As the nation's eleventh largest school district, Dallas Independent School District serves more than 160,000 students who come from homes where 58 different languages are spoken. Operating with a $1 billion dollar budget, DISD employs 18,613 employees including 10,000 teachers in 220 schools.
6 Mar 2001
DISD Schoolchildren Award Money to Non-profit Organizations
General Superintendent Mike Moses will join the schoolchildren from 21 Dallas elementary, middle and high schools to award $15,715.88 to 16 non-profit organizations.
Dallas schoolchildren will announce the recipients of the money collected during the 2000-01 Common Cents Campaign at a press conference scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the Auditorium at the Administration Building, 3700 Ross Avenue. (MapscoŽ key 45H)
Common Cents, a coin collection campaign, is not only designed to raise money for charity and nonprofit organizations, but it encourages good citizenship and social responsibility in young people.
For more information, call Leo Chaney, DISD Communications Department, (972) 749-2419. For news and information about the Dallas Independent School District, visit www.dallasisd.org,/i>