Meet Lincoln High School’s new principal: Lance Williams

Meet Lincoln High School’s new principal: Lance Williams

Lincoln High School welcomes a new principal, Lance Williams. Dallas Free Press sat down for a conversation with Williams to learn more about his vision for the 2023-24 school year.

South Dallas

Michaela Rush - August 11, 2023

Meet our new principals: Pinkston’s Tameca Ward and West Dallas Middle School’s Laura Guzman

Meet our new principals: Pinkston’s Tameca Ward and West Dallas Middle School’s Laura Guzman

Dr. L.G. Pinkston High School and West Dallas Middle School welcome new principals, Tameca Ward and Laura Guzman. Dallas Free Press sat down for conversations with Ward and Guzman to learn more about their vision for the 2023-24 school year. 

West Dallas

Michaela Rush - August 11, 2023

Back-to-school events with school supply giveaways near you

Back-to-school events with school supply giveaways near you

Here is a list of Back to School events happening in your community that will have backpack and school supplies giveaways, health and family resources and other services for students.

Dallas News

Jeffrey Ruiz - July 27, 2023

Dallas ISD parents unclear on why clear backpacks are needed for pre-K and elementary students

Dallas ISD parents unclear on why clear backpacks are needed for pre-K and elementary students

Dallas ISD is requiring all students, including preschoolers as young as 3-year-olds, to carry a clear backpack as part of the district’s “ongoing effort to ensure safer schools.”

Dallas News

Lena Foster - July 21, 2023

Did Dallas ISD’s sale of the segregated Fred Douglass School seal Gilbert-Emory’s fate?

Did Dallas ISD’s sale of the segregated Fred Douglass School seal Gilbert-Emory’s fate?

It wasn’t until Emmanuel Glover and Sarah Ashitey moved into Gilbert-emory that they learned their new house was in a historical African-American settlement.

West Dallas

Sujata Dand - May 1, 2023

Diane Ragsdale: A lifetime of community organizing in South Dallas

Diane Ragsdale: A lifetime of community organizing in South Dallas

The Hon. Diane Ragsdale, who will turn 70 this year, has spent her entire life in South Dallas. Her story has been shaped by the neighborhood and, likewise, she has shaped her neighborhood in significant ways. She’s still fighting some of the same issues that led her to run for Council, and as a registered nurse, she approaches the systems as she would her patients — a belief in preventative medicine that will treat the underlying causes, not just the symptoms.

South Dallas

Keri Mitchell - March 31, 2022

Now open: West Dallas STEM school

Now open: West Dallas STEM school

This year, though seventh- and eighth-graders are at L.G. Pinkston High School's campus, they’re in a separate school with a unique learning approach — the new West Dallas STEM school.

West Dallas

Shardae White - November 5, 2021

Dallas ISD rolls out free at-home internet access for students

Dallas ISD rolls out free at-home internet access for students

Dallas ISD invested in 40,000 hotspots last school year for families without reliable internet at home, but this year DISD plans to spend $18 million on at-home wired connections for its students.

West Dallas

Sujata Dand - September 2, 2021

‘No interruption’: Wireless network gives South Dallas students reliable internet access at home

‘No interruption’: Wireless network gives South Dallas students reliable internet access at home

Dallas ISD built a large cell tower on Lincoln High School’s campus to extend the existing WiFi signal to homes within a two-mile radius of the school so students and their families could access the internet for free.

South Dallas

Sujata Dand - April 15, 2021

Nearly five high schools worth of Dallas ISD students are MIA

Nearly five high schools worth of Dallas ISD students are MIA

Dallas ISD high school, middle school, and elementary students have missed days of school. Authorities presented a plan to address this.

South Dallas

Keri Mitchell - February 5, 2021

New gym, storm shelter coming to Dallas’ James Madison High School

New gym, storm shelter coming to Dallas’ James Madison High School

A new competition gymnasium at James Madison High School is being constructed as part of roughly $29 million the school received in Dallas ISD’s voter-approved $1.6 billion 2015 bond package.

South Dallas

Skye Seipp - November 4, 2020