Dallas ISD

A pilot program allowed 50 students who live within two miles of the school to tap into an extended WiFi network for free, providing a connection that works better than mobile hotspots.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will not appear on the ballot, but all 14 Dallas City Council seats and three Dallas ISD board seats are up for grabs. The City of Dallas has two propositions to determine if non-U.S. citizens can serve on advisory boards. Plus, there's a whole host of races and items on the ballot for other cities the county.

With just nine weeks left in the school year, district officials fear that too many students won't graduate if seniors don't return for in-person instruction every day the rest of the way.

Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said the school will open this fall with only 75 students in 6th and 7th grade. Eventually, the campus will include grades up to 12th.

If approved, the $3.7 billion bond package would improve nearly every school and facility in the district and technology and infrastructure at schools.

LeNona Shields doesn't have internet access at home, and neither do a lot of her southern Dallas neighbors. Technology issues spurred her to pull her three kids out of Dallas schools and turn to home schooling.

Three of the Texas' largest school districts — Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth — were hit with technical problems as students began the school year online.

"We are currently experiencing technical issues with our phone lines and website," was a message in Dallas, Fort Worth and many districts nationwide that shared the same problem causing a first-day-of-school slowdown.

Dallas ISD has worked for months ensuring students without internet at home could connect using mobile hot spots. That’s the plan, at least for now — but a more permanent solution may soon be available in underserved neighborhoods.

Some parents can't wait for in-person school to start. But in a lot of districts, that won't happen for a while. For the first few weeks or more of class, learning will be online only. Like it or not, students will still be home.

When the Dallas school district starts class Sept. 8, it’ll be online only.Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced the decision Thursday after he said…

Online classes in Dallas schools could last as long as parents demand them. That's according to the district's superintendent, who took dozens of…