24 Aug 2006
Schools to Celebrate the Beginning of 2006-2007 School Year
ALLAS–Dallas Independent School District schools in Trustee District 9 will host a Back to School parade at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, to emphasize and celebrate community support for education.
School bands, cheerleaders, drill teams, cadet color guard and marching units and Cub Scouts will gather for the parade in downtown Dallas at 8 a.m. on Commerce St. between Houston and Austin St. The parade route will begin on Commerce St. and Lamar St., turn right onto St. Paul St., then turn right onto Young St. and conclude at City Hall Plaza, 1500 Marilla St.
District 9 Trustee Ron Price said this parade is to honor the students' return to school and hopes it will motivate them to achieve academic success in the school year.
"This parade also is to celebrate the opening of schools and the opening of our students minds," he said. "Being successful in academics is the joint responsibility of family, the community and the schools," said Price.
For more information about the District 9 Back to School Parade, call the trustee's office at
(972) 925-3716.
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