Join the Kids Teaching Kids 21-day Challenge
Sponsored by Medical City Children's Hospital, the three-week challenge, which starts Oct. 7, encourages everyone to eat healthier and be a super snacker. This year RISD is competing against Mesquite Independent School District. All RISD elementary students have already received a recipe book full of healthy snacks and meals. #RISDsnackdown

Learn more and register for the Challenge   |   Watch a video about the Challenge

Fujitsu Gives Solar-Powered Car Kits to RISD Elementary Students
Fujitsu donated 60 solar-powered cars and 200 solar car kits to the Richardson ISD Excellence in Education Foundation to help promote STEM education within the Berkner learning community. On Sept. 20, fourth-grade students at Forestridge Elementary received pre-assembled car kits, while fifth and sixth graders at Richland Elementary assembled car kits on their own. The students then competed in solar car races.

Read more at the RISD News Desk

RISD Benefits from Dollars for College on North Texas Giving Day
Children who grow up with even a small college savings amount are three times more likely to go to college and four times more likely to graduate, according to The Communities Foundation of Texas. The Dallas-based nonprofit teamed with the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas earlier this year to begin the Dollars for College initiative here in North Texas.

Read more at the RISD News Desk

Visit RISD's Dollars for College website

Dobie Pre-K Campus to Equip Labs with $25,000 Great Clips Donation
Dobie Pre-Kindergarten School received $25,000 from Great Clips as part of the hair salon franchise’s Back-to-School campaign. Great Clips chose the Richardson ISD campus — which is in its first year as an exclusively pre-kindergarten facility — because of its emphasis on early childhood education, coupled with the socioeconomic demographic makeup of the students.

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Recipe for Student Success Includes More Than a Pinch of Fun
RISD Superintendent, Dr. Jeannie Stone, enjoys mixing work and fun, and she invites those around her to do the same. While improving student outcomes is the number one goal, she says strong results don't have to come at the expense of loving what you do.

Read the article in Texas Lone Star magazine

Preliminary Accountability Ratings for RISD Schools Now Available
Richardson ISD received a state accountability rating of B, with a scale score of 88, in the statewide ratings released by the Texas Education Agency on August 15. RISD schools received individual state accountability ratings between A-D, marking the first time since 2015–16 that no RISD campus will be designated as Improvement Required.

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RISD Board Approves Stipends for Classroom Teachers, SPED Staff
The Richardson ISD Board of Trustees approved stipends for teachers and special education staff at its regular meeting pn August 12. RISD Superintendent Dr. Jeannie Stone recommended one-time stipends of $500 for every classroom teacher working in the district as of the first day of school, which is Thursday Aug. 15.

Dr. Stone also recommended an ongoing increase in the stipend that central program special education classroom teachers receive to $4,000 from the already budgeted $2,000, as well as implementing a recurring stipend of $1,500 for the central program special education paraprofessionals, who work daily with some of RISD’s most fragile and high-need students.

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Filing Period Closed for November Board Election
The window to file to run for a seat on the RISD Board of Trustees in the November 5 election has closed. Seven RISD citizens have filed to run for seats in Board Districts 2, 4 and 5.

The RISD Board is transitioning to a new system of electing trustees. Voters residing in different geographic areas of RISD known as Board Districts will be able to cast a vote for candidates running within that Board District. There are five Board Districts that will each elect a trustee and two “At Large” trustees who will be elected by all RISD voters.

Board District 3 and At Large Place 6 will be up for election in May 2020, and Board District 1 and At Large Place 7 will be up for election in May 2021.

Learn more about the new Board electoral system, view the Board District map
and search by address

RISD Board of Trustees Set New Standard With
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Policy
The Richardson ISD Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a new policy at its June 10 meeting as part of the district’s continuing emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

The purpose of the policy is to establish a framework to eliminate any bias, prejudice or unlawful discrimination that may affect student achievement and learning experiences.

Read more at the the RISD News Desk