The Dallas Independent School District serves 145,000 students across 230 schools, served by 22,000 professionals. As the executive director of human capital management, Diedrae Bell-Hunter feels a responsibility to each of them.
COVID was no small hurdle for anyone in education. Bell-Hunter, who heads the district’s benefits department, put new leave policies in place throughout the pandemic to ensure that employees had access to time beyond their standard PTO. Additionally, a shared “sick-leave bank” allows workers to donate a single PTO day per year in exchange for the right to borrow up to 40 additional days as needed.
