policy

The most powerful way to impact decisions on public school campuses is a site-based decision-making, or SBDM, committee, which directly advises the campus principal. Both Texas law and local Dallas ISD policy require an SBDM at every school with rules to ensure both staff and community representation on the committee.

A neighborhood-led plan "will be used to shape the future of West Dallas for the next 10 to 20 years,” and act to "slow down the fast-paced gentrification that is running a risk of literally changing the thread of our community and wiping away the history," says James Armstrong III.