Mike Miles Quits Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD’s embattled superintendent gave up the fight Tuesday morning, resigning his post after almost three years on the job. In May, Miles survived an attempt by the Dallas ISD board to remove him from his post, but there were signals at the time that he may have held on…

Dallas ISD Board Votes Not to Fire Rosemont Elementary Principal

The Dallas ISD School Board saved Anna Brining Monday afternoon. Brining, the principal at Rosemont Elementary school in North Oak Cliff, is popular with parents. When Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles said he wasn’t going to renew her contract at the end of the year, parents protested and some even…

Texas High Schoolers Can Basically Graduate by Accident Now

Three freshman-level tests are all that stand between Texas high school students and graduation after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill loosening the state’s graduation requirements. Seniors must now have passed only three of the five STAAR exams they were previously required to pass — algebra I, algebra II,…

Dallas ISD President Solis Ordered to Schedule Miles Performance Review

Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles must face a performance review by school board members before the May 9 board elections, Dallas County District Judge Carl Ginsburg ruled Tuesday. In a case filed by three school trustees against board President Miguel Solis, Ginsburg said Solis’ decision to push the meeting about…

One of the Prime Prep Employees Allegedly Choked by Deion Sanders Is Suing

With the recent closing of Deion Sanders’ Prime Prep Academy over a $700,000 debt, it seems fitting, in retrospect, that the first Prime Prep employee to publicly accuse Sanders of assault was the finance guy. Kevin Jefferson was hired by Sanders’ co-founder/nemesis, D.L. Wallace, and worked as the chief financial…