|AA}} {{Dallas ISD}} {{Dallas}} {{Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex}} {{Texas}} [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1884]] [[Category:Dallas County, Texas]] [[Category:Carrollton, Texas]] [[Category:School districts in Dallas, Texas]] [[Category:Dallas Independent School District| ]] [[es:Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas]]