Rangers legend Michael Young donates $50k to Reverchon Park ballfield restoration
By FOX 4 Staff article
DALLAS - Texas Rangers legend Michael Young is doing his part to bring life back to a baseball field near downtown Dallas.
Young donated $50,000 to the Dallas Education Foundation, which is raising funds for the Reverchon Park restoration project. The young people in our community, and their families, deserve to have a place they can be proud of and call their own. Dallas has always embraced me and my family, and we are thrilled to be able to support this inclusive project, Young said in a statement.
Dallas ISD employees honored for repair work after winter storm
By FOX 4 Staff article
DALLAS - Dallas ISD maintenance and facility employees were recognized today for their work in repairing schools after last month s winter storm.
The district says the storm damaged about 130 schools and students wouldn t have been able to return without their hard work.
As a token of thanks, these workers will receive a $300 gift card to Cavender’s and two tickets to SMU s season opening football game in the fall. It feels great to be honored, I m not going to lie. But there was a lot of people that you don t see. The people that show up at 3 a.m., 4 a.m. after that blackout, driving through the city when it’s blanketed in snow, they re the real heroes, said Miguel Soto, heating and ventilation manager, DISD.
Dallas business leaders must invest in online education that will close the digital divide
James Keyes: Let’s turn the pandemic into an opportunity to revolutionize education.
Lauren Martinez (top center block), a fifth grade teacher at Northwood Hills Elementary, teaches virtually from her classroom on Aug. 31, 2020 in Dallas.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
By James W. Keyes
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the country to pivot to remote learning, the depth of the digital divide in our country was laid bare. In Texas we discovered that 1.8 million public school students in grades K-12 did not have Wi-Fi connectivity, and 1 out of every 4 students lacked a computer or tablet with which to access online learning.
He sets the pace in philanthropy and his company led the way in pandemic response
Charles Butt is a finalist for Texan of the Year.
H-E-B Chairman and CEO Charles Butt during a 2002 preview party for Central Market. For his philanthropy and his company s pandemic response, he is a finalist for Texan of the Year.(The Dallas Morning News archives)
When Charles Butt started sacking groceries in 1946, he probably didn’t envision sitting atop one of the largest private companies in the nation, with more than 400 stores and $26 billion in annual sales. And when Butt started 2020, he probably didn’t envision mobilizing thousands of employees in a pandemic response effort that would put most of their competitors, and even the federal government, to shame. For both of those accomplishments and several more, Charles Butt is a finalist for Texan of the Year.