Education
BY DUSTIN BUTLER & MICHAEL CROUCHLEY
Plano ISD receives B rating from TEA
Dobie Pre-K Center to transform into Esperanza Community Center Richardson ISD staff have partnered with Dallas County and the city of Dallas to transition Dobie Pre-K Center into a community center, Assistant Superintendent Mike Jasso said. The details Once open, the new Esperanza Community Center at Dobie, located at 14040 Rolling Hills Lane in Dallas, will offer after-school care, adult education, Women, Infant and Children, or WIC, resources and more. The center will also continue to offer the Rich- ardson ISD Family Literacy program, Jasson said. The context Dobie Pre-K Center was one of five cam- puses that closed in 2024 because of declining
RISD now requires badges for bus riders As of the start of 2025-26 school year, a bus badge is required for all Richardson ISD students who ride a school bus to and from
PISD adopts cell phone ban
Plano ISD accountability ratings
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Plano ISD received an overall B rating, 82 out of 100 points, from the Texas Education Agency’s 2024- 25 accountability ratings. The ratings for both the 2024-25 and 2023-24 school years were released Aug. 15 following a delay due to a lawsuit. PISD also received a B for the 2023- 24 school year. The gist The score measures “how much students are learning in each grade and whether or not they are ready for the next grade,” according to TEA’s website. The rating is broken into three categories. PISD received a B in student achievement in 2024-25, which measures whether students met expectations on the STAAR test along with graduation rates, and how prepared students are for success after high school. The district was given a C in both of the other
Plano ISD has banned the use of cell phones and other “personal communication devices” for the 2025-26 school year. What you need to know The new policy requires all cell phones and other personal telecommunication devices be off and out of sight during school hours. Students must keep phones out of sight in classrooms, passing periods, restrooms and at lunch. They are permitted access to devices after the school day in the school parking lot. Superintendent Theresa Williams said the district required “around 140 policies to be updated as a result of the 89th legislative session.”
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The new requirement is part of district staff’s ongoing effort to prioritize student safety. The measure is designed to help ensure students are on their assigned bus route and provide a quick response in the event of delays, route changes or emergen- cies, per a news release from the district. What else The district has issued one badge for students in third through 12th grade. Pre-k through second graders were issued two badges.
enrollment, Jasso said. Around the same time, Dallas County elected officials were looking for a location for a new community center. An open house is scheduled for Sept. 27. The other four closed RISD campuses were all elementary schools: Greenwood Hills Elementary, Springridge Elementary, Spring Valley Elementary and Thurgood Marshall Elementary. All five campuses were nearly 60% under capacity and had high maintenance costs because of their age.
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SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
categories. PISD got a 79 out of 100 in “school progress,” which shows how students perform over time. It received a 78 in “closing the gaps,” which measures how well a district is ensuring that all student groups are successful. Of PISD’s 71 campuses that received a rating, 23 received an A from the TEA while two received Fs, in 2024-25.
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