Dallas Independent School District - Procurement Services

The Dallas Independent School District has adopted five Student Outcome Goals to be achieved by 2025, focusing on increasing student performance and college and career readiness. Key objectives include boosting student achievement on state assessments across all subjects, specifically in third-grade reading and mathematics, enhancing middle-grade student achievement, and increasing the percentage of graduates who are college, career, or military ready.

The meeting minutes cover the initial session of the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC). Key discussions involved general information about SHAC, including its purpose to reflect local community values in District health education, and detailing the components of the SHAC webpage. An overview of SHAC duties was provided, emphasizing that SHAC makes recommendations rather than holding fiscal or final decision-making authority. Topics for future meetings were suggested by members, including Sleep, Stress Management, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse/E-Cigarettes. The council sought volunteers for the Physical Fitness subcommittee and outlined the timeline and duties for selecting the Co-chair, including a deadline for submitting the Interest Form.

The Dallas Independent School District's 2016-17 District Action Plan outlines the organization's strategic direction through six student achievement goals and six administrative constraints. These goals focus on improving student academic performance on state assessments, making DISD schools the primary choice for families, closing achievement gaps by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, increasing graduation and post-secondary readiness rates, ensuring kindergarten readiness, and promoting student participation in extracurricular activities. The administrative constraints guide operations toward lawful, fiscally sound practices, positive staff and student experiences, equitable program access, and timely board information, with key initiatives supporting teacher effectiveness, school choice, early childhood education, and personalized learning.

The Board recognized the School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center SEM UIL Team for their state championship. The public forum addressed topics such as high school seniors failing, discipline complaint FNG process, Teacher Evaluation Initiative, budget and compensation, and TEI evaluation system. The Board approved the minutes from previous meetings. The consent agenda included items such as acceptance and ratification of gifts, designation of non-business days, cooperative agreements for health services and instructional digital tools, approval of the agreement with the Texas Education Agency Texas Virtual School Network, waiver of CH (Local), ratification of the monthly financial report and tax report, approval of securities broker/dealers and investment training providers, budget amendments, grant funds, agreements for property and casualty insurance, completion of work for contracts with The Crowther Group, LLC and Gilbert May Inc. dba Phillips/May Corporation, an agreement with a vendor for the renovation of Nancy Moseley Elementary School, granting of a utility easement to Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, termination of the contract with Restoration Nation Inc., job order contracting services for general construction, and an amendment to a memorandum of understanding between Dallas County and the Dallas Independent School District.

The meeting included a presentation of board recognitions, specifically honoring the staff members of Thomas Jefferson High School for their quick response to a student injured by gunfire. The board also discussed statutory items, including the annual announcement on continuing education of board members, approval of the superintendent's recommendations to terminate probationary contracts, and nonrenewal of term contracts for certain employees. Additionally, the board addressed consent agenda items, such as an inter-local agreement with Healing Hands Ministries, Inc, to provide health and mental health care services, and the submission of a missed school day waiver to the Texas Education Agency for Thomas Jefferson High School and Walnut Hill Leadership Academy.