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Dallas County Schools
Dallas County Schools (DCS) was a school bus transportation agency in Dallas County, Texas. The public agency, founded in 1846, provided student transportation services to school districts, charter schools and private schools in the county. DCS also served select school districts in Parker and Tarrant Counties under the name TexServe. Until its dissolution in 2018 following a corruption scandal, DCS was one of the largest student transportation fleets in the nation. It operated a fleet of approximately 2,000 buses and transported more than 75,000 students per day. History Corruption scandal In 2010, Dallas County Schools began accepting bids for a supplier of stop-arm cameras. These cameras would photograph drivers that passed by a stopped bus, resulting in a traffic ticket for the driver. DCS would receive a cut of the fine, which would be used to cover the cost of the camera order. DCS selected a company called Force Multiplier Solutions, despite FMS issuing one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Dallas County, it is also an inner ring suburb of Dallas. The city of Irving is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to a 2019 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, the city population was 239,798, making it the thirteenth-most populous city in Texas, and 93rd most populous city in the U.S. Irving is noted for its racial and ethnic diversity, and has been ranked as one of the most diverse cities in the United States. Irving includes the Las Colinas mixed-use master-planned community and part of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. History Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. "Otto" Schulze and Otis Brown. It is believed literary author Washington Irving was a favorite of Netta Barcus Brown, and consequently the name of the town site, Irving, was chosen. Irving began in 1889 as an area called Gorbit, and in 1894 the name changed to Kit. Irving was incorporated April 14, 1914, with Oti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weatherford Independent School District
Weatherford Independent School District is a public school district based in Weatherford, Texas (USA). In addition to Weatherford, the district serves most of Hudson Oaks as well as portions of Willow Park and Annetta North. In 2009, the school district was rated " recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. Schools High schools *Grades 9-12 ** Weatherford High School ***Weatherford High School Ninth Grade Center Middle schools *Grades 6-8 **Shirley A. Hall Middle School **Joe M. Tison Middle School Elementary schools *Grades K-5 **Stephen F. Austin Elementary School **Raymond E. Curtis Elementary School **Bose Ikard Elementary School **Mary Martin Elementary School *Grades PK-5 **David Crockett Elementary School **Juan Seguin Elementary School **Bill W. Wright Elementary School Students Academics Students in Weatherford typically perform close to local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster Independent School District
Lancaster Independent School District is a public school district based in Lancaster, Texas (USA). The district serves most of the city of Lancaster, a small portion of Dallas, and a small portion of the city of Hutchins. In 2010, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. Schools High School (Grades 10-12) * Lancaster High School Middle School (Grades 6-8) * Elsie Robertson Lancaster Middle School STEM Engagement Center * George Washington Carver 6th Grade Center Elementary Schools (Grades PK-5) * Belt Line Elementary School (opened fall 2006; formerly Lancaster Intermediate) * Houston Elementary School * Lancaster Elementary School (opened fall 2006; formerly Lancaster Junior High) * Pleasant Run Elementary School * Rolling Hills Elementary School * Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School * West Main Elementary School Leadership The district is led by a Superintendent as well as a seven-member Board of Trustees. The Superi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Independent School District
Irving Independent School District is a school district based in Irving, Texas (USA). The district, which covers , serves most of the city of Irving, except for Valley Ranch and a portion of Las Colinas. The district also serves small portions of Grand Prairie and Dallas. There are two parts of West Dallas that are in Irving ISD: an area south of the west fork of the Trinity River and north of the Bernal Greenbelt, and an area west of Top Line Drive and south of the Trinity River.Live in Dallas (But Don’t Use Its Schools) A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Park Independent School District
Highland Park Independent School District (HPISD) is a public school district based in University Park, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. HPISD serves most of the town of Highland Park, all of the city of University Park, and two small portions of Dallas. Those two portions are one that is north of Greenbrier Drive, south of Northwest Highway, east of the Dallas North Tollway, and west of Douglas Avenue; and one that is west of Preston Road and north of Colgate Avenue.PT197 "The Highland Park School District purchased Block 150, measuring 800 by 253 feet, for a second elementary school, the John S. Bradfield School, named after the president of the school district." and uses a Spanish Colonial Revival style. Foshee & Creek designed the school building with a cost of $68,200. The building permit was filed in 1930.Ferguson, Cheryl Caldwell. '' Highland Park and River Oaks: The Origins of Garden Suburban Community Planning in Texas'' (University of Texas Press, 2014) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Independent School District
The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD or DISD) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas ( USA). It operates schools in much of Dallas County and is the second-largest school district in Texas and the seventeenth-largest in the United States. It is also known as Dallas Public Schools (DPS). As of 2017, the school district was rated " as having met the standard" by the Texas Education Agency. History 1800s The Dallas public school district in its current form was first established in Dallas in 1884, although there is evidence that public schools had existed for Dallas prior to that date.Walter J. E. Schiebel, Ed.D. (1966) ''Education in Dallas: Ninety-two years of history 1874–1966''. Dallas: Dallas Independent School District. Mayor W. L. Cabell ordered just one month after the June 16, 1884, district founding that "all former Ordinances in relation to the city public school are hereby repealed," and the district's 1884–85 superintendent, a Mr. Boles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Student (United States)
First Student is the largest provider of school bus services in North America. The company works with districts in thirty-eight states and seven Canadian provinces, carrying approximately five million students daily. In addition to its regular routes, First Student also provides special-needs transportation, field trip services, and charter bus rentals. With a workforce of 50,500 employees and a fleet of 44,050 vehicles, the company bus fleet drives over 550 million miles every year. Formerly a division of FirstGroup, First Student was sold to EQT Infrastructure on 21 July 2021. History Ryder Public Transportation acquisition In 1999, Ryder sold its school bus division to FirstGroup for $940 million, in order to focus on its truck leasing and rental business. Laidlaw acquisition By 2007, FirstGroup had built the First Student network into one of the largest school bus contractors in the United States; in the same year, the company acquired Laidlaw for $3.4 billion, taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedar Hill Independent School District
Cedar Hill Independent School District (CHISD) is a public school district based in Cedar Hill, Texas, United States. The district superintendent is Dr. Gerald Hudson. Catchment, demographics and history Cedar Hill ISD serves 36 square miles - Most of the city of Cedar Hill and portions of Grand Prairie, Ovilla, Duncanville and Dallas. The District has 61 buses and 2,270 daily bus riders./chisd.net Cedar Hill ISD was established in 1904, with just one campus, when it enacted a special school tax per new law. The District counted 273 students in 1922–23. In the 1930s, the first Parent Teacher's Association was organized, and Mrs. Haswell was the first president. Bray Elementary is the District's original Elementary campus. It was named in honor of Ms. Floy Bray (1889-1985). The current Cedar Hill High School was built in 1978."Don't Walk On The Brown Tile!" - The Complete History of Cedar Hill Schools by Linda Martin The Student Ethnic Composition—66.14% African-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) is a school district based in Carrollton, Texas, United States. The district covers most of the cities of Carrollton and Farmers Branch and parts of Addison, Coppell, Dallas, and Irving (including Valley Ranch and the Western part of Las Colinas). CFBISD has twenty-four elementary schools, six middle schools, five high schools, and three education centers. Recently, the school district began the process of Limited Open Enrollment, allowing students living outside the boundaries of the school district to apply to attend the district. In 2010 and 2011, the school district was rated " recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. About Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District The district encompasses and is located primarily in Dallas County with a smaller portion in Denton County. The school district's boundaries are not the same as municipal boundaries; therefore, Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aledo Independent School District
Aledo Independent School District is a public school district based in Aledo, Texas, Aledo, Texas (United States, USA). Located in southeastern Parker County, Texas, Parker County, a small portion of the district extends into western Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County. In addition to Aledo, the district also serves the towns of Annetta, Texas, Annetta and Annetta South, Texas, Annetta South as well as portions of Annetta North, Texas, Annetta North, Cresson, Texas, Cresson, Hudson Oaks, Texas, Hudson Oaks, and Willow Park, Texas, Willow Park. Finances As of the 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $2,578,963,000. The maintenance tax rate was $0.117 and the bond tax rate was $0.026 per $100 of appraised valuation. Academic achievement In 2011, the school district was rated "Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system, recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. Thirty-five percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegna Inc
Tegna Inc. (stylized in all caps as TEGNA) is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies. Tegna comprised the more profitable broadcast television and digital media divisions of the old Gannett, while Gannett's publishing interests were spun off as a "new" company that retained the Gannett name. Tegna owns or operates 66 television stations in 54 markets, and holds properties in digital media. In terms of audience reach, Tegna is the largest group owner of NBC-affiliated stations, ahead of Hearst Television and Sinclair Broadcast Group, and the fourth-largest group owner of ABC affiliates, behind Hearst, the E. W. Scripps Company, and Sinclair. Tegna also owns three digital multicast networks ( True Crime Network, Quest, and Twist). History In June 2015, Gannett spun off its broadcasting divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFAA
WFAA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Decatur, Texas, Decatur-licensed Estrella TV affiliate KMPX (channel 29), which provides a full-market high-definition television, high definition simulcast of WFAA's main channel on its ultra high frequency, UHF physical channel assigned to channel 8.8, due to long-term issues involving WFAA's digital very high frequency, VHF signal. WFAA maintains studio facilities and business offices at the WFAA Communications Center Studios on Young Street in downtown Dallas (next to the offices of its former sister newspaper under the ownership of former parent company Belo Corporation, Belo, ''The Dallas Morning News''); sister station KMPX maintains separate facilities on Gateway Drive in Irving, Texas, Irving. WFAA's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas. WFAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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