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September 30, 2020September 30, 2020

Willis Winters Blues

Willis Winters Park must be experiencing some winter blues after Dallas Morning News writer Sharon Grigsby described the park as a “zombie football stadium” risen again from the dead in her East Dallas neighborhood.

Grigsby described local Facebook pages exploding and indeed they are of late. One error may prove fatal to the project: blocking Avi S Adelman from commenting.

The new stadium plan would include 4000 seats, but does not address the lack of parking in the immediate area surrounding Willis Winters Park currently which is used for baseball, football, soccer, and softball.

Adelman, famous for a lawsuit against Dallas Area Rapid Transit for wrongful arrest has been active in the Dallas community for decades. Administrators of one Facebook group thought silencing him would stop his questions.

Willis Winters Park v Avi S Adelman

Adelman has been blocked from the Randall/Winters Park Improvement Project News Facebook group discussing the Willis Winters Park project immediately following the post below.

Willis Winters Park Discussion by Avi S Adelman

Avi S Adelman has been down this road before and is going directly after questions about who is funding what. As local political pages go the language is not over the top.

An important point made by both Adelman and Grigsby is the upcoming Dallas ISD Bond 2020 vote. Currently Dallas ISD has no funds programmed for a new stadium for Woodrow Wilson High School in its $3.7B bond package, bnut numerous bonds have passed and then funds were reprogrammed.

The Park Board is holding a meeting Thursday, October 1. Interested parties can sign up to speak to the board via Webex.

September 23, 2020June 12, 2021

VOLY Time

Dallas ISD‘s VOLY Volunteer system is waiting for your volunteer application to help fill needs on the Dallas ISD Calendar.

Many local schools in the area can use your support despite students not being on campus yet. Please complete the application linked above.

What is VOLY?

VOLY is a candidate tracking system which pairs volunteers with schools or missions they choose. It also provides background information on standards and practices expected of volunteers and performs a background check on prospective volunteers to keep our students safe.

Dallas ISD does regularly need volunteers and many Parent Teacher Associations require their volunteer members to use the school’s volunteer system for approval. It takes just a few minutes to complete your identification information and check off which schools, subjects, and areas of interest you would like to participate.

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Dallas ISD Enrollment To Deep Six Bond 2020?

Dallas ISD enrollment is down by 15,000 students from its lowered projections as school starts its second week. This is roughly ten percent of the entire school population compared to the spring.

Texas school funding is largely based on how many students attend daily with additional funding factors for Special Education and English as a Second Language students. Dallas ISD operates with a $1.64B annual budget.

In addition to the enrollment issues, Dallas ISD officials admitted nearly ten percent of their student population who are enrolled do not have a district-issued electronic laptop or tablet despite mandatory online learning and a Title I population of nearly 90% of all students.

Despite these enrollment issues, Dallas ISD is moving forward with their MAP testing program. MAP stands for Measures of Academic Progress.

Dallas ISD Enrollment

Dallas ISD enrollment has been dropping by 1000 – 2000 students per year since a high of 160,000 students in the school year ending in 2015.

The lower enrollment numbers means the district may not have the revenue needed to support the $3.7B Bond 2020 package. Lower enrollment numbers on top of an auditor scandal which has still gone unanswered may leave Dallas ISD’s Bond 2020 program in a precarious position financially.