Arnold Viramontes, DISD's chief transformation officer, will be talking about DISD plans Thursday from 11:30-12:30 p.m. Among his duties: overseeing maintenance, missing books, not enough supplies, and the like. He'll speak briefly and then answer questions from the come-as-you-are crowd. The meeting ends promptly at 12:30 p.m.; you're welcome to bring lunch. Meeting place is the North Dallas Chamber, Preston and Royal, behind the banks. The meetings are free, and everyone is welcome.

this makes we want to go out and enroll my children in the DISD, NOT!!!
Assaults on DISD staff by students have doubled in recent years
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, March 23, 2008
By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
tdhobbs@dallasnews.com
Diana May didn't think to look down after leaving a portable building at Seagoville High School. So she didn't see the tripwire strung across a walkway.
ELIZABETH M. CLAFFEY/DMN
Diana May had to fight for retroactive assault leave pay after she fell over a tripwire at Seagoville High School. A DISD hearing officer in June awarded her nearly three months of retroactive assault leave pay and reinstated the sick days that she used to heal. The special-education teacher landed hard on the concrete, suffering multiple injuries, mainly to her neck and lower back. She spent 2 ½ months recuperating.
Posted by: a concerned parent | March 23, 2008 at 09:23 AM