The South Oak Cliff High School Golden Bears are celebrating a historic victory after earning their third UIL 5A, Division II state championship title. Photo courtesy Dallas ISD Hub
Dallas ISD families and friends, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. It’s amazing how fast 2025 flew by, but the Dallas ISD board covered a lot of critical topics in its last meeting of the year. You can find the highlights below.
Dallas ISD District 7 Monthly Update:
Dallas ISD seeks community input on new bond: Thank you to everyone who came to the bond workshops that were held around the district over the past few weeks. Your ongoing feedback will be helpful as we decide on any future bond proposal. Please reach out to me directly with any feedback or thoughts you may have.
Want a quick overview of Dallas ISD’s 2025? This article features many of the highlights of the wins that Dallas ISD has had over the past year.
South Oak Cliff does it again: The South Oak Cliff Golden Bears, brought home their third state championship in five years with a resounding 35-19 win over the Randle Lions. Congratulations to the players and coaches who fought hard to make this a reality! Go Golden Bears!
Deep Dive: Dallas ISD potential 2026 Bond Program
Overview of a potential 2026 Bond Program: At December’s Trustee Bond Workshop, held before the board meeting and summarized in this Dallas Morning News article, Dallas ISD staff presented an outline for a potential 2026 bond program. The proposed framework, developed via a thorough process combining objective data and community feedback, was presented to the board for discussion and feedback. This month, we will further consider a potential 2026 bond, with a possible vote anticipated in February.
I appreciate feedback as the board evaluates whether to move forward with a potential 2026 bond proposal. If you have thoughts about things that should or should not be included, amounts, priorities, or anything else, I’d love to hear from you.
December board meeting highlights
Dallas ISD changes election terms: Earlier this year, the City of Dallas moved its City Council and mayoral elections from spring elections to November in odd (non-partisan) years. There is a Texas law that requires Dallas ISD to align its elections with the city and therefore we voted to move ours in conjunction. The following summarizes the changes:
- May 2026 school board elections will take place, as normal.
- Trustees up for election in May 2027 will shift to November 2027.
- Trustees up for election in May 2029 will shift to November 2029.
- Trustees up for election in May 2028 will, by random drawing, shift to either the November 2027 or 2029 elections.
- This will result in five Dallas ISD trustees up for election in November 2027, which aligns with mayor and city council elections and four Dallas ISD trustees up in November 2029, which aligns with non-mayor city council elections.
- Trustee terms will move to four-years, as elections will not be conducted in partisan, even November elections.
Old Adamson Surplus Declaration: In December, Dallas ISD took the first official step required to help find partners to restore and renovate the old Adamson high school building. Now that we’ve taken the official step to declare it as surplus, we can begin a process to identify potential partners or purchasers who can renovate and restore the building to its former glory.
As always, please reach out if you have thoughts, ideas, questions or concerns or just want to say hello.
Best,
Ben Mackey
Ben Mackey
As always, please reach out to me if you have thoughts, ideas, questions, concerns, or simply want to say hello. Just reach out to me at BenMackey@dallasisd.org
Best,
Ben Mackey
