EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Dallas & Richardson ISDs
HIGHLIGHT DALLAS ISD The board of trustees approved a nearly 22% increase to its pre-K tuition rate during a March 24 board meeting. The district offers free, scholarship and tuition-based pre-K education for 3- and 4-year-olds. Students who meet certain criteria, such as being homeless or unable to speak English, are eligible for free and scholarship-based pre-K. Other students who do not meet the eligibility criteria may be enrolled in the tuition-based program. Pre-K tuition this school year was $4,100, or $410 per month. Trustees voted to increase that to $5,000, or $500 per month, for 2022-23. Parents can apply for pre-K enrollment beginning in April at their desired campus. Dallas ISD board of trustees meets at 11:30 a.m. April 7 and 6 p.m. April 21 at 5151 Samuell Blvd., Dallas. www.dallasisd.org Richardson ISD board of trustees meets April 11 and 19 at 6 p.m. at the RISD Administration Building, 400 S. Greenville Ave., Richardson. www.risd.org MEETINGSWE COVER
BY ALEXANDER WILLIS Local school districts approve 2022-23 calendars KEY DATES BY JACKSON KING
RICHARDSON ISD The board of trustees unanimously approved the district’s 2022-23 academic calendar at its March 7 regular meeting. Under the adopted calendar, the 2022-23 school year will start Aug. 16 and end May 26, 2023. The school year will include 79 instructional days in the first semester and 95 instructional days in the second semester. Winter break will begin Dec. 19 with students returning for the second semester Jan. 4, 2023. Spring break will be March 13-17, 2023, with two potential weather makeup days lined up in April. In addition, the calendar will reflect four two-hour early release days modeled similarly to previous RISD academic calendars. The district first reviewed two draft calendar options in January and received 4,255 community responses before making a final decision in March.
DALLAS ISD Schools that have adopted the base calendar in Dallas ISD will begin the 2022-23 school year Aug. 15 and end May 26. The board of trustees unanimously approved the district’s base calendar along with its other calendars for cer- tain campuses at a Jan. 28 meeting. The school year will include 85 instructional days in the fall semester and 90 in the spring semester for a total of 175 days. Thanksgiving break will be Nov. 21-25, and winter break will begin Dec. 22 with students returning Jan. 9, 2023. Spring break will be March 13-17, 2023, according to the approved calendar, with two weather makeup days scheduled for April and May. Compared with the 2021-22 school year, the 2022-23 calendar has three more class days during the fall semester while the spring semester is three days shorter.
Here are some key dates from the Richardson ISD 2022-23 calendar. Aug. 16 First day of school Dec. 19, 2022-Jan. 3, 2023
Students’ winter break March 13-17, 2023 Spring break
May 26, 2023 Last day of school
Here are some key dates from the Dallas ISD 2022-23 calendar. Aug. 15 First day of school Nov. 21-25 Thanksgiving break Dec. 22, 2022-Jan. 6, 2023 Winter break March 13-17, 2023 Spring break
May 26, 2023 Last day of school
SOURCES: RICHARDSON ISD, DALLAS ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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