CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Dallas, Dallas ISD & Richardson ISD
Dallas City Council meets Aug. 10 at 9 a.m. at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St., Dallas. www.dallascityhall.com Dallas ISD board of trustees meets Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. at 5151 Samuell Blvd., Dallas. www.dallasisd.org Richardson ISD board of trustees meets Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. at the RISD Administration Building, 400 S. Greenville Ave., Richardson. www.risd.org Dallas County Commissioners Court meets July 19 and Aug. 2 at 9 a.m. in the Allen Clemson Courtroom of the Dallas County Administration Building, 411 Elm St., Dallas. www.dallascounty.org MEETINGS WE COVER that is served by the district’s four high schools. The planned day care centers will be available for children of RISD sta only. DALLAS A new program intended to aid low-income households in Dallas will seek to train adults and nancially support them through the process. Workforce Dallas is a new initiative in partnership with a number of area employers, nonpro ts and schools, according to the project’s website. More information is available at www. workforcedallas.org/contact. RICHARDSON ISD The board of trustees nalized its graduate pro le heading into the 2022- 23 school year during its June 6 meeting. RISD o cials said the pro le is a description of attributes district graduates develop to equip them for their future education or employment. The last pro le analysis conducted by the district was in 2012-13. HIGHLIGHTS DALLAS City Council approved an ordinance establishing registration requirements for promoted events on June 22. Enforcement of the ordinance will not occur until after a 60-day grace period. It requires event organizers to register with the city for a $175 fee and to submit safety plans. DALLAS The city is updating plans for its biking network and is seeking feedback from residents. Those who complete an online survey on the city website will be able to access an interactive map where points and lines may be drawn to suggest potential changes. RICHARDSON ISD The district announced plans to build four day care centers during its June 6 meeting of the board of trustees. According to RISD o cials, the four day care centers will include one in each learning community
City Council finishes up process for redistricting DALLAS City Council adopted a new district map days before the o cial deadline. Council members adopted the map June 27. The city charter BY MATT PAYNE Mayor Eric Johnson. Johnson said redistricting is “crit- ical to a functioning representative democracy” and praised redistrict- ing commission Chair Jesse Oliver. “I am pleased that the Dallas City Council was able to coalesce around
requires the creation of a redistrict- ing commission every 10 years when new census numbers are released. Before adoption, council debated the redrawn map in two meetings after a redistricting commission rec- ommended it in May. The nal map and more information can be found at www.dallasredistricting.com. Council had 45 days to adopt a new map from the date the rec- ommended plan was submitted to
further modi cations to the new map,” Johnson said in a statement. “I would also like to thank all of our residents who participated in the process by submitting a map, providing feedback or attending a public meeting. Public engagement is critical to building a stronger city.” The new council boundaries will be implemented in the next general election May 6, 2023.
Dallas City Council boundaries are redrawn every 10 years. (Map courtesy city of Dallas)
Vanessa Pacheco takes single-member District 2 seat following runo election
BY MATT PAYNE District to increase sta compensation DALLAS ISD The scal year 2022-23 budget for Dallas ISD was approved June 23 with a total of $103.2 million in compensation increases for teachers, bus drivers and additional sta . The DISD board of trustees approved the budget, which includes $51.2 million in sta salary increases and $52 million for retention incentives, according to a statement from the district. In addition, the budget also raises the starting salaries for teachers new to the district to at least $60,000. DISD sta members who were hired by May 1 of this year and return for the 2022-23 school year will be eligible for a retention incentive that could amount to $2,500-$3,500.
BY JACKSON KING
RUNOFF RESULTS Results for the Richardson ISD District 2 runo election are uno cial until canvassed by the board of trustees.
RICHARDSON ISD Vanessa Pacheco was sworn in June 30 after defeating Sherry Clemens in the board of trustees District 2 race, according to canvassed totals from the June 18 runo election. With all 75 county precincts reporting, Pacheco nished with 2,418 ballots cast in her favor for just under 58% of the vote. Meanwhile, Clemens ended up with 1,754 ballots cast for her for over 42% of the vote. The runo race for RISD’s District 2 seat was required after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote during the May 7 election. District 2 covers the northeast portion of RISD.
Vanessa Pacheco Sherry Clemens
57.96%
42.04%
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SOURCE: DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
City manager keeps job, ‘moving forward together’ with mayor
the joint statement. “I still believe we need change. But after some serious and frank discussions with our city manager, I believe he is ready to make the necessary changes to address issues that are critically important to our residents.” A meeting to either re or discipline Broadnax was rst scheduled for June 15 before being pushed to June 23 at the request of some council members. That meeting was then canceled.
The two public o cials reached mutual agreement to address a variety of issues in Dallas, according to the statement. They include Broadnax developing a plan to address problems with the city’s building permitting process, improving public safety and focusing on economic development. In the joint statement, Broadnax said he and his team “can be better.” “I understand that I am fully accountable to my 15 bosses,” he said.
BY MATT PAYNE
DALLAS City Manager T.C. Broadnax will keep his job after Mayor Eric Johnson and certain City Council members called to consider ring him. Broadnax and Johnson on June 21 shared a joint statement expressing their mutual intent on “moving forward together.” “A little over a week ago, I said that it was time for a change at the top of our city government,” Johnson said in
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