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Get All Your Questions Answered About Kindergarten [Live Event Coming Soon]

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After educating young children for over 50 years, we’ve discovered that parents have questions regarding the modern day kindergarten program. We understand that sending your children to kindergarten is a very important moment in your life. CFBISD is here to help. Ask Expert Teachers About Kindergarten Join us on Wednesday, January 25 at 7 PM as expert teachers in CFBISD answer your kindergarten … [Read more...]

6 Most Popular Parenting Posts from CFBISD Educators in 2016

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With the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching, we wanted to express our thanks to all of our loyal readers of this blog.  It was our hope when we started this blog to help make a difference for all parents by providing valuable information from experts in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. This weeks post is a "Roundup" Blog post of our most popular content in … [Read more...]

An Open Letter to CFBISD High School Academies from a Former Student

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Dear CFBISD, The year was 2006. I was new. I was nervous. I was starting high school. I was four-years away from being a high school graduate and enrolling in college. With August quickly approaching, the famous line in Robert Redford’s The Natural kept popping in my head… “Welcome to the majors, Mr. Hobbs.” And I can say now, looking back on that first day of school at R.L. Turner High … [Read more...]

How CFBISD is Building Relationships to Improve Education

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Four Years ago there was a very powerful program that was implemented in our district. R-time, Relationships to Improve Education, is a weekly 10-15 minute lesson that is taught in all of our CFBISD elementary schools. What is R-Time The R-time program helps students learn good manners, foster positive relationships between students, improve behavior, reduce bullying, raise self-esteem and … [Read more...]