Dallas ISD holding virtual mental health symposium for students
Dallas ISD is among the many school districts seeing an increase in students battling mental health issues.
DALLAS - Dallas ISD is among the many school districts seeing an increase in students battling mental health issues.
To help fight the problem, the district is holding a virtual mental health symposium that anyone can join.
Jakaylah Gause and Selena Ocon, freshmen a Lincoln High School in South Dallas, say the pandemic has added to the stress teens already face during normal circumstances. We can’t experience life like we wanted as teenagers It makes us alone and sad, Jakaylah said. Some have toxic family homes, relationship problems, school problems. Some are just sad.
120 Dallas ISD students still displaced after winter storm
120 Dallas ISD students still displaced after winter storm
Some families with Dallas ISD are still struggling to get their lives back to normal following the winter storm.
DALLAS - Some families with Dallas ISD are still struggling to get their lives back to normal following the winter storm.
The district says about 120 students were displaced because their homes or apartments were damaged. Since then, about half of those students affected have found other places to stay temporarily. But the other half are still staying in hotels. And they’ve lost everything from school supplies to clothes and basic necessities.