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Cool Schools Neighborhood Parks Offer Green Space to Dallas Residents

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by: Samantha Bradley, Cool Schools Program Director Texas Trees Foundation’s Cool Schools Program is designed to provide green strategies at identified Dallas ISD schools Below are highlights of the Dallas ISD Cool Schools campuses that have been completed from 2020-2023. Cool School Neighborhood Parks, in partnership with Dallas ISD, Dallas Parks and Recreation Department, and Trust […]

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Cool Schools Program Receives Urban Design Award by Dallas Architecture Forum

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The Dallas Architecture Forum awarded Texas Trees Foundation’s Cool Schools’ Program a 2023 Design Recognition Award for its excellence in landscape, urban design, public space and master planning. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AWARD Collaborators included Studio Outside and Dallas ISD Cool Schools connect students and teachers to nature by planting trees and creating fun and

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Texas Trees Foundation opens Dallas’ first middle school “Cool School Community Park”

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More than two dozen Dallas ISD schools that live in “park deserts” are getting neighborhood parks through a partnership with Texas Trees Foundation Cool Schools Program. Park deserts are areas that do not have park access within a 10 minute walk. Lang Middle School is the first middle school within Dallas ISD to receive a

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Texas Trees Foundation Offers Free Trees to ‘Cool School’ Parents, Local Residents

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The Texas Trees Foundation is giving complimentary trees to those who live within five miles of a future Cool Schools Neighborhood Park or have a child who attends one of Dallas ISD’s “Cool Schools.” Walnut Hill Leadership Institute of Preston Hollow is one of these “Cool Schools.” The free trees, available until Nov. 11, are

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Texas Trees Foundation Celebrates the Completion of Seven Neighborhood Parks at Dallas ISD Schools

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Texas Trees Foundation Celebrates the Completion of Seven Neighborhood Parks at Dallas ISD Schools The new Neighborhood Parks are equipped with new playground equipment, a loop trail, new trees, and additional amenities that encourage a healthy outdoor learning environment. DALLAS, TX (May 9, 2022) – Seven Dallas ISD schools are celebrating the opening of their

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