DCCCD Partners With Dallas ISD To Open Eight New Collegiate High Schools
(Dallas) – In Texas, everything is bigger. That’s why the Dallas County Community College District and the Dallas Independent School District are making a big splash this fall when DISD opens eight new collegiate high schools simultaneously.
Opening eight new collegiate academies all on the same day in one school district is a big Texas “first,” and so is the new P-Tech (Pathways to Technology) early college high school in Seagoville, with corporate sponsor AT&T, which is among the group of new schools.
Students who enroll in the new collegiate academies can earn up to 60 college credit hours through DCCCD’s dual credit program; some students will be able to graduate with both an associate degree and a high school diploma. That puts them two years ahead as they transfer to a four-year college or university, or it provides them with credentials to enter the workforce and qualify for a job that pays well – a living wage.
Tuition for the dual credit program is provided by DCCCD, with the support of its board of trustees.
Dr. Joe May, DCCCD’s chancellor, said during a news conference this week, “Each student basically is receiving a scholarship of $3,540. The eight new collegiate high schools will accept 100 students each. That’s more than $2.8 million in tuition provided by our district.”
Dr. Michael Hinojosa, DISD’s superintendent, called it a “game changer” for students. “DISD is bringing back students who have left some of our schools to attend these new collegiate academies. Their books are free. Their tuition and transportation are free,” he said.
The fall 2016 expansion will include these schools and affiliated DCCCD colleges:
- DavidW.CarterHigh School, CedarValleyCollege;
- Dr. Emmett Conrad High School, RichlandCollege;
- JamesMadisonHigh School; El CentroCollege;
- L.G.PinkstonHigh School; El CentroCollege;
- FranklinD.RooseveltHigh School; El CentroCollege;
- SeagovilleP-TechHigh School, EastfieldCollege;
- South Oak Cliff High School/Mountain View College; and
- ThomasJeffersonHigh School; BrookhavenCollege.
Currently, DISD students already attend these schools:
• Kathlyn Gilliam Collegiate Academy at Cedar Valley
- Wright Lassiter Jr. Early CollegeHigh School at El Centro;
- Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early CollegeHigh School at Mountain View; and
- W.W. Samuell and H. Grady Spruce Early College High Schools at Eastfield.
For general information about the new collegiate academies, visit www.dallasisd.org/collegiateacademies.
