Getting Real

It’s time for DISD to get real…

real about education…
Only about 50% of our students actually graduate from high school. Of those, only one-third go to college.  College readiness programs are great but we need to get real and also develop programs to prepare the majority of our students (who won’t attend college) for the real world.  Read more…

real about finances…
We must strengthen our system of checks and balances to prevent
waste, mismanagement and fraud to take our financial oversight to a
level that is above reproach. Read more…

real about leadership…
DISD needs leaders who have the courage to make decisions based
not on personalities, politics and personal agendas, but rather on what is
best for the children we are charged with educating and the taxpayers
who pay for it. Read more…

Close your eyes and imagine this: A company.  A big company.  The 2nd largest of its kind in Texas and 12th largest in the United States, with over 200 branch offices, over 20,000 employees, serving  160,000 clients a year. A company that is governed by state and federal law and until 6 years ago had been under the supervision of a federal court judge.

That company is the Dallas Independent School District.  Their responsibility?
To educate kids for 13 years and prepare them for…
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!